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I just finished reading, and thoroughly enjoyed, Joe Hill's Locke & Key. The combination of Joe's words and Gabriel Rodríguez's artwork make for a compelling read.
So, I'm now looking for something else to rock my world. I've previously read the graphic novel series Providence by Alan Moore and Monstress by Marjorie Liu, both of which I also really enjoyed.
What would people recommend as another great graphic novel series to read?
Any recommendations for Neil Gaiman's Sandman series?
Thanks.
Science fiction-ish:
Y: The Last Man
Ex-Machina
Saga
East of West
Lazarus
The Incal (+Metabaron, and The Technopriests)
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Descender
Doom Patrol
Invisibles
Transmetropolitan
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (nothing like the movie)
Horror-ish:
Hellboy (moody art, not at all for kids despite the lazy name)
B.P.R.D. - companion series to Hellboy but has a pulp adventure angle. Fun stuff.
Gravel - Warren Ellis
Swamp Thing - Alan Moore's run
American Vampire
Fatale
Anything and everything by Junji Ito. You'll thank me later.
Other:
Preacher
Scalped
Southern Bastards
Northland ers
Fables
Unwritten (you'll dig Fables and unwritten if you liked Sandman)
DMZ
All the titles I listed are multi-volume series. I have my favourites but all of those are indeed great. I could list the single volume books too. Generally, I prefer the self-contained shorter (not short per se) books over 10+ book runs.
nice list - I think I have about 12 of those in my collection
I really like Ed Brubakers work - have all of his books - add Criminal to the list
He's great. He and a few others are just so damned good I'll even read their superhero titles. I'm talking about Scott Snyder, Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Frank Miller... I'm sure there are more.
Definitely agree with Criminal but if those door stopper omnibus editions are too daunting, Velvet is just the thing with only three volumes.
Well I took one of your recommendations and just ordered Uzumaki - never read or heard of Ito - so figured would give it a try. Im an omnibus type of guy - wait for the zombie killing door stoppers to come out. Just finished Owen King's Intro too Alien invasion - to decide if I wanted to order the s/l - it was okay - a quick read and fun, but nothing I would turn to again - hence I did not get the CD s/l - stick with my pb copy
That just made my day.
I have quite a few omnibus editions too. They look so damned cool on the shelves. Reading them is a different story. Sandman library editions are paperbacks compared to 1000+ page oversized hardcovers like Animal Man and Invincibles.
You know what's better than having the complete Sandman library edition? Having it bookended with Dream and Death. You know what's slightly worse than that? Walking into the bookcase and watching the Death bookend fall towards the floor in slow motion. It's like your life playing out in front of your eyes.
That’s why I have two sets of death/dream bookends - one set has a missing orb (oops)Quote:
Originally Posted by WeDealInLead
Saga is probably the best thing I've read in years. I would buy all those today.
Y: The Last Man is also one of my favorites and it also get big ups from me bc it ended perfectly.
Fables vol. 1-11 are excellent.
I tend to like things that end,bc I feel that sometimes they stretch things out to make more money like Fables and Walking Dead.
Is Unwritten still good? I loved it but there was a long delay at some point and I forgot what happened.
It seemed like it was going in the "it will run forever" direction.
Great and Secret Show was excellent and it was drawn by Gabriel Rodriguez as well.
Unwritten ended years ago.
Cool, how was the ending?Quote:
Originally Posted by WeDealInLead
Hmm. Satisfying. I don't know what else to say without ruining the ending. Not sure if you knew, but volume one is out in a "deluxe" hardcover. It's just bigger trim than a paperback and there might be bonus material but they look just like standard hardcovers to me. Same quality as Preacher, Fables, Swamp Thing.
Cool, I can't justify the price on those though.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeDealInLead
I am really excited they are finally putting out a Hellboy omnibus. I always wanted to read them but how fast I read comics I find it hard to drop $18 on something I will finish in an hour.
Great recommendations. Thanks everyone.
Sandman, Swamp Thing and Hellboy sound like good they'll be right up my alley.
The Sandman is seminal graphic novel reading. The case can be made that it paved the way for the medium today as we know it. Paradigm changer for sure. Also, it's really fucking cool.
The following are all great titles that should be experienced by everyone who likes a great story
Fables
The Unwritten
Y: The Last Man
The Invisibles (this is for more 'seasoned' GN readers tho)
East of West
Also check this out!
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...el-of-All-Time
Dude I completely forgot we had that tournament!!
Watchmen is a worthy champion.
Wytches was really good as well.
Wasn't there supposed to be a sequel or something?
Don't know about a Wytches sequel, but I strongly suggest his other horror book called Severed.
Yeahhh, pretty much anything by Scott Snyder is a surefire bet.
Also, Deal - you're going to exile me for this, but I've never read Kingdom Come. That's one of the All Times's that has somehow eluded my grasp, until now. Just ordered it off Amazon. Stoked to read it. :)
I don't own it either. I have one of those free DC pamphlets with must-read books and I'm slowly working my way through it. That's how I found out about it.
Just finished reading the trade hardback of Preacher which collects comics #1 through # 12 and thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's very violent in places, but the story moves along at swift pace and I'm really curious to see where they are going to take the storyline in the future.
The Killing Joke
Justice League: Identity Crisis
Daredevil: Guardian Devil
Batman: Hush
Flashpoint (DC Comics)
The Joker: Endgame
Y: The Last Man....perfect for today’s climate
Red Son...Superman lands in USSR instead of Kansas and becomes a commie
Irredeemable...Superman snaps and says fuck the earthlings
Daredevil Born Again...the definitive daredevil story
Marvels...good story with flawless Alex Ross art
Superman Birthright by Mark Waid...imo the best Superman origin story
Identity Crisis by Brad Metzler...yet another 80s rape story but it’s a great read
Old Man Logan...Logan the movie plus hulks
Invincible...the guy that wrote walking dead writes guardians of the galaxy for Nickelodeon
Batman the long Halloween...underrated as hell. Includes the entire Batman roster
Daredevil Yellow
Daredevil The Man Without Fear
Daredevil anything by Bendis & Maleev
Captain America Winter Soldier...my all time favorite
Civil War
Just bought myself a birthday present, so happy. The graphic novels, not the shelf, lol:
https://i.imgur.com/l7F8SK5.jpg
That's a damn fine collection. Wowzers.
From the sound of it, you and I have similar taste. Irredeemable was one of my favorite stories, except it got a little convoluted near the end. Marvels was fantastic. Old Man Logan was great, and I haven't read his Old Man Logan series yet but I'm excited to start it. Long Halloween was pretty good, but I'm partial to Hush and Arkham Asylum being my favorite Batman stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earl of Popkin
I'm excited to get it here in the next few days, but I've been enhancing the pictures and cataloging the titles, and there's a LOT of Volume 3s or Volume 6s, etc., without having the first ones. So essentially, I just spent $1000 so I can go ahead and spend more money and fill in the gaps, lol. Oh well. And the library stickers should come off easy enough, but I forgot to ask if they have the cards inside. I hope not. Do modern libraries still do the cards on the inside?Quote:
Originally Posted by fernandito
Irredeemable is fantastic, but I felt it dragged on a little too long and wasn't too big a fan of the ending.
Pretty much I'll read anything by Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Jonathan Hickman, Warren Ellis.
Oh, and fun fact for anyone that is OCD enough to catalog graphic novels … I hate Spider-Man now. This is why:
The series starts off with the 1963 Amazing Spider-Man series and has issues #1 through #441. Then it continues to the 1999 Amazing Spider-Man series and has issues #1 through #58. Then it continues to the 1963 Amazing Spider-Man series with issues #500 through #700. Then it continues to the Avenging Spider-Man series for one issue in issue #15.1, then it continues to the Superior Spider-Man series, then it goes back to the 1963 series for a few issues. Then it goes to the Amazing Spider-Man 2015 series for a few issues, then it goes back to the 1963 series, then it continues to the Amazing Spider-Man 2018 series.
Fuck you Spider-Man.
https://i.imgur.com/vofRNl8.jpg
I love Hush as well. Jim Lee can’t hit a deadline to save his life but his Batman is my fave. And I know this is super duper unpopular, but I don’t like Arkham Asylum bc of the art. Clearly I’m in the minorityQuote:
Originally Posted by ShannonFrom the sound of it, you and I have similar taste. Irredeemable was one of my favorite stories, except it got a little convoluted near the end. Marvels was fantastic. Old Man Logan was great, and I haven't read his Old Man Logan series yet but I'm excited to start it. Long Halloween was pretty good, but I'm partial to Hush and Arkham Asylum being my favorite Batman stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earl of Popkin
Congrats on the collection sounds like you got a great deal
Based on this info I’d say give Ed Brubaker a shot too. Also, Matt Fractions Hawkeye run is a cool version of campy funQuote:
Originally Posted by fernandito
And Jason Aaron!
What about Mexican Spider-Man? :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shannon
https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-mexic...nstead-killed/
Co-sign on Aaron. Brubaker's Daredevil run is out of this world. Soule's current run is great too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earl of PopkinBased on this info I’d say give Ed Brubaker a shot too. Also, Matt Fractions Hawkeye run is a cool version of campy funQuote:
Originally Posted by fernandito
And Jason Aaron!
Shannon's post reminded me I really need to take pictures of my collection.
I've read Brubaker's Incognito and The Fade Out, both are great.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeDealInLeadCo-sign on Aaron. Brubaker's Daredevil run is out of this world. Soule's current run is great too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earl of PopkinBased on this info I’d say give Ed Brubaker a shot too. Also, Matt Fractions Hawkeye run is a cool version of campy funQuote:
Originally Posted by fernandito
And Jason Aaron!
Shannon's post reminded me I really need to take pictures of my collection.
Jason Aaron - I've read Scalped , Punisher MAX and a decent chunk of his Thor run which is some of the best Thor stuff I've ever read.
Have either of you read Injection by Ellis?
I haven’t read nearly enough Ellis. His James Bond stuff is fantastic, but I think the only other I read was some Thor And maybe some Wolverine? but can’t remember
He’s great
Edit: I was thinking of Jason Aaron wolverine I think...been too long
Does the bear shit in the woods? Yep, and it's great stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by fernanditoI've read Brubaker's Incognito and The Fade Out, both are great.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeDealInLeadCo-sign on Aaron. Brubaker's Daredevil run is out of this world. Soule's current run is great too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earl of PopkinBased on this info I’d say give Ed Brubaker a shot too. Also, Matt Fractions Hawkeye run is a cool version of campy funQuote:
Originally Posted by fernandito
And Jason Aaron!
Shannon's post reminded me I really need to take pictures of my collection.
Jason Aaron - I've read Scalped , Punisher MAX and a decent chunk of his Thor run which is some of the best Thor stuff I've ever read.
Have either of you read Injection by Ellis?
Men of Wrath and Southern Bastards are great too. There's a scene in Men of Wrath that's going to make you feel really bad. You'll know it when you see it.
Re: Ellis. His best work is stand-alone titles for Avatar: Superhods, Scars, Aetheric Mechanics, Frankenstein's Womb, No Hero etc.
http://imgur.com/a/fkvCZYG
This is everything I have by Jean "Moebius" Giraud and Alejandro Jodorowsky. I still need a few books to complete the collection but it's almost complete.
Ones I didn't see mentioned are:
The Woods - cross genre book I found because of the writer, James Tynion IV.
Clean Room - A great horror book by Gail Simone
Gideon Falls - A newer book, I enjoyed volume one