Favorite Sci Fi Graphic Novels

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1scificomics
Nov 21, 2011, 11:45 pm

I really enjoyed Moonshadow, The Incal, 2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino. What other good classic Sci Fi is out there?

2apokoliptian
Edited: Dec 3, 2011, 7:11 am

Ocean by Warren Ellis is really something.
If you liked the Incal look for some Enki Bilal works. With Bilal you get no wrong.
About Moonshadow, it is one of the best works I've ever read (and I have read some). 2 other works that I like from J.M. DeMatteis are Blood (pretty crazy and deep) and Seekers (new age ideas turned inside out). Both have TPBs available.

3scottd
Nov 29, 2011, 5:54 pm

Jim Starlin's Dreadstar Metamorphosis Odyssey is being reprinted, all in color, January 2012 by Dynamite Entertainment.

4EduardoT
Nov 29, 2011, 9:09 pm

Planetes by Makoto Yukimura

5AnnieMod
Nov 29, 2011, 9:21 pm

>3 scottd:

It was about time :)

6brianjungwi
Nov 29, 2011, 9:45 pm

Does Transmetropolitan count?

7jnwelch
Nov 30, 2011, 12:22 pm

The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore is good classic sci-fi that I enjoyed. Like brian, I'm not sure whether the other one that comes to mind qualifies: The Walking Dead series.

8BruceCoulson
Nov 30, 2011, 3:32 pm

>6 brianjungwi:

Yes, and you're right; it's very good.

9artturnerjr
Nov 30, 2011, 4:47 pm

Not counting tradition superhero stuff (Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, etc.), although superhero is arguably an SF subgenre, I'd recommend:

- V for Vendetta
- The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century
- The Best of Ray Bradbury: The Graphic Novel (the artwork alone is worth the price of admission; the stories aren't bad, either ;) )

10johnnyapollo
Nov 30, 2011, 9:47 pm

11EduardoT
Edited: Dec 1, 2011, 3:36 pm

I feel so ashamed, how can I miss Akira.

12apokoliptian
Edited: Dec 3, 2011, 7:38 am

Global Frequency by Warren Ellis. It is loosely SF, but has some of Ellis' crazy concepts.
Talking about SF, what do you think of Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond. It is where it all started (for good) in comics. I know about Buck Rogers, but, man, it is the template for all that came after.

13scificomics
Dec 15, 2011, 12:17 am

Good suggestions. I picked up the Dreadstar The Beginning. It is Super epic.

14scottd
Jan 29, 2012, 9:55 pm

The Metabaron! And the new Brian K. Vaughan book "Saga" should be pretty sweet.

15groovykinda
Feb 11, 2012, 6:06 pm

Starstruck by Elaine Lee and Michael W. Kaluta, Mister X, Electropolis, and Terminal City by Dean Motter, and-god I'm old- The Sacred and the Profane by Dean Motter and Ken Steacy.
I nver realized how much I love Dean Motter until I started typing this.

16apokoliptian
Feb 11, 2012, 8:54 pm

Man... I liked Dean Motter as well, mainly due to The Prisoner: Shattered Visage tele-series adaptation/ sequel. The Mister X Vol. 1 is great also for the Hernandez Bros.
Good times!

17Hapthorne
Jan 31, 2013, 5:42 pm

Saga is looking good, but if you want a complete story,

Universal War One is a six-part French comic book limited series written, penciled, and inked by Denis Bajram
The genre is military science fiction, and the series deals with such ideas as time dilation and time travel.
Following the comics standards in France and Belgium, each of the six part of the story has a approximately 50 pages length, making the whole story longer than usual limited series.