Graphic Novels

jheii · 03.21.2006, 01:51 PM

Does anyone here read graphic novels? I'm not very familiar with them, but I may be given the chance to write one soon, so I'm doing all of the research that I can. Tell me yr opinions, favorite writers and illustrators, favorite books, etc. I'm all ears.

Hip Priest · 03.21.2006, 01:55 PM

Not often, but I've got Watchmen, because it's a classic. I've also got the The Prisoner - Shattered Visage because I love the old TV series and Lovecraft because I'm a fan of HP Lovecraft. I enjoy them when I read them though, it's just not a big thing for me. I'll keep an eye on this thread to look for recommendations.

screamingskull · 03.21.2006, 04:09 PM

i love
Daniel Clowes

screamingskull · 03.21.2006, 04:10 PM

and Adrian Tomine

screamingskull · 03.21.2006, 04:10 PM

RIPfrey05 · 03.21.2006, 04:24 PM

i looooooovvveeddd akifa at one point.

onetamecookie · 03.22.2006, 05:26 AM

American Comic/Graphic Novelists that are superrad -

Jeffrey Brown (try Clumsy)
Seth (It's A Good Life If you don't weaken)
Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan...)
Adrian Tomine -as stated above
Art Speigelman (Maus/Raw Magazine)
Charles Burns (Skin Deep/Black Hole)
The Hernandez Bros (Love & Rockets!!)
Craig Thompson (Blankets/Goodbye Chunky Rice)
... and my personal favourite, Farel Dalrymple (Pop Gun War!)

also I just finished reading Night Fisher by a Hawaiian guy called R. Kikuo Johnson which was pretty good. basically if you go the Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly websites you will find pretty much all good stuff there.

Also, if yr in Britain (or if you can get yr hands on it) there's an ace comic magazine that comes out twice a year called Sturgeon White Moss, which has so much good stuff in it, Archer Prewitt, Alexander Tucker, Tom Gauld, Daniel Johnston, Jeffrey Lewis, Sophie Crumb, etc etc etc....

Rob Instigator · 03.22.2006, 10:20 AM

Graphic novels

I suggest you read these

MAUS - Art Spiegelman

TO THE HEART OF THE STORM,
NEW YORK : THE BIG CITY,
MINOR MIRACLES,
A CONTRACT WITH GOD - Will Eisner

WATCHMEN,
FROM HELL,
V FOR VENDETTA - Alan Moore

THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS - Frank Miller

GeneticKiss · 03.22.2006, 12:17 PM

What, no manga?!

Ghost In The Shell
Neon Genesis Evangelion (based on the anime, but offers more insight into the characters)
Akira (8 volumes)

Also-
Cerebus the Aardvark (series collected over 15 volumes)

h8kurdt · 03.22.2006, 12:19 PM

I love American Splendour, actually I think i'm turning like him more and more... not sure that's a good thing but hey.

Spawn is also great, better than all that superhero shite.

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 03.22.2006, 02:48 PM

Art Spiegelman and Daniel Clowes are great.

Has anybody read any Phoebe Gloeckner?

Kim C Not G · 03.22.2006, 05:09 PM

I'm a bigggg fan of Dan Clowes also. I enjoy Steve Niles (Cal Mc Donald), Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl), and others.

nomadicfollower · 03.22.2006, 07:56 PM

Haven't read any, but the Sin City novels seem pretty neat.

And I remeber reading something about one called Cerebus maybe? I think it had references to Oscar Wilde and that's probably what caught my attention.

Phlegmscope · 03.22.2006, 09:38 PM

Akira is amazing! and it's really the only comic I've truly paid attention to so far (although when I was about 15 I read spawn...). They just released the final two parts (9, 10) here, but I haven't purchased them yet.

I borrowed last year a few sin cities from the local library but, even though I love the art, I wasn't too fond of the characters and plot lines. From the sadistic aspect they're cool though.

Savage Clone · 03.22.2006, 10:27 PM

CAGES by Dave McKean is incredible. The 10 individual magazines were compiled into one hardcover volume a few years back; totally essential.

Toilet & Bowels · 03.22.2006, 10:57 PM

i don't like what i've seen from dave mckean, i.e. bits for sandman (awful comic) and a quick browse through that arkham asylum one. but people seem to like him so i'm prepared to keep trying.

GeneticKiss · 03.23.2006, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

Haven't read any, but the Sin City novels seem pretty neat.

And I remeber reading something about one called Cerebus maybe? I think it had references to Oscar Wilde and that's probably what caught my attention.

Yes, Cerebus the Aardvark by Dave Sim...later he employed a background artist named Gerhard.

Oscar Wilde is in it, but only books 5 & 6.

(Hey, I didn't know we could use different fonts...so why are we all using the same font?)

h8kurdt · 03.23.2006, 09:17 AM

Beacause we're sheep

I've always wanted to read Arkham Asylum, Akira and Sin City but I've just never bothered. Well that tells me what to spend this weeks wages on.

Savage Clone · 03.23.2006, 09:19 AM

Cages is way different. It's the only one I truly dig, but it really is great.

I'm mostly into:
Ivan Brunetti
Chris Ware
Julie Doucet
Peter Bagge
Dan Clowes
Jim Blanchard
Dennis Worden
Dame Darcy

That kind of scene. I was pretty voracious in the early and mid 90s with that stuff. Stickboy, Schizo, Hate, Meat Cake, Loose Teeth, a bunch of others.

