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1.Watchmen by: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
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I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!

2.Palestine by: Joe Sacco January 02, 2003
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The book brings out the best of the cartoon medium. There are books on Palestine especially the grave humanitarian crisis there. However none catch the gravity of the situation as graphically as this book. I fully recommend this book to anyone. Its a must read. When a book is written about Palestine it is often branded as 'pro-Palestinian' and is dismissed. This book withstand any such criticism and demonstrates that even through the grey area of the conflict, there is a right and wrong side.

3.Batman: Dark Knight Returns (Batman) by: Frank Miller May 16, 1997
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Starting off with anarchy approaching Gotham, Batman as an older man finds himself pulled back into vigilante activities with a variety of mean, ugly threats to be dealt with. The art & the writing in this are excellent & this is a really gripping read. This is recommended even if you aren't a big graphic novel fan, as the action pulls you in and the story is very compelling. A great read.

4.V for Vendetta by: Alan Moore, David Lloyd April 14, 2000
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I watched the film before reading the book and I loved it, I thought the entire thing was brilliant and loved V (Hugo Weaving was fantastic) and I was always intending to read the book. A work colleague told me that the book is a lot different from the film (as is usually the case) so not too long ago I brought the book and had finished it two days later. Alan Moore has written an amazing piece. The entire idea of England becoming one of the only countries that survived a massive war and the political party that took over are fascist and its basically a Big Brother moment where they watching everything you do. Evey unlike in the film is just a sixteen year old girl who doest have enough money to live so she becomes a prostitute. Unlike ... Read More:

5.Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood & The Story of a Return: v. 1 & v. 2 by: Marjane Satrapi July 06, 2006
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Persepolis is based on Marjane Satrapi's life but as she has repeatedly said in different interviews it is not her biography. In other words what goes on in the book is not what exactly happened to her. The story begins by describing the revolutionary environment of her childhood and the sudden and radical social changes that took place around that time. Some of the accounts are exaggerated and many are closer to urban legends than truth, although, it is understandable that, as a child, even milder versions of what happened could have had the same traumatising effects on a child that the reader gets from the first few chapters. As an Iranian I identified myself much more with the events that followed her departure to Europe. Satrapi ... Read More:

6.Batman: The Killing Joke (Deluxe Edition) by: Alan Moore April 25, 2008
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This was my first introduction to more "adult orientated" graphic novels (as opposed to comics). I bought it on a whim after seeing the cover featured in a TV programme hyping the 1989 Tim Burton Batman movie, and it was a real eye-opener. The tone is certainly much darker than the image of Batman which I'd grown up with (ie Adam West in all his campness) and provides a fascinating origin for the Joker. He comes across as an ordinary man driven beyond his capacity for reason, instead of the stereotypical insane clown of lazier Batman stories. (In fact the entire story is based around his "one bad day is all it takes" philosophy...) The story itself is short but all the more effective for it, with some beautifully - if chillingly - drawn characters. The Joker ... Read More:

7.The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by: Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill November 29, 2002
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Alan Moore is a creative genius. Yes, he does the superhero thing with Watchmen and his DC and Marvel forays, but this is a whole new spin on it! This graphic novel will make you want to re-read all those classics gathering dust on your shelves, because all of the major characters are torn from Victorian masterpieces. Allan Quartemain, Captain Nemo, The Invisible Man, Mina Murray (formerly Harker), Dr Jekyll and of course Mr Hyde are summoned to form the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. All the characters are well portrayed, especially Mr Hyde. But they all have flaws and dark sides. The Invisible Man is a rapist for instance, not your jolly scientist. You have all these classics in a James Bond-esque plot, spying for the Empire to save the world from a devious villain ... Read More:

8.The Complete Persepolis by: Marjane Satrapi October 30, 2007
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Currently very hyped but deservedly so. Wonderfully personal, often in touching and tragic ways. A comic without caricatures, Persepolis is, without hyperbole, a modern classic. Politically astute and subtle, noone emerges clean from the various machinations that have besieged Iran in the last decades, which is not to say that Satrapi refuses allegiances. On the contrary, the themes of political discovery and commitment that form a major subtheme only reinforce the Marxist-flavoured analyses of her father, and her implicit seconding of them. The eventual political tone is robustly anti-authoritarian - more like the Bakunin recommended to a young Sartrapi by a poser punk that she may like to think. Technically, the economies of line and shade are accomplished, as is the use ... Read More:

9.From Hell by: Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell June 02, 2008
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Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell have excelled themselves with this excellent graphic novel telling the story of Jack the Ripper, who needs no introduction. The artwork is primarily pen and ink and blends well with the subject of this story. While the text can look a little spidery at times, it actually works well with the illustrations and so I think this is an excellent testament to the professionalism of Eddie Campbell. The story itself is a very complex study of the Ripper murders and Alan Moore calls upon some of the greatest Ripperologists to weave the known facts with situations he sees as fiction but, nevertheless, events which could have taken place at the time. Once again, the mood depicted in the artwork captures Alan Moore's writing perfectly. This is a book which ... Read More:

10.Persepolis by: Marjane Satrapi March 06, 2008
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This is a very touching book, very illuminating and very inspiring. It humanises a people that, unfortunately, we often feel to be nothing more than crazy islamic fundamentals and murderers. This is obviously not the case and it is nice to read a book that gently explains this...though there are plenty examples of the horror one would expect from living under such a regime. the only gripe i have with this book is it's format. They have published this as a book rather than a graphic novel. As such the art and the text are tiny, and it can be physically difficult to read and pick up on the subtlties of the (lovely) artwork contained within. They must have done this so that people can read this on trains or what have you and avoid the 'comic book' look and so capitalise on the recently ... Read More:

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