GRAPHIC NOVELS Options

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http://www.readyourselfraw.com/recommended...ntial_08may.htm

Personally, though, I wouldn't recommend "Incognegro".

[tenebr8]

"Willie and Joe" is a must-have for everyone.

Watchmen, Preacher, Sandman, 30 Days of Night-- all great GN's.

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Thimble Theatre (Popeye) strips from the 1930s; Orphan Annie from the 30s and 40s; Dick Tracy and L'il Abner from the 40s and 50s; Pogo from the 1950s--all high quality stuff; seldom equalled, never surpassed.

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Spain's adaptation of Nightmare Alley: http://www.readyourselfraw.com/recommended...htmarealley.jpg

[sue]

"Willie and Joe" is a must-have for everyone.

Watchmen, Preacher, Sandman, 30 Days of Night-- all great GN's.

I've only read Sandman of those-keep hearing about Watchmen, and I know I SHOULD, but it's kinda daunting.

I also love Y: the Last Man and Fables.

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I've only read Sandman of those-keep hearing about Watchmen, and I know I SHOULD, but it's kinda daunting.

I also love Y: the Last Man and Fables.

Watchmen is a masterpiece.

Read it once through, quickly, without slogging through all the back matter--should take less than 4 hours.

Then read it again, more slowly.

[Brootsquad]

I've only read Sandman of those-keep hearing about Watchmen, and I know I SHOULD, but it's kinda daunting.

I also love Y: the Last Man and Fables.

I'm up to Trade #9 on Y: The Last Man. Excellent book.

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"In the 1950's, the "Superman" TV series was periodically interrupted by--- Superman! As Clark Kent grinned at the camera, he misused his super-influence by telling kids that Special K cereal was the most important part of a Kryptonian breakfast. "

#26
http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/trivia/phaser92/questions.html

[sputnik]

Just finished this,kinda dark but I like em like that...

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Some insights into the early 1960s:
http://www.tommcmahon.net/humor/index.html

ALSO SEE:
THE FBI'S COINTELPRO "BLACK PANTHER COLORING BOOK":

http://www.illuminatirex.com/comics/albums.../10001/bl10.gif

http://www.illuminatirex.com/comics/album/14
http://www.illuminatirex.com/fbi-cointelpr...r-coloring-book

SEE ALSO:
http://ministerfaust.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html

CHURCH REPORT
http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/c...lreportIIIa.htm

This post has been edited by dimenno: Aug 5 2008, 05:25 PM

[La India Luba]

http://www.ravenblond.com/pgloeckner/pages/books.html

I'm rereading "Diary of a Teenage Girl" for like the tenth time. Amazing, amazing, amazing.

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Friend of mine went out with Phoebe.

He wasn't weird enough for her.

Also, he looked very much like her foster Dad.

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MADAME FATAL

DC Comics, which bought properties from Quality in 1956, never put her in a story at all. The only one who did was comix writer/artist Kim Deitch (Hollywoodland), who did a new story in 1972 that purported to be about Madam Fatal. But inasmuch as she did things in it that it's hard to imagine a mainstream comic book character doing, there could be some question about the character's identity.

http://www.toonopedia.com/fatal.htm

This post has been edited by dimenno: Aug 5 2008, 05:58 PM

[La India Luba]

Friend of mine went out with Phoebe.

He wasn't weird enough for her.

Also, he looked very much like her foster Dad.

ewwwwwww

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I know! "Leave those babies alone!"

That panel, if you remember it, looked exactly like him.

She also "did" him on a cover of the magazine he edited, Gnosis.

Here it is:



Also see:
http://www.ravenblond.com/pgloeckner/pages/gallery.html
http://www.ravenblond.com/pgloeckner/

This post has been edited by dimenno: Aug 5 2008, 06:25 PM

[Wally Cox]

Watchmen is a masterpiece.

Read it once through, quickly, without slogging through all the back matter--should take less than 4 hours.

Then read it again, more slowly.

