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| Science Fiction Fans : SF Graphic Novels | | 14 | ogodei, September 28 | |
| Comics : : What's on your Pull List for September 2009? | | 12 | Rolandeco, September 25 | |
| Reviews reviewed : James Lovegrove's Age of Ra reviewed by jseger9000 | | 9 | jseger9000, September 18 | |
| Club Read 2009 : sussabmax's 2009 reading | | 75 | sussabmax, September 11 | |
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| 999 Challenge : Remember to tag your books! | | 59 | stephmo, September 7 | |
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| Read YA Lit : Help me find good YA gay/*lesbian* fiction please? =) | | 97 | Miranda_Paige, June 23 | |
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| Comics : What gives you the sense of satisfaction you feel after reading a particularly good comic? | | 6 | Rolandeco, June 11 | |
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| Graphic Novels! : Comics I've Loved So Far... | | 15 | Cynara, June 1 | |
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| San Diego Bibliophiles : 50 Book Challange | | 48 | chanale, May 20 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Jacey25's Challenge for 2009 | | 61 | suslyn, May 12 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : unsuspected's 50 books in 2009 | | 59 | girlunderglass, May 11 | |
| Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in April? | | 186 | cmbohn, May 5 | |
| The Green Dragon : April Reads 2009 | | 171 | Menelvir, April 29 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What books LEFT your home today? -- February 2009 | | 16 | Jenson_AKA_DL, April 29 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 4 April 2009 | | 192 | kara1560, April 21 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : nooli's Book Challenge 2009 | | 24 | nooli, April 18 | |
| Hogwarts Express : "Who am I?" game part 2 | | 463 | jugglingpaynes, April 18 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 Your Best Five Reads of Quarter 1 (January - March) | | 117 | narcissus_in_theory, April 15 | |
| BookMooching : A Book Search Among Friends, chapter 2 | | 190 | aqualectrix, April 13 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in March 2009 | | 414 | richardderus, April 1 | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: March 2009 | | 79 | pinkozcat, April 1 | |
| The Green Dragon : March Madness (in the bookstore) | | 113 | cmbohn, March 31 | |
| 999 Challenge : MelissaZD999 | | 20 | selkie_girl, March 31 | |
| Comics : Civil War (Marvel ) | | 7 | Wattsian, March 25 | |
| Literary Snobs : Best books by GENRE | | 342 | kswolff, March 23 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 28 February 2009 | | 179 | Sarah79, March 14 | |
| Book talk : Recommendations needed: thought-provoking reads for a 17yr old? | | 17 | PorschePaige, March 10 | |
| Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are You Reading Week of March 2nd? | | 48 | mamalaz, March 10 | |
| 999 Challenge : Rebecca's 999 challenge | | 20 | becbart, March 9 | |
| The Green Dragon : Weekend of March 6th - 8th, 2009 - What are your plans? | | 62 | Busifer, March 9 | |
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| BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 | | 83 | wookiebender, February 28 | |
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| Literary Snobs : Reading Resolutions 2009 | | 123 | CliffBurns, February 18 | |
| The Green Dragon : Next group read? (Feb 09) | | 57 | clamairy, February 13 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : My 2009 Challenge | | 10 | kheffelf, February 12 | |
| The Green Dragon : Who Watches the Watchmen? | | 39 | clamairy, February 11 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What Book From the 1001 List are You Reading: January 2009 | | 153 | judylou, February 2 | |
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| The Green Dragon : January Reads | | 75 | Ape, January 31 | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: January 2009 | | 100 | crimson-tide, January 31 | |
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| 999 Challenge : Kuroh's | | 24 | Elee, January 20 | |
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| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : MusicMom41's books for 2008 | | 209 | suslyn, January 9 | |
| 888 Challenge : titania86's 888 challenge | | 7 | billiejean, January 8 | |
| 999 Challenge : What will you read first? | | 59 | RidgewayGirl, January 4 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Alaskabookworm's 2008 Challenge | | 390 | alaskabookworm, January 4 | |
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... me as more of an autumnal book and I was reading it in the early summer.)
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Chourmo by Jean-Claude Izzo
I'm looking forward to reading everybody's threads and adding to the tbr list.
Comic books with better binding (Graphic Novels)
Possibilities:
Alan Moore - Watchmen Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, Akira, V for Vendetta and Watchmen are all terrific.
If you liked Akira, you might want to check out Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu.
I would recommend anything by Yukinobu Hoshino. He does 'hard' sci-fi. I'd especially recommend his 2001 Nig ... ... humanist messiah is planning to overthrow the gods. Now that's different.
I had visions of a Dune-like (or Watchmen-esque if you prefer) epic of innovative world-building. What would the Earth be like if the Egyptian pantheon (and by extension ancient Egyptian culture) held ... ... series ... by Eisner? Would be very interested to hear what anyone here thinks about it.
Finally, I also really found Alan Moore's From Hell for the mix of history, geography, and so forth. Many might protest such a work doesn't fit the list, but I wonder if there are ... ... Gaiman - Another book that seems very well liked, so I would like to see if I like it, and Gaiman's writing style.
Watchmen by Alan Moore - I never read graphic novels, but as this is a classic story, I wanted to try it. From Hell by Alan Moore, is on my radar for September. Highly recommended by my daughter. I just finished Alan Moore's Promethea, the first of a 5 part series. I enjoyed it, but am uncertain whether to read the others. If you liked the series, or didn't, please let me know.
Right now I'm reading Grant Morrison's Mystery Play, which is quite bizarre so far. ... to make it in the comics business.
Of course, Eddie - who's noted for his own works as well as his collaboration with Alan Moore on From Hell, among other writers - eventually made it through pretty well, eh?
I think you'll like 'em. ... Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk. It's an academic read, certainly, and devotes whole chapters to Alan Moore, Grant Morrison (with a focus on The Invisibles), and a few other notable creators.
