Best comic or graphic novel you've read lately

[QUOTE=wickerkat;905195]
For whatever reason couldn't get into Y The Last Man, Ex-Machina, Fables, any of the Gaiman, or even Watchmen.[/QUOTE]:eek:

The Exterminators, damn it

[QUOTE=Popcultjunkie;905227]:eek:[/QUOTE]

i know, what can i say - i suck

watchmen, i'm just not a huge superhero fan, so gave up
gaiman - some art was awesome, some blew, maybe i started with the wrong book

[QUOTE=Grae;905362]The Exterminators, damn it[/QUOTE]

that looks pretty cool - loved twin peaks

I'll have to send you a personal favorite of mine then. I'll take a look tomorrow when i'm doing the one day a week job thing at the comic shop.

BATTLE ROYALE

A bunch of student in a desert island who has to kill themselves in order to survive, Only 1 of them can be alive at the end. It´s very disturbing

Based on the fact that you liked 100 Bullets, don’t like superheroes, and enjoy a book with strong story AND art I'd have to recommend [URL=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FStray-Bullets-Vol-Innocence-Nihilism%2Fdp%2F0972714561%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1166475501%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&tag=themooseinthe-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325]Stray Bullets[/URL]. Stray Bullets is probably my all-time favorite ongoing series, David Lapham is a goddamn genius - someone handed me the first issue about two years ago and it was probably the most jaw-dropping single issue of a comic I've ever read and the series only gets better and better.

The series starts by introducing several key characters at different points in the story - it could be a bit disorienting at first in a Pulp Fiction sort of way but they all come together with plenty of nice "Ahhhh" moments. And Amy Racecar, who I believe comes into play in the first trade, is probably one of the greatest storytelling methods ever employed in comics.

You won't regret buying this. I love this friggin book.

well, i'm not anti-superhero

i grew up with justic league, as well as speed racer - i'd probably like some of the darker batman, or alternative super-hero stuff, just not a huge superman/batman/spiderman fan

sin city was a great movie

thanks for the suggestions guys, they look very good

my favorite all-time animation is aeon flux since it was so WEIRD yet still came together so often, really surreal - i also saw some great movies on the big screen

[QUOTE=wickerkat;905195]Did like a lot of Paul Pope's work [/QUOTE]

I think earlier last year he did a four issue elseworld series of Batman called BATMAN Year One Hundred. It was a pretty good series. I'd recommend checking it out if you are a fan of his art.

does anyone else think the artwork of today is beginning to all look the same?
it reminds me of back in the 90's when everything was Leifeld copies

Not really.

Risso of 100 Bullets is definitely not a typical artist that people mimic.
Michael Lark is another with is run of stuff in Gotham Central and now in Daredevil
Oeming does terriffic stuff in Powers and that recent mini series Cross Bronx
Frank Quitely on WE3 and The NEW X-Men
Sean Phillips renders the perfect mood with Brubakers wildstorm series SLEEPER

I can see where you get that idea with some mainstream comics though.

plus the fact that I really haven't followed comics much in the last year
I picked up 3 issues of warren ellis' Fell
I don't much care for templesmith's art but it [i]is[/i] the something different that i was looking for, plus I've never read anything by Ellis before
looking forward to em

Pascual Ferry does great stuff also. I remember loving his artwork when he was drawing the Heroes for Hire series back in the 90's. He did a Adam Strange mini-series two or three years back that was simple fucking amazing. I really wish he and Andy Diggle would have stuck around to turn that into an ongoing series.

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;905921]plus the fact that I really haven't followed comics much in the last year
I picked up 3 issues of warren ellis' Fell
I don't much care for templesmith's art but it [i]is[/i] the something different that i was looking for, plus I've never read anything by Ellis before
looking forward to em[/QUOTE]

Fell is a good read. You should check out his comic Planetary that is just about to rap up finally. John Cassaday does flashy detail artwork but I more drawn to Ellis and his ability to write in that series.

Recently i've been digging around for some of the older series from DC like.

Starman
Sandman Mystery Theater

I want to read Sandman but I feel like I should start from the beginning because I picked up an issue a few years ago and didn't know what the fuck was going on. So I wish I could find a collection to get the drift, if you catch my drift.

black hole by charle burns

and "caricatura" ( i don´t know the english title) by... well, the autor of "ghost world"

my memory is shit

aggg

You should, but since they've all been released chronologically in graphic novel form ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman_%28Vertigo%29#Collections[/url]) and recently as a retouched anthology, they're not hard to find. I've only read the first three collections so far, but there's some really good stuff in there (my favorite's [i]The Doll's House[/i], notably all things dealing with the "cereal" convention).