I disagree. Read every word first time through, I say. Makes it a much better experience.

[Wally Cox]

Oh, and, although not a novel, I've been loving the Walking Dead. Can't stand the single issues, so I wait till their released in bound format. Fun, fast read.

[killyou]

i used to think that term mean porn lit.

[drumdad]

I just read Watchmen....it's the only graphic novel I've ever read, and I loved it. It took a while to get into it, but I ended up thinking it was really, really great.

[mfk]

The Watchmen is fantastic. ALMOST makes me want to read more superhero comics. Almost...

I keep finding new series and they keep ending, which is kinda frustrating.

Some of the best i've come across:
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
Y: The Last Man
Sandman
Fables
Hellblazer
Preacher
Transmetropolitan
Lucifer

[sputnik]

This is excellent

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The Watchmen is fantastic. ALMOST makes me want to read more superhero comics. Almost...

I keep finding new series and they keep ending, which is kinda frustrating.

Some of the best i've come across:
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
Y: The Last Man
Sandman
Fables
Hellblazer
Preacher
Transmetropolitan
Lucifer

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,yes,yes,yes, and have but haven't got to yet.

All 4 out of 5 stars or better.

This Hellblazer is one of the very best for those who haven't read any of them:

HARD TIME
BY BRIAN AZZARELLO
ART BY RICHARD CORBEN

http://www.amazon.com/Hellblazer-Hard-Time...s/dp/1563896966

BLACK HOLE by Burns is also good.

As is DAVID BORING by Daniel Clowes.

For those who are interested, here's a list for librarians I made in 2001 and updated a few years ago.

SIGNIFICANT COLLAGE NOVELS, COMIC STRIP CONTINUITIES AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: A
CHRONOLOGY 1905-2001

