Comics aka "Graphic Novels"

[Fusion]

I've read all of:

Transmetropolitan
Preacher
The Sandman
V for Vendetta
Lazerus Churchyard
The Invisibles

Can anyone recomend some decent comics for adults (i.e. not superheroes in spandex) that are similar to the above, preferably in Trade Paperbacks?

[GuardianAnge1]

Okay- this is my brother responding. He reads a lot of comics.


Hey TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsDengar, you've done some good reading there so far. In terms of what you call 'comics for adults', try the Sin City collection by Miller. Sin City the original, Yellow, and Rat Bastard are all good, along with Dames Bullets and Lady in Red. Those are all partial names, mind... you'll find them on Amazon easily. Also try Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and the other parts Miller has done. He's a GREAT writer, it is NOT a simple super-hero spandex deal. This is all serious, some great political commentary. Another good one is Stormwatch and The Authority. Make sure you get the ones written by Warren Ellis, the guy who did Transmet and Lazerus. Again, these are far more mature than your superman or spiderman comics.. they're really something to appreciate. The Authority goes after Stormwatch, btw... Don't read them out of order, it's confusing.
-- The Brother Sometimes Known as Solid8

[Vasquez]

Vittorio Giardino's Max Friedman series. especially No Pasaran!.
its a sort of spy-thriller-intrigue-mystery-historical-action-drama comic and is the most brilliantly drawn thing ive ever seen.

[GuardianAnge1]

Akira - 6 books of amazing stuff

[Fusion]

Thanks everyone :)

I have read some of The Authority and was amused by Warren Ellis' dysfunctional take on superhereos.

I definately want to check out the Akira manga as I loved the film despite the heavy and sometimes confusing editing of what I know is a much larger and complex story.

As for Sin City, it's something I've heard of but I never knew where to start :)

[Flufball]

100 Bullets was somewhat intresting.

Red-Star is good as well.

[Gromagrim]

Alan Moore's always a good starting point, you'll be familiar with his early stuff with V for Vendetta, but try the Seminal Watchmen which was the first superhero comic to dispel the superhuman myth, then some of his more up-to-date stuff like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (don't let the film put you off), also his co-creations for his America's Best Comics imprint (start with one of the 'best ofs' then go from there, my personal favourites are Top 10 and Greyshirt - the latter was clearly influenced by V for Vendetta

Other than that, I tend to stick with the spandex, the Ultimate series are very good, Ultimate X-men especially, even Rebel enjoys those, and I have a huge soft spot for Transformers, so I re-read a lot of the classic Marvel stories from my youth, as well as Dreamwave's new franchise. (Their Generation One series takes that amazing artwork you used to get on the toy packaging and puts it into Comic form, amazingly good)

Sandman is up next for me, I've been a Gaiman fan since reading the novel Neverwhere as an impressionable schoolboy, but I've been told it's very pretencious. Preacher is a modern classic, Cassidy is the man :p

100 Days of Night, and seqeal Dark Days are a set of accomplished Horror comics, a very gothic look at the whole Vampire thing, and no Buffy in sight - this from someone who doesn't really do Vampires, plus no-one's yet mentioned Hellboy, again the film's a bit too much action and not enough story, but the comics are spot on. If you've ever like Lovecraftian worlds, imagine one where a Nazi plot to raise a devil on a remote Scottish island was foiled by American GIs and British paranormalists, and You've got a great set-up for a series

[One Armed Scissor]

the Beano

[Gromagrim]

Billy Whizz especially

[One Armed Scissor]

i prefer dennis the menace

if you like graphic novels play max payne, instead of cut scenes you have a cartton like storeyboard, its cool

[Gunhead]

Ya Miller's SinCity-series is excellent, bloody amazing what the man does with only black and white (with a couple exceptions of spot colours which are alway story-dependant, like in "That Yellow Bastard") and the stories are really Hemingwaylike manly stuff with a touch of film noir.

If you like Miller's writings try also the "Hard Boiled" -series illustrated by Geoff Darrow. Same blokes done "The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" album too.

Gaiman's Sandman is simply the best graphic novel series ever.

Personally i can recommend the "Bone" adventures by Jeff Smith too. Don't let its Disney-like appearance fool you (Smith actually once was an animator at Disney), the story's really rich and it's one of the few reads that have actually made me laugh out loud while reading.

[Visionaire]

Aye, Bone is good and pretty damn funny as well (in a pseudocute medieval Mickey Mouse on LSD kinda way :confused: )

And it's "30 Days of Night". Excellent vampire comic - I reread it 2-3 days ago, so it was nice to see it suggested here as well. Haven't read the sequel.

The Darkness is one of the better Spawn-ripoffs comics I've read. Not really your usual superhero comic, but then again the ambigous antihero thing has been done to death already (in the mentioned Spawn for example).

[Fusion]

if you like graphic novels play max payne, instead of cut scenes you have a cartton like storeyboard, its cool It's a bit corny as well but the 2 MP games were excellent...

[Gromagrim]

And it's "30 Days of Night". Excellent vampire comic - I reread it 2-3 days ago, so it was nice to see it suggested here as well. Haven't read the sequel.^^ Indeed, I even looked the correct title up, then decided to mispost anyway :rolleyes:. The sequel is good, ties up a couple of loose ends from the first, and gets involved with the whole vampire aristocracy. Apparently there's a third series now too.

[One Armed Scissor]

if you like graphic novels play max payne, instead of cut scenes you have a cartton like storeyboard, its cool It's a bit corny as well but the 2 MP games were excellent...


hes cool sayings are what makes max payne great

[Rebel]

BTW Gromagimp is unfortunatly my brother which IronSchlag has taken it upon himself to invite into the WoW PvE server guild, and he has decided to pollute these boards, but luckily i have banned him from using my PC and forced him to buy his own... so we wont be seeing him for a few days hopefully... well ill still have to endure his bollocks, but the good guy i am, i save you guys all the aggro! [/end bullshit]

[Shinigami]

*Votes to kick rebel and invite Gromagrim instead* ;)

[Fusion]

*Votes to kick rebel and invite Gromagrim instead* ;) lol! :D

[Gromagrim]

*Votes to kick rebel and invite Gromagrim instead* ;)Seconded. What do you mean I can't? :mad:

[Rebel]

the twat snuck on when i was at work.

[Gromagrim]

the twat snuck on when i was at work.Yeah? how did your manager react?