Where to start with Graphic Novels?

DanH84

DanH84

DanH84

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Hi all,

I'm looking for something a bit different and thought it might be good to get into reading graphic novels and comics for a change, I remember reading my cousins The Death and Life of Superman and a couple of his Batman novels and loving them when I was a kid and I also purchased Watchmen a year or so back and really enjoyed that but I haven't gone anywhere from there.

So, bearing in mind my enjoyment of the Batman/Superman/Spiderman genre and also my willingness to try other stuff could someone give me a few pointers and recommendations to get started?

Appreciated.
 
Preacher is arguably the best GN I have read.

I also have Judge Dredd Case Files and Punisher Max volumes.

If I was to start reading Batman, where would be a good place to start ? I am thinking volume wise. Can you get Arkham Asylum as a volume ?
 
Serious questions BTW, I do usually take the **** in these threads, but I'm not in this instance :p

Is the difference that a graphic novel is one story all the way through, but is laid out in comic fashion?
 
Gilly said:
Is the difference that a graphic novel is one story all the way through, but is laid out in comic fashion?
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Precisely this. As with books some of them are crap, some of them are brilliant. The Arkham Asylum one I particularly like, amazing artwork.
 
Lysander said:
Precisely this. As with books some of them are crap, some of them are brilliant. The Arkham Asylum one I particularly like, amazing artwork.
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Answer honestly, is the term graphic novel a pretentious term for a big comic?

I've always just assumed it was adults that enjoyed comics but didn't want to be associated with the Beano :o :p

It is an assumption, I'm happy to be corrected.
 
Gilly said:
Answer honestly, is the term graphic novel a pretentious term for a big comic?
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I don't see it as being a pretentious term. It's a novel in graphical format but in layman's terms, a big comic, yes.

Some of them have very 'adult' themes so it's not representative to put them in the same category as the Beano.
 
Some to recommend:
V For Vendetta
Aliens vs Predator (films are nothing like this original crossover)
Judge Dredd: Judge Death (collected works volume)
Akira (original 6 volume epic)
Watchmen
Batman: Killing Joke

General Series (could go for collected volumes, etc):
Hellboy
Hellblazer
 
Gilly said:
Answer honestly, is the term graphic novel a pretentious term for a big comic?
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Probably, but I was told it's a bit like the difference between a magazine and book.

Comic = magazine
Graphic Novel = Book

Graphic novels tend to be longer and properly bound rather than stapled like magazines.
 
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