The Sin City set is on its way. I'm reading Elephant Men right now. Any recommendations? I'm not really in to the old comic book charcters, though it would be awesome if they made the Spider Man Maximum Carrnage series in Graphic Novel. I would really like something political
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Shooter by Vertigo was political. I found great action in the writing of Battle of the Planets, but the cartoon stinks. I'm looking for a good read too, it's been a few years since I picked a mag up.
Dark Horse/Star Wars comics have pretty good art. I couldn't believe they killed off Ki-adi Mundi, in the movie, I was hoping for more resolution in the series.
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Try Y - The Last Man. I like comics a lot but none of this the hulk teams up with superman nonsense...
anything by Grant Morrison
Where there is no property there is no justice; a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid
Fools! not to see that what they madly desire would be a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring
^I am soon to read Hellblazer
Great choice with Sin City. Frank Miller is such a smart man. You should look up some interviews with him on YouTube. He's got a really cool outlook on things.
Definitely check out Watchmen and V for Vendetta if you haven't already. Or you can watch the movies. Alan Moore is an anarchist, and all of that is really present in his graphic novels. I've noticed that many writers in the comic 'genre' (for lack of better words) are very libertarian.
Frank Miller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMkCLwqevG4
Alan Moore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7ehbE1vc0&feature=related
The Sandman is the first comic I've ever read a significant amount of (I tried some other things, but didn't like them).
Dream is a fantastic character (and Death is cool). I'm not sure if all comics are like this but I found it quite strange at times, and sometimes you don't understand what's going on until more information is revealed near the end of a story, which can be confusing and difficult to get in to. But all in all, quite fun. The other stuff by Neil Gaiman is also good, I've started reading his Lucifer series.
Lucifer is wonderful !
Did you guys read The Dreaming? Coyote's kiss is a great short story.
Also The Girl Who Would be Death has some interesting artwork. These are all mostly be Caitlan Kiernan (sp)
Some of my recent reads
Joker by Brian Azzarello is wonderful. The art depicts The Joker as Heath Ledger plays him; dark, disturbed and funny.
Preacher by Ennis and Dillon. My favorite in awhile. If Quentin Tarantino wrote the script for a comic book it would probably read something like this.
Anyone interested in selling their graphic novels or comic book collection?
I recommend Star Dust to everyone. Not rly a Graphic Novel, but it's incredbly beautiful.
Watchmen is great, just the end is a bit retarded (I actually liked the change they made on the movie), and there is The Dark Knight, obligatory read.
DMZ by Brian Wood and Ricardo Burchielli is in my opinion required reading for any Mises regular. A breathtaking vision of America in the near future, torn apart by a second civil war between(guess what....) the federal government and the "free state alliance".
In all honesty the war is just the backdrop. The real story is about what it's like to be a civilian, whether you are an artist or an engineer while living in a warzone.
Intense storytelling and great art. Burchielli transplants Bagdhad to Manhattan in striking fashion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_%28comics%29
Brian Wood also writes an awesome series about vikings called Northlanders that is well worth checking out for some riveting tales of *ahem* "conflict resolution" in a stateless society ;)
Frank Miller's "Martha Washington" has been completely reprinted recently. It has a libertarian bent.
Also, check out the stuff published by Big Head Press. They've done several libertarian comic albums.
You might enjoy the work of Steve Ditko. You can get collections of his work on Spiderman & Dr Strange. DC just did a complete reprint of his Crepper stuff. And you can get his new stuff as well.
I enjoy the Hellboy/BPRD stuff from Mignola et al.
I've been enjoying Invincible and his related series (Brit, Amazing Wolf-Man, etc) for pure superhero stuff.
Sandman is good. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is good (almost anything by Moore is good. I've enjoyed his stuff at "America's Best Comics")
Not sure what your tastes are to be able to recommend other things.
Uh.. Love Hina is the only one I've ever read. I wouldn't necessarilly recommend it though, the promise of nudity was never followed through. I was thoroughly disappointed. What a tease.
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Anyone read The Boys...it's my new venture.
I also bought Crossed which is totally Saw/The Hills Have Eyes type of disgusting, i don't suggest eating while reading :)
Dude. I started reading the Boys, and it is freaking awesome. I forced myself to stop and wait till he's finished writing it because I was addicted. Its like supercrack and I can't stop. I've never laughed so hard...
You read preacher right? Same author... Crossed is okay. It is very bland but has some redeeming features. Its the first i've been scared in a long time.
Mushishi is probably my favorite comic. 20th Century Boys is also very good.
I'm a big fan of Osamu Tezuka though. Anything he penned was generally excellent.
"If diversity were a strength people would practice it spontaneously. It wouldn't require constant cheer-leading or expensive lawsuits."- Jared Taylor
How could we forget the good ole Berlin Batman http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mises.org/books/batman/batman17.jpg&imgrefurl=http://mises.org/books/batman/&usg=___R5l6EEEIGMo3jdbQrA8P9Ahz_c=&h=908&w=578&sz=579&hl=en&start=3&sig2=2CFwpUtmRLgKJATBN1ggyg&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Z7c9M3VJ7q3AYM:&tbnh=147&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBatman%2Bmises%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=SgE1TMHaE4L6lwfr3ODTBw
"Man thinks not only for the sake of thinking, but also in order to act."-Ludwig von Mises
I highly recommend Y: The Last Man. Basicly, its about what happens after every creature with a Y chromosone dies except for one man and his pet monkey.
It's not overtly political, but it does have a lot of political overtones, and is just plain entertaining.
Also The Umbrella Academy is 100% pure awesome.
And finally, if you havent yet read Sandman. Imo its the only thing Neil Gaimen has ever written worth reading.
I stopped reading Hellboy and its spin-offs shortly after Mignola stopped drawing them. Honestly I dont think he's that good a writer, and none of the artists who've tried to draw the series recently have been able to capture his 'look' well enough for my taste.
I definitely recommend the Persepolis books. I have them here (1) and here (2).