But the best graphic novel of all time? I'll have to agree with the critics on this one: Alan Moore's [i]Watchmen[/i]. Anything by Moore is unarguably fantastic, and [i]Watchmen[/i] is generally considered to be his magnum opus. [i]V for Vendetta[/i] is also amazing (and it may ruin the movie forever, it's that much better). His one-shot story of The Joker's origins, [i]The Killing Joke[/i], is a brilliant and twisted treat for Batman fans. During his run on [i]The Swamp Thing[/i] (issues 20 through 64) he created the character of John Constantine, which was later spun off into the ongoing [i]Hellblazer[/i] series - and, of course, the film starring Keanu Reeves.

So, basically, Alan Moore created the universe and I want to have his babies. But you should all read [i]Watchmen[/i], anyway.

Well, the great grand daddy of all graphic novels/comics...the single longest running English-language comic book series ever by a single creative team with 300 issues and 6,000 pages all by the same author and and artist....

CEREBUS!!!

I've really started enjoying Eric Powell's "The Goon" on many levels. Art, story, wisecrackin' rock-jawed forties humor...

Also like Matt Wagner's "Mage" series 1 & 2, but seem to like it slightly less each time I go back to read it again.

And for off the wall fun with no coherent plot, but lotsa monkey adventures, I recommend Ken Knudtsen's "My Monkey's Name is Jennifer."

i've been reading The Walking Dead series... its about zombies. i am just waiting for the sixth issue to come out, i think its in may or something.

Marvel Zombies was ok too. it had a cool story, All the superheroes turn into flesh eating zombies, cant go wrong there

Y The Last Man
The Incal by Jodoworsky
Wanted by Millar

[QUOTE]The Incal by Jodoworsky[/QUOTE]
That series is so damn good.

I just finished 28 Days Later: The Aftermath - Steve Niles last night. Zombies. Good stuff.

[QUOTE=PureTaurine;950117]That series is so damn good.

I just finished 28 Days Later: The Aftermath - Steve Niles last night. Zombies. Good stuff.[/QUOTE]

There is a movie coming out soon for that, the 28 weeks later. Not sure if it's going to suck though. Does have Idris Elba in it though. He's interesting, remember liking him in the UK BBC series Utraviolet which was about vampires. But yeah think I was the only person ever to like that series. Everyone else says it's way too slow, guess no one likes dark shadows either

[QUOTE=Jason Rodriguez;905795]Based on the fact that you liked 100 Bullets, don’t like superheroes, and enjoy a book with strong story AND art I'd have to recommend [URL=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FStray-Bullets-Vol-Innocence-Nihilism%2Fdp%2F0972714561%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1166475501%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&tag=themooseinthe-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325]Stray Bullets[/URL]. Stray Bullets is probably my all-time favorite ongoing series, David Lapham is a goddamn genius - someone handed me the first issue about two years ago and it was probably the most jaw-dropping single issue of a comic I've ever read and the series only gets better and better.

The series starts by introducing several key characters at different points in the story - it could be a bit disorienting at first in a Pulp Fiction sort of way but they all come together with plenty of nice "Ahhhh" moments. And Amy Racecar, who I believe comes into play in the first trade, is probably one of the greatest storytelling methods ever employed in comics.

You won't regret buying this. I love this friggin book.[/QUOTE]

STRAY BULLETS is one of my most favorite series, but I am curious, did this series end or what? I have the first 4 trade paperbacks ( the slim ones) but how many issues did it have and is it defunct?

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown;950321]STRAY BULLETS is one of my most favorite series, but I am curious, did this series end or what? I have the first 4 trade paperbacks ( the slim ones) but how many issues did it have and is it defunct?[/QUOTE]

Lapham took a break from Stray Bullets to do his 12-issue Detective Comics arc "City of Crime",[I] Daredevil vs. Punisher[/I], and Silverfish, his 160-page OGN coming from Vertigo June 27th (can't wait!).

I think he stopped at issue 40, which is kind of annoying because 41 is supposed to be the end of the current storyline and we've been waiting a year-and-a-half for it.

