(Part 3) Best comic strip books according to redditors
We found 1,681 Reddit comments discussing the best comic strip books. We ranked the 454 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
[You're welcome](Cyanide and Happiness (Cyanide & Happiness) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061914797/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3lwSAb6NXFVDT)
If you want to experience Miyazaki's nuanced and beautiful take on good, evil and all other things, I recommend reading his 7-part manga "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". It took him 14 years to write it and despite his reputation as a filmmaker, this book is his masterpiece and probably his most personal work. Reading it changed my life.
This is one of many books that was done by B. Kliban, aka: "Hap". While best known for his book, Cat (i think this drawing is from this book), Kliban was a prolific cartoonist for Playboy and had several books published as well. These are all cataloged in the wiki article, linked.
Much of my humor is derived from Kliban. He had this wonderful, hilarious and sometimes profound way of seeing the world. I miss him.
I have this book, it's called "Cat"
Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind by Hayao Miyazaki (creator of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke). It's a post-apocalyptic fantasy epic in the true sense of the word "epic". There's also an animated film that's good, but the comic series is absolutely awesome.
Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan series. Alternate history/steampunk for young adults with good female characters.
The Hunger Games series could also work.
He's got a Trump book out now. It's glorious and under ten bucks. Link.
Maybe it contributed, but in one of his Sunday collections he says this is the reason for quitting.
https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Zone-Here-There-Gerblins/dp/1250153700/
I'm with you... it is not 100% comfortable. I'm sure the legality is immensely complex, so, to me, it is purely an issue of the morality being on thin ice. Most fan art comes from a wonderful place of love, and many - if not most - authors love it. But when stuff starts getting sold, it gets dodgy.
Generally one way to sort it out is to start with the authors and see where they link - Pierce Brown, for example, helped support a Kickstarter of some badass Red Rising gear. A lot of them have friends or fans that they're totally happy to support in this way.
Randomly related story time!
I wanted to represent my favorite comic at NY ComicCon a couple years ago, but there's not a ton of Fell gear out there. Fortunately, Red Bubble had a hoodie with the Snowtown insignia on it. Fan-made, but, yay! I got to wear it!
Then I ran into Ben Templesmith at the Con. And I was SO HAPPY.
My gibbering fanboy monologue went a bit like this:
>"Ben Templesmith! I love your work! I love Fell! I love it so much that I bought this hoodie! Isn't it awesome? It has your work on it! And it is a bootleg! So you didn't get any money from it! So I'm going to buy everything on your table now! Because I feel like absolute shit!"
Oops. Fortunately, he thought my stream-of-consciousness was hilarious (I hope), and, hell, now I have a whole (licensed! official!) Templesmith wardrobe...
So, lesson learned: If I'm not comfortable wearing a fan product in front of the property's actual creator, I probably should've thought twice before buying it.
https://www.amazon.com/Hank-Hills-Boy-Aint-Right/dp/0060953055
Looks cool, never heard of it before but its got great reviews.
It's from [this book.] (http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Versus-Human-Yasmine-Surovec/dp/1449408656/ref=sr_1_2_twi_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426201963&sr=1-2&keywords=cat+vs+human) I bought it for a Christmas present once. I recommend it!
https://www.amazon.com/Hank-Hills-Boy-Aint-Right/dp/0060953055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503226626&sr=1-1&keywords=that+boy+ain%27t+right
wow so super rare and expensive
The 1985-1995 Sunday Pages collection also has a lot of great commentary by BW.
Boxed set: http://www.amazon.com/Nausica%C3%A4-Valley-Wind-Box-Set/dp/1421550644/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457228263&sr=8-2&keywords=nausicaa+of+the+valley+of+the+wind
Individual volume 1: http://www.amazon.com/Nausicaa-Valley-Wind-Vol-1/dp/1591164087/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1457228263&sr=8-3&keywords=nausicaa+of+the+valley+of+the+wind
I have both the boxed set and the individual volumes. You can't go wrong with either. They're from Viz and the Studio Ghibli Library. They're totally unaltered, the translation's fantastic, and there's a sound effect index in the back that translates the Japanese comic sound effects ("boom" or "bang" or whatever) into anglicized versions. If my house were on fire and I could only save one thing, it would be the boxed set. It's that good.