The other is Anarchy for the Masses: The Disinformation Guide to the Invi ... ... Romita Jr., and A Mystery Play by Grant Morrison and JJ Muth, and some good paperback bargains like From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, Promethea by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams, Mick gray and Charles Vess, and Midnight Days by Neil Gaiman. ... do so requires left and right brain to work together, and as many experts such as Scott McCloud and comic creators like Alan Moore and Warren Ellis have noted, it’s akin to understanding a whole new language. Like any language skill, it’s harder to learn as an adult than when young. The ... ... year 1910, and keeping company with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen thanks to their newest current adventures by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. ... even the smallest comment or gesture impacts those around us.
7. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
8. Watchmen by Alan Moore
9. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
10.Shooter by Walter Dean Myers
11. Trouble by Gary Schmidt
12. Speak by Laurie Halse Ander ... 11) Watchmen by Alan Moore
Apart from reading a few anime books and Tintin, I don't often read graphic novels but I was really surprised how much I enjoyed this. I'm not sure I can explain why, I really liked the story and the symbolism within it but especially the characters. Unlike ... Watchmen by Alan Moore
Category: Graphic Novels
(I'm letting this one go uncounted to bring my tally up right, since I changed my mind about how to count Graphic Novels as only one per series)
What is there once had been masked vigilantes, humans insipred by superhero comics, ... ... - crazy, funny (kung-fu Jesus, anyone?) and ultimately tragic. After all, everyone knows what happens at the end ...
2. Watchmen by Alan Moore - the art bugged me, but it was really an incredibly well-plotted read. Probably took me longer than an actual novel.
3. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman ... More comics:
The Crow
The Watchmen
Not out yet:
Where the Wild Things Are 22. Watchmen by Alan Moore
It’s hard to comment on the quality of something that’s meant to be one of the best in its genre, 20 years or more past its original release. Maybe I’m over-rating this because of the hype, or maybe I’m selling it short because I had such high expectations.
... 21. Watchmen by Alan Moore – 416 pgs.
Total: 5303 pgs. #22 Lost Girls by Alan Moore
#23 Watchmen by Alan Moore #50 - I had similar thoughts about Watchmen. Definitely overhyped for me. The only other graphic novel I've read lately is Neil Gaiman's Eternals. It's a very cool reimagining of Jack Kirby's original. The story is sort of weird but the art was great. I've also heard nothing but applause ... Well, I ended my reading slump by reading Watchmen. I really don't know about it. It was supposed to be one of the greatest graphic novels ever made, but I enjoyed the characters in V for Vendetta much much more than any of the characters in Watchmen. I think the book was just overhyped to me ... ... to read more than a few pages at a time, so I'm thinking of mixing it up with an easier, to-be-determined book. Maybe Watchmen or Chains. ... second volume of The Sword (Volume 2 - Water) by the Luna Brothers
Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life by Warren Ellis
Watchmen by Alan Moore (started in March, finished in April)
Daredevil Inside Out Volumes 2 by Ed Brubaker
as for books that don't have pictures in them...
I'm ... ... novels has to have heard of Neil Gaiman.
His SANDMAN series is to the genre what the Constitution is the US. (Moore's Watchmen and Miller's The Dark Knight Returns would be the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation.
Any one with an interest in reading graphic ... ... (1)
Had forever (1)
1001 Books to Read Before You Die: 8
Q1 Top Five: (not counting my two rereads)
1. Watchmen by Alan Moore
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
4. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
5. I Know This ... ... fact you like Morgan's sci-fi but I would love to hear your thoughts when you're done.
Here is my next book done:
25) Watchmen - Alan Moore
"It is hard to write a review that will say anything new from the hundreds that have sprung into existence after the film came out, but hopefully I ... >38: I'm halfway through Watchmen, and while it's great... the comment above is very correct, it's rather heavy. Bleak, depressing, difficult at times... but very well done. Just make sure you don't read it when you're having a bad day! I've been trying to get through it in small chunks simply ... ... about graphic novels & comics we had known, all the was from The Trigan Empire to Maus by way of Buffy Season 8 and Watchmen.
Our book group started in 2004; three of the founding members. myself included, are still members. Appropriately for something I'm involved in, the reading (and ... ... so I am feeling forgiving, ;-)
26. Agatha by Kathleen Tynan
I was having trouble settling on anything after Watchmen (because that was so intense), so I started one book, then read some short stories from a Charles Stross collection (Toast), and then finally picked this one ... Watchmen by Alan Moore, taken back to college by my 19 year old son who has had friends telling him about it. I've read Watchmen, but haven't heard of Squadron Supreme before--I'll have to check it out, thanks. 25. Watchmen
LOVED this! It is so nice to see a realistic portrayal of the psychopathology that would accompany anyone dressing up in a masked costume to go out and impose their morality on society. I mean, I enjoy superhero comics, I do, but they are not very realistic. This was a ... I tend to buy books when I'm home and so far this trip has been no exception. Bought a copy of Watchmen in a Target in Salem, OR. Earlier today I bought Why the Dalai Lama Matters from a local used bookstore. I'm heading out to Barnes & Noble a bit later, so I will inevitably be making more ... Book #12--Watchmen by Alan Moore
This is perhaps the most well regarded of all graphic novels. I read it because my husband loved it and was really excited about the movie. It dragged a bit in the middle, but overall, it was a pretty good read. I was quite impressed by the writing skill Moo ... Watchmen by Alan Moore (Graphic Novels)
This is perhaps the most well regarded of all graphic novels. I read it because my husband loved it and was really excited about the movie. It dragged a bit in the middle, but overall, it was a pretty good read. I was quite impressed by the writing ... Book #17--Watchmen by Alan Moore
This is perhaps the most well regarded of all graphic novels. I read it because my husband loved it and was really excited about the movie. It dragged a bit in the middle, but overall, it was a pretty good read. I was quite impressed by the writing skill ... Book 14
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Most recommendations from LT are currently going on the wish list to be found at a letter date since I have such a large TBR pile already. However, I can't stay away from bookstores. I haven't read comic in years and graphic novels aren't normally on my reading ... ... familiar that I'm going to smack myself on the forehead when someone gets it....
