04 Jul 05
Originally posted by D43M0NGraphic Novel?! Isn't that just a dissuasive phrase that people who were too afraid to admit they still liked reading Comics made up?
What would you say are the best series or graphic novels around at the moment, or in the past?
My vote would be the "That Yellow Bastard" storyline/miniseries from Sin City (Frank Miller).
Stop living in denial, you mean 'Comic Book' 😉
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by Daemon Sinhttp://hem.passagen.se/fm4/sincity.html
Graphic Novel?! Isn't that just a dissuasive phrase that people who were too afraid to admit they still liked reading Comics made up?
Stop living in denial, you mean 'Comic Book' 😉
http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptionscomic/sincity/sincity.html
I wouldn't call Sin City a comic book, it is a serial, told in a comic-book like style, yes, but not a comic book. Road to Perdition was a graphic novel as well, as it was a comic style book in a paperback book.
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by Daemon Sinyour right. why soften the blow that you are a comic nerd...like me
Graphic Novel?! Isn't that just a dissuasive phrase that people who were too afraid to admit they still liked reading Comics made up?
Stop living in denial, you mean 'Comic Book' 😉
I liked getting Jeff smiths "Bone" in TPB... I'm not sure if its the same.
Cerebus by Dave Sim also tickled my fancy.
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by D43M0NI think you will find that the 'one with the smilie face' is Watchmen, by Alan Moore (who also wrote V for Vendetta which is due out this year with Natalie Portman and her shaven head).
Would Sandman novels be the one with the smilie face for the cover? I think I have seen them.
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by kody magicI see...the smilie face with the blood dripping down? I may buy that on the weekend, it looked cool.
I think you will find that the 'one with the smilie face' is Watchmen, by Alan Moore (who also wrote V for Vendetta which is due out this year with Natalie Portman and her shaven head).
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by D43M0Npretty heavy material. The cool things is that sometimes a comic or "graphic novel" will come out and is not about super-heros. yeah it has spandex in it but the material is very adult, full of philisophical points and existensial questions. that not to say the Watchmen have that, I've never read it...but I want to. I believe that if some of histories gratist artist and writers were alive today theyd be making comics....or working in Hollywood😀
I see...the smilie face with the blood dripping down? I may buy that on the weekend, it looked cool.
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by CanadaguySin City is way heavier in material than that....
pretty heavy material. The cool things is that sometimes a comic or "graphic novel" will come out and is not about super-heros. yeah it has spandex in it but the material is very adult, full of philisophical points and existensial questions. that not to say the Watchmen have that, I've never read it...but I want to. I believe that if some of hist ...[text shortened]... gratist artist and writers were alive today theyd be making comics....or working in Hollywood😀
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by D43M0NThe Sandman series is fantastic: a labyrinth of interwoven stories. Dark fantasy that occasionally crosses over into pure horror but never omits whimsy. The Sandman of the title is Morpheus, the Dream King.
[b]Would Sandman novels be the one with the smilie face for the cover?
My favourite of the moment though is Grant Morrison's "Filth": beautiful graphics, and a storyline that is completely deranged.
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by D43M0NI agree. I've grown up with comic books around me. I learned to read on Archie and Carebear comics(laugh now) As I've gotten older It's nice to see comics that are more then the villian of the month. So wether its about the holocaust(MAUS) or a comment on humanity and society, its good to see darker and heavier material.
Sin City is way heavier in material than that....
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by CanadaguyMAUS was a very nice comic, but the way people reacted to it was less than favourable...
I agree. I've grown up with comic books around me. I learned to read on Archie and Carebear comics(laugh now) As I've gotten older It's nice to see comics that are more then the villian of the month. So wether its about the holocaust(MAUS) or a comment on humanity and society, its good to see darker and heavier material.
04 Jul 05
Originally posted by D43M0NIf they reacted badly to that, then imagine how they'll react when a child from Rwanda grows up and pens the story of the genocide there in graphic novel form. I would definetly like to read that.
MAUS was a very nice comic, but the way people reacted to it was less than favourable...