-Salaâmbo (Philippe Druillet) -Watchmen (Alan Moore) -Les Phalanges de l'Ordre noir (Pierre Christin et Enki Bilal)
No Thorgal? I do admit that it's gotten pretty crappy in the past few years, though. But the first 16 or so albums were brilliant, with "The Archers" probably being my all-time favorite comic book. (Not least because it not only introduced the Kriss of Valnor character, but Van Hamme never portrayed her as aptly and sharply in any of the Thorgal comics she appeared in later).
Mmmh, I'm not fond of Van Hamme. Even Largo Winch, that was fun at the beginning, is just now pure shit. If I'd forgotten someones it would be rather Gotlib, Lewis Trondheim, Bourgeon, Greg, Peyo, Delporte, Jodorowsky, and I love Yves Chaland.
I've pretty much only bought manga for more than a decade, but I have been getting the Astonishing X-Men books just because I'm such a big Joss Whedon fan, and it's good although I'm a little lost with all the changes. Whedon is also doing "season 8" of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in comic book form, although I am waiting for the collected book because I find I am incapable of enjoying standard length comic books anymore. I personally think the Demon Bear Saga from the early days of The New Mutants is the highpoint of American superhero comics.
I just found out that there was a graphic novel version of Paul Auster's City of Glass. Anyone read that?
Not really a fan here, but when I saw the thread I thought I'd mention one that I picked up in the library the other day: Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment by Bryan Talbot. It's a gorgeous book - hardbound and just over 300 pages. Beautifully drawn and printed. It's a tribute to the northeast of England and especially Wearside, with Alice and Lewis Carroll (who had connections to the area) thrown in. There's too much there to describe in a brief post, but it begins with a laugh-out-loud setup. (I attracted some attention in the library when I picked it up and started browsing.) Recommended!
I don't know enough to know whether this list is a good one or not, but here's Time Magazine's "All Time Top Graphic Novels" http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/0,24459,graphic_novels,00.html Maus is conspicuously absent.
Did you know there was a Persepolis film coming out next month? http://www.sonyclassics.com/persepolis/
Yep and it's getting great reviews. Saw a preview for it before No Country for Old Men last week. I can't wait. [youtube]FNQi5k6kw-o[/youtube]
I'm assuming manga doesn't count If my assumption is correct then here are some of my favorites: 300 V for Vendetta Watchmen
Moebius' inspiration http://www.funky-stuff.com/bd/Default.asp?ShowImg=All&strPath=/bd/moebius/Photo_Reference/
After battling cancer for 8 years the extraordinary artist Michael Turner has passed away. Rest in peace.
Im reading Batman Black and White right now. Its pretty interesting stuff with all of the short stories about widly different subject matter in the batman universe. I love the story about the guy who murders people who violate common courtesies. Im hoping to pick up Arkham Asylum sometime in the near future.
I'm about six issues into All-Star Superman and am loving it. I never read other Superman specific comics before, but this is some great stuff.
Vertigo has up a bunch of the first issues of some of their best comics online for free. They've added a lot more. http://www.dccomics.com/sites/vertigo_num1s/ Has anyone been reading "Young Liars"?
100 Bulletts is pretty cool, I diddnt like the first story about the Mexican chick but the last 2 are quite good.
She's actually extremely important in the whole story. 100 Bullets completely changes later on. It almost drops completely the initial premise of revenge and the whole moral play and turns into a complex "mob" crime story. It gets very interesting.