I keep thinking of Rorschach from Watchmen but that doesn't really fit the minor character thing. ... Vol. 27
Naruto Vol. 28 (those are finished and going back today)
In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear (2nd attempt - I really will read it this time)
Y: The Last Man Volume 2 by Brian Vaughan
First Among Sequels ... ... was a non-super-powered hero that would work well and could have inexpensive movies with quality writing. He also inspired Watchmen's Rorschach, so they could ca$h in on that.
Why not see if Glen Morgan and James Wong (Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium) have any ideas for a ... 10. Watchmen by Alan Moore (book club read) - this is a great graphic novel, with complex and interesting characters. You are never quite sure who you're supposed to side with as the super-heroes (most of whom are normal people rather than possessing any actual super powers) are all flawed one ... #265
Papiervisje you nailed the Watchmen movie. Nice review, I agree. Is anyone interested in my copy of Watchmen? Just drop me a message if you are and I'll reserve it for you. ... of Jenna Fox, both YA novels which were both good but not great. Then came two graphic novels: Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Watchmen in anticipation of the film. Watchmen was wonderful and dark, but not as dark as A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier which I read last night. Memorable ... ... Ambrosia, just wanted to stop by and see what you are reading. Quite an interesting bunch! I am in the process of reading Watchmen and its really very interesting. Will post my final thoughts on it when I am done.
Though I love all of Jane Austen's works, Northanger Abbey is my least ... I finished my Watchmen re-read and then read Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase this week.
I really enjoyed Lord of Scoundrels, although I wouldn't say it was the Greatest Romance Novel Ever like a lot of people have said. Definitely a 5 star book though. I liked the fact that the ... ... like he got to 150 pages and decided to just get the rest finished off in as few pages as possible.
Next up is Watchmen by Alan Moore, which just got chosen at my bookclub, should be fun to read a graphic novel for a change. ... I was at least 30 years younger than anyone else there (apart from the band ;-)
At some point today I'll be going to see Watchmen - I've read a few reviews and whilst I'm looking forward to it, I'm not expecting it to be a shock and awe experience.
Sunday? Well... might pop down to the ... ... in the wings! I've got to get rid of a lot of bookrings, I think I'll be sending some on unread next week...
Oh, saw Watchmen at the movies last night. Pretty much a perfect adaptation (apart from the forewarned lack of *spoiler*, and the pirate comics were missing too, but that was fair ... ... the Cuckoo's Nest by Kesey
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
City of Glass by Paul Auster
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Fi ... ... mistress. Apart from that, "Payback" is horrible.) Gibson has this weird religion-induced torture fetish. He makes Alan Moore look sensible and ordinary by comparison.
I couldn't read Mein Kampf straight through. Let's just say Hitler was a better orator than writer. Maybe it ... ... Meyer (5)
7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (5)
8. The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel by Kathleen Kent (5)
9. Watchmen by Alan Moore (5)
10. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (5)
11. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5)
Our top 3 remains unchanged - although all ... Read Watchmen 20+ years ago and noticed it off the shelf over the weekend. So, I'm almost done with it and will get back to my other usual suspects... Anne of Green Gables, The Book Thief, and Winter's Light: Reflections of a Yankee Queer. ... not still on strict bedrest, I'm still having to limit my activity - which means lots of time for reading!
turkeybaby - Watchmen is a graphic novel that was written back in the 80's. It'll likely be in the comics section of your bookstore. (be warned, it's pretty dark in tone) Hope you ... 7. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
I'm still keeping pace now, though I was hoping to pick up some ground with a graphic novel. Well, the graphic novel in question is Watchmen and it is so damn intricate that it definitely took me all week to get through. Totally amazing read, ... ... The Chronicles of Narnia, numerous fairy tales and myths, and the quest-journey setup of countless fantasy novels.
15) Watchmen by Alan Moore - Yep, I jumped on the boat, feeling like I had to read this one before the movie came out.
The things that struck me about this graphic novel ... My doctor has taken me off bedrest for the time being so I'm re-reading (of all things) Watchmen this week. I read it several years ago and have been looking forward to the upcoming movie. I like to re-read books before going to see the movie, but I had put this one off since I got put on ... There's a film! and Rhinoa has seen it already! Off to check movie listings!
Oh, and...
15F.) Watchmen by Alan Moore
Now, this one I know has a movie coming out, which is why I hurried up to finally get and read it; my brother has been begging me to read this for ten years. And boy, ... I finished Watchmen. Wow!
I've also just finished Finding Serenity which I've been reading on and off for a few weeks now. I love Firefly and I enjoyed most of the articles, though much of the speculation in them is rendered moot by "Serenity" (the movie) which had been filmed but ... ... for us :) He's an amazing man - even though he's so gentle, I find his brilliance completely terrifying.
If they mangle Watchmen there'll be a worldwide legion of cultists who will be ready to stick their knives into it... yes, I'm looking at you, wookiebender :D I'm about halfway through Watchmen and loving it, and I just know they're going to mangle it in the film adaptation (which opens next week)
I'll be spending much of tomorrow sitting waiting for my car to be serviced, and I don't like lugging large graphic novels around with me when I'm ... ... of three Venusians for example, and the tale has a huge cast for the reader and keep track of)
next up for me is Watchmen, which I've had in my TBRs for years and I must read before the movie opens next month... Hi! Thanks for posting on my thread.
Is that your puppy??? OMG CUTE!
I didn't know that V For Vendetta is by the same author as Watchmen. I've started Watchmen, and plan to finish before the movie. I liked what I've read so far.
Atonement is one of my favorite books, but not everyone ... ... d.
Is that your puppy??? OMG CUTE!
I didn't know that V For Vendetta is by the same author as Watchmen. I've started Watchmen, and plan to finish before the movie. I liked what I've read so far.
