Anyone a fan of these?

I'm curious about the comic-y ones, but mainly the more artsy, less cartoon-y ones.

This one is brilliant:


This one is beautiful:

ayah?

this is hoplessly weird, but i love it:
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This is pretty awesome:


Fairly comic-y, though, and not too artsy.

Some of my favorites:

is Sam Keith the Maxx guy?

I'm on the cusp of becoming a graphic novel addict....
When I dive in, I'll share theo nes I bought

Right now, The only one I rea dis 'The Walking Dead'. I have Volumes 1-4.... Re: Zombies, etc...

but I want more real life ones as well!

Yus.

Yeah.

I only read the first issue of Zero Girl and didn't really like it.

Those look nice peoples, thanks...

especially yours alongwaltz.

Jimmy Corrigan is pretty cool, but if you want to get something that's awesome to look at (which is mainly what Chris Ware's stuff is good for IMO), get this:



- a recent Acme Novely Library hardcover.

I could see myself getting really into these. Any suggestions as to where to start?

Depends what you're looking for.

There's graphic novels which are collections of serialised stories, told in chapter form. There's some that are written as one long continuous book.

And then there's as wide a range of actual story genres as any other medium. Fantasy, autobiography, drama, romance, comedy, etc.

So I guess the first question is what kind of movies/books you like.

With graphic novels in general? I think that's what this thread is about.

Here are some more:


Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes who created Ghost World (I don't really like that comic as much). This reads sort of like a David Lynch movie. Another one by him that I really like is David Boring.


Stray Bullets Vol. 1: Innocence of Nihilism (and Vol. 2) hardcovers by Dave Lapham. Actually haven't read these in a long time, but I think the early part of this series was really good. The first two hardcover volumes collect a pretty complete story. It's sort of a crime drama thing, but it primarily focuses on the life of a girl character, Virginia. It starts with her early childhood (late '70s) and gradually progresses through time, showing her growing up and all of the crazy people she encounters. The series starts to go way overboard after about the 3rd hardover volume, but recently it had started to recover a little.



The Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. Superhero stuff, but widely considered to be pretty much the best thing of its genre. It was made in the '80s and marks one of (if not the) first real efforts to take a grown-up look at superheroes. It's best for people who at least read some superhero comics growing up or had some affinity for superheroes at some time.