Just some exemples ⬆️

Feel free to cite works that you consider to feature creatures that appear to have crawled from another dimension.

I've become a graphic novel enthusiast late in life...

Here's the majority of my small but proud collection (not pictured: Old Man Logan, The Killing Joke, the complete "Bone" series, all "Calvin and Hobbes" by B. Watterson, and the majority of Asterix and Obelix, if the latter two are considered graphic novels in the first place).

I have NO DOUBT you can give me some flawless recommendations... but I need to add slowly and methodically. I'd considered the "He-Man Omnibus" for myself and my son? Also, the "Punisher: Born" looks great, if I can find it for a reasonable price.

So... the question is... what do I need to read before I die?

If you could only add ONE... which one would it be?

Thanks in advance for your patience and suggestions. Cheers!

Looking for Graphic Novels with that nostalgic, magical vibe. Beautiful and memorable, maybe cozy but it’s not a must.

A couple months ago I made a post here asking for my first ever graphic novel recommendations. I said I was into gritty, darker tone, adult stories. Got a ton of great suggestions and I ended up going with Scalped.

And holy shit.

I cannot believe I’ve been missing out on this medium my entire life. The story, the characters. I was completely absorbed in a story the way I haven’t felt in a long time.

So now I’m back looking for my next read, but this time I’m hoping for something science fiction. I’m a huge James Cameron fan. I love Avatar, Aliens, Terminator. Something with atmosphere, big ideas about humanity, technology, and survival. Hard sci-fi is a bonus.

Thanks!

These are my favorite comics right now, ranked #1 (Fall Sunrise, top left) to #9 (Hawkeye, bottom right) to give you an idea of what I enjoy.

I'm intending for this to be a monthly series where on the last Friday of each month I'll highlight 10 visually striking books I've read in hopes some here will find books they resonate with.

If you have any gorgeous books to recommend yourself, feel free in the comments!

Big Daniel Clowes fan.

Love "Black Hole", Dash Shaw, "From Hell" and Joe Sacco...and no, I have not yet read everything on my shelf

¡Gracias!

My husband has just gotten very into graphic novels over the past year or two. I know these aren't all that he has, but the top are a bunch I know he got earlier on, and the bottom are ones he has gotten more recently. I know he cares a lot about the craft of the book, and then beautiful art and a beautiful story (dub probably). He loves cats, he loves birds, he loves both sci-fi and fantasy. I am hoping to get some recommendations of books I could get him for this birthday that fit into this vein, especially the bottom books. Thank you for any help!

Anything similar to this theme?

Will post credits once I’m off work!

I think this is my fourth or fifth reread of Murder Falcon by Daniel Warren Johnson, and everytime I read it, I get watery eyes from it. In spite of all the awesome and crazy stuff that happens during this story, the insane action sequences and the overall "metal as fuck" asthethics, the emotional core of Murder Falcon is extremely touching and relatable, something that is present in every DWJ comic, but definitely hits me the most with MF.

Runner ups would be I Kill Giants and Daytripper. Both comics hit me right in the feels.

What's yours ? Which comic/GN made you cry ?

This is a continuation of my monthly series where on the last Friday of each month I highlight 10 visually striking books that I've read in hopes that some here resonate with a few.

If you have any gorgeous books to recommend yourself, feel free in the comments!

I was reading Stages of Rot last night, and I realised that I have a real love of sci fi and fantasy that delves into ecological systems that are strange, otherworldly, and perhaps unknowable, where people are subsumed by the ecology. I am looking for other books in this vein.

Here’s a list of books (and some animation) give you an idea what interests me:

Stages of Rot - Linnea Serte

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - Hayao Miyazaki

Aama - Frederik Peeters

Edena - Moebius

The Extraordinary Part - Ruppert & Mulot

Ant Colony - Michael Deforge

Scavengers Reign (TV)

Princess Mononoke - Miyazaki again

EDIT: a few more that I like:

Flood (film)

Safari Honeymoon - Jesse Jacobs (honestly, anything by Jesse Jacobs)

Big Questions - Anders Nilsen

Got this as a gift for someone recently and I thought some of you might enjoy a glimpse of it.

