I'm new with graphic novels and but I've gotten quite interested in them. Im looking for a Graphic novel to replace some of my favorite tv series such as the the O.C. and One Tree Hill..

So I would love a tip about a good graphic novel about drama/romance.
Something similar to teenagers going to high school.

would be very pleased if someone managed to help me find a good graphic novel that suits me

Ouran High School Host Club is kind of silly but very cute.

Cardcaptor Sakura is an urban fantasy with younger than high school age kids, but is still romantic. I'd highly recommend it.

Runaways (touchstone wonky) by Vaughan is a series about teens who discover a dangerous secret about their parents. Good stuff. Also, there's Freshmen (touchstone not working) by Sterbakov, Green, and Kirk. You might like it!

Most Manga series are about drama/romance and many are for all ages. It is difficult to find the good novels/series. A good site for me is http://comicsworthreading.com/category/m...

The site also recommends standard graphic novels: http://comicsworthreading.com/category/g...
Not all of them are rated all ages. A very nice example is Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley

DC Comics has just started a line for high school romances in their Minx series.

The Blue Monday series (The Kids are All Right, Painted Moon) is a fun romp with a bunch of high school kids in the 80s.

Drama Con is a 3-book finite series about romance and,well, drama, set in an anime convention across three years.

Could you tell us more of what you're looking for? High school drama is a common topic, but do you want supernatural, straight up soap, a particular kind of romance? It's all out there, you know.

You may want to check out Terry Moore's "Strangers in paradise". (I linked to the author page because there are so many SiP entries.)

I read the first few (collected) volumes, but then lost interest; however, I understand he's got what amounts to cult following in the younger crowd. The graphic style is more realistic than manga, very competent, he's clearly passionate about the characters. The story itself, which unfolds over what now must be--hundreds?--of issues, is difficult to summarise. There's the main trio of characters, two girls and a guy, who undergo various permutations of their relationships with each other and other people.

There's also adventure, crime, and a hint of queerness, although I never read enough to see how it resolves.

An interesting (at least up to a point) and fairly unusual series, I think.

Maybe Kare Kano - it's manga about high school and different couples getting together. Kare Kano

You might like the Buffy books, starting with Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 1, and Joss Whedon's Season 8 books continuing the tv series in graphic form, which begins with The Long Way Home.

Hi Edeny: So you're looking for a graphic novel that's similar to TV series you enjoy like The O.C. and One Tree Hill, eh? Well, I have a couple of suggestions for you then!

You may want to check out comics written by Allan Heinberg, who as you may know was one of the producers and creative minds behind The O.C. He wrote a critically-acclaimed series for Marvel Comics a few years back entitled Young Avengers, much of its good-press coming from its inclusion of two gay characters, Wiccan and the Hulkling. You can find the 12-issue Young Avengers series in collected trade paperback format. Heinberg also wrote for DC Comics: JLA issues 115-119, as well as the first few issues of DC's newly relaunched Wonder Woman series.

My other suggestion is that as TV series like The O.C. are episodic (a new episode out every week, etc), you may be searching not so much for a single "graphic novel", per se, but instead for an ongoing comic book series that you can follow on a regular basis. While monthly comics are eventually collected as graphic novels / trade paperbacks (usually 2-3 times a year), waiting for the trades is akin to waiting a whole season until your favorite show comes out on DVD. You can always find your local comic shop and begin what's called a "Pull List," and the store will reserve the titles you're interested in as they come out, so you won't miss an issue. Also, most publishers still offer their main titles by subscription through the mail, so thats also an option.

If Manga's not your cup-of-tea when it comes to comics (and its not mine), you'll likely have to deal with teens who are superheroes or at least very close to them (a la Buffy the Vampire Slayer) if you're looking for teen-drama comics. Of course, most of the superhero stuff can really be read metaphorically when it comes to dealing with teenage life and coming-of-age stories. DC Comics has a couple series in this vein you could also take a peek at, including Teen Titans, JSA, and Supergirl.

(Note that the writers of "Teen Titans" and "Superman/Batman" -- Geoff Johns and Jeph Loeb -- share a studio in Los Angeles with Allan Heinberg, so you just might like their stuff!!)

I forgot to mention another fantastically written comic series that's nearly entirely collected now in trade paperback format: Marvel Comics Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1, by the awesome Brian Michael Bendis. When it comes to dialog that will genuinely put a smile on your face, Bendis is the king.

Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man just relaunched with Volume 2, the first issue hit the stands mid-August. Here's a new series you can follow in its monthly format from the very get-go, Edney!

The Invisibles is really excellent. Grant Morrison is the writer with various artists, including Jill Thompson who I love. It's a Vertigo imprint from about 1994-2000. You can probably get it at Amazon.com.

It's about an angry teenager who is recruited into an odd band of freedom fighters known as The Invisibles. First trade paperback is "So You Say You Want a Revoluntion."