Atonement is one of my favorite books, but not everyone loves it. Have you read any ... I read Watchmen for a book group, finished it last week. It was ok, I didn't think it was the best thing ever and I wasn't thrilled with the end. I'll be interested to see how they made it into a movie. ... care for, and The Hound of the Baskervilles, which I read long ago and remember loving. I am planning to read both Watchmen and Good Omens this year based on a recommendation of my daughter. I have never read anything by Thomas Hardy, so that is an exciting possibility. The books by D ... 3. Watchmen by Alan Moore - only my 2nd graphic novel (Read Maus a few years ago). Still not a comic book guy, but I was pretty impressed.
I was going to say Song for Arbonne, but it seems bound not to win.
I was intrigued by The Watchmen so I have ordered a copy.
And I have read Left Hand of Darkness a couple of times.
Sooo, I have one vote and it goes to....Song for Arbonne (just in case there is a sudden interest ... *chuckle* We sound like we're going to have three threads going, the "official" group read one, the Watchmen one, and another for a Star Trek one (for which I'd love to join in too if clam and GeorgiaDawn wouldn't mind). I'm only about 1/3 of the way through Watchmen, but I'd love to read a ... ... by Markus Zusak (7)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (6)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (5)
The Watchmen by Alan Moore (5)
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (5)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5)
John Adams by David McCullough (4)
Jan ... Well, I'd not be averse to a reread of A song for Arbonne. And I don't think I will join a reading of Watchmen. I tried the story once and didn't like it (didn't like V for Vendetta either. I know it's heresy to say so but the artworks are not to my liking.) ... ader
The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson
The Trumpet of Conscience
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Brazil
Watchmen Watchmen is coming out March 6 in North America.
I would go for Watchmen. They have a copy at my library, and although someone has it right now, I could put it on hold and join in whenever it showed up. not that i have been here long enough to have a huge input, but i was hoping to delay my re-read of watchmen until after i see the movie.
has this group done much Hugo reading? I am collecting up hugo winning novels and there are quite a few i haven't read yet. Maybe on eof the newer ones? ... "Watchmen" and V for Vendetta are both great. Alan Moore at his most approachable. Dark Knight Returns is a dark interpretation of Batman.
If you're not into capes and tights, check out Maus and Palestine by Joe Sacco. If you can find them, back issues of RAW offer a wonderful ... Haven't read Watchmen yet, but I've heard a number of good things about it (and some not so good), and I think I'll give it a go before the film is released. As for LXG, I was pretty disappointed in that, and if I recall in some parts, slightly disgusted. I actually liked the cheesy film ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the only one I've read, although I flipped through Watchmen at the bookstore. I was reasonably entertained by The League... but not enough to get me to read the second volume. As for Watchmen, I think I'll just see the movie and skip the book. Me! I do, I do... or at least, I will when it comes out March 6th!
I've been a HUGE Watchmen fan since I read Issue One way back in 1986, it ws one of those rare exciting reads that truly transformed the comics world.
I'm so excited to see this masterpiece finally come to the silver screen, ... 29/12/2008 - 08/02/2009
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Total books read to date = 11/50 Watchmen by Alan Moore
Good book, didn't live up to hype. Deep and depressing. Glad I read. Don't understand references to history. Perhaps read again when older? Look forward to movie. Talking like Rorchach (favourite character). ... -- delves so much deeper than I expected, explored ideas of what it means to be heroic on so many levels. It was like Watchmen-lite, and I mean that in the best of ways -- much more hopeful than that book, but with some of what makes that graphic novel so phenomenal.
I highly recommend ... Oh, I just read Hero by Perry Moore yesterday, and it is so, so wonderful. It's like Watchmen-lite. (I mean that in actually a really good way -- it's got more hope/heart than Watchmen, but does some really cool things that remind me of that comic.)
I'd definitely rec it for ... Currently reading:
Watchmen by Alan Moore book club
Mairelon the Magician by Patricia C. Wrede
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link SantaThing book
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson I've finished Watchmen again, and just went through Back to Weapon X (Ultimate X-Men Vol.2). I'm not sure what's next at the moment. I'll have to have a look at the bookshelves. ... interested in graphic novels and in the works of Alan Moore in particular after reading V for Vendetta. I heard that Watchmen was his chef d'oeuvre . When I discovered that the Absolute Edition was considered the definitive version I desired it. Plus I found it at a good price (rela ... Hello AWilkins, lots of neat reads on your list - we share quite a few: Watchmen, Brave New World, The Road, Maus. I've already read Watchmen - not the best book I ever read (it was my first Graphic Novel), but worth it - I liked it.
And I read The Monk last year - I really enjoyed ... ... them. I have to admit I just don't get why anyone would think they are separate works. Absolute Watchmen is an edition of Watchmen, billed as the absolute - or definitive - edition of that work.
I wanted to read the critically acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen, and when looking for a copy to ... ... for hosting this challenge, Morphidae. I'm planning on reading at least 6 more of these books this year (already finished Watchmen, darn!), and I'll do that in the first half.
Great list - nice work on compiling it. I know lots of these, but there are many here still to discover. ... book is not for everyone. This graphic novel is done by Alan Moore the writer of the universally acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen. This particular work has been rather controverial for it's subject matter and it's been debated whether it's pornograpy or erotica. Truthfully from the artist's ... ... I've only read a few graphic novels that weren't manga, V for Vendetta and the Bone series. I'm planning on reading Watchmen for my 999 Challenge. Have you read Watchmen? Before Christmas I went to get this book for my daughter and I saw there were two versions, the regular one and a special one. I did not know which to get so I did not get either. Now her birthday is coming up. Do think it would make a difference which one?
--BJ ... Tour, for example), I read an interesting one called Fun Home by Alison Blechdel and I'm in the middle of a re-read of Watchmen and an odd multi-plotted one called Tricked by Alex Robinson.
Watchmen, is, of course an incredible, complex deconstruction of superhero (and I mean ... ... of his sister Mary and how Junior describes her as looking "like Jennifer Lopez (if J.Lo was smarter)".
