johnsemlak
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Give me your favorite fantasy-themed comics/graphic novels. What would somebody wanting to get into the genre want to pick up?
Best Fantasy comics?
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Cthulhudrew
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Wow, this one's tough, as fantasy comics (at least in the Swords and Sorcery vein) have never been terribly solid sellers in the comic marketplace (which is, still, largely spandex). That, and the sci-fi/fantasy themes in comics seem to be fairly fluid in a lot of places.
That said, a couple of suggestions:
1) Nodwick: A humor book, but solidly funny and it lampoons modern life through the conventions of swords and sorcery, while also having plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor for the D&D/RPG crowd. Recently concluded
() but available almost entirely in Trade Paperbacks at Nodwick.com
2) Tellos: Not the most groundbreaking storyline ever (and the conclusion was pretty disappointing to me and others), but visually beautiful and there is a whole largely undeveloped world that is just itching to be fleshed out.
Will try and think of some others...
That said, a couple of suggestions:
1) Nodwick: A humor book, but solidly funny and it lampoons modern life through the conventions of swords and sorcery, while also having plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor for the D&D/RPG crowd. Recently concluded
() but available almost entirely in Trade Paperbacks at Nodwick.com2) Tellos: Not the most groundbreaking storyline ever (and the conclusion was pretty disappointing to me and others), but visually beautiful and there is a whole largely undeveloped world that is just itching to be fleshed out.
Will try and think of some others...
Raven Crowking
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Courtney Crumrin!
Can't stress it enough!
Can't stress it enough!
Kamandi: Last Boy on Earth was great sci-fi/fantasty comic (DC).
Warlord also had my interest.
Warlord also had my interest.
horacethegrey
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All superhero comics are more or less "fantasy" in a sense. But if we were to go strictly into the fantasy genre (magic, gods, elves and the sort) of comics, I can think of a number of examples:
Sandman by Neil Gaiman - Well duh. Anyone who reads fantasy seriously has to have at least read or issue or two of Gaiman's 75 issue epic of Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams.
Promethea by Alan Moore - Just started reading this, and while it does have some superhero elements, it can be safely classified as fantasy as it deals mainly with Moore's beliefs in Magic. Truly a fantastic mindtrip.
Swamp Thing by Alan Moore - Way before Gaiman wrote about dreams, Alan Moore was redefining the horror comic with his legendary run on the muck monster created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. While generally classified as horror, Swamp Thing under Moore does have numerous elements of fantasy running through it.
Berserk by Kentaro Miura - Okay, so it's a manga comic. Doesn't change the fact that it's one of the most brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated fantasy stories ever made. Be forewarned though, it's dark fantasy to the hilt. With violence, sex and loads of dark imagery.
Sandman by Neil Gaiman - Well duh. Anyone who reads fantasy seriously has to have at least read or issue or two of Gaiman's 75 issue epic of Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams.
Promethea by Alan Moore - Just started reading this, and while it does have some superhero elements, it can be safely classified as fantasy as it deals mainly with Moore's beliefs in Magic. Truly a fantastic mindtrip.
Swamp Thing by Alan Moore - Way before Gaiman wrote about dreams, Alan Moore was redefining the horror comic with his legendary run on the muck monster created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. While generally classified as horror, Swamp Thing under Moore does have numerous elements of fantasy running through it.
Berserk by Kentaro Miura - Okay, so it's a manga comic. Doesn't change the fact that it's one of the most brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated fantasy stories ever made. Be forewarned though, it's dark fantasy to the hilt. With violence, sex and loads of dark imagery.
Raven Crowking
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We shouldn't forget the Dark Horse Conan book, which I quite enjoy.
johnsemlak
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Raven Crowking said:
Yeah, I was particularly interested in that one, since Conan is solidly Sword and Sorcery material. But I wouldn't mind picking of something a bit, different as well.
If I pick up a few things I'd like to get at least one good one that can be shown to high-school aged readers.
Raven Crowking
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johnsemlak said:
Courtney Crumrin.
Excellent B&W illustration, semi-gothic in tone. Stories focus on a girl with supernatural powers. Volume 1 deals with a question of identity. Volume 2 is easily one of the best comic books I've read....I wasn't expecting the ending. I've given copies of CC to my son (who was 14 when I first discovered the series, and is 16 now). He enjoyed them a lot. He also liked Polly & the Pirates by the same writer/illustrator (Ted Naifeh).
I can't recommend it enough.
Ahzad
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devil's due publishing is doing some really good adaptations of salvatore's drizzt series, and wies and hickman's dragonlance series.
marvel's icons line has george martin's hedge knight, and feist's magician adaptions going on. not to mention that they are doing treasure island, last of the mohicans, man in the iron mask.
dynamite has the red sonja license and has been doing a pretty good job with it, and they are doing a savage tales mag that I enjoyed.
someone already mentioned dark horse's conan, and I'll second it.
they're are also the gaming related humor books, KODT, Nodwick, Dork Tower, and trade paperbacks of OotS.
marvel's icons line has george martin's hedge knight, and feist's magician adaptions going on. not to mention that they are doing treasure island, last of the mohicans, man in the iron mask.
dynamite has the red sonja license and has been doing a pretty good job with it, and they are doing a savage tales mag that I enjoyed.
someone already mentioned dark horse's conan, and I'll second it.
they're are also the gaming related humor books, KODT, Nodwick, Dork Tower, and trade paperbacks of OotS.
