(Part 2) Top products from r/graphicnovels
We found 41 product mentions on r/graphicnovels. We ranked the 586 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection Volume 1
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Marvel Comics
23. DMZ Vol. 1: On the Ground
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Diamond Comics
25. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 2
Mariner Books
26. Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
31. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
X-Men God Loves, Man Kills
32. Y: The Last Man, Book 1, Deluxe Edition
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
suggested for mature readers
33. The complete MAUS
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 2
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
35. The Complete Maus
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
The Complete Maus A Survivor s Tale
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson is a favorite of mine, kind of a weird fantasy/superhero riff that has some rather dark elements, but is generally funny and sweet.
Through the Woods by Emily Carrol is darker, a collection of some excellent, short scary stories (most structured like fairy tales) in comics form. If your daughter likes horror at all, I strongly recommend her work, she is very good. His Face All Red is collected in the book, and is a good introduction to her work.
Check out some more Matt Kindt work - Mind MGMT is fabulous, and I really enjoyed Red Handed.
Also, if you want the DC version of Civil War, released ten years earlier and (IMO) much, much better, give Kingdom Come by Mark Waid a look.
I haven't read Bunn's Deadpool, but IMO the absolute best Deadpool is Joe Kelly's.
Just some other books to check out:
All Ages
Ages 8+
Ages 12+
Resources:
EDIT: removed Godzilla
EDIT2: added content rating sections, reorganized entries, removed inappropriate entries
My favorites are really obscure, you probably haven't heard of them:
Fashion in Action
Journey, Vol. 1
Journey, Vol. 2
Toadswart d'Amplestone
Moonshadow
Now, I know, I know, you said "non-Superhero" but I'll also give you 3 superhero books that might change your mind.
Starman Omnibus Vol. 1
Tom Strong Vol. 1
Astro City: Life in the Big City is currently FREE on Kindle and Comicsology!!!
The Hilda series by Luke Pearson is really great. I think Hilda and the Troll is the first one, but I don't think they necessarily need to be read in order.
Also, all the Raina Telgemeier. She has Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts, as well as graphic novel versions of the Babysitter's Club books that are fantastic. And Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson.
"In bulk" is kind of a funny criterion. Do you ever hear someone asking for a really long book? I think you'll find that the GNs on the sidebar are all amazing, even though they don't come in a large collection.
That being said, I think the complete Bone collection is decently priced ($22 !!). The paperback version of the complete Calvin & Hobbes looks to be priced insanely cheaply ($62) for the quality. It also looks like you can get the entire Y: The Last Man collection for $100.
I've built my collection (relatively) cheaply as follows:
edit: formatting
Barefoot Gen is written by a survivor of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It's very moving and raw and personally I think it's better than Maus or Blankets. It should be required reading in all schools.
Persepolis is another amazing read. It's written by someone who grew up in Iran and witnessed and ran away from the revolution in the late 70's. It shows that the people in Iran and that part of the world are just like us, though because of America's (and other foreign powers) intervention, has become really conservative and hostile. I think this is another book that should be required reading in schools.
Fun Home is another personal tale about a woman's recollections of growing up and about her father.
Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings Adrian often writes very personal stories that are heart felt and touching.
American Born Chinese Gene Yang writes about growing up as an Asian American.
Epileptic French, David B writes about his Epileptic brother.
Charles Burns does some nice trippy stuff, you should definately check him out. I would recommend the X'ed out trilogy for maximum trippiness:
http://www.amazon.com/Xed-Out-Charles-Burns/dp/0307379132/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1414582826&sr=8-4&keywords=charles+burns
Black hole is also sweet:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Charles-Burns/dp/0375714723/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1414582826&sr=8-3&keywords=charles+burns
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If you're into surrealism you could look up Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown
http://www.amazon.com/Ed-Happy-Clown-Chester-Brown/dp/1770460756/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414583044&sr=1-1&keywords=ed+the+happy+clown
From an Amazon customer's review:
"Yummy Fur focuses on Ed, a hapless clown living in a dystopian world filled with callous doctors, evil police and truly mad scientists. The story kicks in when Ed finds a severed hand under his bed, and mistaking it for something left by the tooth fairy, reports his findings to the police, only to be thrown in jail. What follows is a quick descent into a world filled with sewer dwelling pygmies, a beautiful vampire, a President from another dimension and an increasingly uncomfortable view of how inhuman man can really be."
All Star Superman by Morrison and Quietly is a great arc that captures a lot of what makes Superman well, Superman.
Red Son looks at how things might have gone if instead of ending up in Kansas, he landed in Soviet Russia.
/r/comicbooks can help too!