I'm also reading Watchmen at the moment and am about a quarter of the way through. Like LisaMorr it's taken me a little while to get into it but I think I've sorted out who's who now and ... ... and it was a fun read, but I have to admit that after all these years I am still an Alan Moore girl at heart and think Watchmen and Top Ten have a little more depth. Thanks for the recommendation, though! I will look forward to talking this up at the library! ... interested in a book I bought my brother-in-law for Christmas: Dalek I loved you.
>#45 - I'm not sure I want to see Watchmen! Reading it was intense enough for me!
>#47 - Good on you, wookiebender! Anna is part of my Set It Yourself challenge this quarter as well, but Fingersmith ... ... Gods-Neil Gaiman-Explores cultural shift and conflict in greater depth than the average sophomore history class.
2.Watchmen-Alan Moore-Ever more pertinent in the post 9/11 world.
... ... devilish conspiracies of the International Jew."
Mel Gibson should shave his beard. He's starting to look too much like Alan Moore ... liked Book of Lost Things - I won't say anything spoilery, but I thought it was a really unique book. :)
I finished Watchmen and though I liked it a lot it suffered from being overhyped by people who told me it was the best graphic novel ever. Good? yes. Well written, well drawn? yes. ... ... I've read both parts of Maus and Persepolis but that's pretty much it. I'll add Embroideries, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen...
So far for translated novels: I am reading 2666 right now (which should count in two or three of my categories) and have The Double by Jose Saramago on ... @12 cmbohn - It's a nice quick read - I hope you enjoy it!
@13 LisaMorr - I haven't read Watchmen yet so it's great to get your recommendation, and I read one of Gaiman's Sandman series but I'm going to try to read the first (at least) in the series as well. I noticed that you have Persepolis ... For graphic novels, I'd recommend V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (same guy who wrote Watchmen that LisaMorr recommended in #3). Maus parts 1 and 2 are generally considered "must-reads," if you haven't already read them. And, of course, all of Neil Gaiman's Sandman books are great.
Any ... I have a copy of Watchmen sitting in my TBR pile. Thanks for the review, Lisa! Finished Watchmen yesterday, from my Graphic Novel category.
Wow, not sure where to start with this one. On the plane home yesterday this guy saw me reading it and couldn't stop talking about how great it was and that it was the best book he ever read and that he was envious that I was ... #4: Watchmen by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons
Wow, not sure where to start with this one. On the plane home yesterday this guy saw me reading it and couldn't stop talking about how great it was and that it was the best book he ever read and that he was envious that I was ... @#46: Welcome, leelee! Sounds like the allure of Watchmen is pretty hard to resist!
I'm currently at work on Ian McEwan's Black Dogs, and with me snowed in all day today, I imagine I'll be finishing it and possibly working on another shorter work on my list.
In a related story, my 18th Ce ... #32: Your mention of the bad reviews of Watchmen surprises me as well. Then again, I read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis this past week and when I looked at the reviews after I had finished it someone had said something along the lines of "It was poorly written and I could not get beyond ... ... not good at locking myself into an order!
#46> Welcome, good luck with the challenge and happy reading! I just finished Watchmen it was very very good!
As I said, I finished that, so now I've moved onto Middlesex and am enjoying it immensely. #30: I read Watchmen last year - my succinct review was "Wow!" and I still feel that way. For the Brand New Books Category: Watchmen by Alan Moore
This is the only graphic novel on the 1001 Books list by the inventive author of V for Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I've loved his use of what I'll call "speculative history" or alternate history in ... 3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
This is the only graphic novel on the 1001 Books list by the inventive author of V for Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I've loved his use of what I'll call "speculative history" or alternate history in the past (although when it was first ... I'm starting the year with Alan Moore's Watchmen. I've been on a bit of a graphic novel binge lately and I've heard tons of good things about Moore, plus I really wanted to read it before the movie comes out. So far I'm quasi-impressed. :) ... s:
Harold Bloom
Best reason to become illiterate:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Best comic:
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Cerebus by Dave Sim
Best title:
Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
Best use of snob cache in mixed company:
Finnegans Wake by ... ... to actually dropping it...), and it was worthwhile reading. In the end, a good book (The Secret History).
Now reading Watchmen, first selection from my Graphic Novel category. #38> Everything I keep reading about this book makes me want to move on to that. I'm going to try to finish the rest of Watchmen tonight in order to get to that. (Although I'm enjoying Watchmen immensely as well, I am very disappointed about the status of the movie.) ... those and haven't read them in a couple years.
It's actually a lot of fun, I like retellings! But for now, I'm reading Watchmen by Alan Moore and then moving on to Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Well, I am done with Watchmen and onto a Librarything book The Mystic Arts of Erasing all signs of Death.
Should be fun!
(One down...49 to go) I just finished Watchmen and it's really spectacular! Don't know how familiar you are with graphic novels, but I'm almost positive it will be NOTHING like you're expecting -- at least it wasn't for me!
(P.S. Do make sure you hit Middlesex at some point though. That too is an incredible ... You WILL read this in 2009
1. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Watchmen - Alan Moore & David Gibbons
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9. ... Rutherfoord Goodwin and The Boy's Tale by Margaret Frazer.
Then my daughter came out and said I had to start reading Watchmen by Alan Moore, RIGHT now. So, I'm reading that first, then I'll finish the others. ... about it now :-)
>34, bookoholic13, thanks for your thoughts on my choices for the graphic novels. I plan to start Watchmen soon and it's good to know in advance that it might require a fair bit of attention. Finished Watchmen to finish off the year! Guess all those TBRs will have to wait till '09! ... will last me until 1/1!
Starting 1/1 and on the flying day home on Friday, I'll start with The Yellow Wallpaper, then Watchmen, NanoTech, The Secret History, The Time Traveler's Wife and A Thousand Splendid Suns. I also brought two more grapic novels with me, just in case I ran out ... Halfway through Watchmen and LOVING it. Far more intense and introspective than I was anticipating it would be. I finished The Road on the 24th, now I am going to read Watchmen before the film gets released.
