comic books, graphic novels, any suggestions? favorites?

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Weapon X

I started reading Maus before and put it down. I should probably give it another shot. It just isn't as impressive as what others make it out to be.

If you can find it, I would say Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind. It was a manga by Hayao Miyazaki that turned into an anime by Hayao Miyazaki, but it's kind of rare. (The manga was made in the mid eighties or early ninties.)

- Scalped
- A Contract With God
- Rex Mundi (it's hard to find, but it's so worth it)
- American Virgin

Got the first 3 issues of Neonomicon. Spectacular! The 3rd one just came out today too, first time in at least 10 years I've been in a comic store and probably 15ish years since being there for new release wednesday =P
When I was looking Neonomicon up online a few places said it was going to be a 4 issue deal, I hope not, hope that one keeps going, lot of potential, really well written so far (that second issue )


Looked around at some of the other graphic novel stuff, they had a bunch of Transmetropolitan, any recommendations on where to start with that? It looked great but they just had a bunch of collections, not marked with volumes or issue #s so didn't know where would be a good spot to begin.

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My favorite comics to read are The Bruce Timm "Batman Adventure" comics. They're done in the same style as the animated series. I actually didn't really like Batman for a while until I picked back up on these comics and now its my favorite comic series. The issue that got me hooked involved Batman teaming up with Poison Ivy to save a kid from a government agency trying to harvest the kid's toxic powers. After that I just kept reading them. Plus they're not gorey or anything like that, so they are relaxing to read. (Some people like gore in comics and I'm not trying to tell you that you don't have the right to. But I like my comics clean for the most part.) Anyway, that's what I can recommend.

I would recommend MAD for quality parodies overall.

I never been into comics or even owned one but I would mention the Consortium of Genius. Their evil scientist trying to take over the world with rock & they made a comic to
http://www.consortiumofgenius.com/comic2010/

Here's their main site~ http://www.consortiumofgenius.com/cog.htm

Red son, Kingdom Come, 52,(make sure you read world war three if you decide to read 52).

Maus being "unimpressive" boggles my mind a bit.
Since you've gotten a lot of recommendations in the dark indie-superhero/post-superhero vein, here are a few more "lit comics" (for lack of a better term) recommendations:

-Maus by Art Spiegelman, of course.
-Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware, my personal candidate for greatest comic ever made. It's the story of a nerdy milquetoast of a guy struggling with the imprint that family has left on him and meeting his estranged father for the first time. The style is radically experimental, and the whole package really *works*; the form is impeccable, and the content is layered, complex and really breathtaking.
-Acme Novelty Library #20 by Chris Ware, which is the sad and conflicted life of a rich heir and business shark contained in one beautiful, lushly hard-bound book; he's born on the first page and dies on the last.
-Quimby The Mouse by Chris Ware, if you think you can stomach some of his more experimental and obtuse stuff.
-Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuccelli, which is the story of the conflict and union of dualistic and non-dualistic thinking told through the personal crisis of an architect who has become respected for his theoretical work but has never had a building built. A formal masterpiece.
-Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley you've probably heard about at least due to the movie, but Hollywood aside, it's an incredibly funny urban geekfest of a series and imminently worth reading.
-Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka is the magnum opus of the greatest manga artist of all time, the godfather of manga and anime. It's a huge, serious epic, spanning thousands of years. Incredible formally, incredible artistically, just incredible all around.
-Gray Horses by Hope Larson, although really, any of her works will do. Small, quiet, poetic pieces,
-Artichoke Tales by Megan Kelso. Cute, gentle, brutal and meaningful exploration of war, strife and human relationships.

Also, of you like Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis (the writer) is currently in triumphant stride on his excellent post-apocalyptic Webcomic, FreakAngels, with the inimitable Paul Duffield. Very worth reading from the beginning.

Maus is awesome. Had to read it in my freshman college english class.
I grew up reading Tintin
Now, my dad has me hooked on Justice League Infinite and Identity Crisis right now. It's pretty interesting.

Ghost World & City Of Glass