Best graphic novel anthologies according to redditors

We found 53 Reddit comments discussing the best graphic novel anthologies. We ranked the 31 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Graphic Novel Anthologies:

u/BRN83 · 13 pointsr/creepy

Source:
Flight Volume 2
http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Volume-2-Becky-Cloonan/dp/1582404771

I highly recommend the entire series of anthologies (eight volumes). Each one is packed with artists with a variety of styles, and when Vol. 1 hit the market it was a bit of a game changer in the indie comics scene.

u/TheGoodNews01 · 5 pointsr/Anarchism

You can start with a little levity.

Anarchy Comics: The Complete Collection edited by Jay Kinney covers much of anarchist history in comic book form.

Or you can have them read Orwell on Anarchism and see if it gets them curious.

u/zentrout · 5 pointsr/comicbooks

I am surprised no one has mentioned American Splendor here. Harvey Pekar's stories of normal life in Cleveland should be the gold standard of "great realistic graphic novels that deal with normal things."

Start here!

u/vogon-jeltz · 5 pointsr/graphicnovels

The biggest problem you have is that "graphic novel" isn't a genre, but a type of media. Imagine that someone came up to you and said "I want to start watching movies. Where should I start?" Your first question would probably be, "That depends, what kind of stories do you like?"

So, I would start by figuring this out. Go to your local library and grab:

u/[deleted] · 4 pointsr/Buddhism

Originally appeared in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction

u/piperson · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

some of the big influences to these guys are Chester Brown's Yummy Fur, Art Spiegleman's Raw magazine, Love and Rockets.
I think Chris Ware was first published in Raw magazine. It's also the place that Spiegleman's Pulitzer Prize Special Awarded Maus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus) was first published. Love and Rockets was very influential to Adrien Tomine. Chester Brown was a very well respected comic creator in the 80's.
An anthology of graphic fiction (http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Graphic-Fiction-Cartoons-Stories/dp/0300111703) is a great place to see many great alternative creators.

u/beatlesbible · 3 pointsr/graphicnovels

I haven't read it, but Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels looks interesting and is supposedly good. I might pick up a copy.

u/everydayishumpday · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

Have you tried publishing some of it in pieces?

A section in something like this could lead to something like this.

It's long so it's going to be a while looking over. But in the meantime kudos for even fucking finishing. That's a battle, and you won.

u/veganintendo · 3 pointsr/altcomix

Nobody has put together such a nice resource like the one you link, but you can just start diving into the books that are out there. Anthologies are good. Here’s a great one that I bought for full price when it came out and now it’s available used for DIRT CHEAP: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1932416080

This one too is amazing and dirt cheap: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0300111703/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

Try Nobrow 10: https://copaceticcomics.com/comics/nobrow-10

And the NOW series by Fantagraphics.

You should definitely read The Comics Journal, http://tcj.com – and if possible, any of the physical TCJ back issues.

The biggest publishers of art comics are Fantagraphics and Drawn and Quarterly. There is also Nobrow, Koyama, 2D Cloud, and many others. Look at their various web sites

See if you have an altcomix based book store in your town, which is more likely if you in one of North America’s bookish northern cities. Seattle has the Fantagraphics store, Pittsburgh has the mighty Copacetic Comics, Brooklyn has (edit: Desert Island), Chicago has Quimby’s, Montreal has Drawn and Quarterly...

u/jlskun · 2 pointsr/MangaCollectors
u/reuse_reuse_reuse · 2 pointsr/bangalore
u/NMW · 2 pointsr/wwi

I'm sorry I missed this!

It's a remarkable strip, and very well-liked by many in the world of First World War studies. I assume you're looking at this recent Titan Books reprint that's been made widely available (but do correct me if I'm wrong!). It's a great starting point for the series as a whole, which currently runs to some ten hardcover volumes; this one collects most of volumes 1 through 4.

The series is very "realistic" in its depictions of how appalling conditions in the trenches and how chaotic such combat could be, and it is very much focused on the experience of the regular fighting man rather than the wider geopolitical ramifications of everything. It's one of the very few comic strips I've ever heard of to have been given an official research budget, in any event, so I hope that gives you some impression of how seriously Mills and Colquhoun took their business. Still, it's very much a part of the long-established "mud, blood, and futility" school of First World War works, so take that for whatever it may mean to your father.