For anyone who wants to buy it on Amazon smile, here's a link.
I love knowing that a portion of me buying this book will also go towards a Texas Planned Parenthood office <3
This is the officially canon, post-show comic list. There's more canon comics that take place during or before the shows, but this is everything that comes after. The only pre-show comics on here are the 'Tales' comics, but that's because Joss had direct involvement and they're awesome. They're a collection of shorts about past slayers and vampires. There are some reading order issues involved with Tales, so make sure you don't spoil yourself. The final two Tales of the Vampires stories take place during Season 8. Also, Fray takes place in the far future, but it MUST be read before Season 8.
And there's like a ridiculous amount of tangential "potentially canon" comics that I could tell you all about too. Feel free to ask me anything.
http://www.amazon.com/Hank-Hills-The-Aint-Right/dp/0060953055
Thanks. This was the comic for anyone interested
All my friends are dead.
> I'm disappointed no one's mentioned yet:
It is in my screencap album, fwiw.
> Can't tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.
This or the law it cites.
ICYMI,
The Boy Ain't Right
https://www.amazon.com/Hank-Hills-Boy-Aint-Right/dp/0060953055
and
WD-40 for The Soul
https://www.amazon.com/Wd-40-Soul-Guide-Fixing-Everything/dp/1575000997
Both written by Hank Hill and waaaay out of print.
EDIT: Also forgot to add "Dale's I'm Ok, You're Y2K", written by Dale Gribble
https://www.amazon.com/Dales-K-Youre-Y2K-Millennium/dp/0006531709
Not sure if joking or not ... anyway, here you go.
Heh. There is a book of these: Amazon
I've been eyeing this book
"Tell me why, ain't nothing but a heartache" -BSB
And i summon u/InThisHouse19 as deserving to be gifted for being such a sweetheart
I'd like to nominate /u/MeghanAM 's Cyanide and Happiness book:
link
Why? Because MeghanAM AND Cyanide and Happiness.
MeghanAM is one of the reasons I stuck around this place. Always friendly and helpful. I hold her and smartass tendencies partially responsible for the gift chain a few days ago. She gifted me a gift card for my birthday last week that I was able to use to gift seedingoodsoil.
Also, Cyanide and Happiness is hilarious.
For all of those wondering
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Does he know he's a star? Because he has that "I'm James Corden, and I'm almost pissed off" look. Or is he just hungry?
The best cat that was ever under my aegis was a brown/black striped tiger named "Meatloaf" from the ancient poster by Kliban where the cat looked like one of these, but was shaped more like this.
Excellent cat. He sang all the vowels while seated in the hall just outside the bedroom. He was the Johnny Mathis of cats, I tell you. The only animal to wake me with vocal noise, and not make me angry.
You can preorder the Adventure Zone graphic novel!
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250153700/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_sfyhAbC24TKHW
I cant find complete sets of Buffy season 8 but here are some links:
Frey
Angel: After the Fall These are the canon comics of Angel: After the Fall. They did continue but were renamed to just Angel and the first volume is called Immortality for Dummies But as i said, this is not canon and Joss is not connected to this, AFAIK.
Spike: After the Fall
Spike: The Complete Series
And here i just searched for Buffy season 8 on amazon, you should be able to find all 8 issues here.
As i said, i just recently started gathering info about these comics, and i ordered all of this myself 1 week ago, aswell as this, which i couldnt find on amazon.
Willow: Godessess and Monsters
And here I sit, waiting for all of my comics to get here.
