Thought I’d throw my quick two cents in on this topic. Iread a lot of comics, mostly Marvel. Who can read everything? Who has the money? The time? Unless you work in a comic shop, you have to pick and choose. I know I miss out on a lot of good stuff, like almost everything Vertigo puts out. But time is hard to come by, especially considering I have 2 kids and am always reading 3 books (right now Legacy of the Force series, Knights of Myth Drannor series and Flight of the Nighthawks).
Anyway, my favorite single issue graphic novel is We3. It is a story by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. it is the story of three pets, a dog, cata nd rabbit, enhanced with cybernetics and turned into killing machines. It- is- AWESOME. if you haven’t read it, go get it. Now. i’ll wait.
And the best comics series of all time? Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. The story of a fallen Preacher with the Voice of God, his girlfriend Tulip and alcholic Irish vampire Cassidy. it has everything you could want out of a comicbook: great story, great art, sex, violence, and awesome characters. There are 9 trade paperbacks collecting the entire 66 issue run as well as a handful of one shots. It is worth the time and worth the money. They are talking about turning it into an HBO series. i hope they don’t-you cna not improve on perfection
I’m all over Fables and Jack of Fables at the moment. Preacher was great but I’m not a huge Grant Morrison or Frank Quitely fan so We3 just doesn’t appeal to me on any level.
.-= Jason´s last blog ..It seems like forever…time to get random! =-.
We3 was ultravioent, and sad, quite frankly. It is a hard read if you are a pet person because of the themes, but i felt ot was worth it. io read it once, and left it at that