Recommend me good obscure comics/manga!

[darlarosa]

Does Black Butler count? 'cause I think it's relatively obscure. >.>

It's a good mystery, horrorish and comedy manga. <.<

I love it. I wouldn't say it's obscure, though. After all, it is one of the most popular mangas in the world right now.

I know it really isn't that obscure but I really think more people should read Berserk.

Too true. I just finished book 16, and I really hope the library'll get more books.

If you like fighting I suggest Shaolin Sisters, and Shaolin Sisters Reborn. Basically the series focuses on three girls who eventually discover they are sisters(as were there mothers).

Now that I'll have to read in order to find out how they can be sisters when their mothers were sisters too.

Oh yeah it's a REALLY interesting family trust me....just read it to find out what happened to their dad...trust me

 

[Queen Michael]

I'm not sure if these two mangas are obscure or if they just have a dedicated fanbase but I recommend Toriko and Count Cain.

Toriko is about a Gourmet Hunter who tracks down rare foods in order to make the ultimate dish. I've read only a few chapters so far but it's very good. Kind of silly though and you may not want to read on an empty stomach.

Count Cain is a historical manga about the heir of a wealthy family who is trying to find out more about the secret of his birth. I'll warn you ahead of time and say that this manga is Shounen-ai and has mentions of squicky subject manner. If I tell you about the squick then it would kind of ruin the surprise and I don't know how to put spoiler tags. So if you can get around the gay subtext it is a good manga.

I've read Count Cain, and it wasn't half bad. Toriko's new to me, though.

I've got very broad tastes comic-wise, so I have no real preferences. Just make sure it's not an average shonen and I'll like it.

Hmmm, ok these two aren't so much 'obscure/abstract', but they are nice 'alternatives':

REAL [//www.mangareader.net/real] (drawn by Takehido Inoue of Slam Dunk and Vagabond fame) a wheelchair basketball manga - the first manga I've seen that treats disability in a mature and inspirational way, both as a boost for the maligned disabled audience and in teaching others about what's it's like to live with a disability (the guy's done his homework). Also kinda appropriate with the (Para)Olympics just around the corner.

The Boys [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)]; my current go-to favourite western comic. Premise: superheroes are scum (with a few exceptions) - they're corporate-sponsored rapists, murderers, pedophiles, sociopaths and psychopaths and it's up to a CIA-backed (in shaky fashion) group of oddballs with plenty of personal baggage (come on, it wouldn't be a comic without compulsory back-story padding) to curtail these 'icons' of justice.

Oh, and for what it's worth, BPRD has my full backing too; an excellent series.

I keep planning to read The Boys. I've read Real, and it's good.

 

[Omechron]

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Escapist, I am disappoint.

Read Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. It is the best comic book.