by rorschach » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:27 pm
I've read quite a few so far actually, i tend to buy the collected volumes. The first comic I read was the Watchmen by Alan Moore (Thats where I took my username from, great character). He took the whole costumed hero concept and kinda turned it on its head. I couldn't put it down. I tend to like just about anything by Alan Moore (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,Killing Joke,Swamp Thing.) Also From Hell deserves a mention as it was one of the most complex, absorbing things I've ever read comic, book or otherwise. I love Alann Moore he just seems like such a character, the archetypal grumpy old man (Well not exactly, wikipedia says he's involved in the occult and is a practising magician!).
Alan Moore aside I've read quite a few Batman comics, he's just such a cool cat.The Dark Knight Returns (So dramatic "Like Opera" as Frank Miller says), Killing Joke as I've already mentioned, The Long Haloween (Really good, noir-ish and kinda brooding), Year One, Hush (Didn't really like it,,too Hollywood).
I've also read a fantastic book (or "graphic novel",,personally I don't like the term and its implications) called The Smartest Kid in Earth, it's incredibly detailed and the tone is really nostalgic and moving. You have to read it. I'd like to read more stuff like that.
What about you Pash, do you read much comics?
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