In short, I would very happily recommend it, and also very happily own it. Another such work that might be very much looking into is Jacques Tardi's It Was the War of the Trenches and Goddamn This War!, both of which are amazing and both of which have recently been republished (and translated into English) in a handsome two-volume hardcover.

I do not really recommend Joe Sacco's The Great War, but it's still an impressive work for all its flaws.

u/thegraaayghost · 2 pointsr/ComicWriting

If it's a public domain work, I think there are no restrictions.

You may be interested in this series. You can look at the pages for each volume to see some of the works it contains.

u/headcheesesandwich · 2 pointsr/comics

This reminded me of The Graphic Cannon. It's basically a text book of fairy tales, letters, folklore and even bible scripture, all drawn into comics. Very interesting and great for those who are just getting into comics.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1609803760

u/Rosegoesplatinum · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This would be really cool!

https://www.amazon.de/1001-Comics-Must-Read-Before/dp/0789327317

Glad you had a great date!! Hope it continues to go well 💛

u/gary_greatspace · 2 pointsr/comicbooks

This book by Ivan Brunetti is a terrific cartooning book. It’s based on a course curriculum so it’s filled with exercises that stretch that part of your brain.

u/icebergeracslim · 2 pointsr/streetwear

thanks! Bode characters are legendary. Check out those comics if you're not familiar with 'em! ie.-> https://www.amazon.com/Cheech-Wizards-Book-Vaughn-Bode/dp/1606998196

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u/seanomenon · 1 pointr/graphic_design

I love this book: Cartooning by Ivan Brunetti.

He's obviously talking about cartooning as opposed to serious illustration, but this book teaches visual storytelling better than any other course I've seen. (The book is his complete 15-week course.)

u/scissorsneedfoodtoo · 1 pointr/books

Maybe one of the American Splendor books? Our Cancer Year, about Pekar's struggle with lymphoma, was pretty good, but the anthology provides a good overview of the series, and the small struggles in everyday life. She might be able to spin something from Pekar's ill-tempered, cynical, and yet wholly intriguing narration style, how, "ordinary life is pretty complex stuff".

She sounds like an awesome teacher, and maybe towards the end of the year she can get the kids involved with a class zine or comic, writing, illustrating, editing, and all that.

u/Nejfelt · 1 pointr/comicbooks

> "Marvel Comix" book

Comix Book

u/rockidol · 1 pointr/kickstarter

Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis

Kickstarter
Place you can buy it

Off Your Rocker

Kickstarter
Place you can buy it

Designing Obama (originally a book but the book's almost sold out but they still have it as an ipad app)

Kickstarter

the book
[the ipad app] (http://itunes.apple.com/app/designing-obama/id385022145?mt=8)

Diamond Trust of London

Kickstarter
place to buy it

Womanthology (an all female comic)

Kickstarter
[Amazon Hardcover] (http://www.amazon.com/Womanthology-Heroic-Ann-Nocenti/dp/1613771479)

Also I know one guy who made a blog and another who made an online magazine through kickstarter. Both are free on the web.

Oh and the boardgamegeek ratings for some of the board games have changed.

u/ThinkMinty · 1 pointr/ChapoTrapHouse

A Chapo Guide to Revolution and Anarchy Comics: The Complete Edition are good places to start. I've also seen people recommend The ABCs of Socialism, but I haven't read it so I can only say I've seen others say it's good.

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https://www.amazon.com/Chapo-Guide-Revolution-Manifesto-Against/dp/1501187287

https://www.amazon.com/Anarchy-Comics-Collection-Jay-Kinney/dp/1604865318/

u/bearily · 1 pointr/lgbt

Hmmm. I'm not familiar with the comics you mentioned to be honest, and I didn't look through all of the contributors, but it seemed like this book was framed more as a collection of current comics rather than older stuff -- in the video they talk about looking at this as a sort of "follow-up" to last year's publication "No Straight Lines" which had work from the past four decades (though I'm not sure if that collection included the ones you mentioned either, I haven't gotten through it yet). Really, I think it's just that there's SO MUCH good stuff out there. I was a bit bummed not to see a few of my favorites, especially some younger queer comics artists like Erika Moen and Melanie Gillman. Hopefully we will see more anthologies like this and further coverage!

u/dopebob · 1 pointr/graphicnovels

I picked this up cheap recently and it's really cool. It's an anthology of extracts from famous literary pieces throughout history. Some of it is done especially for the book and some is taken from already existing graphic adaptations.