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Grant Morrison's early stuff. Animal Man and Doom Patrol.

prepare for the sandman

Asterios Polyp
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
Blacksad
Sandman
City of Glass (adaptation of Paul Auster book by Mazzuchelli)
Vagabond (loose adaptation of Musashi)

The fantasy stuff by Moebius
Horror mangas by Junji Ito if you are into Lovecraft
In cape comics I recommend: Batman Year One, Batman Year 100 (by Paul Pope), Superman Red Son, Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, LOKI (by Ribic, very Shakesperean), Killing Joke, Marvels, Kingdom Come.

Watchmen
From Hell
V for Vendetta
Sandman
Maus
Fun Home
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is cool if you're into Victorian lit.

>>2260764

>Asterios Polyp
>Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth

These are complete bourgeois ennui bullshit.

OP here, thanks for all the recommendations. Time to blow my paycheck.

(btw, has anyone read X'ed Out yet?)

>>2260777
I don't know what that means. It's that a way to say "pretentious"?

>>2260792

I'm pretty sure "bourgeois ennui bullshit" is a way to say "I am pretentious, and can't think of any actual criticism".

By bourgeois ennui I mean stories about middle/upper class people dissatisfied with their meaningless lives. Ghost World, American Beauty etc.

>>2260810

your posting

>>2260777

Jimmy Corrigan is actually entertaining, though. In that weird indie Wes Anderson kind of way. Plus the layout is delightful.

Asterios Polyp is remarkably forgettable, though.

>>2260845
>Asterios Polyp is remarkably forgettable, though.

What? Really? I thought it was brilliant, I never knew someone could control sequential art like this. I think it is similar to Chris Ware because of this intelligent use of the media. The story is relatable, good characters all over, it has that intellectual feel though it's anti-intellectual at the same time, all the black and white thing, the style of the different characters.

Ah whatever, this is just my opinion and that is yours.

>>2260853

I dunno, I did like the crispness of the art style, but the story just felt so old, you know? Middle-aged man is unsatisfied with his life, etc. etc. just really didn't do it for me.

Except the ending though. The ending was particularly good, but it's the only part I found memorable. I've just seen the character of Asterios Polyp in so many graphic novels before it felt kind of underwhelming.

Hellblazer

>>2260866
>Middle-aged man is unsatisfied with his life, etc. etc. just really didn't do it for me.
maybe you just can't relate? I know I used to hate it when stand up comedians made jokes about having kids but then once I did they were suddenly great

we all relate to media through the lens of our own experiences

MAUS. Best comic ever.

>>2260748
anything and all by Chris Ware and you're good

maus
persepolis

Young Lions, Blaise Larmee

Jason. Humorous deadpan artwork combined with poignant, often sad and lonely stories. I can't get enough of his stuff. I'd recommend his collection "What I Did".

>>2260961
that's enough mangas, dude

>>2260973
European, as is most of this.

>>2260779
This. So goddamn much.

>Ctrl + F Maus
>4 results

You've done good, /lit/

There's an entire forum dedicated to comic books.

>>>/co/

What about Whatshisface, he draws great comics...and half an hours' digging the internet might just prove me right.

Or, proper taster pics.

And now for some real manga.

>>2260986

there's an entire forum dedicated to your posting

>>>/y/

Preacher and The Boys by Garth Ennis are pretty cool. Hilarious and over the top violent.

>>2260986
>>2260990
>>>/y/1856144

>>2260986
Ah! Excellent! Someone who knows where to post things.
So tell us...where does this one go?

>>2261004
And even more importantly, this one.

>>2260939
oh hey this is pretty g-
>JFK conspiracy
oh never mind

>>2261024
Here's the rest of it.

>>2261004
>>2261014
uh, here.

seriously though, the judgement implicit in this thread being posted here is so obnoxious, ironic since OP seemed so explicit in eschewing pretension.

/co/ would have given every example posted and probably more

>>2261027
no thanks, I stopped reading after I found out the author is an idiot

IS PERSEOPPOLOLIS ANY GOOD?

>>2261043
yeah, sure

>>2261030
What the author wrote is laden with quotes of others of fame and power. The work has nothing to do with conspiracy theories.

>>2261047
um, that's pretty clearly an illustrated novel, NOT a comic book, Anon

>>2261050
aaand this...?

>>2261050
yeah, I agree. I'm a /co/mrade so this isn't like a value judgement or anything but those really aren't comics, and yeah I know the book in OPs image would contradict that but scott mccloud is a bit of a windbag anyway

>>2261057
a comic.

it's not even ambiguous.

homosuck

So...something with lots of words, but still in a comic format.

>>2261060
But, word for word with some words missing, it's the original novel...so /lit/?

>>2261064
this is a comic.

the two things you posted were literally stories that had had illustrations added above them. you could take the illustrations away and the story would still be understandable.

there is ambiguity in what is and isn't comics but you havent shown that at all here.

>>2261066
Nope. Comic.

Lone Wolf and Cub
Sanctuary

>>2261069
>>2261067
So if a story is incorporated into standard comic book layout - it's a comic. So how non-standard can the layout get before it's an illustrated story?

>>2261080
It's like you're trying to mete out all these tiny distinctions to show... what? that there's ambiguity in what constitutes a comic? But it's not like there's just two realms, comic and written literature, we have have all kinds of nice categories to describe what you're talking about. At least 2 people identified what you'd posted as illustrated stories. 3 if you count me.

Cerebus is a comic, btw. you've posted a lot of comics while implying that they're somehow different. Maybe it's you that has a problem with rigid definitions.

Fucking casuals, there are many ways to make a comic book.

>>2261096

>>2261077
I the vein of LW&C.

>>2261095
I don't have a problem with rigid definitions having posted these in both /co/ & /lit/ b4. But someanon requested a move of comic materials to /co/, leaving behind...? I posted two illustrated stories so that something would, rather than in answer to Op's opening bid.