N.B.: Dates in brackets indicate publication year (when known) of
compilations.
1905-14. LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND [Strip Continuity].WINSOR MCKAY.
1911. WHAT A LIFE! E.V. LUCAS & G. MORROW. [Collage Novel]
1910s-1930s. KRAZY KAT [Strip Continuity]. GEORGE HERRIMAN.
1919 [1988]. PASSIONATE JOURNEY: A NOVEL TOLD IN 165 WOODCUTS. FRANK
MASEREEL
1920s-1940s. L'IL ORPHAN ANNIE [Strip Continuity]. HAROLD GRAY.
1920S-1930s. CAPTAIN EASY & WASH TUBBS [Strip Continuity]. ROY CRANE.
1929. THE HUNDRED HEADLESS WOMEN. MAX ERNST. [Collage Novel]
1930. A YOUNG GIRL DREAMS OF TAKING THE VEIL. MAX ERNST. [Collage Novel]
1930 [1983]. HE DONE HER WRONG [aka HEARTS OF GOLD]. MILT GROSS.
1930S. THIMBLE THEATRE [Strip Continuity]. ELZIE SEGAR.
1930s-1950s. DICK TRACY [Strip Continuity]. CHESTER GOULD.
1932-1976. TINTIN [Series]. HERGE.
1933. A WEEK OF KINDNESS, OR THE SEVEN DEADLY ELEMENTS. MAX ERNST. [Collage
Novel]
1930s-1940s. TERRY AND THE PIRATES [Strip Continuity]. MILT CANIFF.
1930s-1950s. L'IL ABNER [Strip Continuity]. AL CAPP.
1930s-1950s. ABBIE AN' SLATS [Strip Continuity]. AL CAPP/ ELIOT CAPLIN/RAEBURN VAN BUREN.
1944. BARNABY AND MR. O'MALLEY. CROCKETT JOHNSON.
1950-1960s. POGO [Strip Continuity]. WALT KELLY.
1951-52 [1983]. OUTER SPACE SPIRIT. [Strip Continuity]. EISNER/FEIFFER/WOOD.
1952-1956. MAD 1-29. KURTZMAN ET.AL.
1959. FUZZ AGAINST JUNK. AKBAR DEL PIOMBO. [Collage Novel]
1959. [1989] THE JUNGLE BOOK. HARVEY KURTZMAN.
1960. HORRIBLE: AN ACCOUNT OF THE SAD ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROGRESS. TOMI
UNGERER. [Collage Novel]
1960-62. [1984.] GOODMAN BEAVER. KURTZMAN/ELDER.
1962-66. SPIDERMAN (Series). LEE & DITKO.
1965-72 [1993]. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRITZ THE CAT. ROBERT CRUMB.
1968. HIS NAME IS SAVAGE. GIL KANE.
1969. THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. MEG RUTHERFORD. [Collage Novel]
1971. BLACKMARK. GIL KANE.
1972. BINKY BROWN MEETS THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY. JUSTN GREEN.
1972-1973. BAREFOOT GEN: A CARTOON STORY OF HIROSHIMA. KENJI NAKAZAWA. 1974.
[1978.] THE FIRST KINGDOM. JACK KATZ.
1975. THE VERY LARGE BOOK OF COMICAL FUNNIES. NATIONAL LAMPOON.
1978. A CONTRACT WITH GOD AND OTHER TENEMENT STORIES. EISNER.
1978-80 [1983]. LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET [A SIGNAL FROM SPACE.] WILL EISNER.
1977-. CEREBUS (SERIES). DAVE SIM.
1978-- [1988]. ELFQUEST (SERIES). WENDY AND RICHARD PINI.
1979. NEW ADVENTURES OF JESUS. FOOLBERT STURGEON [FRANK STACK].
1979. NUTS. GAHAN WILSON.
1979-1995. OMAHA THE CAT DANCER. KATE WORLEY & REED WALLER.
1980-89. REID FLEMING, WORLD'S TOUGHEST MILKMAN [ROGUE TO RICHES]. DAVID
BOSWELL.
1981-83 [1986]. NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY. WILL EISNER.
1981- CHRONICLES OF JUDGE DREDD (SERIES). BRIAN BOLLAND ET.AL.
1982-- LOVE AND ROCKETS (SERIES). GILBERT AND JAIME HERNANDEZ.
1982. MUTANT WORLD. RICHARD CORBEN AND JAN STRNAD.
1982. LOS TEJANOS. JACK JACKSON.
1982. MACBETH: THE FOLIO EDITION. VON.
1982. STEPHEN KING'S CREEPSHOW. BERNI WRIGHTSON.
1982-83 [1990]. V FOR VENDETTA. ALAN MOORE & DAVID LLOYD.
1982-85 [1988]. CAMELOT 3000. MIKE BARR.
1983-90. [1986--] GRENDEL. MATT WAGNER.
1983. OTHELLO COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. OSCAR ZARETE.
1983. "FRANKENSTEIN: MARVEL ILLUSTRATED NOVEL.BERNIE WRIGHTSON.
1983-85. [1988]. A LIFE FORCE. WILL EISNER.
1984-. SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING. VARIOUS.
1984. JAN POLLOCK'S ILLUSTRATED KING LEAR. JAN POLLOCK.
1984. HEARTBURST. RICK VIETCH.
1984-- [1987-89]. JOURNEY (SERIES). WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS.
1984--. FLAMING CARROT (SERIES). BOB BURDEN.
1984-85. MR. X. (SERIES). JAIME HERNANDEZ.
