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Tonight, at three a.m., I am going to be heading over to Frankenstein comics in Woodbury for a 75% off sale. I have unsuccessfully attempted convinced myself that this is purely a social experiment to see what kind of unwashed you can't marry her, Aquaman! you're from two different WORRRRRLDS! kind of nerds show up, but the sweet siren song of graphic novels at a fraction of their cover price is all too alluring.

After replenishing most of the comics I lost when I split up with my ex-husband, I was kind of at a loss for what to do. Five years saw me going backwards in time and buying books I no longer owned, not paying attention to anything new coming out.

So now, my collection has been fairly rebuilt (I'm really only missing some Hellboys, at this point, mand I bought the Engineer all the Preacher graphic novels, so they're at least within easy reach) and I'm not really sure what to start reading. All of the other titles I read ended in the past few years. Or, like Hellblazer, are slow to publish graphic novels.

I've started reading Fables and Reflections, purely on a whim. And it's half-decent. There's a serious twee-ness to it that I'm at odds with, but the stories have been attention-holding so far. I'm four graphic novels into the line so far.

Last time I went to my regular ~~pusher~~ comic book dealer, I picked up something called Wet Moon, which was sweetly teen-goth, pretty pretty pretty, and angsty. This always makes my inner fifteen year old baby bat squee excitedly and flap her hands.

But other than that, there's been noting new that's caught my eye. The Engineer keeps trying to convince me I'm going to enjoy The Punisher- Max or is it Maxxx? I haven't the faintest notion. All I know is that the silly man refuses to listen to me when I tell him that in fact, no I will NOT enjoy reading that comic and ~~because Punisher is a giant pile of shit~~ to please stop bugging me about it. Not even if there was a shark on one of the covers.

(There really was. It was a last ditch effort to get me to listen.)

So, what the hell should I start reading?

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I can recommend some newish, and some absolute classics.

A.) If you don't own Watchmen, Sin City (or anything Frank Miller or Alan Moore've done, graphic novel-wise), Transmetropolitan, or Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee, get those. Seriously.

B.) The Walking Dead. Zombies. Very Romero-esque social commentary. Quite excellent, and each issue is in graphic novel form.

C.) Max Brooks supposedly released (or was planning to release) graphic novel adaptations of World War Z (or it may have been Zombie Survival Guide) - if you can find 'em that cheap, grab 'em.

D.) PUNISHER IS NOT A GIANT PILE OF SHIT. Frank Castle's one of the saddest, sweetest anti-heroes ever written. END. No, wait – *thwack!* Ok, now end.

E.) My favourite comic series, cuz it was the one that really got me into comics, was The Darkness. I never delved into Witchblade (all I knew about Witchblade is that Ian Nottingham was crazy hot and really Peter Steele in illustrated form), and I didn't have to in order to follow The Darkness with no problem. I know collected editions have been released.

A new series called CHEW that is brilliant but the first two issues are sold out. A total sleeper hit. Watch for a trade.

INVINCIBLE is really a delight and has been since day one.

Finally, the Atomic Robo limited series'es.

It's Punisher MAX and I mean that line of Punisher specifically. Atleast while Garth Ennis has been doing it. It has a very Hellblazer feel. Angry guy muttering to himself and commenting on society as he does shit of which no one can stop him. How can you go wrong with that?

****FUTILITY****

you: you really should read Punisher. You don't know what you're missing.

me: I don't want to read Punisher.

you: You don't know what you want.

me: Yes, I do. And it's not Punisher.

you: It has a very Hellblazer feel. You like Hellblazer.

me: Is John Constantine in it? Are there demons? Is there magic in it?

you: It has magic. Magic of the GUNS.

me: I'm not talking to you any more.

LOL!

YES EXACTLY THIS. i hate guns. i don't want to read about guns. i don't want to look at pictures of guns. i like magic(-cal realism, even), special powers, secrets, and all sorts of other shit, but no! guns!

Also Locke and Key! Yous has forgotten.

Have you read Serenity Rose? It's adorable. I think there's only the one volume, but if you'd like to read it I can lend you my copy.

http://www.amazon.com/Serenity-Rose-Vol-Working-Negativity/dp/159362011X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248035171&sr=8-1

Scott Pilgrim is pretty damn funny, but it's more on the slacker/geek side. It oddly echoes some of the feel of our early twenties, though.

Read Bayou (http://www.zudacomics.com/bayou).

awww fuck i wish i could remember the name of the new(ish)
zombie graphic novel that was recommended to me a while back.
shit.
oh well.
theres some goood zombie stories out there now.
:)

also anything by the hernandez bros.
ANYTHING.
including but not limited to love & rockets & that crow-ish
spooky superhero day of the dead guy one.
also, i think gilbert has a pretty new one.
& peter bagge.
if you can score any neat stuffs, i think you might enjoy the girly girl & chuckie stories.
:)

hey, so what did you buy? i <333 comics! i got unreasonably jealous that i didn't know about this sale. BOO FRIGGIN HOO ;)

I got:

- Sin City
- Books of Magic: Death After Death (which apparently I already HAD! Boooo!)
- Catwoman: Crooked Little Town
- The Names of Magic
- Hellblazer (I forget which graphic novel it was, one of the newest ones)
- Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, as done by Hobby Jones and S.M. Vidaurri (the owner of the store gave this one to me for free, for showing up in the wee hours of the morning)

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