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137 reviews
Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

DC Comics, 2008

Batman: The Killing Joke
This is one of the best Batman Comics. Great artwork and story! Well, I'm a great Joker fan and I like almost everything of his stories but this one is really really good! It also comes in great hardcover with some extra materials inside. If you want a great Joker and Batman story, you should buy this comic book! Gretings from Croatia :)

Watchmen

430 reviews
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

DC Comics, 1995

Simply amazing
One of the best novels I've read, period. Add in fantastic drawings and a gritty, realistic world and you have a fantastic must-read for everyone.

World War Hulk (Marvel Comics)

7 reviews
Greg Pak

Marvel Comics, 2008

Smashing good time
When a comic is called World War Hulk, you shouldn't expect Shakespeare. If you expect a whole lot of people getting punched in the face by the green Goliath, along with the usual property damage, you wont be disappointed. The meagre plot is only there to drive confrontation and confrontation is what this book is all about. I like the Hulk as a character but have never really followed his ...

What It Is

4 reviews
Lynda Barry

Drawn and Quarterly, 2008

Pure Lynda Barry Experience, get your creative juices going or just marvel at hers
This is the essence of the creative writing course Lynda Barry gives around the country these days. It conveys the course stuff beautifully, AND is a work of art in its own right. Not a rehash of her other books in any way, it just worms its way into your mind. Every page is beautiful, every page contains insights into creativity, every page is just plain fun (or just scary fun), and it ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

88 reviews
Jeff Kinney

Amulet Books, 2008

Great book for boys
I bought Diary of a Wimpy Kid first and my son wouldn't put it down and this child hated any type of reading material. He liked it so much we got Diary of a Wimpy Kid Roderick Rules and he absolutely raced through its pages. I would tell all parents to run out and buy this book.

The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3
Neil Gaiman

Vertigo, 2008

The third volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format. ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition, including "Brief Lives," in which the Sandman's sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling, Destruction. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family ...

No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)

4 reviews
Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon

Dark Horse, 2008

A brilliant arc in Buffy Season 8
Warning! Spoilers ahead! This Faith arc is the second major story to be told in BUFFY Season 8 and is a wonderful spin on Faith's own story. Anyone who has seen BUFFY knows the story of Faith (and not merely in Andrew's fanciful version from "Bad Girls" in Season Seven). Faith is essentially what you get when someone from a broken home with all the attendant emotional difficulties becomes ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

134 reviews
Jeff Kinney

Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007

My son loves this book.....
My 9 year old son absolutely loves this book. He read it so quickly we bought the next book Roderick Rules. Can't go wrong with this book. My son was actually excited by reading and laughed through the whold thing. Very positve reading experience for a child who absolutley hated reading.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 1: The Long Way Home

36 reviews
Joss Whedon, Andy Owens

Dark Horse Comics, 2007

Graphic SF Reader
This is great. At least until the investigate the fate of one of Buffy's doubles issue, but Whedon totally nails this for the story arc part, and the art is pretty reasonable, too, if a little shakier on some of the minor characters like Andrew, etc. With Willow out of touch, Amy and Warren working with the military, and a giant Dawn, Xander's Nick Fury skills running a few hundred Slayer ...

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

319 reviews
Frank Miller

DC Comics, 1997

Batman's Back
Even though this was written a long time ago, it is a great read for any Batman fan. It has an amazing story and the artwork is very detailed. You can see some of the ideas from the movie Batman Begins in this novel even though it's a different story. It is something I'd also recommend to a non-Batman fan as well.

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)

309 reviews
Bill Watterson

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005

When cartoons grew up.
I just got back from my post office here in Oslo Norway. The little woman who went back to get this package for me looked less than thrilled. This is HEAVY! Well, anyhow, I just had my first look at this and it's stunning. Calvin and Hobbes deserve no less. 1987. It's been that many years since I was in Denmark on holiday and bought my first volume of Calvin and Hobbes? (Steen & Stoffer in ...

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

167 reviews
Marjane Satrapi

Pantheon, 2004

A good read--a lot to think about
Our local community college is using this book as a common book experience for all incoming freshmen. It's a good choice for three reasons: 1) the subject matter (a young girl's experiences in revolutionary Iran) is timely and meaningful for coming-of-age college freshmen trying "to find themselves" 2) the graphic novel format is immediately engaging and easy to digest, and 3) the protagonist's ...

Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince
Bill Willingham

Vertigo, 2008

This 10th volume in the best-selling, award-winning series collects the epochal "Good Prince" storyline. Flycatcher, a background player in the FABLES series, is drawn into the spotlight as he discovers the startling truth about his own past as the Frog Prince. At the same time, he learns that the Adversary -- Gepetto, the manipulative Fable who forced the Fables community into exile -- plans to destoy his foes once and for all. Only ...

Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores
Brian Vaughan

Vertigo, 2008

Batman: Year One

91 reviews
Frank Miller

DC Comics, 2007

Clasico entre los clasicos
BATMAN YEAR ONE es un comic pionero en muchos aspectos.Desde un Frank Miller con una tematica mas cercana a su rompedor DAREDEVIL de Marvel que a su archiconocido BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, vemos a un Bruce Wayne en los inicios de su carrera de justiciero, y la justificacion psicologica de ello - la violenta muerte de sus padres. En una personalidad menos compleja que la de Bruce, este ...

The Arrival

27 reviews
Shaun Tan

Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007

astonishing arrival
This is a brilliant masterwork of ....what exactly? Well, it's a graphic novel with the overwhelming force of franz Masereel's pioneering work 'The City' But it's also evocative of great literature, like Kafka's introductory chapters of 'Amerika' and 'The Castle', or his short story, The Animal in the Synagogue, and the dazzling architectural fantasy of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney

Amulet Books, 2009

The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level. Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able ...

Take Our Cat, Please: A Get Fuzzy Collection (Get Fuzzy (Graphic Novel))

2 reviews
Darby Conley

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

DRUMROLL for the Master
Jazz virtuoso that he is, Darby Conley has everybody change places in this 6th or 7th collection. If you want to laugh out loud, these are your characters. Conley's drawing is so comically detailed that the words are hardly necessary. He also provides astounding breaks from the action. BUY THIS BOOK, PLEASE! Darby Conley needs a new Hummer!

X-Men: Messiah Complex

10 reviews
Mike Carey, Ed Brubaker, ...

Marvel Comics, 2008

Best of the Best
This is must be the best X-men story I have ever read. Great plot and drawing. Two things tt nowadays are very difficult to find. And do you now why? Simple, Bendis did not write it, and what's EVEN better, Leinil Yu did not (thank god) draw it. If you are looking for a free of the "Bendis Factor" Marvel, comic book (the way it should be), check this one, you will not regret ...

Warriors: Warrior's Return (Warriors)

5 reviews
Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley

TokyoPop, 2008

Kids will really like this
I ordered this book for my neice who loves the Warriors book. She read it in record time. If you like the Warrior books you like the mangas also.

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