1984-86 [1998-99]. MAGE: THE HERO DISCOVERED. MATT WAGNER.
1985-1989. [1989] THE BRADLEYS (SERIES). PETER BAGGE.
1985. THE ORIGINAL NEXUS. MIKE BARON.
1985. RONIN. FRANK MILLER.
1985-. AMERICAN FLAGG! (SERIES) .HOWARD CHAYKIN.
1986. THE DREAMER. WILL EISNER.
1986. THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. FRANK MILLER.
1987. THE BUILDING. WILL EISNER.
1987. THE WATCHMEN. ALAN MOORE.
1988. LONE WOLF AND CUB, BOOK ONE. KAZUO KOIKE.
1988. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE. ALAN MOORE AND BRIAN BOLLAND.
1989-1991. MAUS: A SURVIVOR'S TALE. ART SPIEGELMAN.
1990. WHY I HATE SATURN. KYLE BAKER.
1990. MY NEW YORK DIARY. JULIE DOUCET.
1990-1994. THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. LARRY GONICK.
1990-1998 [1993-2001]. HATE (SERIES). [VOL. 1-6.] PETER BAGGE.
1991. PEEP SHOW. JOE MATT.
1991. TO THE HEART OF THE STORM. WILL EISNER.
1992. FLOOD! A NOVEL IN PICTURES. ERIC DROOKER.
1992-97. THE SANDMAN (SERIES). GAIMAN.
1992. MY PERFECT LIFE. LYNDA BARRY.
1993. INVISIBLE PEOPLE. WILL EISNER.
1993. LIKE A VELVET GLOVE CAST IN IRON. DANIEL CLOWES.
1993. UNDERSTANDING COMICS. SCOTT MCCLOUD.
1993-98. [2000.] JIMMY CORRIGAN, THE SMARTEST KID ON EARTH (SERIES). CHRIS
WARE.
1993-94. THE COMPLETE BONE ADVENTURES. JEFF SMITH.
1994. OUR CANCER YEAR. HARVEY PEKAR & JOYCE BRABNER.
1994. I NEVER LIKED YOU. CHESTER BROWN.
1995. DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR. ALISON BECHDEL.
1995. DROPSIE AVENUE: THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WILL EISNER.
1995. THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT. BRYAN TALBOT.
1995. MAI THE PSYCHIC GIRL.KAZUKA KUDO.
1996. KINGDOM COME.MARK WAID AND ALEX ROSS.
1996. JULIUS KNIPL: REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. BEN KATCHOR.
1996. IT'S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN. SETH.
1997-1999. MAGE: THE HERO DEFINED. MATT WAGNER.
1997. JAR OF FOOLS. JASON LUTES.
1997. GHOSTWORLD. DANIEL CLOWES.
1998. JACK KIRBY'S NEW GODS. JACK KIRBY.
1998. FAMILY MATTER. WILL EISNER.
1999. YOU ARE HERE. KYLE BAKER.
2000. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. ALAN MOORE & KEVIN O'NEIL.
2000. LAST DAY IN VIETNAM. WILL EISNER.
2000. 300. FRANK MILLER.
2000. FROM HELL. ALAN MOORE.
2000. MINOR MIRACLES. WILL EISNER.
2000. REINVENTING COMICS. SCOTT MCCLOUD.
2001. DAVID BORING. DANIEL CLOWES.
The list was compiled in 2001.

Knowing what I know now I would add Transmetropolitan, Doom Patrol,
Preacher, Jimmy Corrigan and scores of others to the list.

I do tend to cite only those titles which have been collected in book form.
Hence, no citation of DC's pre-Vertigo "Wasteland" series, which I found
really impressive, and no cite for Pacific's EC-like Bruce Jones-edited
titles like "Alien Worlds" and "Twisted Tales". (See:
http://www.kcactive.com/aande/artfeat/artfeature2003_07.htm )

Here's an interesting essay ca. 1983:

http://www.reynos.com/Comicbooks/comics-out-of-comics.htm

Titles like:

The Authority
The Ultimates
Powers
The Walking Dead
The Punisher Max series
Stormwatch: Team Achilles

are all really good. The Marvel MAX series in general tends to be
exceptional, as is the Vertigo line. Just finished reading 13 of the 15 JOHN
CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER books. All but the first one are pretty solid.

[La India Luba]

This is excellent

I didn't like the ending. it just kind of petered out.

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Spain's adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY is one of the very best graphic novels of all.

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But seriously--few have topped Kurtzman and Elder.

WILL ELDER:
http://www.tcj.com/254/i_elder.html

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