Right.
What do you lot know about comic books?

I'm looking for some new ones to read, and would like your suggestions.

EDIT: Thanks everyone!
( WHARRGARBL, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 16:58, 50 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Beano.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 16:59, Reply)

Curse thy nimble fingers!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:00, Reply)

The joys of youth eh?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:10, Reply)

What was that, sonny?
*holds up ear trumpet*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:13, Reply)

For some reason when I read 'nimble fingers'
it made me think of that 'healthy' bread you can buy called Nimble. I had an image in my head of Chompy bashing away at the keyboard with bread fingers!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:14, Reply)

Yeah...
that's what you were thinking when you read nimble fingers.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:17, Reply)

You dropped this: (!)

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:18, Reply)

Hehe

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:19, Reply)

Yes indeed
M'lud
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:18, Reply)

I think it's preferable to anything else...

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:32, Reply)

*nods head*

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:37, Reply)

Shut up! everyone bloody loves me.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:39, Reply)

Bully for you.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:55, Reply)

Bully for I love
(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:55, Reply)

Pshaw.
I've not forgotten you accusing me of trying to make you pander to me.

I'm as large as an elephant, and I never forget.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:58, Reply)

Oh now I got all nostalgic.
What was the other one? Every Friday, gran and grandad used to buy us Beano and.......the other one! And we got free kazoos!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Dandy?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:25, Reply)

Yes!
Thank you!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:27, Reply)

The Dandy?

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:25, Reply)

I just clicked the link
in your profile for sweets, and now I'm drooling.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:30, Reply)

Hahaha
Sorry about that! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:31, Reply)

'The Beano' is tip-top.
As is 'Whizzer and Chips'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:00, Reply)

Comic books/graphic novels
I really like the 30 Days of Night books. They're full of short comics about zombies and vamps, if you're into that sort of thing. There are quiet a few in the series and one particular story was made into a film called 30 Days of Night (its going to be a trilogy).

I also have Shaun of the Dead the graphic novel and that's ace! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:08, Reply)

Many moons ago
I read a bit of Cerebus...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:08, Reply)

He was like a drunken angry Aardvark. Anyone remember him?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:08, Reply)

Sandman Sandman SANDMAN
Yeah. That's all.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:12, Reply)

Good, but overated
and bandied around by too many folk who think comics are cool
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:27, Reply)

I love Gaiman, really.
The first comic I read was Sandman, followed by Watchmen, probably the most bandied-about comics ever.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Anything that Neil Gaiman's been involved with
is a good tip: Books of Magic, Sandman etc

Ditto Alan Moore - first things I read by him were "Top 10 1&2", "Skizz" and "From Hell" - I was instantly hooked. EDIT: Watchmen, of course. And League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Maus
300
Batman - The Killing Joke
Salem Brownstone - this came out recently, it's short but extremely well-drawn.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:13, Reply)

I've heard Maus is very good!

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:14, Reply)

Maus is excellent.
I cried a lot though :(
I enjoyed Watchmen. Even though I'd seen the film, and knew the synopsis, there were still bits that I didn't see coming. And it's very cleverly detailed...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:22, Reply)

DiT really liked Watchmen
both the comic and the film... I didn't mind the film so I might give the comic a go! :D

I have heard that Maus is really sad so am suitably prepared for this!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:27, Reply)

I read the comic in 3 days.
I bet I've missed loads. But it's excellent. I enjoyed the film, but the comic is certainly better.

Persepolis is also good. Though that's definitely graphic-novel territory. It's novel shaped after all...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Cool
I'll give it a whirl then! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:30, Reply)

Drunken Bakers
FTW!
( djtrialprice, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Hrm. Never realy seriously got into comics
But there's a series of Xmen comics that Joss Weadon was doing, or at least was doing. Got some of them and they're good. Also, Sandman is increadable, Watchmen was good, and I can't think of the name of it, but there was a comic written about palestine/israel which I liked.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:22, Reply)

.
I would recommend Frank Miller, I love Electra... I would also recommend The Maxx. Its a strange one but worth it also Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth and Transmetropolitan gonzo journalism for the future.
( hedge_diver, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Preacher.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:24, Reply)

One of my friends loves that.
That and Transmetropolitan. I've not read either, but apparently they're good.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:25, Reply)

It's a great series.
Cassidy is one of the best characters ever.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:35, Reply)

My aforementioned friend - who is Russian - was given a "Fuck Communism" lighter for his birthday
Apparently that's mentioned in Preacher...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:39, Reply)

Once again: SANDMAN. PREACHER.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:27, Reply)

DareDevil: Visionairies
by Kevin Smith and Frank Miller is acness!

I read an awful lot of the Marvel 'essential' collections which are always good.

Marvel Civil War is also damn fine, and finsh that with The Death of Captain America.

World War Hulk was the last comic book I read and is also damn fine.

Over in the DC universe: The Death of Superman trilogy, Batman: Killing Joke and Death in the family are the only things I've read in the last few years (not a DC fan).

If you're feeling really geeky I highly recommend the Marvel Vault - a comprehensive history of the Marvel Company from the 1930s onwards.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:31, Reply)

the best comics ever
were Pete Loveday's 'Russell: The Saga of a Peaceful Man' comics.

I heard recently that his eyesight has deteriorated so badly that he can no longer draw. This makes me very sad.


EDIT: Shade the Changing Man is also good.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:31, Reply)

Read Invincible Iron Man: Extremis t'other day
it was pretty good if you like Marvel stuff. There's been a series of them recently, called I think Ultimate [Something]. Captain America and people like that. Not bad. Not as good as something like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:49, Reply)

I really enjoyed
the Ultimate Spider-Man series, but didn't get beyond volume 5 of the graphic novels unfortunately. Must try and get back into it.

Batman - The Dark Knight Returns is pretty awesome. Watchmen I found a bit overrated though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 18 Jan 2010, 19:39, Reply)

I'm 31 not 13.
I used to enjoy Whizzer and Chips though.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 19:41, Reply)

bit late but
100 bullets, even thought the last one is a bit of a disappointment

Preacher and The Boys for the sheer daft violence and silliness of it all, but rollicking good reads, see also the first Marshal Law

Alan Moore is an acquired taste but the Top 10 and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are awesome, also the Ballad of Halo Jones
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 20:34, Reply)

Even later but
Y The Last Man
DMZ
Bone
Preacher
Transmetropolitan
V For Vendetta
Powers
Maus
Authority
Demo
Akira

There's a good mix of styles, art and content, and none of it features grown men in capes.
(Frank., Mon 18 Jan 2010, 23:31, Reply)

Anything by
Jhonen Vasquez

Oh and what the others said about Gaiman, Moore and Smith and depending on if you liked Vasquez give Roman Dirge a shot. I also LOVE the Hellsing Mangas and obviously Akira. Any comic with anything to do with Star Wars is awesome! FACT!
( Peej, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 9:09, Reply)