Ik heb een tijdje terug dit album/boek op de kop getikt. Heb ook alle Don Rosa's (althans, ik denk dat ik ze allemaal heb) in het Nederlands, maar deze is echt de moeite waard. Neemt ook verder weinig ruimte in beslag in je kast, helemaal als je het vergelijkt met de 10-15 albums :) Kwam er achter dat er ook nog een soort van deel twee is, die staat heel hoog op mijn verlanglijstje... Heb een aantal van die verhalen alleen als miniboekjes (oa Cutty Sark) en die zijn verder nooit op albumformaat uitgebracht in het Nederlands.
There are a couple of others out there.
Some of the books have interesting intros by him and this book has some very specific commentary on various strips - a good read (if too short!)
I know what you’ve been doing!!
https://www.amazon.com/Wiener-Dog-Art-Side-Collection/dp/0836218655
https://www.amazon.com/Nausicaa-Valley-Wind-Vol-1/dp/1591164087/ref=pd_sbs_14_2/140-7957934-3523011?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1591164087&amp;pd_rd_r=f2a15dac-3386-4e2d-a662-1a01ca0ac36f&amp;pd_rd_w=7ogDY&amp;pd_rd_wg=CpBF5&amp;pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&amp;pf_rd_r=JHPBBR2G4JCQRYWG4X1V&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=JHPBBR2G4JCQRYWG4X1V
"Shadow Puppets" is pretty cool, but it's also included in the IDW Spike Omnibus which, unless you're hellbent on getting a hardcover, gives you a lot more (mostly great) content for your money. In particular, it has Spike: Asylum, which I highly recommend.
I've read that "re-adaptation" (they used it as filler in one of the Angel Omnibuses), and it's just a shortened version of the episode with not-that-great unmoving pictures instead of live actors. So that's worth exactly nothing.
I can't say anything about "Mystery Date" except that it seems to be extracted from the Masks anthology. Maybe consider getting that one instead?
I don't know what exactly you're looking for or what you've read already, but the After the Fall series is actually pretty good. Or, if you're a Buffy fan too, the Tales or Fray are really awesome. They also lead up to (or, in the case of some of the Tales titles, are set during) Buffy season eight. Which, granted, isn't very good. But I hear it gets better in season nine.
Long time of her! She has a [book] (http://www.amazon.com/Adulthood-Myth-Sarahs-Scribbles-Collection/dp/1449474195) coming out soon, very excited.
>just wish there was a better compromise between all or nothing
I suppose this isn't precisely the same thing as typical merch, but they definitely have collaborated with fans to make things associated with the show.
The graphic novel is being illustrated by Carey Pietsch, who was doing fan art and character designs for TAZ long before the comic.
They did a fan-art zine for charity, The Adventure Zine.
And the trailer they made for Balance was done by an artist who started off with animatics and stuff.
You should also check out the parody book http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/067085073X/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
If that's the case I would also highly recommend Craig Thompson's other works - Goodbye, Chunky Rice and Carnet De Voyage. They are not quite as awesome as Blankets, but there are wonderful. His forthcoming Habibi is getting good early buzz as well. I've got it on preorder, of course. After Blankets I'll buy anything Thompson puts out for quite some time.
That's cool :) Buffy season 8 has 8 volumes to be collected and are all pretty easy to get on amazon, Season 9 and A+F are still being released so final numbers arnt known yet, but up to volume 3 have been released. I also suggest getting Fray
Its a Buffy spin-off set in the far future which plays a big role in season 8, and its also my favourite comic ever :D
The Gary Larson book "Weiner Dog Art" has great dachshund works of art in the style of classical pieces. Check it out!
https://www.amazon.com/Wiener-Dog-Art-Side-Collection/dp/0836218655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1469501899&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Weiner+dog+art
Everyone is listing actual books so I'll go a different route.
There's Treasure Everywhere
From Calvin and Hobbes--Sunday Pages 1985-1995, Bill Watterson wrote the following about this strip:
>To an editor, space may be money, but to a cartoonist, space is time. space provides the tempo and rhythm of the strip. Used well, it directs the eye to speed up or linger. The long drawing of Hobbes walking away is a sort of visual brake. It's empty, so the eye rests there and the panel creates a pause.
