Graphic Novels for a 10 Year Old...

[horacethegrey]

Superman For All Seasons -- one of my all time favorite graphic novels. It is often named as one of the main inspirations for the ongoing Smallville show.

Here is a link for more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_For_All_Seasons

Continuing from this, I'd recommend getting him All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. It's quite simply the best run of Superman stories since the Silver Age and Alan Moore's work.

And speaking of Moore, if your son likes All Star, then he may also enjoy Moore's run on Supreme. You can find them all collected in one volume entitled Supreme: The Return.

 

[The_Khan]

Please have him read George R.R. Martin's The Hedge Knight

http://www.amazon.com/Hedge-Knight-...=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210010779&sr=1-5

Also have him try Jim Butcher's Dresden Files "Welcome to the Jungle"

http://www.amazon.com/Dresden-Files...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210010885&sr=1-1

 

[Atlatl Jones]

It's like Frank Miller does Redwall.

Ha, that's an excellent description.

The Ultimate marvel rewrites would also be good choices. I especially like Ultimate Spider Man. The Claremont run on the X-Men is also a great story. The first volume is available here in color, and here in black & white, with more issues than the color version.

The Books of Magic is great, especially the original miniseries written by Neil Gaiman.

I loved Castle Waiting, but I don't know if it's too mature for a 10 year old. It's not gruesome or inappropriate in any way, but a young kid might find it a bit boring.

I loved Asterix too, and still do in fact.

 

[Pbartender]

Ha, that's an excellent description.

Incidentally, it looks like there's a Mouse Guard RPG being released at Gen Con this Summer...

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=225487
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16297

I'll have to check it out... As much as David likes the comics, a Mouse Guard game would be a good way to introduce him to RPGs, if the rules aren't too complex.