I've just finished reading Watchmen and enjoyed it thoroughly, however now that i've finished it, i feel empty and need another graphic novel to fill the void.
So help me out please!

jamesbong00spliff:
I've just finished reading Watchmen and enjoyed it thoroughly, however now that i've finished it, i feel empty and need another graphic novel to fill the void.
So help me out please!

Persepolis, the most incredible, expressive and moving graphic novel I've ever seen.

Transmetropolitan is absolutely insane, although technically a comic book.

curlycrouton:

Persepolis, the most incredible, expressive and moving graphic novel I've ever seen.

Ah, i've borrowed that from my university's library, but left it in my room over christmas, i'm looking forward to reading it.

V For Vendetta, Any Swamp Thing/HellBlazer/Sandman, Maus, The Killing Joke.

Basically anything 2000 AD or Vertigo.

I got the same problem, except with online video series, anyone know a good one that is not on the excapist?

nate30030:
I got the same problem, except with online video series, anyone know a good one that is not on the excapist?

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. It's all on YouTube.

Frank Millers: The Dark Knight
It's not based on the recent film and the recent film was not based on it.
It's just one of the greatest comics ever written.

for online graphic novels, try looking for group (www.lfgcomic.com), it's a spoof of world of warcraft. otherwise, i think halo graphic novels are great, was really looking forward to halo:uprising but it's still not available in the UK thanks to all the delays with the american release :(

new_age_reject:
Frank Millers: The Dark Knight
It's not based on the recent film and the recent film was not based on it.
It's just one of the greatest comics ever written.

This. A million times this. If you need more persuading:

j-e-f-f-e-r-s:

new_age_reject:
Frank Millers: The Dark Knight
It's not based on the recent film and the recent film was not based on it.
It's just one of the greatest comics ever written.

This. A million times this. If you need more persuading:

Spoiler: Click to View

And he actually does it in a reasonable way. Frank Miller didn't just think "Huh, that would be cool" and wrote some stupid thing into the plot. It's believable.

V for Vendetta, Maus, From Hell, Watchmen (If it's considered a Graphic Novel). Those are the best I can think of right now.

Well, if it's considered an actual graphic novel, I'd recommend Halo: The Graphic Novel.

It's actually not that bad, and thankfully, it's not the about the Master Chief.

Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Transmetropolitan, and Preacher.

Marvel Zombies, Dark Knight Returns, X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga

If you like Batman I would Reccomend:
Long Halloween, its very good, Tim Sale stuff, doesn't compare to watchemen not even close. But its Good, pretty damn good...I think.

Batman: Year one by Frank Miller, basiclly Batman Begins minus Scarecrow and Ras al Ghul, and Plus Catwoman....but barely, its more about Gordon anyway.

Dark Victory, Tim Sale again, but it has Robin *uggh* at least he captures Robin decently.
Not as good as Long Halloween but its fine.

I third The Dark Knight Returns.

Eric Shanower's Age of Bronze series is absolutely FANTASTIC. It's a retelling of the Trojan war in graphic novel form and it's nothing short of epic.

My only complaint is how long it is between volumes; the series began in 1998 and we've only got volume 3 out of (a projected) 7 so far!

... but it's really well done and incredibly well researched (which is probably why it takes so long to make!).

GAH. Why has Kingdom Come not been said like a million times? It is imo the finest TPB that DC has ever produced. The art is phenomenal, and it is an almost Marvel (Read: Superheroes aint perfect) take on the future DC universe.

Also, check out the Hellboy TPBs. Mike Mignola is a fantastic artist, and the stories are always really well put together, humorous at the right times, and serious during the others.

A comic book is generally considered to be a piece of a story or a one shot (somewhere along the lines of 30 pages) while a graphic novel is usually a compilation of multiple comic books.

Can anyone tell me if The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is any good? Because I am one of the few people in the world that liked the film, and am now not sure wether to buy the book or not.

The sin city yarns

Well, if you like "Kingdom Come" then there's "Marvels" the semi-equivalent set in the Marvel universe. It's not anything on a particularly epic team-up-to-stop-the-apocalypse scale, but it's just the early years of the familiar Marvel universe seen through the eyes of a simple human being. From the appearance of its first heroes as phenoms, it's got all the fun allegories(X-Men mutants for racism, superheroes for gods, or whatever...) in a pretty intelligent package.

There's also The Light Brigade.

It's about American soldiers with the help of Saint Longinus fighting renegade angels disguised as Nazis on a mission to kill God in WWII-era Europe.

It's that awesome. But it also deals with crises of faith but presents itself as a graphic novel without attempting multiple allegories so it doesn't come off as pretentious.

Indigo_Dingo:
Whats the difference between a Graphic novel and a comic book?

Well, besides the obvious similarities in that they're both told via illustration rather than paragraphs of type, a graphic novel isn't generally ongoing, has a definite end, and usually might have an artwork unique to it. Also the scope is generally much larger than a comic book.

Some are just novels in comic book form.

these are both mangas, but first off is death note. it has one of those situations where the good guy/bad guy can go either way (though they eventually ruin that),and i always loved that kind of thing. i havent gotten to read past the fifth volume, but there are supposed to be twelve. the other is full moon o sagashite. its a shojo manga, so you might not be into that if youre like most people and only read shonen (which i usually hate) but its got seven volumes so it doesnt overstay its welcome and its pretty good.

Blankets is also really good, but doesn't involve superheroes or stuff is any way.

wingshot:
Try reading some of the Arkham Asylum novels.
They will probably mess with your head but they are still very awesome.

QFT

All the right names are popping up so thats reassuring.

League of Extraordinary Gentleman Vol. 1&2(The book was raped by the film I tells ya! Raped!)

Marvel 1602

Swamp Thing during the Alan Moore years. I can still quote those from back to front.

Miracle Man!

Batman Year 1. Another go round by Frank Miller only it looks at the first year Bruce became Batman and follows how Gordon is adjusting to Gotham. Batman Begins took quite a few ques from this little diddy.

The Long Holloween. Anothjer Batman story but this is more like a Noir Detective story. Very good.

Sandman is excellent. There is also Y: The Last Man, The Walking Dead, Wanted, and 100 Bullets.

NoMoreSanity:
The recent Joker graphic novel, and The Killing Joke, were both really good.

I was going to say those because they were my Christmas present from my fanboy boyfriend and I love them.

Ohhhhhhhh Marvel Zombies is Great
I Read League of gentlemen, I liked it I reccomend you take a look at it.