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... a good mystery, and great art.
After that, I'll second the recommendations for Batman: Hush, Batman: Year One, Dark Knight Returns and Killing Joke. My economic appraisal of The Dark Knight movie:
http://coffeeforclosers.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/critical-appraisals-the-political-economy-of-the-dark-knight/ ... Dowling
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt ridley
Lady Moses by Lucinda Roy
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
... one to notice this.
In the end, people focused on the wrong thing – the comic industry made the same mistake after The Dark Knight Returns when they chose to focus on violence and grit rather than looking at the superhero mythos from another angle (which is done brilliantly by the way ... Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Graphic Novels
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More New Authors 104. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Another great adventure, and apparently Miller’s first Batman ever. It was a great read and but perfect in how different it was compared to what I expected.
This specific graphic novel focuses on Gotham City after Batman has been ... ... Harris
7. Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis
8. The Song is You by Arthur Phillips
9. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
I am easily sucked into other series and my 101 Graphic Novels goal keeps leading me down the path to other things I ... ... simply because the shows were in production then...I wonder how influenced they were by the show?
I am sneaking in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns today - and at that point, I'll select something else to read. I need to weigh a few things. I have Tattoo Machine to read for ER, but I ... When I get back to financial liquidity, I'll have to pick up 10,000 Days
Did you see Dark Knight? And if so, what did you think of the soundtrack? I really liked the soundtrack, since it had that relentless electronic viciousness like Trent Reznor or Tool. Hans Zimmer, who composed the ... ... is on deck from my Made into Movies/TV shows category.
Although, I can't lie, I'll probably sneak in Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns tomorrow or Monday - it's due soon and on my 101 Graphic Novel list. I know, I'll be reading more non-999 books this month than 999 books, ... ... by James Patterson
6. Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets by Frank Miller
7. Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
8. Batman: the Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
9. Sin City: Hell and Back by Frank Miller ... heard of Neil Gaiman.
His SANDMAN series is to the genre what the Constitution is the US. (Moore's Watchmen and Miller's The Dark Knight Returns would be the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation.
Any one with an interest in reading graphic novels/comics should start ... ... Spiderman 2099, Spiderman Unlimited, etc. Or any Justice League of America, Justice League Europe. Batman, Batman Dark Knight,Witchblade,Witchblade/Tomb Riader, etc.
I also have some of my comics in the plastic bags with the cardboad backing to support them but ... "Watchmen" and V for Vendetta are both great. Alan Moore at his most approachable. Dark Knight Returns is a dark interpretation of Batman.
If you're not into capes and tights, check out Maus and Palestine by Joe Sacco. If you can find them, back issues of RAW offer a wonderful ... Dark Knight got robbed! Then again, the Academy usually goes for mediocre feel-good tedium, with very few exceptions (Soderburgh's Traffic fer intstance). They gave the Best Picture to the wrong movie titled Crash ;) I much prefer the Cronenberg one to the "Racism = Bad" blunt trauma-style ... ... Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis finished 5/17
17. The Song is You by Arthur Phillips
18. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller finished 5/26
19. Steampunk: Manimatron by Joe Kelly finished 6/4
20. Astro City: Confession by ... For Frank Miller, I really enjoyed The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One. Both were enjoyable and dark and gritty. They were wonderful examples of late 1980s comic book writing and art.
I have not read DK2 - from what I have seen of it, I was not impressed and it was very different ... ... Men
Burmese Days: A Novel
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
Perfume
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
V for Vendetta
From Hell
The Master and Margarita (Penguin Classics)
Montaillou: The Promised Land of E ... ... available in graphic novel (while never reaching TV...). And Fray is a great spinoff of that universe.
And I just read The Dark Knight Returns which was an amazing reimagining of Batman. Probably one more for the fans (I did have to ask a few questions of Mr TQD while reading it). ... years old and a mad fan of bottom humour. Not that it was bad, I just wasn't its target audience. :)
And I also finished The Dark Knight Returns which was very impressive. Batman with politics and age. And so, so, much more that I can't say without spoilers. (But I did always dislike Superman, ... ... them (with some reservations, that I'm happy to discuss once you've finished at least one).
I got briefly distracted by The Dark Knight Returns which was foisted on me by Mr TQD after seeing the latest Batman movie. And, let's face it, I put up very little fight. Rather good, I hope to find ... Ugh. Since chess books don't count ...
Once and Future King by TH White
All the King's Men by RP Warren
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by F Miller
Star Wars: Jedi Knight by W Dietz ... and real name on different lines. Out of all the graphic novels I looked at, I can only find three that use that method. (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Kingdom Come, and Superman: Last Son)
The more common Alias (real name) form is problematic. Henry Pym is split across Yellowjacke ... >26, Thanks for the encouragement. I've decided to push my goal up to 50 so I've got motivation to keep reading.
28. The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. What can I say, I liked the movie. ... collecting The Amazing Spider-Man,The Spectacular Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, SuperMan,BatMan, plus some of The Dark Knight Series I added to the collection later on, Captain America. etc. and over the years it has grown to inlcude Mantra, Spider-Girl, X-Force, of course ... ... Alot of people are recommending you check out Frank Miller's work. For a classic superhero series read Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Non-superhero recommendations:
Bone by Jeff Smith
Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Jimmy Corrigan: The Sm ... ... collection without superheroes?- The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past are two of the better X-men stories. The Dark Knight Returns is my favorite Batman. ... is good too!
I belong to a Comics/Graphic Novel discussion group at one of my local bookstores, and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns was recently discussed. ... depend on what your tastes are. But a shortlist of "classics" tend to include stuff like:
Watchmen by Alan Moore
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Maus by Art Spiegelman
This, of course, if you are looking for graphic novels/comic ... ... in the late 1950s and 1960s and I read almost all of them.
Anything illustrated by Edward Eager, Edward Gorey, or Hillary Knight
The Phantom Tollbooth
... for in general are
Adventure - The Executioner,The Destroyer, etc.
Buffyverse - Buffy and Angel
DC - Superman,Batman,Wonder Woman etc.
Eternal Champion - Michael Moorcock's Massive Multiverse
Flying Aces - G-8, your Biggles types
Ghostbusters - Carnacki,John Silence ... ... der:
Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman/George Perez
Watchmen by Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons
Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller/Klaus Janson/Lynn Varley
... run was pretty good, starting with Eyes of the Gorgon, Land of the Dead, and Mission's End being a good set.
Batman: Dark Knight Returns is another good Frank Miller story.
Wolverine's Origin & Endings and his Origin (or is that Origins, I get confused with all of the ... ... again. every time you edit Touchstones are reset to default.
presumably thats why you seem to think Gene Wolfe wrote Batman,The Dark Knight Returns ... it?
I dunno, I ran out of inspired recommendations when I agreed that Tigana was a good book... but what about:
The Knight by Gene Wolfe? I've never read any Wolfe stuff, and I feel it's about time I did...
what do you think?
Being Batman would hurt too much, way too much being punched by the super strong, etc. Better to be The Shadow, then you can at least shoot those deserving when necessary.
However, most interesting would be to be one of the police force in Top 10, and that crazy city of Neopolis.
Failin ...
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