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Recommend comics to me! I’ve read The Watchmen, Maus, Ms. Marvel, and a few old Avengers issues. Plus I’m currently working on Persepolis. What’s out there and good that I might not have heard of?
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This Weekend Open Thread Wants Your Comic Book Recommendations
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Transmetropolitan. There are quite a few sad story lines, such as the cryogenically frozen woman who goes into serious culture shock, and the independent child prostitutes. But the lead of the comic is an angry journalist who fights (often physically) to help the downtrodden. There’s a bit where he beats the crap out of a jerkass former friend with “the chair leg of truth”, and he’s gone head-to-head with several of the politicos in that universe, threatening one with a “bowel disruptor” which has multiple settings for intensity.
Ultraviolence in a future dystopia with very-well-placed comic relief.
I deleted and reinstalled Chrome and aaargh, the burden of rediscovering your passwords and how shit works again.
SAGA. SAGA SAGA SAGA.
Did I say Saga? I even reviewed it: http://persephonemagazine.com/2013/04/book-review-saga-vol-1-by-brian-k-vaughan-and-fiona-staples/
Yeeeeeees! I need to check if 4 is here.
Hawkeye. Matt Fraction. Go.
I have to second this. I’m not even a comic book reader and I loved Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye comics. The first one is called Hawkeye: My Life As a Weapon.
My primary interest in Hawkeye up until now has centered around Jeremy Renner’s arms, but I’m also open to reading the actual stories. :P
Jeremy Renner’s arms are a totally reasonable focal point.