Over the past couple of months I've read and enjoyed:

In comic form:
American Virgin
Y the Last Man
The Pirates of Coney Island
Daredevil
Mouseguard

Graphic Novels:
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
American Born Chinese by Gene Yang
Absolute New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
Stagger Lee by Derek McCulloch and Shep Hendrix
Sleeper Volumes 3 and 4 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Fables Volume 8 and 1001 Nights of Snowfall
Hellcity by Macon Blair and Joe Flood
Elk's Run by Josh Fialkov and Noel Tuazon. But I edited this one so I'm biased.

I've been reading a lot of Daniel Clowes lately. Ghost World, Daniel Boring. It's oddly fascinating.

[QUOTE=undeclared;950833]I've been reading a lot of Daniel Clowes lately. Ghost World, Daniel Boring. It's oddly fascinating.[/QUOTE]

You should read [I]Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron[/I] if you haven't already. I'd put it up there with [I]Ghost World[/I]. It's a fantastic book. Requires a couple of reads but it's worth it.

[QUOTE=undeclared;950833]I've been reading a lot of Daniel Clowes lately. Ghost World, Daniel Boring. It's oddly fascinating.[/QUOTE]

right on, loved ghost world - the movie wasn't half bad either - the birth of thora birch and scarlett johannson, nice (i'm sure i misspelled)

[QUOTE=Jason Rodriguez;950816]
Graphic Novels:Absolute New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
Stagger Lee by Derek McCulloch and Shep Hendrix
Sleeper Volumes 3 and 4 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Fables Volume 8 and 1001 Nights of Snowfall
[/QUOTE]

I really like the fables series.

Sleeper is one of my all time favorites. What did you think of it?

Stagger Lee, i've been meaning to read this very badly. Whats your opinion of it?

The New Frontier was a great series by Darwyn Cooke

[QUOTE=UbikRex;951583]I really like the fables series.

Sleeper is one of my all time favorites. What did you think of it?

Stagger Lee, i've been meaning to read this very badly. Whats your opinion of it?

The New Frontier was a great series by Darwyn Cooke[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Fables is becoming one of my favorite series. When I first started reading it, I thought it was kind of easy, but the more I get into it the more I appreciate the level of depth they're giving to these characters that, throughout history, were nothing but one-dimensional archetypes. It's quite smart.

I love Sleeper, too. I kind of passed on it at first because it didn't seem like the type of book I'd usually enjoy. But it's a lot of fun - greatly paced and the twists are actually twists.

Stagger Lee is wonderful. I got it for free at last year's Book Expo in DC. I got in touch with Derek and Shep recently and had dinner with them - they're great guys with a lot of respect for the source material. It's fun to just listen to them talk about the history behind Stagger Lee.

New Frontier is great. Absolute New Frontier is the prettiest book I've ever bought.

Totally into Hack / Slash at the mo ever since I picked up "Slice Hard" I've been hooked, which is probely somthing to with it having a Butchers knife welding Teddy. I also saw today they have done one with Chucky which looks pretty cool, as it picks up after "Seed of Chucky".

Been stepping in and out of the ongoing Civil War Saga which has had some intresting moments, but other than that been getting into Catwoman: One Year Later since they brought back "Film Freak" in a revamped form, for the ropey version that was in "Knightfall".

One of the best comic series has got to be THE INVISIBLES.Grant Morrison is a fucking genius.

[QUOTE=kakunn;905666]BATTLE ROYALE

A bunch of student in a desert island who has to kill themselves in order to survive, Only 1 of them can be alive at the end. It´s very disturbing[/QUOTE]

Haha my friend just gave me that book, it's fantastical
But on graphic novels - The Amory Wars series is amazing
Coheed and Cambria novels basically....

If you like disturbing manga get ULTRA GASH INFERNO by Suehiro Muruo. Sick and beautiful both at the same time.

I love Watchmen.
You can't get better than that IMO when it comes to graphic novels. But who knows, something good might show up.

I also like Batman:Hush and The Long Halloween.

I'm a huge Warren Ellis fan and strongly recommend anything he puts his name to including but not limited to his run with The Authority, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Orbiter, Desolation Jones, Next Wave: agents of H.A.T.E. and Global Frequency.

You guys should also check out Powers by Brian Michael Bendis. It's a cop drama in a world with Super Heroes. Good art. Great stories.

Stephen King's The Dark Tower has been recently made into a comic book series. I'm a huge fan of the novels and the comics are pretty cool.

Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy and Angel) did a run for Uncanny X-men which had some great moments. Definately worth reading.

What else?

If we're going for classics (I see people mentioning The Watchmen) then we need to mention The Preacher series by Garth Ennis. Possibly one of the most entertaining reads in all of Comicdom. Cassidy. The Saint of Killers. Arseface. What more need I say?

