Recommend a graphic novel to me

[Einion Yrth]

Justayellowbadge said:

Silver said:

From Hell and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hell-Alan-Moore/dp/0861661...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/V-Vendetta-Alan-Moore/dp/1...

Both superb.

I genuinely adore the fact you are getting book suggestions from people that clearly can't, or don't, read.

Well the request was for comic-strips, there are still many who don't consider them 'proper' reading.

[norby1]

Batman Year One and Batman - The Killing Joke

Both pretty good stories

[HBLC]

Agree with From Hell. It's fantastic.

[chippy17]

norby1 said:

Batman Year One and Batman - The Killing Joke

Both pretty good stories

but as someone has already said you must finish this lot off with Dark Knight Returns

[Dunclane]

When you said "Graphic Novel" I thought you meant something like this

[Graykiraa]

lots of good recommendations already, i shall add to the list with

Y the last Man

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_-_The_Last_Man

[The Hypno-Toad]

Elektra Assasin. But be warned, its more than a little trippy.

[Silver]

Justayellowbadge said:

Silver said:

From Hell and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hell-Alan-Moore/dp/0861661...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/V-Vendetta-Alan-Moore/dp/1...

Both superb.

I genuinely adore the fact you are getting book suggestions from people that clearly can't, or don't, read.

Whoops. I put From Hell and then added V for Vendetta as an afterthought because I have the memory of a goldfish and had already forgotten the OP.

Edited by Silver on Tuesday 20th July 12:55

[V8mate]

Justayellowbadge said:

Silver said:

From Hell and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hell-Alan-Moore/dp/0861661...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/V-Vendetta-Alan-Moore/dp/1...

Both superb.

I genuinely adore the fact you are getting book suggestions from people that clearly can't, or don't, read.

Since when was it the norm to use the OP as any kind of guidance when posting on PH?

[Snoop Bagg]

One of my favourite authors is Shaun Hutson!

[philwhite]

If you liked V for Vendetta, I’d recommend Transmetropolitan! Awesome story of future politics and corruption, staring one of comics best creations, Spider Jerusalem.

If you like Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is good, although it gets a little odd in the later books.

+1 Sandman, regarded as one of the best comics written, easily on par with Watchmen.
+1 for Preacher too, truly epic.
+1 for The Boys too, excellent spin on the Super Hero genre.
+1 for Y: The Last Man.
Maus if you want something serious.
100 Bullets is great.
DMZ worth a read

In fact, I’ve found anything on the Vertigo (D.C’s non super hero publisher) label to be good. Take a look at their site, you can read the first editions of quite a few...

http://www.dccomics.com/sites/vertigo_num1s/

[captainzep]

Thanks folks.

Some interesting suggestions.

I'll be dusting off the credit card and seeing what Postman Pat brings me presently.

[UncleRic]

2 pages and no-one has mentioned 'The Walking Dead'??

It's 100% B&W, very well thought out on a page by page basis. Very deep, very strong characters with excellent progression through the series. You get a real sense of the desolation and fear.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead

Superb, (If you like Zombie apocalypse scenarios..) I'm almost willing to guarantee you'll like it.

Also.. soon to be (October 2010) a TV series, which, just about gives you time to read all the GN's up to the most recent.

[sadako]

Transmetropolitan

This is what got me into graphic novels and it is fantastic.

[Parrot of Doom]

You should get a few old Dan Dare compendiums. The original "Voyage to Venus" is an excellent read, and beautifully drawn by Frank Hampson.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Dan-Dare-Voyage-Ve...

60 years on and it hasn't lost its charm.

[UncleRic]

Another good one, although quite short lived.

'Sam and Twitch'. A spin-off from the 'Spawn' series (also enjoyable and definatley worth atleast looking at, though a bit left-field for some people).
Two detectives: a fat arse-hole and his undervalued partner, some horrific crimes all bought together in a fantastic story.

[The Black Flash]

If you're a fan of the Aliens films, then Aliens Book 1 is a good read.

[RizzoTheRat]

Another vote for the Sandman from me, also Tank Girl and Cerebus the Aardvark are quite good.