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rob05c  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What comic books or graphic novels do you suggest?

The Silver Cord. Digital. Kickstarted and completely free. Kind of neo-noir angels-and-death, in the spirit of Constantine.

The Phoenix Requiem. Also digital and free. Victorian fantasy.

The Wormworld Saga. Also digital and free. Wonderland-style Hero's Journey of a young boy overcoming tragedy and fear.

Blankets. An autobiographical coming-of-age story.

The Shepherd's Tale. The backstory of Shepherd Book that Firefly never got to tell. Absolutely fantastic if you're a Firefly fan. More of a graphic novella.

Watchmen.

The Sandman.

Death. A collection of stories about Death, a character in The Sandman.





anti-oedipus  ·  3798 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would like to strongly second Blankets. I'm not much of a comic book/graphic novel reader, but very few stories have had such a strong emotional impact on me as Blankets did.

Edit: this is especially good if you're interested in or can empathize with growing up in and growing out of an evangelical Christian community

sideburns09  ·  3797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ill def look into Blankets.

sideburns09  ·  3797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never heard of some of these stories, and and love that most of them are digital.