I know I'll think of like six others as soon as I hit "submit".

As of lately I've picked up 100 Bullets, Lucifer, and Strangers in Paradise and loved all three so far. 30 Day of Night continues to keep my interest and the artwork is just plain amazing. Also if you haven't read it yet, grab Teenagers from Mars,it's a look into comics being banned and comic fans/artists/writers, rebelling against the authorities because of it.

Apparantly Ian Rankin, a scottish author famous for the Inspector Rebus books, which look like tedious mainstream noir, if I'm allowed to be so prejudicely ignorant, is going to do a run on Hellblazer. I'm trying to find the interview of him talking about this. I might pick up one of his books if I can confirm this isn't wikipedia being a prat. Hopefully he'll do Warren Ellis and Jamie Delano proud, who I think had the best runs on this, though I haven't read Neil Gaiman's issues yet.

Anyone here ever read Batman's "No Man's Land" series? It's absolutely fantastic.

Also, Transmetropolitan continues to be one of my favorite graphic novels, ever. And I can relate to it a bit better because I live in the big city.

Meathook seed:A tribute to Gilles de Rais.By Philbin/Havoc,its a surreal little gem in comics.You will find it in Butchershop in the sky:the works of James Havoc along with Third eye buttafly.Check them out at creationbooks.com.

I don't read a whole lot of graphic novels, but Preacher blew me away. Transmet is good too.

Right now I'm reading The Sandman, its great so far.

[QUOTE=LECKIE;1086061]Meathook seed:A tribute to Gilles de Rais.By Philbin/Havoc,its a surreal little gem in comics.You will find it in Butchershop in the sky:the works of James Havoc along with Third eye buttafly.Check them out at creationbooks.com.[/QUOTE]

Have you ever read La-Bas (Down There) by J.K. Hyusman? It's all about Gilles de Rais, satanism, and was written in France in the 1890s. Totally twisted. Most people that read it are amazed that something so graphic and brutal was written over 100 years ago (of course that's the French for you).

As far as graphic novels go, I really like Blue Monday. It's pretty much a punk/mod/brit-pop Archie comic with John Hughes comedy plots and manga-esque art. Judging by what's been posted already, it might be a little sweet for the average taste here, but I think it's a lot of fun. Anyone that's had a Vespa, shaved head and flight jacket, or digs Fred Perry stuff will probably like it.

[QUOTE=chad lott;1086174]Anyone that's had a Vespa, shaved head and flight jacket, or digs Fred Perry stuff will probably like it.[/QUOTE]

why not just say skinhead?

[QUOTE=ScribblingDes;1086185]why not just say skinhead?[/QUOTE]

Because those three categories, while indicative of skinhead culture, are not exclusive to skinheads. You are very much correct in your inference, though, as the comic has tons of references to two-tone ska and reggae.

Vespas are pretty much found everywhere.
Shaved heads and flight jackets are the winter uniform of the SF leather daddies.
Fred Perry shirts are worn by skins, casuals, yuppies, tennis players, etc.

[QUOTE=chad lott;1086203]Because those three categories, while indicative of skinhead culture, are not exclusive to skinheads. You are very much correct in your inference, though, as the comic has tons of references to two-tone ska and reggae.

Vespas are pretty much found everywhere.
Shaved heads and flight jackets are the winter uniform of the SF leather daddies.
Fred Perry shirts are worn by skins, casuals, yuppies, tennis players, etc.[/QUOTE]

all vespas aside, when you put a shaved head, a bomber, and a fred perry together, you either have a skin or a mighty strange coincidence. Might as well throw in some boots and braces and call it a day.

What you're saying is totally valid, but don't let my loaded word choice dissuade you from the comic (if skinheads would put you off). It's mostly about a group of punk girls, their goofy mod friends, and their wild hijjnks.

Oh yeah, Preacher was awesome. Arseface forever.

[QUOTE=chad lott;1086219]What you're saying is totally valid, but don't let my loaded word choice dissuade you from the comic (if skinheads would put you off). It's mostly about a group of punk girls, their goofy mod friends, and their wild hijjnks.

Oh yeah, Preacher was awesome. Arseface forever.[/QUOTE]

i used to hang around with a bunch of skins in savannah. best group of assholes I ever met in my life. It was always a good time with those guys. Also, its nice to run into someone else who doesn't associate "skinhead" with "nazi."

The funniest graphic novel to date would have to be Johnny Ryan's XXX Scumbag Party!