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"The Big Fat Graphic Novel Post"


  

          

I wanna talk about graphic novels. Yeah, all of them.

Let's keep the introductions short and sweet and get down with the get down. Post a title and author of a Graphic Novel you've read (or would like to know more about), and discuss. Likes and dislikes. Questions and comments. Concerns and misgivings.

Noteworthy Items:
It will probably be in our best interests to keep the definition of "graphic novel" as loose as possible. OGN's, Trade Paperbacks, Serials, you name it. I'm talking about extended sequential art narratives here. Hell, I suppose the very definition of 'graphic novel' is up for debate, too.

Now, personally I'm gonna try to steer clear of the superhero stuff for the most part, but that in no way means that the superhero stuff is invalid. I just feel like giving the 'other' stuff some shine for a minute. Yes, I'm getting my comic snob on.

So with a Frapallottamochachino in one hand, and a tattered copy of "Uncle Spanky's Barnyard Fun Comix #4" (1932, Top Notch Comics, Inc., 'Very Fine' Condition), I wish you all a pleasant posting experience.

Let's do this.

  

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The Big Fat Graphic Novel Post [View all] , buckshot defunct, Wed Jan-04-06 01:58 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
A Contract with God (Eisner, 1978)
Jan 04th 2006
1
RE: A Contract with God (Eisner, 1978)
Jan 04th 2006
2
Maus (Spiegelman, 1986)
Jan 04th 2006
3
RE: Maus (Spiegelman, 1986)
Jan 04th 2006
8
RE: Maus (Spiegelman, 1986)
Aug 03rd 2006
116
Has it aged well?
Jan 04th 2006
65
      I think it's aged fine
Jan 05th 2006
73
Blankets (Thompson, 2003)
Jan 04th 2006
4
You know how I feel about this one
Jan 04th 2006
16
wait until you read Chunky Rice
Jan 04th 2006
27
RE: Blankets (Thompson, 2003)
Aug 03rd 2006
115
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (Ware, 2000)
Jan 04th 2006
5
I like it quite a bit
Jan 04th 2006
7
      the awkward moments are wonderful
Jan 04th 2006
9
           I felt like I wasn't understanding it
Jan 04th 2006
13
The Cartoon History of the Universe (Gonick, 1977)
Jan 04th 2006
6
brilliant
Jan 04th 2006
21
I've only read the first couple installments
Jan 04th 2006
28
Now that I'm older, I can see that Gonick espoused a lot of...
Jan 04th 2006
45
      i'm saying. that mana musa/renaissance connection was ill
Jan 04th 2006
58
up
Jan 04th 2006
10
Ghost World (Clowes, 1997)
Jan 04th 2006
11
RE: Ghost World (Clowes, 1997)
Jan 04th 2006
15
Good-Bye, Chunky Rice (Thompson, 1999)
Jan 04th 2006
12
RE: Good-Bye, Chunky Rice (Thompson, 1999)
Jan 04th 2006
42
      RE: Good-Bye, Chunky Rice (Thompson, 1999)
Jan 04th 2006
48
      RE: Good-Bye, Chunky Rice (Thompson, 1999)
Aug 03rd 2006
117
Like a Velvet Revolver Cast In Iron (Clowes, ????)
Jan 04th 2006
14
I have no idea what happened in this story
Jan 04th 2006
17
      it's the sequential art equivalent of a David Lynch film.
Jan 04th 2006
19
      You and me both
Jan 04th 2006
20
Black Hole (Burns, 1995-2004, 2005)
Jan 04th 2006
18
2411 (?) by Ted Krall (?)
Jan 04th 2006
22
The Devil's Footprints (I don't remember the author)
Jan 04th 2006
23
BONE, baby
Jan 04th 2006
24
I have BONE blueballs
Jan 04th 2006
25
i started reading BONE when it started
Jan 04th 2006
68
      it is IMPOSSIBLE to make a movie out of Bone.
Feb 15th 2006
81
           yea, you know what i'm sayin.
Jul 31st 2006
114
The Death of Captain Marvel
Jan 04th 2006
26
Watchmen (Moore and Gibbons, 1986)
Jan 04th 2006
29
what's left to be said?
Jan 04th 2006
57
One question that's been bugging me (spoiler):
Jan 04th 2006
64
20 years later, and they're still stealing from this book
Jul 04th 2006
95
basically you can read Watchmen every two years
Jul 04th 2006
96
Moore created a whole damn alternate-universe
Jul 31st 2006
103
Ice Haven (Clowes, 2005)
Jan 04th 2006