EDIT: The title of the collection now links to the Amazon page.
https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Zone-Here-There-Gerblins/dp/1250153700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523387928&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=adventure+zone
Cat Versus Human
I know this probably isn't the book but I'll post it anyway It is a parody book of the book The Way Things Work.
The Way Things Really Work: (And How They Actually Happen)
https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Really-Work-Actually/dp/067085073X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1449979600&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=how+things+really+work
lol, I did actually consider calling it "All My Friends Are Dead" but I thought it was cutting it too close to this book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQPVZKE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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"All Your Friends Are Dead" just suited it better, since it's a reference to a "Friday the 13th" videogame.
If you like Hyperbole and a Half I think you'll like this as well! Happiest of birthdays to both you and /u/LadyAmpersand! ❤️🎂
Fair warning my tastes run to the non cape and stuff outside the "Big 2"
Fell, Transmetropolitan, The Authority all by Warren Ellis
Empire - Mark Waid
Preacher, The Boys - Garth Ennis
Absolution - Christos Gage
Incognito - Ed Brubaker
Powers - Brian Michael Bendis, to a lesser degree
off the top of my head
Lots of us don't remember it. Probably because we didn't get it at the time.
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Don't forget Don Rosa's The Life and Time's of Scrooge Mcduck. A must read for any Barks' Fan, but also a must read for everyone else as well.
a genuine inukshuk? You could put what in a terrarium with succulents? a hardcopy of Sarah Scribbles?
[And a King of the hill book!] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060953055/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1)
You May Not Tie An Alligator to a Fire Hydrant
All My Friends are Dead
http://www.amazon.com/September-11th-2001-VOL-02/dp/1563898780
http://www.amazon.com/Wheres-Bin-Laden-many-others/dp/1741103320
Especially the collection of Don Rosa's the life and times of scrooge mcduck and if you like it you can always check out the companion collection
Both very good and both suitable (and enjoyable) for all ages.
ooh, for Cat Versus Human lovers: her book is in pre-order on Amazon
Probably Good-bye, Chunky Rice (Craig Thompson's, of Blankets fame, first book) or Solanin.
Volume 1
and
Volume 2 (where this cover comes from).
Whew, that was quite the task. Thanks for the contest!!!
>Is your definition of a word based on where you are currently located or where the action you are referring to tock place?
Legally, yes. If I get an alligator and want to chain it to a fire hydrant, I am fine, but not if I am in Michigan. So, where you are is important when talking about legal definitions, which is what has been happening.
>So you are telling me that the holocaust was not murder in Germany when it happened but became murder retroactively when the nazi government fell?
You are really stuck on the Holocaust and Nazi's. This started about taxation, wanna return there?
>Is it that you adopt the language of those that hold the most power over you at any give time? If you where held hostage somewhere by non-state actors, would you adopt the language and definitions of the hostage takers?
Language and laws aren't exactly the same. If I am visiting Poland, I would follow Polish laws. If I go to Japan, I'll follow Japanese law. I can't speak either of those languages, but they will still hold me accountable to their legal system. Language isn't relevant to this discussion. Again, this whole thread started with discussion of laws with some morality to be considered.
>Legal definitions are almost never relevant unless you are communicating with the government.
So, if you murder someone in the woods and don't tell anyone, you think you don't have to worry about legal definitions? Yeah, legality would still matter. Ok, now that you realize that legal definitions will matter when you are under the jurisdiction of a government, even if you reject that government, until the system is changed you will be under that system.
My Rosa suggestion
Wiener Dog Art: A Far Side Collection
I'm 26, and love it. My parents and my great-aunt loved it, so I was raised kind of surrounded by it. We had several of the books* scattered around the house, and I loved flipping through them.
