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flip · 12-02-2008, 02:55 PM

I'm not usually interested in the Drafts, other than the inaugural hottie draft but I've now gone thru all 12 pages. My thoughts:

Most of my faves have been chosen: Heart of Darkness, 1984, Great Gatsby, Fight Club, Watchmen.

Aeneas, you can't be serious about only liking Stardust and no other graphic novels. Not only is 300 an excellent graphic novel compared to the movie but the medium is chalk full of stuff FAR better than Stardust. You can get any number of really good works by Gaiman if you like his stuff already, specifically Sandman and Marvel 1602.

I'd also check out Preacher, Kingdom Come, Marvels and the already drafted Watchmen. They all bridge serious work with superheroes and aren't "childish" like many works can be.

I'd also check out anything by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale. Their work was the inspiration for both of the recent Batman movies, along with Frank Miller's Batman Year One and the Dark Knight Returns.

Keep it up guys I might actually try and read a few of these during the semester break if I can find time in between my binge drinking and drug abuse (half kidding, I like to party when on break from Uni).

12-02-2008, 02:55 PM	#225
flip Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sec 216 Exp:	I'm not usually interested in the Drafts, other than the inaugural hottie draft but I've now gone thru all 12 pages. My thoughts: Most of my faves have been chosen: Heart of Darkness, 1984, Great Gatsby, Fight Club, Watchmen. Aeneas, you can't be serious about only liking Stardust and no other graphic novels. Not only is 300 an excellent graphic novel compared to the movie but the medium is chalk full of stuff FAR better than Stardust. You can get any number of really good works by Gaiman if you like his stuff already, specifically Sandman and Marvel 1602. I'd also check out Preacher, Kingdom Come, Marvels and the already drafted Watchmen. They all bridge serious work with superheroes and aren't "childish" like many works can be. I'd also check out anything by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale. Their work was the inspiration for both of the recent Batman movies, along with Frank Miller's Batman Year One and the Dark Knight Returns. Keep it up guys I might actually try and read a few of these during the semester break if I can find time in between my binge drinking and drug abuse (half kidding, I like to party when on break from Uni). Last edited by flip; 12-02-2008 at 02:57 PM.