30
too fucking expensive
Jan 04th 2006
46
      Here in the states we have these things called libraries
Jan 04th 2006
50
Eightball #23 - The Death Ray (Clowes, 2004)
Jan 04th 2006
31
Liked it a lot better the second time through
Jan 04th 2006
43
The Originals (Gibbons, 2004)
Jan 04th 2006
32
RE: The Originals (Gibbons, 2004)
Jan 04th 2006
33
I quite liked this one
Jan 04th 2006
34
yeah, I really dug the world he created
Jan 04th 2006
37
      I think a similar take on late '70s culture
Jan 04th 2006
41
RE: The Originals (Gibbons, 2004)
Jan 04th 2006
55
Epileptic (Beauchard, 2003)
Jan 04th 2006
35
I hate it
Jan 06th 2006
77
Cages, by Dave McKean
Jan 04th 2006
36
I read this before I started in on Sandman
Jan 04th 2006
39
      McKean needs to stick with Gaiman.
Jan 04th 2006
51
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken (Seth, 2003)
Jan 04th 2006
38
I love Seth's linework
Jan 04th 2006
47
Tricked (Robinson, 2005)
Jan 04th 2006
40
Behind the Music meets Robert Altman
Jan 04th 2006
44
Kabuki: Circle of Blood (David Mack, 1995?)
Jan 04th 2006
49
Stuck Rubber Baby (Cruse, 1995)
Jan 04th 2006
52
anyone read this?
Feb 16th 2006
84
Understanding Comics (McCloud, 1994)
Jan 04th 2006
53
I've always loved comics... and this book explained to me why
Jan 05th 2006
72
Wimbledon Green (Seth, 2005)
Jan 04th 2006
54
Drags for a while, then gets really good
Jan 04th 2006
56
Fuck you Wimbledon Green!
Jan 06th 2006
75
      that book might have the greatest chase scene ever
Feb 16th 2006
85
           yeah
Feb 16th 2006
86
Sock Monkey (Millionaire, 2000)
Jan 04th 2006
59
Get drunk and read it to your kids
Jan 04th 2006
62
Summer Blonde (Tomine, 2003)
Jan 04th 2006
60
great read
Jan 04th 2006
63
sanctuary (1993?)
Jan 04th 2006
61
Palomar (Hernandez, 2003)
Jan 04th 2006
66
how does this one relate to Locas?
Feb 15th 2006
79
The Quitter (Pekar, 2005)
Jan 04th 2006
67
Ronin (Miller, '82)
Jan 05th 2006
69
The art is incredibly horrible in that one
Jan 06th 2006
76
      I just read this for the first time, and it hasn't aged well
Jul 04th 2006
94
Superman: Redson
Jan 05th 2006
70
Best ending... ever?
Jan 05th 2006
71
      Speaking of Elseworlds, I started True Brit this morning.
Jan 05th 2006
74
      EASILY. Lemme tell you a quick story,
Feb 15th 2006
82
           RE: EASILY. Lemme tell you a quick story,
Jul 05th 2006
99
Sleepwalk and Other Stories (Tomine)
Feb 15th 2006
78
since it hasn't been posted yet: Sandman
Feb 15th 2006
80
My library's missing that one
Feb 16th 2006
87
Box Office Poison (Robinson, 2001)
Feb 16th 2006
83
okay, finished.
Feb 24th 2006
88
...up?
Jul 04th 2006
89
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volumes 1 and 2
Jul 04th 2006
90
Both are great
Jul 04th 2006
91
      Yea, Hyde was the star of the show in 2...
Jul 04th 2006
92
           His scene with the Invisible Man is disturbingly classic
Jul 04th 2006
93
                Yup.
Jul 05th 2006
98
Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda
Jul 05th 2006
97
akira (otomo, 1982-1989?)
Jul 31st 2006
100
I don't know much about this one
Jul 31st 2006
101
      you can watch the movie and not know much about the story...
Jul 31st 2006
104
           that all depends for me
Jul 31st 2006
106
           I think I may be able to answer this...
Jul 31st 2006
107
                thanks. that's really insightful
Jul 31st 2006
109
                That's just one aspect of the story...
Jul 31st 2006
110
                Biker gangs are an active and present part of youth culture
Jul 31st 2006
111
                     RE: Biker gangs are an active and present part of youth culture
Jul 31st 2006
112
                          I don't know
Jul 31st 2006
113
Night Fisher by R Kikuo Johnson
Jul 31st 2006
102
whats the verdict on cerebus?
Jul 31st 2006
105
i think it's spectacular... most of the time
Jul 31st 2006
108

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