This makes 3 Vertigo comics I've enjoyed now: Y the Last Man, Fables and Sandman.

Does anyone know of comics in a similar style? I've read the first volume of Lullaby, and I also read the Girl Genius series. I'm not a traditional superhero comic fan, but these unusual stories and settings really appeal to me.

Anything other non-traditional comic fans would suggest, given the comics I've named?

The Losers - What the A-Team would have been if they hadn't been a retarded TV show.

Top Ten - Superhero cops. Written by Allen Moore.

WE3 - involves animals. sadf =(

The Authority - Basically what if the Justice League said "Hey earth, we're in charge, stop fucking up." And Batman/Superman parodies are gay.

The Invisibles - Great magic/dimensional/weird shit comic, but you'll need acid to make sense of it.

Ex Machina - Superhero who controls machines is Mayor of NY.

Edit: and of course Transmetropilitan, Watchmen, V for Vendetta,

Ferret fucked around with this message on 02-12-2006 at 05:04 AM.

Astro city: A realistic attempt at the superheroc omic compraised msotly of 1 shots but with a few 6 issue arcs, it covers every aspect of a world inhabbiteded by superheros from every perspective imgianble, tis great stuff, and i garentee if you read the first issue youll be ooked

Transmetropolitan: where my old sig adn banes current one came from; a very cynical look at the future as told by hutner S. tompsonesque journalist who is pulled out of retirement and forced to return to a city he hates, its at the same time hilarous and moving, i recall ja'deth saying he liked it last time i mentioned it

Bone:kinda cutesy, but definatly entertaining and engrossing, plus you can get the entire ~1600 page series for like 30 bucks on amazon

Watch man, V for Vendetta and Kingdom come are all definitly worth a spin and probaply at your local public library

tangent - Oh, coffee. I'll go through my comic boxes and add a few more suggestions later

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Xyrra had this to say about Tron:
Bone is an excellent story (though I've not read it in about 8 years now).

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qft in so many ways.

The one volume collection (1300 pages or something) is only like 50 bucks. It's a LARGE book.

Is Top Ten really good? Deth has those and he really likes them. And Batty recommended Transmetropolitan too, so I may have to see if my comic book shop has the first couple of volumes.

Mooj, did you see that two more Fables anthologies are coming out this year? In June is Arabian Nights and Days and in October is 1001 Nights of Snowfall. I can't wait. After the surprises of 6, I'm foaming at the mouth for more Fables.

Did you ever read Lullaby? It's decent, with Alice, Jim Hawkins, the Pied Piper's stolen son, Red Riding Hood and a really unusual Pinocchio on their way to Oz. But it's not kiddy, although it is still a fantasy realm unlike where Fables is in the modern real world.

Planetary, is awesome as well, it deals with three people that go around collecting superhuman secrets to battle The Four (Think of them as the evil Fantastic Four)

Also Afghan War, by Gaiman its just a one shot comic but purposes an interesting premise. Nowhere is also out based on the TV show from Britian, about this guy who helps this girl and then gets dragged into the London Below which is pretty fucked up, but still awesome!

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New Age Bane don't surf!
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oh man fuck Toyman, he is one creepy son of a bitch

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Sean had this to say about Duck Tales:
oh man fuck Toyman, he is one creepy son of a bitch

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Yes, in last Wednesday's JLU he was awesome What am I saying, the entire episode was awesome, the Legion of Doom duking it out with themselves, then Luthor makes a big uh oh! I can't wait for next weeks, sorry now back your regularly schelude post!

Brave Old World, is pretty good.

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Oh Sean. Oh Sean! Oh Sean!!;
Pretty much anything Delid recommends you can instantly disregard.

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Fuck you they are awesome you douche

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Delidgamond spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Fuck you they are awesome you douche

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She specifically asked for non-superhero books. You named three of the most biggest superhero monthlies in print today, one of which sucks balls (B/S). Another of which is a fucking chore to keep up with (Ultimates). And your third is a half-assed catchphrase fest that only has decent moments when Deadpool is not involved at all.

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Fazum'Zen Fastfist, what the hell are you doin' out here? You oughta be in bed.
Isn't Deadpool just a ripoff of Slade Wilson from DC?

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Wade Wilson a ripoff of Slade Wilson? SAY IT ISN'T SO!

He's a shitty character from a shitty creator who one writer made into a fan favorite with outdated pop culture references. The day Bea Arthur dies is the day Deadpool is finally cast aside into obscurity.