Rob Instigator · 03.23.2006, 09:25 AM

The sandman comics are FUCKING GREAT!

McKean is a great artist too

The SIN CITY comics are fucking genius NOIR

read them!!!!

03.21.2006, 01:51 PM	#1
jheii bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 224	Does anyone here read graphic novels? I'm not very familiar with them, but I may be given the chance to write one soon, so I'm doing all of the research that I can. Tell me yr opinions, favorite writers and illustrators, favorite books, etc. I'm all ears. __________________ "In the room the women come and go With Vodka-mixed orange Jello"
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03.21.2006, 01:55 PM	#2
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Not often, but I've got Watchmen, because it's a classic. I've also got the The Prisoner - Shattered Visage because I love the old TV series and Lovecraft because I'm a fan of HP Lovecraft. I enjoy them when I read them though, it's just not a big thing for me. I'll keep an eye on this thread to look for recommendations. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	i love Daniel Clowes
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	and Adrian Tomine
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03.22.2006, 05:26 AM	#7
onetamecookie empty page Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2	American Comic/Graphic Novelists that are superrad - Jeffrey Brown (try Clumsy) Seth (It's A Good Life If you don't weaken) Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan...) Adrian Tomine -as stated above Art Speigelman (Maus/Raw Magazine) Charles Burns (Skin Deep/Black Hole) The Hernandez Bros (Love & Rockets!!) Craig Thompson (Blankets/Goodbye Chunky Rice) ... and my personal favourite, Farel Dalrymple (Pop Gun War!) also I just finished reading Night Fisher by a Hawaiian guy called R. Kikuo Johnson which was pretty good. basically if you go the Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly websites you will find pretty much all good stuff there. Also, if yr in Britain (or if you can get yr hands on it) there's an ace comic magazine that comes out twice a year called Sturgeon White Moss, which has so much good stuff in it, Archer Prewitt, Alexander Tucker, Tom Gauld, Daniel Johnston, Jeffrey Lewis, Sophie Crumb, etc etc etc....
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03.22.2006, 10:20 AM	#8
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,960	Graphic novels I suggest you read these MAUS - Art Spiegelman TO THE HEART OF THE STORM, NEW YORK : THE BIG CITY, MINOR MIRACLES, A CONTRACT WITH GOD - Will Eisner WATCHMEN, FROM HELL, V FOR VENDETTA - Alan Moore THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS - Frank Miller __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.22.2006, 12:17 PM	#9
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	What, no manga?! Ghost In The Shell Neon Genesis Evangelion (based on the anime, but offers more insight into the characters) Akira (8 volumes) Also- Cerebus the Aardvark (series collected over 15 volumes)
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03.22.2006, 12:19 PM	#10
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	I love American Splendour, actually I think i'm turning like him more and more... not sure that's a good thing but hey. Spawn is also great, better than all that superhero shite. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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03.22.2006, 02:48 PM	#11
AllHandsOnTheBigOne children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Where? Posts: 378	Art Spiegelman and Daniel Clowes are great. Has anybody read any Phoebe Gloeckner? __________________ Boys go to jupiter to get more stupider Girls go to mars, become rock stars
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03.22.2006, 05:09 PM	#12
Kim C Not G bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 109	I'm a bigggg fan of Dan Clowes also. I enjoy Steve Niles (Cal Mc Donald), Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl), and others.
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03.22.2006, 07:56 PM	#13
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Haven't read any, but the Sin City novels seem pretty neat. And I remeber reading something about one called Cerebus maybe? I think it had references to Oscar Wilde and that's probably what caught my attention.
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03.22.2006, 09:38 PM	#14
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	Akira is amazing! and it's really the only comic I've truly paid attention to so far (although when I was about 15 I read spawn...). They just released the final two parts (9, 10) here, but I haven't purchased them yet. I borrowed last year a few sin cities from the local library but, even though I love the art, I wasn't too fond of the characters and plot lines. From the sadistic aspect they're cool though.
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03.22.2006, 10:27 PM	#15
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	CAGES by Dave McKean is incredible. The 10 individual magazines were compiled into one hardcover volume a few years back; totally essential.
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03.22.2006, 10:57 PM	#16
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,264	i don't like what i've seen from dave mckean, i.e. bits for sandman (awful comic) and a quick browse through that arkham asylum one. but people seem to like him so i'm prepared to keep trying.
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03.23.2006, 09:17 AM	#18
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Beacause we're sheep I've always wanted to read Arkham Asylum, Akira and Sin City but I've just never bothered. Well that tells me what to spend this weeks wages on. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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03.23.2006, 09:19 AM	#19
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Cages is way different. It's the only one I truly dig, but it really is great. I'm mostly into: Ivan Brunetti Chris Ware Julie Doucet Peter Bagge Dan Clowes Jim Blanchard Dennis Worden Dame Darcy That kind of scene. I was pretty voracious in the early and mid 90s with that stuff. Stickboy, Schizo, Hate, Meat Cake, Loose Teeth, a bunch of others.
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03.23.2006, 09:25 AM	#20
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,960	The sandman comics are FUCKING GREAT! McKean is a great artist too The SIN CITY comics are fucking genius NOIR read them!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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