Check out Joe the Barbarian
http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Barbarian-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401237479
Superman: Red Son
http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Red-Son-Mark-Millar/dp/1401201911
I Kill Giants
http://www.amazon.com/I-Kill-Giants-Joe-Kelly/dp/1607060922
Secret Identity
http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Secret-Identity-Graphic-Novels/dp/1401204511
I think all of these are great books for someone just getting into graphic novels. Out of the four, Red Son is the heaviest, but definitely a really interesting spin on the Superman folklore. That being said, I'm not a Superman fan, and yet I've recommended two Superman novels.
Maus is probably one of the two most celebrated works in english comics
Fullmetal Alchemist is probably the most popular modern manga series
This could be a very long list ... Will try to reign it in to some of my favourites. Most are popular enough that they won’t need explaining.
Springtime In Chernobyl
The Handmaid’s Tale: A Graphic Novel
Maus
Laika
Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Classics Graphic Novels)
The Hobbit Graphic Novel
Persepolis
The Kite Runner: A Graphic Novel
A Wrinkle In Time: A Graphic Novel
The Great Successor Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon, an Epic Comic of the Dark Kingdom and the Passing of Power to a Third Kim
Any of Guy Delisle’s travelogues
Preacher and Y: The Last Man are awesome series'. Also check out Chew, and DMZ.
Y is so damn good. Pick up all 5 of the Deluxe Editions of Y The Last Man. I'll post a link to vol 1 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Book-Deluxe-Edition/dp/1401219217/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Fables has Deluxe Editions as well, but they're slow to come out. You may want to just go with the regular trade paper backs. Start at volume 1.
I'd also recommend picking up the regular paperbacks of Preacher. A buddy of mine got the hardcovers and wasn't too impressed.
Don't know it, but sounds right up my alley. Please post back if you find it. These are the only things that came up in a few quick searches..
http://www.vertigocomics.com/graphic-novels/hellblazer-city-of-demons
http://www.amazon.com/Hellcity-Macon-Blair/dp/0976303833
Most certainly you need "Pinocchio" by Winshluss.
https://www.amazon.com/Pinocchio-Winshluss/dp/086719751X/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?keywords=winshluss&qid=1568425910&s=gateway&sr=8-8
You'd probably enjoy Pinocchio by Winshluss. It gets very weird.
Have you seen Maus?
Hell City?
You can get it on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Invisibles-Various/dp/1401234593/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520368308&sr=8-1&keywords=the+invisibles+omnibus
Not sure if it's the dystopia that you're looking for, but DMZ is quite good.
i dont really know in which direction you are going fore
For music and kind of a gay scene:
A cool one about a lesbian women trying to analyse her fathers suicide (and homosexual tendencies)
Transmetropolitan: 10 parts of awesome cyberpunk by Warren Ellis
Maus: a stand alone emotional smackdown about the holocaust.
Preacher: 10 parts of religious Americana as a group of dark characters go on a literal quest to find God. (Very different to and IMO much better than the Amazon series)
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil: 1 part, Simple but beautiful art that tells a deeply personal story of a man struggling with chaos in an ordered world.
Freakangels: Another Warren Ellis 10 parter, a slow burn story of young people with powers struggling through a devastated world.
Kingdom Come: A one part "what if" style DC comics story with eye popping art and heavy themes.
Watchmen: The first of the grim and gritty superhero stories and still one of the most relentlessly bleak. (Much better than the movie adaptation)
Habibi by Craig Thompson (and Blankets, for that matter). A visually stunning story of 2 child slaves attempting to reconnect and survive, set in an approximately modern, unnamed 3rd world country. Very much an exploration of sex and love.
The Invisibles by Grant Morrison. Incredibly strange story of a group of 90's counter-culture anarchists looking to overthrow the literal dark forces that are attempting to control the world. Something of a "What if every conspiracy theory was true?" It sounds right up your alley, as it explores class, race, gender, and sexuality through the group's unique perspective. It has a little bit of a slow roll, but begs to be picked up after around 100 pages. I've linked the omnibus, which is a bit unwieldy, so you may prefer to collect it by volumes.
Black Hole by Charles Burns. A physically deforming STD begins to infect high school students in a suburban town. This book is an uneasy, beautiful reflection of high school cruelty.
Epileptic by David B. A sad autobiography of growing up with an epileptic brother who does not get the medical attention he needs. The book is translated from French and takes place in small town France. David B. pulls no punches, this story is honest and heart-breaking, interesting not only for the stark look at a misunderstood disorder, but for the brutal confrontation with David's childhood.
I'll also second Asterios Polyp and Transmetropolitan.