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Book 7/50 Wolverine by Frank Miller & Chris Claremont, hc 144 pages
Collecting the original Wolverine mini-series along with a few relevant Uncanny X-Men issues. This book really speaks for itself. Miller's pencils, Claremont's words, plus ninjas. Pure brilliance.
Book 8/50 The Sandman: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman, tpb 192 pages
I had a conversation with a friend the other day. We were talking about various graphic novels. I lent him the first book in Alan Moore's "Lost Girls" series and told him that it was good reading - but very different from other graphic novels, even others written by Moore. During the conversation, I asked him if he'd read any Sandman books he promptly (and curtly) indicated that he did not read "gayman". When prompted, he admitted that all the "goth emo" kids in high-school had put him off of it. Despite finding his opinion a tad offensive (I was a goth kid... so wtf Mr. Coolpants - sorry I didn't belong to your hip little burner club) I also couldn't help but feel as though he was missing out for what amounted to a residual high-school clique attitude. I suppose some folks just won't grow out of that.