Recommend me some comic books

[killer b]

i don't think you're likely to find it for under 15 quid tbh... but get it anyway.

 

[al]

oh: old school classic with a female lead who isn't the normal 'big boob kickass' comic book stereotype:

The Ballad of Halo Jones.

Stone cold classic

This ^^^^

Halo Jones is a classic, a bit sci-fi, but great characters and story, and beautiful art...

 

[weepiper]

Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic ones are quite good... I like some of the Sandman stuff but I just find the main character too punchable to get really into them. Another vote for the Preacher series here too.

 

[Diamond]

oh: old school classic with a female lead who isn't the normal 'big boob kickass' comic book stereotype:

The Ballad of Halo Jones.

Stone cold classic

I was just about to post that. Bloody brilliant comic.

 

[harpo]

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. Maybe a bit old-fashioned now but I used to love them.

 

[DotCommunist]

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. Maybe a bit old-fashioned now but I used to love them.

Milk and Cheese

 

[Ron Merlin]

Dairy products gone bad!

 

[al]

The comic book version of Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' is also delicious, especially if you're familiar with London...

 

[DotCommunist]

I've also heard good things about Perseopolis: the story of a young girls life in Iran.

 

[TitsMcGhee]

I've always been bang on X-men tbh

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I've been toying with the idea of buying Watchmen

 

[elevendayempire]

I've always been bang on X-men tbh

Grant Morrison's run on that was full of Win. The artwork was a bit inconsistent, though.

 

[dodgepot]

the tank girl book.

 

[isitme]

garth ennis punisher series is the shizznit

it is very silly but wicked

 

[Boycey]

akira
transmetropolitan
100 bullets
from hell
league of extraordinary gentlemen

all get big thumbs up from me, also check out freakangels. it's free, online, one episode a week by the writer of transmet.

 

[bluestreak]

from hell is worth the extra cash btw EG - it's a substantial tome, and will keep you going much longer than most comic books...

Yeah. I lent my copy to the missus who'd never read a graphic novel before and she absolutely fell in love with it. Worth every penny of the forty dollars or so i paid for it.

 

[bluestreak]

I've been toying with the idea of buying Watchmen

Do so. It really is a Great Work.

 

[DotCommunist]

all get big thumbs up from me, also check out freakangels. it's free, online, one episode a week by the writer of transmet.

cheers for the heads up

 

[i-am-your-idea]

blankets, palestine, exit wounds, maus, fun home, blue pills, epileptic, goodbye chunky rice, carnet de voyage

 

[bluestreak]

Seconded Palestine - Joe Sacco's Great Work.

 

[DotCommunist]

Freak angel is fucking

 

[The Groke]

I've always been bang on X-men tbh

Both Morrison's and Joss Whedon's run is fucking ace.

Warren Ellis is picking up from where Whedon left off on Astonishing X-Men - high hopes for a quality continuation.



I still think that Doom Patrol is actually Morrison's strongest and most coherent work - top stuff.

 

[andy2002]

Stuff I've read recently...

Young Liars by David Lapham – just picked up the first trade and it's great. Thought it was all a bit contrived at first but as you get into it you realise that's kind of the point and that none of the main characters is at all what they seem.

The Filth – more madness from Grant Morrison, this time a 13-part series about, well, your guess is as good as mine really. See also Doom Patrol, which is my favourite series by Morrison.

Y The Last Man – just got the first four volumes (of 10) from the library and it's worth a read even though I don't think it's quite the classic others do. To be honest, I find some of its politics a bit iffy which kind of spoils it for me.

 

[vauxhallmum]

Violent Cases
Love and Rockets
Electra Assassin
Stray Toasters
Black Orchid

 

[Sadken]

I have so many i could have lent you!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

If you fancy a hunt for back issues the run on Swamp Thing by Alan Moore is all kinds of excellent.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Do so. It really is a Great Work.

Yeah. I keep seeing it in bookshops everywhere (cos of the film, I guess).

Another thing I'll have got into once it's no longer cool to do so

How do you lot keep yoru ears so thoroughly to the ground on just about everything?

 

[Sadken]

If you fancy a hunt for back issues the run on Swamp Thing by Alan Moore is all kinds of excellent.

You can just get a hardback collection though?

 

[Sadken]

For my money, it gets no better than From Hell, with Maus second, maybe Watchmen third. A lot of leftfield choices in there, i am sure you will agree.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

You can just get a hardback collection though?

No idea, the last time I was into comics properly there wasn't any hard back collections of his run.