I have a review posted about the former ;-) In desperate need of a change of pace, I turn to the lone graphic novel on the list...Watchmen! ... of a new graphic novel every Monday. A couple others that I might suggest are Neil Gaiman's Sandman series or Alan Moore's Watchmen or V for Vendetta. There is also Will Eisner's A Contract with God, which many see as the birth of the modern American graphic novel. It is an unapologetic ... ... but not sure I will be able to maintain that when I get to my series books, but we'll see.
So, next on the list will be Watchmen, and then I think I will grab an anthology Nanotech.
After that, I don't know...
Gee - to put all 81 books in the order that I will read them, and then stick ... Started reading the Watchmen graphic novel. It is so popular at my library I only have a fortnight to read it ! Watchmen is on the top of my Graphic Novels category as well. I'll be interested to know what else you select, and what you think of Watchmen. ... less data-happy ways. I was doing some cleaning up on Awards pages and noticed that there was something "odd" about Watchmen.
And tah-dah - the Canonical Title had been changed to Watchmen (not Absolute) by a user looking to prevent the often mis-combined Absolute Watchmen and Wat ... ... Women. Plus, I'll probably read through Absolute Watchmen now that I have it (a very nice hardbound printing of Watchmen with some extra material).
76. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone J. K. Rowling (Review
Not ... Rorschach from Watchmen Smart, quiet, saw the true face of the world, very philosophical, i am a lot like him.
I am on Earth in Watchmen, nut it has an alternative history with WWIII starting up in 1985. Masked crimefighters and a superhero... fun fun! ... do this past year.
I plan to read 50 books by next year: October 9th 2009.
Just finished these two
1.) Watchmen by Alan Moore- I read this one a long time ago when I was 13. Even though I loved it then, reading it again was very fulfilling, as I was not really able to ... Now that my reading for September is done, here are my top five:
1. Watchmen by Alan Moore
2. World War Z by Max Brooks
3. Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
4. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
5. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe
The Watchmen? I haven't read it, I only guess it because I saw a preview for it the other week. ... are on my list to try and get through this month as well (fingers crossed):
Veronika Decides to Die -- Paulo Coelho
Watchmen -- Alan Moore
Between the Acts -- Virginia Woolf
Orlando -- Virginia Woolf
EDIT: Touchtones got a little touchy on me. Ugh. Finally did it!
75. Watchmen by Alan Moore. I picked this book up on a whim because I had seen the movie trailer and was curious. It was a mind-bogglingly brilliant graphic novel that wrecks havoc with ideas of morality. A must read. I strongly suggest it as a book group pick. Thanks for the vote of confidence, freelunch. I finished Watchmen last night so there's no excuse now for not going back to The Hobbit and finishing that off. I feel my journey through the book is almost as arduous as Bilbo's to Smaug.
I always feel if I did read a Picoult that Nineteen ... Hey, when I go to 'Editions' for Watchmen there is a disambiguation notice not to combine it with Absolute Watchmen. Am I that out of touch or is that new?
How do I add the disambiguation notice? Isn't Watchmen excellent? After an abortive attempt to make a movie of it back in the 1990s (with *shudder* Bruce Willis as The Comedian), I have now seen trailers for another movie, with a bunch of (mostly) unknowns. It had BETTER be good.
Other graphic novels I have enjoyed:
The Books of ... ... getting through The Hobbit - finding it mildly entertaining but not engrossing, and also, meanwhile, been lured into The Watchmen which one of my precocious Year 10s lent me. I've never read a graphic novel but this is absorbing - kind of like watching Memento on DVD with remote control ... On a bit of a tangent this week:
Finishing up The Watchmen by Alan Moore because I loves it.
Started and finished Survival by Julie Czerneda. I have liked her writing for a while now, but I haven't read this series.
Also probably going to start with Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut as ... 44) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (oh god oh god I wish I were dead)
45) Watchmen by Alan Moore 67. Watchmen by Alan Moore
I read Watchmen years ago when it first came out and loved it. The deconstruction of the superhero story, the ambiguous morality of "good" and "bad" characters, the inverted nature of the ending all appealed to me. That was 20 years ago, so I thought it would ... Now up to 23 books with Watchmen, and all I can say is: wow!
Alright, that's not all I can say. Watchmen was dark, thought-provoking, visually splendid, and riveting. I picked it up last night, had to convince myself to stop at about three o'clock, then picked it up again throughout the ... Pumping my list up to ten with Watchmen. What an absolutely fantastic read! Dark, thought-provoking, visually splendid, and riveting, it took me less than 24 hours to finish this, and I want to go back and read it again! Set in the Cold War of 1985, with Nixon still serving as president, the ... I've put Atonement aside for a while, so I picked up Watchmen. The trailer I saw before The Dark Knight prompted me to read it, and even though I know I've read it before, I can't remember when, and all the details are hazy, so I'm having a great time rediscovering it. I'm not sure if I'l ... ... to W-Books...
Again, there are quite a few decent books -- and some not so decent -- in the W-list. Have to go with Watchmen. Reading it is a unique experience because it is the only graphic novel in the list, plus it is an amazing story even if you are not partial to comics and graphic ... 
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
334 pages / 1995 / 4 stars / Graphic Novel
The only graphic novel on the list of 1001 books you should read in your lifetime, Alan Moore ...
I've read House of Leaves. Definitely weird, but I thought it was pretty good.
How about another slightly weird one - Watchmen, the graphic novel on the list? Not sure exactly how alternative history would be defined...but maybe Watchmen would fit the bill. It's a world much like today, but where things happened slightly differently. For example, Nixon never resigned. 12. Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
13. Watchmen by Alan Moore
14. Everything and more : a compact history of Infinity by David Foster Wallace
200 pages into Underworld by Don DeLillo ... try Maus or Persepolis or Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children.
Or just pick up some Alan Moore stuff like Watchmen. V for Vendetta, Miracleman or From Hell. (Please don't judge these titles by their movies. There's a reason Alan Moore has his name removed from all ... 303>
The graphic novels that are deliberately made as graphic novels first are the best ones. Watchmen was serialised in 12 comic book chapters, but it's not based on a novel and is what it is, instead of a pale imitation of a prose work. Sometimes a graphic novel adaptation that isn't made ... ... form (story within a story within a story with some random stories) than the actual content at this point. It reminds me of Watchmen (form-wise) although the content is not similar. ...
