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8 Graphic Novels You Might Not Know (and Should) »

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Everyone knows about the handful of really BIG graphic novels. However, like every other field of endeavor the crÃ;Â¨me de la crÃ;Â¨me of graphic novels are merely the uppermost visible layer of a number of equally worthy efforts.

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ind06
March 4, 2008, 6:12 a.m.
This is a really good article. If I do say so myself! :)
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gamahuche
March 4, 2008, 6:51 a.m.
Its an excellent article, ind - and kudos to you for an excellent post!
The only one of these authors that I am familiar with is Spiegelman and his Maus books are brilliant.
The underground comix of the 60's and 70's were also highly significant artifacts - Robert Crumb remains a cult figure and has serious gallery shows..
I had a good friend who "went out with" Spain Rodriguez in SF who later moved to the South of France. A few years later RC moved there too [there was also a movie about him which finished with loading a huge truck with EVERYTHING for this move]. One day when I was visiting down there he called up and was supposed to come over but in the end was a no-show. A BIG disappointment!
Some other books which I really like are by Peter Sis - some of them were edited by Jacqui Kennedy. More in a minute!
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cowboygrandpa
March 4, 2008, 3:14 p.m.
Dam* don't know where the original comment went.
Good one ind06.
I still liked my favorites from back when.
Sgt Rock, The Fantastic Four, Superman...
Yeah I still enjoyed comic books when I had kids.
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gamahuche
March 4, 2008, 4:20 p.m.
I know we took this thread a bit more down memory lane than we "should" have done but..
Can't resist putting one more iron in the fire - in terms of the combination of prose and pics of the wild kind "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" takes one heck of a lot of beating.
Hunter S. Thompson definitely met his match in Ralph Steadman and when the going got weird the weird definitely got going..
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Shadowolf
March 4, 2008, 4:51 p.m.
SPAM ALERT!!!
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Digidave
March 4, 2008, 5:22 p.m.
I would recommend "Understanding Comics" - which is a comic book that looks critically at the art of comics and how, as a medium, it is great for story telling.
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1-2-Oscar
March 4, 2008, 8:27 p.m.
This is where my age shows.
When I was growing up, a "graphic novel" was something written by D. H. Lawrence or Henry Miller. You had to fly to Paris to buy them.
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BoxMonkey
March 5, 2008, 4:23 a.m.
All's I can say is -"Reid Flemming , World's Toughest Milkman"
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iherbs
March 5, 2008, 11:54 p.m.
Of course,Good one ind06.
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digirebecca
May 19, 2008, 6:42 p.m.
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digirebecca
May 19, 2008, 6:38 p.m.
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May 19, 2008, 6:38 p.m.
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May 19, 2008, 6:38 p.m.
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May 19, 2008, 6:38 p.m.
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digirebecca
May 19, 2008, 6:39 p.m.
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rachapr08
June 23, 2008, 2:34 a.m.
nice post,i'm novel's fan
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chinjungpr09
June 23, 2008, 2:51 a.m.
why propeller doesn't do anythings to spammer
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charbarred
March 4, 2008, 1:23 p.m.
Heh heh, the problem with replying to spammers is that your comment is left there all alone and no one understand who you're swearing at :-D