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Fat Cat wrote:Maza, I read several volumes of BUDDHA on vacation and it was really fantastic so far.

FC, did you finish the series?

Can't get my hands on a copy to take a look at and don't like purchasing books that much anymore, especially blind.

Opinion?

It's really excellent on every level.

I'm on a graphic novel roll for some reason. Just finished the 3rd book in a 7 book series on the Trojan Wars. Achilles, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Paris, Helen, and all that. Written as real life rather than myth. The first is called A Thousand Ships. Very excellent books. Unfortunately, books 4-7 are undone. So now I wait.



Also read Maus, which is pretty gut-wrenching stuff.

I agree with Spells...The Dark Knight Returns is Miller's best work.



Also, when I was in Beijing a few years back I picked up a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War in graphic novel form. (and English to boot) That's a really neat little book.

Fat Cat wrote:It's really excellent on every level.

Thanks. Read the first two yesterday. Not at all what I expected, which is great.

Gonna buy the next six today.

Shit, I almost forgot about Enki Bilal! I've been reading his stuff since it appeared in Heavy Metal back in the 70's. I love the grim Eastern European look of his artwork and the surreal images.









Check out his Nikopol Trilogy and The Beast Trilogy

I second the recommendation for Miller's Dark Knight work.

Here's one that's not super-hero oriented, but it's a good, long read.

Blankets by Craig Thompson. The Wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankets_(graphic_novel)

I just started reading the Watchmen last night after a buddy loaned it to me. I wanna know what the fuck is going on before the movie comes out in March. I started dreaming about that shit after I shut out the light and went to sleep.

Shapecharge wrote:I just started reading the Watchmen last night after a buddy loaned it to me. I wanna know what the fuck is going on before the movie comes out in March. I started dreaming about that shit after I shut out the light and went to sleep.

Wished they had the studio backing to treat it as a trilogy.

I just finished book 1 of Persepolis. Story of a young girl who lives in Iran during a time spanning the fall of the Shah through the Iran-Iraq war. Very, very good. Now I have to read the second one. The pair were made into an animated movie, which I'll have to watch after.

nafod wrote:I just finished book 1 of Persepolis. Story of a young girl who lives in Iran during a time spanning the fall of the Shah through the Iran-Iraq war. Very, very good. Now I have to read the second one. The pair were made into an animated movie, which I'll have to watch after.

Both great books and the movie is excellent. Probably great viewing with a teen-aged daughter.

Persepolis was a fantastic cartoon.

Norman U. Senchbau wrote:

Fat Cat wrote:It's really excellent on every level.

Thanks. Read the first two yesterday. Not at all what I expected, which is great.

Gonna buy the next six today.

RE: Buddha, Volumes 1-8



I have all volumes and they are great. Very interesting treatment, serious, satirical, irreverent, . . .

Not something I would read again or at least very frequently. They have just become bric-a-brac on a shelf. Was going to drop them off at a Half-Price books, but thought someone here would like them.

They range in price from $10-$17 on amazon.

If anyone wants them for a reasonable offer, they are yours. PM me if interested.

GoDogGo! wrote:

Maza wrote:Since I'm feeling nostalgic from some of these suggestons:

I have no idea if this is in print, but it's worth a look if it is.

Holy shit, I was just going to post that!
I was never a follower of the DD/Elektra storylines, but you don't have to be to get this.

The main draw is Bill S's trippy mixed-media art. Collage, xerography, paint, traditional pen and ink; all melded to great effect.

I own this series. One of Millers better, but unappreciated limited series. Ronin, Millers first graphic novel and first for for DC is good also.

Planetary is finally finished and available in trade paperback format.

Walking Dead, Invincible, Proof, the Boys, Crossed, and All Star Superman. If you want to read damn good silver age Superman stories Grant Morrison's All Star Superman is excellent. I can't recommend it enough. I've heard J.M. Straczynski has an excellent Superman original graphic novel.

I'll look at my library and add more later.

Posted about it in a separate thread, but this book is one that you'll read at least twice if not more. Way deep story with a lot of heart. Delves into theory of design and architecture along with a bunch of other stuff.



I also recently finished this one, which is kind of a bizarre book in that you learn Bertrand Russell had an open marriage with lots of three-ways going on. Plus you learn that almost all logicians (scientists dedicated to studying reason and logic) were and are nuts. Very entertaining and you'll learn something about logic.

I glanced through this at B&N the other day and it seemed pretty interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(comics)

I was going to go buy this Conan today...never read any before.

Wood's stuff is usually good. I've got the first DMZ trade and I liked it.

As far as the Conan book I can't comment but you can find the phone book collections pretty cheap.

I'm interested in picking up the Northlander series next. I've heard good things.

Ed Zachary wrote:As far as the Conan book I can't comment but you can find the phone book collections pretty cheap.

Yeah, the reprints of the old Savage Sword of Conan is the way to go. Widely available, and very affordable. The newer stuff is good too, but nothing beats the stuff they did in the 70's and 80's.

I just read Alan's War a few months ago and really enjoyed it. It's the true story of a man who was in the US Army at the end of WWII in Europe. There is almost no combat or action in it at all. It's just his observations during training, the end of the war, and then living in post war Europe. He meets a lot of very interesting folks along the way.

ButterCupPowerRanch wrote:I was going to go buy this Conan today...never read any before.

The original Conan series was one of my favorites growing up. The Savage Sword of Conan magazines were fun to read too-- lots of good artists, and a combination of graphic novelization of the original stories and original ones.

Just finished the first graphic novel of "Locke and Key" last night, very good albeit dark.

All other suggestions are redundant:

I'm almost finished with the massive stack of hardcovers that comprise DC's Blackest Night, an insanely epic storyline that touches every corner of the DCU, but centers around the entire color spectrum of Lanterns. The four Prelude to Blackest night books and and seven Blackest Night books will run you around $150 if you order from Amazon, so it's clearly not for the casual fan. One of the most satisfying ongoing series I've read since Marvel's Civil War and Dark Horse's Star Wars: Legacy. Couldn't recommend it higher.