Awesome question and forum here. I too loved the Watchmen. I always loved Frank Miller's stuff as well, his The 300, etc. I fell in love with the Sandman series of graphic novels, and those were life-changing for me in terms of how I viewed the medium of "Comics". I completely consider graphic novels of quality to be literature now, and I have a collection of them right alonside my classic novels and books of poetry.
Posted by JoeMilford on 08-30-2017
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Well, I liked 'V for Vendetta' by Alan Moore and I found 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman to be a complex story. Maus is really interesting because of the way it captures the essence of many things that happened during the Holocaust, it also narrates using the point of view of a Holocaust survivor (the writer's own father) and their difficult father-son relationship many years after those facts. That writer had a rough childhood and many troubles, and it seems to me, his parents never fully recovered from the Holocaust trauma. That graphic novel won the Pulitzer in 1992 and many other prizes.
Posted by Dkaraly on 08-30-2017
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I don't even know what to say here because I never really read many graphic novels or comics. I don't think I ever bought any superhero graphic novels or comics when I was younger, to be honest. I do remember that I did buy a few comics that were based on the Simpsons so I guess those would have to be my favourite. It was more of a comic than a graphic novel but I enjoyed them so much especially since back then the Simpsons was one of my favourite cartoons.
Posted by kingcool52 on 08-30-2017
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Batman will always be my favorite. More than any other super hero, his story and premise are rooted in possibility. Batman could actually happen. Something about that makes the franchise more interesting for me. He's also a very complex character, as far as comic books go. Bruce Wayne has two alter-egos; the bat, and the playboy-millionaire who's role is to throw people off the trail of his cowled-counterpart. Watching the internal struggle he goes through in dealing with these two personas is almost more interesting than the capers he solves.
Posted by JaiGuru on 08-30-2017
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My favorite was ghost rider. It is extremely bad ass to see, such walking skeleton to judge evil doers. I always follow, and retracing the creation of such marvel character. I admired him much, while I still yet to discover more marvel heroes. The creation of marvel hero; ghost rider was still confusing, because I wanted to know, the exact extend of his power.
When I saw, some fight of hulk guy, and ghost rider. It was an epic scene of battle. I can't even believed that, ghost rider could match hulk power.
Posted by jaysolano12 on 08-30-2017
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I like to read some once in a while, but they are not my thing. So, I don't feel myself apt to say that I have some favorite one. Although I like very much of some of them, have to choose only one is - in a way - unfair.
I'd rather keep having fun with them without having to make any choices.
Posted by wiseagent on 08-30-2017
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Transmetropolitan is possibly one of the best comics I've read. It's unique in a lot of ways that show a futuristic version of our world, where the problems are the same as ours and people wouldn't realise it. The main character is called "Spider", he is a journalist, who is sick and tired of this modern world and lives in a house on the mountains, however due to certain circumstances he has to go to the city and do his job, where he shows his intelligence and tries to fix the world or at least his position in it.
Posted by manmad on 08-30-2017
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My favorite graphic novels must be "Killing Joke" and "The Dark Knight Returns". These two novels are what made me fall in love with Batman as a superhero. Such a beautiful reinvention of the classical Batman.
Posted by Vatroslav on 08-30-2017
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I have always loved "Escape from NY" series It all started with the movie and then I took an interest in the character. Then I watched Escape from LA and my interest only grew. Then I got to read the comics. They're pretty good in case someone is wondering whether a comic book from a movie can or can't work.
Posted by Marvadaum on 08-30-2017
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I'm not sure how Iron Man stacks up on the list of super heroes but I would say there's a bit of realism in the portrayal of a man made super robot suit that can effectively execute some super hyperactive functionality in combat. I've seen the Batman vs Superman movie but I think the Batman vs Iron Man match up would have been a more fitting proposal since both are actually non super human beings capable of performing super hero like executions. This also highlights the evolving technological endeavor and gives a somewhat feeling of certainty that mankind is moving forward in the direction of this ever increasing technological era. It is said from time to time that reality influences fantasy and fantasy influences reality, as a result the fantasy world as we know it is in some ways slowly showing signs of a future reality as we observe from time to time that these once fictitious ensembles have uncovered a way to introduce reality into some form of a possible existence into the world as we know it.
Posted by Joteque on 08-30-2017
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Character: Jean grey
reason first X women ever first student of prof X n she is freaking awesome also the phoenix force although sometimes it kinda bugs its a part pf jean though so its awesome. Team: The X-Men (always)
Posted by Vastor122 on 08-30-2017
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In our home, it's definitely Batman graphic novels that take center stage. It started with my husband who is a long time, obsessed Batman fan. He introduced me to the graphic novel format and I've enjoyed them as well. Another series we enjoy is The Shining Knight. I rather enjoy the mixture of characters (my husband rather likes Etrigan, but I like the Shining Knight) and setting of the series. Two other graphic novel series we enjoy is GR Martin's Game Of Thrones and his Hedge Knight series. I think the Hedge Knight series is my favorite because it's so much more light hearted than the Game of Thrones stuff.
Posted by this_free_spirit on 08-30-2017
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I have read a lot of graphic novels, in fact when I was a small kid I liked to read the animated books and my favorite was RAHAN. I am sure you heard of him, is a man of the prehistory that is very smart for its time. If I remember right it was a French publication, and my parents had to struggle to find it because in my country the communism was on rising in the 80's and the food and newspapers was a luxury here.
