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After that, I'll second the recommendations for Batman: Hush, Batman: Year One, Dark Knight Returns and Killing Joke. ...
For example, Maus is a graphic novel, or OGN. Brian K. Vaughan's Pride of Baghdad is also an OGN. As is Alan Moore's The Killing Joke. On the other hand, his Watchmen is not truly a graphic novel (although it is, of course, original -- though, to dissect things even further, it is not a ... ... Year One is Miller at his scintillating finest. when he's on, he's REALLY on. (but when he's off it kinda sucks.)
The Killing Joke Tragic, classic, for me the definitive Batman-Joker story. plus it's Alan Moore.
Hush is extravagant in every way: it incorporates loads of villains, ... ... all do, too. Other forms of Escapist Value, to me, come via the exploration of character: The Joker in Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke or Swamp Thing in DC’s Swamp Thing. Treatment of character is still another avenue to Escapist Value, i.e., Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendi ... ... ear...
--The Eisner Award--
From Hell
Concrete
Fables
Sandman
Top 10
Grendel: War Child
Batman: The Killing Joke
Y: The Last Man
Acme Novelty Library
--The Man Booker--
Bernice Rubens – The Elected Member
Anne Enright – T ... ... enjoyable read, but the ending left me with too many unanswered questions to be entirely satisfying.
Then I read Batman: The Killing Joke. I 'm always hesitant to sit down and read "classic" comics for the first time. I enjoy comics (when I make time for them) but I'm often blind to ... ... Moore
2. American Born Chinese--Gene Luen Yang
3. Sandman (at least Vol. 1)--Neil Gaiman
4. The Killing Joke--Alan Moore ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
5. Preludes and Nocturnes
6. The Uncanny X-Men vol.1 √
7. Maus I
8. The Killing Joke
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... - Vampire by Doug Moench
The Essential Davidson by Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson by Marc A Joseph
Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
and I don't think it's going to stop there... ... nia)
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
The Choice
Batman: The Killing Joke
Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen
The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Me ... ... Disassembled and Sandman: Doll's House (Vol.2)
Currently re-reading The Watchmen by Moore & Gibbons
Going to re-read Batman: The Killing Joke after those because seeing the Dark Night really made me want to read it. ... d
1. Monster Blood Tattoo Lamplighter by DM Cornish
2. Bleach v 23 by Tite Kubo
3. Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff
4. Batman: The Killing Joke by Allan Moore deluxe edition
5. Lost Fleet: Valiant by jack campbell
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Valiant was not my favorite of the series, which i've ... Batman: The Killing Joke is my 29th book. I read the deluxe edition and the extras were fun. The killing Joke is just a really good Batman story. ... d
1. Monster Blood Tattoo Lamplighter by DM Cornish
2. Bleach v 23 by Tite Kubo
3. Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff
4. Batman: The Killing Joke by Allan Moore deluxe edition
5. Lost Fleet: Valiant by jack Campbell
6. 211 things a clever girl can do by Bunty Cutler
7. The Unnameables ... Read Batman: The Killing Joke in preparation for Heath Ledger's crack at playing the Joker. Read this and the darker portrayal of the character actually makes sense.
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