10 Comic Book Series You Need to Check Out (Part One)
I read comic books. I read a lot of comic books. But you'll notice that I don't really review them that often. It's not that I consider comic books to be less of an art than "book" books, or that graphic novels are so different from novels that they can't be featured in a book blog. Most
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With the Tokyo series, I thought Tokyopop would reprint the original, but they've really been cutting down their catalogue, it seems.
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A chinese manga that I don't know the English translation of.
and.. I'll be back later with the other one.. =)
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My list of favorite comics is probably pretty typical, and most of them are probably considered ancient by now:
Watchmen, by Alan Moore
Sin City, by Frank Miller
Kabuki, by David Mack
V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore
Sandman, by Neil Gaiman
Maus, by Art Spiegelman
Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller
I like Kabuki especially, because that was the comic that got me into comics. It doesn't hurt that it contains some of the best comic book art of all time.
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Maus and Sandman were meant to go on the list, but then I got tired so they'll probably show up in Part II.
I've never read Kabuki, although I keep meaning to. The art is stunning!
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The Walking Dead
Sandman
Fables
Chew
Sweet Tooth
Transmetropolitan
Trick'r'Treat
Dead@17
Popgun
Watchmen
The Goon
actually ask the comic experts over at http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42710 They've been reviewing comics for years, and give very honest very good reviews, those folks know what their talking about.
The only reason I know that these guys are good, is I'm engaged to HumphreyLee. and he has started me on a huge comic list to read. lol.
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American comics suffer this problem just as much as manga or manhwa :-p It's just a problem of entertainment, whether it comes in the form of comic books, television or literature!
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American comics tend to be all super heros, Japanese tend to be mostly boy-girl love drama drama drama drama or teh gay sexs.
GOOD true horror comics are hard as hell to find, however; I Sell The Dead, The Walking Dead, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, 30 Days of Night, From Hell,
MPD-Psycho and all of the work done by Jinto? *spelled very wrong, but they made Gyo*
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I completely forgot about Alita, though. I *love* that series! Have you been reading the new series - Last Order I think it's called?
CLAMP is really hit-or-miss with me. Their art is always beautiful, but the stories really vary in quality. I really liked Tokyo Babylon and Chobits. Oh, and even though it's totally for kids Card Captor Sakura was a lot of fun.
It's funny, I don't think that I necessarily like manga better than "normal" comic books, but in terms of memorable series it definitely dominates my reading. I think that's mostly because it's so much cheaper - I can buy an American graphic novel for $19.95 or a manga for $9.95, so naturally I go for that which will give me more bang for my
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