*ETA: Far Side Gallery, FSG 2, PreHistory of the Far Side which is probably my favorite, Weiner Dog Art (we had miniature dachshunds, so of course we had to have it), and The Chickens Are Restless - I grew up in a rural area and my family have always kept livestock, done 4-H, competed in rodeos, etc., so the large number of 'rural life'-based jokes in The Far Side was probably a large part of the appeal.
https://www.amazon.com/You-May-Alligator-Fire-Hydrant/dp/0743230655
Here's a couple of comic books that will be up your alley:
Witches is distinctly small town. Fell is about a detective dealing with the isolated crappy side of a big city. It's a detective noire story, but it might as well be horror based on the tone and the way the city itself is treated as a character.
Where's Bin Laden?: and many others
Great book which I found second hand once.
The box set plus these: http://www.amazon.ca/Calvin-Hobbes-Tenth-Anniversary-Book/dp/0836204387 http://www.amazon.ca/Calvin-Hobbes-Sunday-Pages-1985-1995/dp/0740721356 make for a great collection.
Huh, I now understand the joke of the Farside collection "Wiener Dog Art".
https://www.amazon.com/Wiener-Dog-Art-Side-Collection/dp/0836218655
Good-bye, Chunky Rice (Pantheon Graphic Library) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375714766/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_5PiDCb2EHV97E
Garry Trudeau.
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-B-Kliban/dp/0911104542
Despite the date on the Amazon page, I recall my mom having a copy of it in 1980 or so.
This is from an excellent book: Cat vs Human
Kliban's first "Cat" collection:
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-B-Kliban/dp/0911104542
(Use Amazon's "Look Inside" link to see some of the cartoons.)
In the USA, the late '70s and early '80s were an amazing time for fads and merchandising windfalls. "Star Wars" and "Satuday Night Fever" (triggering the disco craze) were 1977, "Space Invaders" was 1978, the Sony Walkman was 1979, and Rubik's Cube and "Pac-Man" came to the USA in 1980... It was absolutely groovy time to be a kid.
Thanks for your reply. I was 15 back in 2012. These books weren't aimed at children, but rather for teenagers.
I can't really think of any more information other than the art in the books looked amazing! Each page looked as if it was concept art from a AAA video game. The closest I can think of is this book, 'Where's Bin Laden': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheres-Bin-Laden-Many-Others/dp/1741103320. However, the art in this book is slightly simpler than that presented in the two books I'm looking for.
The books were originally published years before 2012 though.
That's the name of the book
The illustrations were what clinched that book.
You whippersnappers probably don't remember that Ron Barrett was originally known for creating Politenessman, published in The National Lampoon.
The Way Things Really Work was another hilarious book illustrated by Ron Barrett. A take-off of David Macaulay's How Things Work.
I preferred this one
I took this from the very talented Sarah Andersen and dumbed it down a bit because it made me laugh so much:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HqmfBFwvm/
Check her out, she has a fantastic set of books as well - https://smile.amazon.com/Adulthood-Myth-Sarahs-Scribbles-Collection/dp/1449474195?sa-no-redirect=1
Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump
Not quite Bloom County but decent.
hahaha there is no way in hell I can win this but...here is my closest thing. YAY
Reminds me off the art in Fell. Great comic series.
Cyanide & Happiness. They also have books. It helps if you like dark/twisted humor.
Protip: C&H is done by a few different guys. The comics by Matt sometimes have humorous filenames (much like XKCDs alt-text).
Just a warning, season 8 feels pretty different than the show. Joss realised this and made season 9 have more of a grounded show-feel. You should also check out the graphic novel Fray, which is set in the distant future but ties in a bunch with season 8. You might even want to get it first as it sets up some plot points in S8 really well because it was published years earlier.
It's not that hard.
I found this book of short stories that seems to match your cover:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1563898780?SubscriptionId=0QCHRJVSKG6F3BRGBNG2&amp;tag=pbs_00005-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1563898780
Amazon Links: Volume 1 / Volume 2
Cat vs. Human is fun!
There's an (hilarious) book called The Way Things Really Work with an entry on this phenomenon. I'd post a scan of the page in question but my copy is at my parents' house.
Does anybody on reddit have it?