cypher85
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Post by cypher85 on Jun 14, 2011 8:39:25 GMT -5
I am talking about from a purely quality and literary standpoint, not personal faves.
My votes
Maus (so so good, informative, quirky, tragic, enlightening, historic, brutal, endearing all in one)
kingdom come
watchmen (the level of and attention to detail especially in the art is staggering and makes my brain hurt)
what other would you say are the great works of literary achievement in the realm of sequential art?
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Post by Valentine Smith on Jun 15, 2011 7:36:02 GMT -5
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
Neil Gaiman's Sandman
Garth Ennis' Preacher
Grant Morrison's Invisibles
Brian Michael Bendis' Powers
Brian K. Vaughan's Ex Machina
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 15, 2011 17:09:40 GMT -5
BONE - jeff smith.
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Post by Valentine Smith on Jun 15, 2011 19:26:09 GMT -5
You know what? I still haven't read all of Bone. I need to get on that.
I'm gonna add a few more to the list, and then I'm done. I'll go for the more traditional superhero stuff here.
Daredevil: Born Again (Frank Miller) This is the only Daredevil comic you ever need to read. It is better than Miller's Batman work.
All Star Superman (Grant Morrison) The greatest Superman story ever told? mmmmmmaybe....
Batman: Year One (Frank Miller and David Mazzuchecki) I hold this in at least as high regard as DKR.
Starman (James Robinson) After the success of Sandman, somebody at DC had the brilliant idea to do a mainstream superhero title that followed the Sandman formula of a literate, hip, finite series with a planned ending. It's fantastic.
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Post by eccentricbeing on Jun 16, 2011 0:31:13 GMT -5
I want to add Sin City to the bunch, but only like 4 of the books are the best and 3 of them are in the movie.
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 16, 2011 15:18:08 GMT -5
You know what? I still haven't read all of Bone. I need to get on that. jeff smith is my hero. he's actually from columbus ohio. a true gentleman. i just read one, fairly recent, where daredevil threw down with kingpin- murdoc's secret identity was outed. it was pretty badass, but i don't remember the title. those are wonderful. LOOOOVED that book. set the superhero approach on its ear. |
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cypher85
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Post by cypher85 on Jun 17, 2011 9:41:19 GMT -5
Sin city is awesome, all of the volumes. I love miller when he is on. I really want a nice looking collection of these. They had sweet hardcovers, but now they are out of print and go for a couple hundred on ebay. I'm not paying that.
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Jun 19, 2011 15:56:27 GMT -5
can't believe i haven't added this before:
Superman- For the Man Who Has Everything
alan moore. dave gibbons.
superb. if you read only ONE superman story, make it this.
(it was even adapted into an EP of JLUnlimited!)
it would be a perfect superman movie.
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Post by ShogunLogan on Jun 20, 2011 12:20:36 GMT -5
i just read one, fairly recent, where daredevil threw down with kingpin- murdoc's secret identity was outed. it was pretty badass, but i don't remember the title. That sounds like the relatively recent Bendis run. There are a good deal of great Daredevil runs. Miller initial run, Miller's Born Again, Kevin Smith's, and Bendis'. Bendis' run was very unique as there would be several issues that Daredevil never appeared yet the story was fantastic. |
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