Comics Without Men in Tights
Although they tend to be the most popular and well known comics about, there is actually a ton of comics published that doesn't deal with the adventures of superheroes and villains and all of the in-between stuff. I guess in here we shall highlight some of the ones we have read.
The first one is one Danny forced me to read, and like all things he forces me to do it takes months and months and teeth pulling before it happens. The story if a 4 issue mini-series which deals with kids in a specialized school dealing with their upcoming senior projects. It is taken in the most extreme way, but a good read. And pretty short to pick up. |
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I recently read the Essex County trilogy.
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Earl's probably dry heaving right now after seeing that it takes place in Canada. |
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The one I think alot of people read is Walking Dead.
So far Y is my favorite though. |
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A man who hates his job finds his true calling through the one thing he's passionate about. Plus, an amputee fetishist tries to discretely ask for his preferred porn at a sperm bank. Also, a cartoonist in King Arthur's court. :) Wholesome family fun- if you don't mind seeing a lot of cartoon breasts. |
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He reminds me a lot of Hodlen Caufield from Catcher in the Rye, I think purposely so, and I hated that book too. |
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Okay already gonna break my rule, but this is somewhat debatable and one of my favorite reads.
Gotham Central obviously takes place in Gotham City, and there are issues which have appearances from Batman and his rogue's gallery. But the comic itself focuses on the GCPD and dealing with life as a cop in a city overran with crime and corruption not to mention Batman and what he brings. |
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I read Casanova vol. 1...and will probably have to read it again. A really fun (and a bit confusing) dimension-hopping, robot-kidnapping, sex-island-dictator-removing, magician-killing, espionage book. Read the first issue here. |
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Best comic of the year. Quote:
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Preview: http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/1597_x.pdf |
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Chew's great.
I mentioned this one in the Wendigo vs Bigfoot poll. Quote:
Besides being a damn cool book, sprinkled throughout the pages are little educational cryptoids that expand on creatures and situations in the story. Read the first issue here. |
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Been a while. Some cool series I've been reading:
Mysterius The Unfathomable Very fun six issue miniseries about a real magician who offers his services for income (and prolonging his life). Such villains as a Dr. Seuss-like writer who gains his powers by having parents read his books to their children (which are actually magical incantations.) The art resembles some of the nicer stuff in Mad Magazine. Highly recommended. Cowboy Ninja Viking Only three issues out so far but chock full of insanity. The main character has multiple personalities that were each trained in a different fighting style. The personalities argue amongst themselves which makes for some interesting comics. There are other agents (called triplets) that have some wackier combinations like: marine, demolitions expert, and amish guy. Same artist as Proof but even messier and more chaotic. RASL Sci-fi noir about a dimension jumping art thief. Six issues out so far. They come out pretty infrequently. A lot of science goodness. The last one was almost entirely about Tesla. Punisher: FrankenCastle So technically this is a superhero comic but it's like nothing I've read before. The Punisher was beheaded by Wolverine's son and then put back together by the living vampire, Morbius, as a frankenstein-like monster. He's now living in a monster-run city dealing with his situation. Some really awesome art. (The original artist of Walking Dead.) Just a damn fun comic. 3 issues into this story starting with Punisher #11. |
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Can't recommend this enough Switched over to trades cos they release the trade heaps early. Like a month after all the issues have been released. Currently up to #8 |
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One-shot out in June. Bound to be awesome. |
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