I thought it might be nice to have a thread to discuss and recommend and that.
I really like comic books. But rarely buy them because I read them extremely quickly and then never really consider reading them again - and it's not as though they are cheap things. They are rather
disposable - most of the time. But I use the library to read trashy comics all the time and it is ace. That said some comics transcend that and are tremendous works to be treasures and kept. Therefore RECOMMENDATIONS AND DEBATE!
Here's a few thoughts on what I've been reading recently.
Lucifer - the spin off to Neil Gaimans "The Sandman" by a different author so you might be excused for thinking it a shoddy poor sequel; but it is tremendous work in it's own right, that I suspect surpasses Sandman. That said I only read a few of the trades of Sandman (which introduced Lucifer) then a friend gave me the first Lucifer to read. I've now finished all 10 volumes of Lucifer without going back to Sandman.
Basically it's about Lucifer, the fallen angel and what he does after he quits his job as the keeper of hell. He's not nice and he does terrible things but you can't help rooting for him to succeed. And it's very hard to shake the feeling that he's nice deep down, when he really isn't. A wonderfully complex work with no straight forward good an evil which over the 75 issues constructs a very real world with very set boundaries and then you watch as the initially random pieces all fall into place as Lucifers plans come together.
S rankThe Walking Dead by Kirkman A book I'm disliking more as time goes on as it becomes bleaker and bleaker. The fact there are so few happy moments detailed over the span of a year (especially in the
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prison
) makes me think less of the work. Maybe I've read it too quickly and it has ground me down...
Invincible Is also by Kirkman and is also an extremely good book. The first big hard back volume is well worth the money and excellent. Invincible is the teenage son of Omniman (aka Superman) and starts getting his superpowers. A big cast of characters in their own world (pretty much) so big changes can happen. It's basically Buffy the Vampire meets the JLA in comic book form. Trashy, Bright, Colourful, Funny and occasionally very serious indeed.
Obviously
Alan Moore's work is always worth reading. A tremendous voice. V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Watchmen are well known classics so instead I will recommend
Top 10. It's about the police force in a city made up almost entirely of super heroes. And it's much, much better than that sounds.