Favorite graphic novels
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Switchblade Honey (standalone by Mark Millar)
JHTM/Squee/I Feel Sick (Jhonen Vasquez)[I count them as one series really]
Chosen (3 Part series by Mark Millar)
Preacher (Mark Enis)[Technically a comic but I count it because of it's narrative that goes above and beyond comics IMO]
Transmetropolitan(Warren Ellis)
Wanted(Mark Millar)[Yes I adore his work just leave me be]{Also a shit load better than the movie a definite read}
Thats just a few off the top of my head
JHTM/Squee/I Feel Sick (Jhonen Vasquez)[I count them as one series really]
Chosen (3 Part series by Mark Millar)
Preacher (Mark Enis)[Technically a comic but I count it because of it's narrative that goes above and beyond comics IMO]
Transmetropolitan(Warren Ellis)
Wanted(Mark Millar)[Yes I adore his work just leave me be]{Also a shit load better than the movie a definite read}
Thats just a few off the top of my head
When I was younger, I used to read manga a lot and view Graphic novels as being merely super hero stuff, which I came to my senses how rich western graphic novels can be. My favorite series are as follows:
Fables: This story looks at what happens when all fables and children storie characters exist in our world. All the characters are a bit different than how we remembered them as kids. The Big Bad Wolf is a tough detective that chain smokes, Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk is a trickster rougish guy, Goldilocks is a machine gun toting militant feminist (my fave character). The authors weave in plots of Animal Farm and even 1001 Arabian Tales, great stuff.
Y the Last Man: This story is about the last man on Earth. If you can get past the plot device disease, then it is a pretty realistic look at what if there were only women in the world. As always, it shows that no matter who is in charge, people are people and corruption can happen. The main character wants to find his girl friend who is living in Australia to propose to her, but has to contend with his sister who is the leader of the anti-last man group. There are great dark humor moments like the Washington Monument becoming a memorial for men.
Fables: This story looks at what happens when all fables and children storie characters exist in our world. All the characters are a bit different than how we remembered them as kids. The Big Bad Wolf is a tough detective that chain smokes, Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk is a trickster rougish guy, Goldilocks is a machine gun toting militant feminist (my fave character). The authors weave in plots of Animal Farm and even 1001 Arabian Tales, great stuff.
Y the Last Man: This story is about the last man on Earth. If you can get past the plot device disease, then it is a pretty realistic look at what if there were only women in the world. As always, it shows that no matter who is in charge, people are people and corruption can happen. The main character wants to find his girl friend who is living in Australia to propose to her, but has to contend with his sister who is the leader of the anti-last man group. There are great dark humor moments like the Washington Monument becoming a memorial for men.
The style is nice, and the subtext metaphor is nice, and the story is about a misfits in society and fantasy affairs of children and dealing with hardship. The story doesn't focus on the 'children' per say, but only one little girl who goes against much society wise.E.X.D. said:
I wish I could tell you more, but I would ruin too much if I said more, but here's something else I can tell you without spoilers.
If you're expecting massive Godzilla sized battles, those come only in the last Issue, and it's only a short-while against one giant, which contains a 'metaphor' behind it. The rest is pretty good, but lack of action if you will and it's more about slow-paced family/school/friend story.
I originally 'downloaded' the Issues, weren't my cup of Tea, but they were original and tried something new, so bought them, kinda felt guilty for not supporting something new (same reason I bought AC).
Anyway, some spoiler if you want more:
Small girl, who lives with sister and brothers, mother is bed-ridden and terminally sick. Goes to school, but 'sees' mythical creatures (not sure if it's made-up or real) she is an outcast in school, and wields a small bag which contains the hammer which is capable of killing giants, if she opens it without reason, it kills all mystic creatures around here. Meets friends, enters fights with bullies, everyones concerned about her.
She later on, in last issue, fights against a giant, kills it supposing it wants to kill her mother, thinking giant is evil corruption but finds out the monster was after her, giant = fear. Find out mother has cancer, bittersweet ending and kills giant, her fear.
She later on, in last issue, fights against a giant, kills it supposing it wants to kill her mother, thinking giant is evil corruption but finds out the monster was after her, giant = fear. Find out mother has cancer, bittersweet ending and kills giant, her fear.
Not sure if you will like them, but I also liked a couple from your previous list, so they could adhere to your taste, but then again...
You mean theE.X.D. said:
Giant squid monster from space?
[small]The git.[/small]
Oh yeah, the Walking Dead series is a good zombie series. It focuses more on the relationships and cruelty people have for each other in a situation like this. The author said that he wanted to write something that follows the lives of people, because at the end of zombie movies the question is always raised of them escaping one situation, but what are there lives after that crisis moment, surely there are more with zombies sitll around.