Recommend good graphic novels (serious kind)

~Winkuru Aug 10, 2012

So i recently read Blacksad and even though the first story is flawed i liked it and it left me crave for more.

I haven't really read any graphic novels since i read some Miller's work when i was around sixteen (five years ago)so there's lot to cover.

So what i wan't is graphic novels that have serious tone and deal with real issues. I don't want people recommending superhero comics like superman (no cheesy stuff)

I know that there has been good highly stylized Batman comics like the Arkham one. Those kind of superhero stories are okay but have to be standalone stories.

Last example i will give is Maus which i probably order soon.

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~Winkuru Aug 30, 2012

Keep the recommendation's coming if you can just think anything that fit's the bill.

Today i went the library again and i was able to grab "Sandman Endless Nights" i have no idea how far this is in the series but i'm going to read it anyway.

Other than that i haven't gotten anything particulary interesting yet. If i'm lucky mailman might bring me "sweet home" today or tomorrow.

*Erykkr Aug 24, 2012 Professional General Artist

I really liked Heavy Liquid and 100% by Paul Pope. Cool unique art style with some whacky sci-fi/cyberpunk kinda feel to it.

~Winkuru Aug 20, 2012

Today i went to my local library and was able to get some of the comics that have been recommended.

I loaned Palestine, Persepolis 1&2, Pjongjang, Black Hole and Millers "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" which is supposedly shit but loaning it didn't cost me anything.

So far i have bought Killing Joke, Arkham Asylum, I Kill Giants, Blacksad 1&3 collection and Maus which i'm currently reading (love it)

Might order some more comics this or next week.

~Merlok1 Aug 19, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

everything from Alan Moore ^^

~Winkuru Aug 19, 2012

Well i'm certainly interested of his work's but i don't want to buy them anytime soon because there's so many issues of each of his series...But they are at least relatively short so i will be acquiring them at some point.

From Hell i'm probably saving for Christmas.

~SketchedExistence Aug 18, 2012 Student General Artist

People have already recommended Persepolis and Pride of Baghdad. Both are very serious and make for thought provoking reads.

Some other ones I've read recently were Brian B.'s Epileptic and Steven T. Seagle's It's a Bird... Both kind of go for the gut and are at least partly autobiographical. I also can't help but recommend Shaun Tan's The Arrival. Beautifully illustrated and done without the use of words. It's more for all ages, but it has a serious side and it is one of my favorites.

~Winkuru Aug 19, 2012

Have you read Shaun Tan's other works. I have been interested buying the "Rabbit" but haven't done so yet.

~SketchedExistence Aug 19, 2012 Student General Artist

Oh, I have wanted to! My library has only one other book by him and whoever has checked it out has been hogging it for awhile. I'm planning on buying other books by him asap. I did watch the little animated short based on his "The Lost Thing". Very interesting.

~Winkuru Aug 19, 2012

Is the comic any way different than the film? I have already seen it and liked it so i guess even though it might not be that different i will still buy it at some point.

~SketchedExistence Aug 19, 2012 Student General Artist

There's a lot of similarities, though she did change parts to suit the film. I think it is still well worth the read. I've only read the first volume, and the film seems to take snippets from several Persepolis books. There's so much in the book that you don't get in the film.

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