Graphic Novel Recommendations
December 29, 2009
Hello All! I realized that no one had shared their graphic novel recs and thought I’d attempt to start a thread on that. I would like to recommend the “Scott Pilgrim” series by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Sharp, witty, and hilarious, these comics follow our main character/hero Scott Pilgrim, a Canadian 20-something attempting to start life as an adult and woo the lovely Ramona Flowers. There’s a twist, though: if he wants to date her, he first has to defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. Here’s a link: http://www.scottpilgrim.com/
I’d love to hear other suggestions, if anyone wants to share!
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Guttersniper 
You’re right about the recommendations – I’m exited about seeing what ever else people were enjoying. “Scott Pilgrim” is a totally righteous comic and an excellent recommendation! The series has such an amazingly sincere sense of joy and passion and it’s just so damn fun to read. AND O’Malley put up huge free chunks of the stuff on his website, last time I checked, which is oh so generous.
For print comics, I’d definitely recommend pretty much any Tintin for a similar sense of joy and adventure and humor, and for the brilliant artwork (despite the issues of racist stereotyping…which Herge did address and try to improve on).
I’d also very much recommend the recent, unfinished series “Ex Machina” by Brian K. Vaughn, which follows the career of Mitchell Hundred, world’s first superhero who was given the ability to talk to machines from a mysterious accident. After a stint in superheroing filled with frustration and failure, Hundred decided to fix the system from within and ran for Mayor of New York City, and won in a landslide after his efforts on 9/11 saved on of the Twin Towers. It’s a provokingly written and beautifully illustrated series that has plenty for both superhero and indie fans.
I’m gonna have to recommend some webcomics too – there’s just so much great stuff online right now, and a lot of series that have been around for long enough to really grow and become strong. Maybe that should get it’s own thread.
Anybody have any more recommendations?