What graphic novels have you read?

i don't think i've read any
though i probably will start reading the ones which have been made into films
just cause i know i think they're interesting already

Well, not all of these are graphic novels, but definitions for that term vary for different people, so whatever.

Batman ones:
The Killing Joke
The Man Who Laughs
Made of Wood
Year One
Dark Knight Returns
Dark Knight Strikes Again
The Long Halloween
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (very good this one)

Also:
Superman: Red Son
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
Sin City 1-7

Manga (I consider these graphic novels due to the nature of their publication and writing):
MW
Ode to Kirihito

I've read The Killing Joke. That's pretty much it. Batman vs. Joker is fucking epic.

The Dark Knight.

i was really expecting to mention the frank miller ones

Does Jhonen Vasques stuff count? I've read a lot of his stuff, Squee, JTHM, etc.

Superbuu3 wrote:

i was really expecting to mention the frank miller ones

Uh... What?

Trigger <3s Crossy wrote:

Superbuu3 wrote:

i was really expecting to mention the frank miller ones

Uh... What?

I second that "What?". Maybe you should prrof read next time Buu.

sin city

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_city

I think the only graphic novel I've ever read was "Boba Fett: Death, Lies, and Treachery". Don't know if that counts, though; it was the compilation of a comic book miniseries by Dark Horse Comics.

But what did that last post mean exactly? You were or weren't expecting people or yourself to mention something or something.

Anyway, I said Sin City.

i was meant to say someone

didn't notice that in your post
but he did more then just sin city

Yeah, he also did TDK.

Which I read.

Superbuu3 wrote:

i was meant to say someone

What?

Quote :

didn't notice that in your post
but he did more then just sin city

I know. He did Dark Knight Returns and Dark Knight Strikes Again, which I listed. He also wrote Year One. He's done some other Batman stuff I haven't read, and probably some other stuff I haven't heard of.

i meant to say i was suprised someone hadn't mentioned frank miller
and TBH i have no clue what he wrote didn't realise he did batman

Kimarous wrote:

I think the only graphic novel I've ever read was "Boba Fett: Death, Lies, and Treachery". Don't know if that counts, though; it was the compilation of a comic book miniseries by Dark Horse Comics.

Anyone? Would this count as a graphic novel or not?

if its hard back
or seems like a ridiculously long comic
i would consider it to be

Superbuu3 wrote:

i meant to say i was suprised someone hadn't mentioned frank miller
and TBH i have no clue what he wrote didn't realise he did batman

Yeah, he wrote this 3 and did the art for TDKR and TDKSA. He also did a recent run called Astonishing Batman or something that was really hated because he basically turned it into Sin City and had Batman abusing Robin by starving him and making him eat rats and hitting Alfred for trying to give give some proper food and shit like that.

So, is TDK2 any good? I'm not very motivated to read it due to how much I liked how TDK1 ended and I feel the sequel might ruin it.

Kimarous wrote:

Kimarous wrote:

I think the only graphic novel I've ever read was "Boba Fett: Death, Lies, and Treachery". Don't know if that counts, though; it was the compilation of a comic book miniseries by Dark Horse Comics.

Anyone? Would this count as a graphic novel or not?

Was it written and planned as a single continuity or is just a series of short stories or something? For a me a graphic novel is a story that's written and usually published as a single volume, a one off.

Trigger <3s Crossy wrote:

So, is TDK2 any good? I'm not very motivated to read it due to how much I liked how TDK1 ended and I feel the sequel might ruin it.

Oh, Strikes Again is hated pretty much across the board. It's like a complete opposite to what Returns was. Big cast of DC heroes, bright colours, worldwide story, some ridiculous sci-fi elements (such as a robotic T-rex). It's not very good.

It is not hard back. It is lengthy, but not what I'd consider "long". It is a single continuity; some exploits may seem disassociated with the main plot, but they all tie together into a central story involving feuding Hutts and a vengeful space pirate. The story was originally published in a series of 3-5 comic issues (I forget how many) before being released as the complete version that I own.

So Frank abandons the whole, "Bruce is getting old. He can't do this shit anymore." element established in the first one basically.

Trigger <3s Crossy wrote:

So Frank abandons the whole, "Bruce is getting old. He can't do this shit anymore." element established in the first one basically.

Not really. He's older and bald in the next one. But he doesn't really do anything besides planning everything. Just gets beat up by Lex Luthor (who looks like he fell straigh of of the pages of Sin City, being a fat disgusting pig). The basic plot is about getting all the DC heroes together to fight against the Luthor and Brainiac or something, I can't actually remember. But it's much less of a Batman story and more a of DC group story with all the heroes piling in to do crazy shit all over the place. Pretty much threw the "realism" and grit that made TDKR popular out the window.

Wow, maybe I shouldn't bother. Like you said, the realism and grittiness is what made me love The Dark Knight Returns.