5) Generation Dead by Daniel Waters (finished 6/2/08)
6) Taming the Beast by Emily Maguire (finished 7/21/08)
7) Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (finished 7/26/08)
8) Heartsick by Chelsea Cain (finished 10/9/08) 1. Watchmen by Alan Moorre
2. Lies, Inc. by Philip Dick
3. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
4. Gangster Conspiracy by Steve Perry
5. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
6. With the Lightnings by David Drake
7. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
8. J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
9. Gho ... Best Graphic Novel: Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka / Watchmen by Alan Moore (tie)
Best Prose Fiction: About a Boy by Nick Hornby / Train Man (book Version) by Hitori Nakano
Best Non-Fiction: On Writing by Stephen King
Best Poetry: Songs of Innocence and Experience ... My top novels in no particular order:
Watchmen
Snow Crash
V for Vendetta
The Absolute Sandman
Bad Monkeys I can't come up with 5. I didn't have a lot of luck this year, but my top 2 would be:
The Double by Jose Saramago
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Reading..:
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Watchmen by Alan Moore
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Which is basically what I was reading last week as I had a busy week of graduation, presentation night, grade 12 formal etc. ... ever read the Redwall series and liked that, you might enjoy either of these series.
V for Vendetta is good. Watchmen is in my TBR stack right now. Sandman is good too!
I belong to a Comics/Graphic Novel discussion group at one of my local bookstores, and Frank Miller's T ... Hi guys,
my favourites are (thus far)
Watchmen epic & classic
Kickback new & crime noir
"Die Band" by Mawil biographical & funny
"The Metamorphosis" by Peter Kuper disturbing & kafkaesk
On my reading list definitely is Persepolis, Maus and V for Vendetta.
Thanks for starting ... ... Angel
* Gregory House - House, MD
* Severus Snape - Harry Potter
* Wash - Firefly
* Hunter S. Thompson
* Rorschach - Watchmen
* Spider Jerusalem - Transmetropolitan
* Rimmer - Red Dwarf
* V - V For Vendetta
* GOB - Arrested Development
They're all either insane, dead, or ... #44 I love Watchmen! Such a brilliant book! I really hope you like it. reading watchmen by Alan Moore, the only graphic novel on the list. from the library...
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Now to go put more books on hold so that I may one day reach the top of the hill that is my TBR list Watchmen by Alan Moore
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
damn touchstones don't pick up on scott westerfeld's name. ... – everybody has a back story, everybody has a dream, and people don’t always behave as you expect them to.
#30 Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (October): This 1986 graphic novel is denser and more complex than any I have yet encountered. The mid-80’s story line features ... Watchmen is one of *the* best graphic novels. Not that I have read a lot of graphic novels, but I read Watchmen and it is amazing. So it is a good representative of the graphic novel format and I am glad it was in there.
The list sometimes serves as a "best of the best" list and sometimes a ... Watchmen is a graphic novel, being the only one on the list. So there are a few things that are oddly placed within the list. ... haven't been mentioned.
I think it depends on who makes it, and who gets cast. I live in fear of the film version of Watchmen. I want it so badly to not suck, but... I can't be sure. I'm very on the fence about who's cast as Rorschach. At least they didn't go with Jude Law... ... a
In Watermelon Sugar (Short...and very strange...story)
The Atrocity Exhibition (Short...and even stranger...novel)
Watchmen (Graphic novel)
Whatever
The Life Of Insects
Intimacy
Fear and Trembling
Timbuktu
The Body Artist
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-T ... The current production-in-progress of Watchmen by Zach Snyder (director of the recent 300 adaptation) has me intrigued. Ignoring for a moment his odd ADD+MTV-sensibility and the fact that he tried to convince Keanu Reeves of all the world's possible actors to join the cast... He seems to at ... ... novel gems picked out for September:
Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
and
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Hopefully somebody posts what they think about this reading list, I can see tumbleweed rolling around in this group... Querelle by Jean Genet
Pulp by Charles Bukowski
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski I first came across Blake in the form of Alan Moore's Watchmen, which is heavily inspired by Blake's poetry. The plot is based on a Blake poem about angels staging an apocalypse to save Humanity, I need to find out which poem this is, so I can read it. ... Ellis
Phineas Poe - Phineas Poe series by Will Christopher Baer
V - V For Vendetta by Alan Moore
Rorsach - Watchmen by Alan Moore
Hellboy - Hellboy by Mike Mignola
John Constantine - Hellblazer by Various
Odd Thomas - Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz
Lucas C ... #32 Watchmen by Alan Moore
Just one of those epics I hadn't gotten around to yet, and finally started/finished this week. Excellent. ... bookstore, and spent way too much time stress-testing copies to see which would survive the longest.
* I own two copies of Watchmen, and briefly owned five copies of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail. I am still angry at the people who I loaned them to.
* I can tell you right now which ... ...
Currently I'm following this one:
Terry Pratchett (Mort, Good Omens) -> Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) -> Alan Moore (Watchmen) / H.P. Lovecraft (The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories)
Post your paper trails!
I love Watchmen, Swamp Thing, and V For Vendetta deeply. So I like him a lot.
But I prefer Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis. Actually, Watchmen confirmed my theory that every character I love dies. Hence the lying down afterwards. Alan Moore can kill whoever he wants, but next time he should give me a heads up before he kills off my FAVORITE. ... off and I was devastated. Then I recoved, got a new favorite character, and HE died. To make myself feel better, I read Watchmen.
After that, I had to go lay down for a while. Not counting this as part of the challenge since it's a re-read, but just finished Alan Moore's Watchmen. The first time I read this, I was about twelve or thirteen. The last time I reread it was at least six or seven years ago, maybe more. I never liked it that much, until now.
I've ... ...
10. Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire - Bill Willingham
11. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall - Bill Willingham
12. Watchmen - Alan Moore
13. The God File - Frank Turner Hollon
14. Between, Georgia - Joshilyn Jackson (FAVORITE. BOOK. EVER.)
15. Villa Incognito - Tom ... Very true. I wonder if this is because Moore does not ink his own work. In V for Vendetta or Watchmen I felt this was not as big an issue, but both Promethea and Lost Girls suffer from this. (Although the ending of Lost Girls was pure comic genius.) ... graphic novels are good for my reading time. Also in May I read more books than I bought, I finally finished reading Watchmen by Alan Moore, and I'm looking at getting Moore of him (horrendous pun I know, but please, the opportunity was there). ... oup.
Otherwise, there is no difference except length. Many graphic novels of course are literally collections of comics. Watchmen,Ronin,V For Vendetta,Dark Knight Returns,Cerebus,etc.
Even OGNs like Orbiter are still comic format. Panels, illustration,words.
If you are ... ... ").
Maybe Cerebus? But Dave Sim is anything but mainstream.
I believe this is why the comic-within-the-comic of Watchmen is about pirates. It would take a world of real, live superheroes to get American comics readers to look at something else. #33
Groo... what do you make of Zack Snyder directing Watchmen? I've enjoyed the movies he's done so far, but I think that Watchmen is probably best left as a graphic novel... I think it'd be very difficult to make without diluting the story somewhat - which would, probably, diminish the ... ... nclude:
-The Time Traveller's Wife
-Stardust
-The Golden Compass
-Atlas Shrugged
-The Amulet of Samarkand
-The Watchmen
-His Majesty's Dragon
While Hollywood can often take a good book and turn it into a horrible movie (i.e. Eragon, the Fountainhead...) sometimes, with ... ... artwork. It's very "cinematic". Personally, I greatly prefer it to some of the American classics above like The Sandman and Watchmen.
Also, Adrian Tomine! His comics are beautifully understated and economical. ... Eternal Champion - the older part.
Neuromancer
The Drenai Saga
Batman
All Ian Fleming's James Bond.
Conan
Watchmen
Kingdom Come
The Authority
Stormwatch
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Planetary
Squadron Supreme
Camelot 3000
The Dark Knight Returns
... I read 1984 a while back and it showed me several things about the depravity and brokenness of man.
Also, Watchmen poses a very real and divisive idea about life and society. A friend and I debated the two sides of the final debate for several hours. Even if you aren't into comics, you need ... I cut my teeth on Strangers in Paradise, so it would be on my list for beginners.
For superhero fare, you can't beat Watchmen.
As for series, Preacher held my interest for a long time, and Fables and Y: The Last Man are a feast.
For the more literary type, I HIGHLY recommend F ... ... order:
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Watchmen by Alan Moore (yeeeeessss, I know. Graphic Novel. But still! ^_^)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hi ... ... superhero comics, look for collections of early Superman and Batman comics, and reprints of Jack Kirby's work.
Watchmen is rightly heralded as influential work, but it probably works best when you already have a background of familiarity with superheroes, as it's playing with that ... ... vels:
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl by Brian Michael Bendis
Watchmen by Alan Moore ... Moore to feature in most people's top 5 in one form or another. As for me, I was introduced to the world of comics through Watchmen and I recommend that as a number one must buy... anyway, here are my top 5 "beginner" graphic novels, and don't forget that there are comics to suit pretty much ... It really does depend on what your tastes are. But a shortlist of "classics" tend to include stuff like:
Watchmen by Alan Moore
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Maus by Art Spiegelman
This, of course, if you are looking for graphic ... ... (damn popularity contest again) - which surprised me a little when I saw it.
Presumably the same thing happened for Watchmen (which seems to pick up the French title in the touchstone) where people who have been used to seeing Dave Gibbons now see Alan Moore but at least in that ... Yeah, and Watchmen united!
Graphic novel obscurity numbers should climb a bit now. :) ... less than when I first wishlisted it. It was in my shopping cart, and now (hopefully) it's on its way. Ever since I read Watchmen, I've been completely hooked on Alan Moore. Watchmen by Alan Moore
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Ulysses by James Joyce
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Honorable Mentions: 1984 by George Orwell and Aurelia by Gerard ... After much deliberation, here are my top 5 books of 2006:
5. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
4. The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud
3. A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
2. The Tender Bar, by J.R. Moehringer
1. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini ... Graphic Novels/Collected TPBs are, in this order:
Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman/George Perez
Watchmen by Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons
Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller/Klaus Janson/Lynn Varley
... to harp on about him too much, as I think he gets enough fanboy press as it is... particular highlights of his, for me, are Watchmen (of course), Promethea - loved that series of graphic novels, though it really was quite "out there", but a lot of fun, and educational (but not as dull as that ... ... fan, heh. His Marvel 1602 was an interesting take on the Marvel Universe.
I also really like Alan Moore's stuff - Watchmen in particular.
I tend to prefer the more literary graphic novels like Miller's Sin City and such, but everyonce in awhile I have to go back to my old comic ... After the complete disaster that was the film of V for Vendetta, I think that Watchmen should *never* be made into a film lest it suffers a similar state. (Really. I cannot emphasise how utterly *awful* the V movie was.) Zach Snyder is making a film of Watchmen at the moment; it seems to me that this graphic novel would be better suited as an HBO series. Also, I would hate to be in his place- he's stuck between the studio execs who want to make it an action flick and the Moore fans who may declare jihad on him if ... Tane: if you like Fables and Watchmen, you've got to check out Gaiman's Sandman books. Things don't really get in gear until volume 2, A Doll's House, but after that it's unbeatable.
... I'm kinda new to the world of comics - a friend of mine introduced me through two books... Crisis On Infinite Earths and Watchmen... Crisis was interesting, but probably a much better read if you knew the characters before hand, whilst Watchmen is understandably a classic (though I must ... Seem we prefer Watchmen by Dave Gibbons as compared to Watchmen by Alan Moore on that front. :)
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