june gloom on 30/8/2009 at 18:02
Oh god you discovered Frank Miller's awful Batman comic. It is atrociously bad.
EvaUnit02 on 31/8/2009 at 14:41
Dethtoll, out of curiosity, why do you hate Marvel and what makes DC better?
Matthew on 31/8/2009 at 15:58
Batman and Robin: The Boy Wonder is one of the best books on the goddamn shelves and no-one will convince me differently.
Stitch on 31/8/2009 at 16:02
EvaUnit02: are you looking for superhero comics explicitly or anything in graphic novel form? I know the original post called out Sandman and there's been a mention of Y the Last Man and Preacher, but so far conversation has focused pretty directly on the BIFF! POW! SOCK! side of the spectrum.
There's a pretty wide range of stuff out there if you're open, from pulp fiction to fantasy to confessional autobiography.
EvaUnit02 on 31/8/2009 at 16:15
Quote Posted by Stitch
EvaUnit02: are you looking for superhero comics explicitly or anything in graphic novel form?
I'm open to anything.
I'll probably be mining through the Vertigo label stuff soon, from the big name authors.
Matthew on 31/8/2009 at 17:29
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
It's the "Troll 2" equivalent of comics, that's obvious.
I am fully convinced that Frank Miller turned everything up to 11 just to see what he could get away with.
Thirith on 31/8/2009 at 18:06
Quote Posted by Stitch
EvaUnit02: are you looking for superhero comics explicitly or anything in graphic novel form? I know the original post called out
Sandman and there's been a mention of
Y the Last Man and
Preacher, but so far conversation has focused pretty directly on the
BIFF! POW! SOCK! side of the spectrum.
There's a pretty wide range of stuff out there if you're open, from pulp fiction to fantasy to confessional autobiography.
Personally I loved
Blankets, but that one may be too touchy feely indie for most of the people here. If you don't mind the idea of a thoughtful teen romance memoir,
Blankets is about the best you can get in the genre.
Stitch on 31/8/2009 at 18:17
Blankets is the best graphic novel I have ever read, and one of the few that truly earns the "novel" part of the label (as opposed to being a collection of serialized comics).
Plus: I'M GOING TO PEE ALL OVER YOUR FACE :mad:
