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11-12-2007, 04:40 PM
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Graphic Novels
So let me preface this by saying I'm 23 years old and a total comic book/graphic novel newb.
After watching the latest TRS and seeing the trailer for "Wanted", I wanted to read it. I picked it up at Borders and read through it pretty quickly. I thought it was great. So my question to you all is what graphic novels do you recommend I read? I don't know if I want to read anything too old. Mainly because I might have a hard time finding them. The only other graphic novels I can think of to read at this point are 300 and Sin City. 
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11-12-2007, 04:46 PM
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11-12-2007, 05:00 PM
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V for Vendetta (didn't see that coming, did you?)
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11-12-2007, 05:25 PM
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I'm kind of in the same boat myself. I have started my adventure with Watchmen, which was highly suggested by everyone here and anyone who knows what a comic book is. I've also picked up Blankets by Craig Thompson which is a beautiful read, definitely one to check out in my opinion. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Batman: The Long Halloween is one I'm working through right now and absolutely loving.
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11-12-2007, 05:35 PM
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11-13-2007, 12:50 AM
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Hellboy rocks pretty hard I recommend any Vertigo such as Sandman, Transmetropolitan, even Death. My fav Death is the high cost of living. This is a small comic by Neil Gaiman but it's great.
In more common place 1602 is good and interesting but more so to a veteran reader. Hulk Grey, Daredevil Yellow, etc. are good. Personally I also enjoy Aspen but that is because Michael Turner does the art. Anything by Warren Ellis will rock your world! He is awesome. Jeff Loab is great too. Hope that helps
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11-18-2007, 10:57 AM
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Currently I'm reading Black Hole by Charles Burns
The setting is Seattle during the early '70s. A sexually transmitted disease, the "bug," is spreading among teenagers. Those who get it develop bizarre mutations?sometimes subtle, like a tiny mouth at the base of one boy's neck, and sometimes obvious and grotesque. The most visibly deformed victims end up living as homeless campers in the woods, venturing into the streets only when they have to, shunned by normal society. The story follows two teens, Keith and Chris, as they get the bug. Their dreams and hallucinations?made of deeply disturbing symbolism merging sexuality and sickness?are a key part of the tale. The AIDS metaphor is obvious, but the bug also amplifies already existing teen emotions and the wrenching changes of puberty. Burns's art is inhumanly precise, and he makes ordinary scenes as creepy as his nightmare visions of a world where intimacy means a life worse than death.  Last edited by HiPNoTyQ : 11-18-2007 at 10:59 AM.
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11-18-2007, 09:57 PM
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Brian Wood's and Becky Cloonan's 'Demo' is amazingly well done and I've been recommending to everyone but the main book I try to get everyone to read (especially since we've all seen the movie) is Akira. Personally, the movie is a candle to the sun when compared with the full graphic story.
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