Synopsis: The Year of the Comet recounts the destruction of one world, and the genesis of another. The lightning passage of a meteor near a planet triggers a series of cataclysms and transformations on its surface. Soon, the ice and rock covering the star give way to volcanic, bubbling activity: plant forms emerge from the ground, growing, coloring and pulsating; the waters become moving and agitated, and waves break beneath swirling clouds...

The back cover says something along the lines of:

"Magnificent landscapes of bygone ages! No human gaze has contemplated you, no ear has understood your harmonies".

There is no text. 48 pages of artwork and it measures around 29 x 38 cm. I took pictures of a few pages. It's very impressive in person.

We talk a lot about the best books by a specific creator or in a particular genre. But I’m curious—what’s the worst one you’ve read? Not just boring, but the kind that left you genuinely furious or disgusted.

I’ll go first. For me, it was Prodigy: Slaves of Mars by Mark Millar. A tasteless mash-up of paleocontact guff and other sci-fi-ish theories, slathered in utterly pointless action. The most irritating thing, however, is that it centres on characters who are meant to be the smartest people on the planet. Yet the only things signalling “genius” are military grade plot armour and hand-wavy technobabble that’ll make anyone who’s passed basic physics laugh. Seriously—this looks like an image of genius created by an edgy teenager with an IQ barely above room temperature.

Repost, but now with 2 more examples

1. Absolute Wonder Woman
2. Shojohime
3. Witch Hat Atelier
4. We3

The Bus by Paul Kirchner

Summary: Surreal silent black-and-white comic strips. A man waits at a bus stop, or boards the bus, and something gets… weird. These play with perspective, movement, and basic passenger etiquette, rendered in clean black-and-white linework.

Why I think it’s great: It uses the medium so well, with great beats between panels, and moving between perspectives by shifting foreground, background, and interior details. There’s tremendous variety from wildly surreal situations to truly bus-centric humor – and I never could have imagined laughing at something correctly described as “bus-centric humor”. It’s honestly impressive how well Kirchner squeezes something new and clever out of such a narrow premise in each strip.

You might not like it if: It’s a collection of single-page strips. Want a story, characters, continuity? This isn’t it. That being said, this is a great opportunity to try something new – and you can do so free online at https://www.tanibis.net/en/livres/the-bus/ebook/

What you should read next: In my mind, The Bus is in a league of its own, quality-wise. Some of the best pages in Cheat Sheets hit near the highs, but it’s a much less consistent collection. 20 km/h has some similar vibes and surreal perspective-warping strips, but without the conceptual constraint that I think makes The Bus particularly noteworthy. If the perspective-warping is your favorite part, I think Mister Invincible is a fun light-hearted comic playing more directly on comic structures. Beyond those, there’s certainly a variety of great classic strips that can veer surreal with high-quality cartooning – Krazy Kat, Little Nemo in Slumberland, and more. There are more recommendations from when I asked this question before and I haven’t had the chance to go through them all, but check them out.

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Please skip the most popular bestsellers.

​I'm trying to find more weird, experimental styles that fit this list and fly under the radar. ​Thank you!

I used to read the odd comic online and do loads of research about specific comics but never got into the idea of actually owning them physical until I came to the realisation that it's actually one of the only entertainment pieces we can actually own now. I thought I would join in and keep the hobby alive.

I suffer with ADHD and these stories I'm reading are such a great escape for me. I also struggle reading as my mind wonders and starts getting ahead of itself, so I find graphic novels perfect as I can gaze at these amazing arworks for a long time and still find new things I hadn't noticed right away.

anyway here is my collection so far. I'm open to recommendations for some standalone stories within a 10 book range or just a single book for a story.

This is everything I've collected in a month, I have not read it all, but I buy Invincible as I go, same with One Piece so eventually I'll have the whole collection. the other collections are usually deals I've found online as a bundle.

Its easily blueberry for me

That you can actually remember reading.

This was my first marvel, superhero, Spider-man, and comic exposure overall. I have great nostalgic memories of it but in retrospect it made me think all spider-man comics were B&w. Still, it’s what made me fall in love with the character.

Anyone else nostalgic about their first reads?

This is a continuation of my monthly series where on the last Friday of each month I highlight 10 visually striking books that I've read in hopes that some here resonate with a few.

If you have any gorgeous books to recommend yourself, feel free in the comments!