Rahan made my childhood nicer and it made my imagination to fly!
Posted by wallet on 08-31-2017
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I have gone through so many graphic novels.It is difficult to choose one from so many but still, the best graphics novel vote goes to THE DEATH OF ARCHIE as I am avid Archie fan. Archie goes on to reimagine his life in this novel instead of living as a college student, he is shown to be a husband and a father of two, who eventually gets killed by some serial killer.
Posted by muaaz.93 on 08-31-2017
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My favorite graphic novel is Combatron. You guys may not know it because it was made by a local newspaper in the Philippines. Combatron looks like Rockman and of course, he fights bad guys. It's storyline mainly depicts the current trends and issues on the society. I used to read that when I was a kid.
Posted by Xyruz13 on 08-31-2017
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I have read Dark horse comics, DC and Marvel. So I have read most of the heroes and the vilians. You can see that some of the vilians on all of the comics are good. I think it depends on how dark type of stories you want to see. In case some marvel stories are really good. I would say some of those comics from the dark horse comics seems to be lot better. I can tell you that it's way better compared to any other graphic novel as of now.
Posted by overcast on 08-31-2017
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i use to read comics during my childhood days having the 90s comics spider , batman , superman but the most i like is the spider the story line make me amaze how spider it is way back 90s and all the graphic novel is well made by the producer but i cannot argue that this present generation is way more better in terms of graphics but i still enjoy those days reading it with food besides me.
Posted by tophew on 08-31-2017
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I don't have any favorite graphic novels but my kids have quite a collection of manga books. Do they count as graphic novels? To me, graphic novels are not much different from comic books. It was comic books for my generation. It's graphic novels for the new generation.
Posted by cmoneyspinner on 08-31-2017
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I hate the term Graphic Novel they're comics, just admit it and quit trying to hide behind fancy terminology. Graphic Novel is a term invented by people ashamed to admit they love comics and I will not be party to the sham. Actually the technical term for a collected edition is Trade Paperback. Graphic Novel is a term that was popularized in the 90s during the speculators boom when tons of non fans were buying up comics like crazy for the sake of later resale value. Those people treated fans who actually gave a damn about comics like lepers and didn't want to be too closely associated with us. So they started using the term Graphic Novel.
Posted by Authord on 08-31-2017
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I haven't read any graphic novels in quite a while, but I'm a huge Batman fan and went through quite a couple graphic novels over the years. Currently I would have to say that my favorite of the Batman graphic novels has to be a tossup between the Knightfall novel and Hush. I loved Knightfall because it's where we are introduced to Bane, and the whole arc is just incredibly suspenseful and entertaining. I loved Hush because of the mystery elements and the art work is some of my favorite out of any Batman comic.
Posted by Denis_P on 09-01-2017
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When i was much younger, i preferred comic books by reading the comic books featuring batman, superman and the hulk. I really loved reading and i like the way they appear in drawing or picture and i also watched their movies also.
Posted by babyright on 09-09-2017
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I don't really read that many graphic novels but I do have some in my collection. I mostly just bought them back then because I liked the drawings but from time to time I will read some of them. I think I prefer actual comic books but I read Killing Joke once and I thought it was alright. I also tried reading Watchmen although I can't get into it and would need to revisit it again to see if anything has changed because I know I will be interested in it because I liked the movie.
Posted by Wubwub on 10-04-2017
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I really don't enjoy reading the comic books, I prefer watching them being acted and my favorite ones happens to be Gotham related ones. Batman is my most treasured. I loved his courage and valor in trying to fight for justice and saving of his city Gotham.
Most people suffer Heartbreak and emotional troubles from losing their parents but his changed him from being more than Bruce Wayne but the batman as well. I also enjoy the superman, the only thing that makes me prefer batman over superman is because batman's strength is human and from training but superman is alien and as such is indestructible.
Posted by Heatman on 10-04-2017
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I particularly like several. Some of them I remember at the moment are: Watchamen, Sadman, Batman, Hellboy, V for Vendetta
Posted by hermessantos on 01-27-2018
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I've been a comic book reader and collector for more than three decades now and some of my favorite graphic novels are Secret Wars, Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year 1, Justice Society of America, Green Lantern Corps, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Watchmen. A good graphic novel is always a good read.
Posted by Kakashi2020 on 11-01-2018
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Thank you for reminding me about Image Comics! When this comic-brand came out, it is so new to me that I coudn't buy a new one. Well, not right away because they're mroe expensive than DC and Marvel. But it was kind of a big deal then to have comic books where all the pages are glossy and shiny, not just the cover. I had issue #1 of Wild C.A.T.S. and fell for the superhero Grifter.
Posted by sonnyisabeast on 11-04-2018
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One of my all-time favorites Graphic Novel Titles is Groo The Wanderer which was produced by Epic/Image/Marvel/Darkhorse it was a hit in the late 80's and early 90's and I had 5 of its Graphic Novels in my old collection. It was a masterpiece inked by Sergio Aragones. It's a comedic spoof of Conan the Barbarian. And the artwork is just meticulously amazing. If you get a chance read it.
Posted by Kakashi2020 on 12-07-2018
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