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New Age Bane, alone in the world and surrounded by danger on every turn, still managed to type this:
Yes, in last Wednesday's JLU he was awesome What am I saying, the entire episode was awesome, the Legion of Doom duking it out with themselves, then Luthor makes a big uh oh! I can't wait for next weeks, sorry now back your regularly schelude post!

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Hah. It was awesome, although as soon as I realized where they were heading I thought, oh god, I know where this is going...I think Toyman vs. Killer Frost was really the best part of that episode, as it seemed just to be filler before the big twist.

If he blew up the LoD headquarters, how did they get back to Earth? Did Metron protect them? Seems like a pointless interlude otherwise. "Oh, everyone's going to regret your actions, unspeakable tragedy, etc...carry on then."

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Gunslinger Moogle probably says this to all the girls:
If he blew up the LoD headquarters, how did they get back to Earth? Did Metron protect them? Seems like a pointless interlude otherwise. "Oh, everyone's going to regret your actions, unspeakable tragedy, etc...carry on then."

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I'm not spoiling because who cares!

It's no real big mystery as to how they escaped. I mean, c'mon, they have like five warlocks/witches, Sinestro, and most important of all, Lex fucking Luthor.

What I read of Preacher I hated, I got about ten issues in before I stopped. Most of the characters reek of really forced badassery and the writing relies on gross-outs to evoke a reaction and is full of "See! We can print this! Not for kids!"-moments.

Top 10 was/is a great story because while the characters are "science heroes" (superheroes), it is essentially a police/crime series. Imagine if you had Hill Street Blues or NYPD Blue or Law and Order set in a city where all the superbeings live. It's an intelligent series, pokes a little fun, but it's amazing how fast you come to like and care about the characters. In one issue, for instance, they get called in about a murder. Seems Baldur, son of Odin, has been murdered...

Dunno if I'd recommend The Authority. A lot of the backstory of the series is tied inextricably to the old Stormwatch series (which frankly isn't worth reading in my opinion). Likewise, in trying to go for a hyper-modern realistic feel, the weaker authors on the series regularly resort to pointless sex (and sex jokes), and truly over-the-top violence and gore. When they rebooted the series a while back, the series just gave me a blah feeling rather than the cutting edge feeling I liked. It's a credit to the early writers on the series, though, that they took two ripoffs (Apollo, the Superman ripoff, and Midnighter, the Batman ripoff), turned them into a gay couple, and actually managed to pull it all off with taste. I actually LIKE Apollo and Midnighter.

Planetary, likewise, was good for the first ten or so issues. Then it went "meh" on me. Good premise, hell great premise. The execution faltered.

I don't know that I'd recommend the Ultimates titles for Lyinar. They're a little too superheroic for her tastes. I love them. I have more or less every Ultimates-universe issue either in collection or as computer files. They are, simply put, brilliant. The premise was, broadly speaking, to explore how the Marvel Universe would be different if it developed in the modern era. Ostensibly, this seemed to mean on the surface making them grimmer and grittier, reworking some concepts and characters, and jettisoning the old-school morality and ethics. And it did. But what saves the Ultimates line from falling prey to the obnoxiousness of the "grim and gritty" 70's and 80's era of comics is the fact that now the stories are very character-driven. The plot of an issue or a story arc as often as not won't have anything to do with what villain they're fighting that week as much as the characters involved and how they interact. Characters I normally can't stand (Captain America, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stark/Iron Man) are made into likeable, three-dimensional personalities with their 60's idealogy stripped away. Characters I already like and root for (Spidey, Hulk, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Thor) are given much-needed facelifts. And the villains! Magneto is far more sinister. Old silly villains like the Kree and Skrulls are now serious threats. Good stuff, make no mistake. I'm just not sure if it's all Lyinar's thing. Then again, she really liked "Watchmen" and the Ultimates line is definitely the rightful heir to that lineage.

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Fazum'Zen Fastfist had this to say about Cuba:
Isn't Deadpool just a ripoff of Slade Wilson from DC?

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The difference is that Deathstroke the Terminator (what a lame villain name) was really taking himself way too seriously. When Deadpool showed up, he was very different, very funny (in a distinctly Plastic Man sort of humor), and at the same time was a wickedly mischevious sort of antihero.

Wasn't until this whole Identity Crisis/Villains United arc they've done with Slade that Deathstroke has turned back into being a serious contender.

It's not a shocker or anything, it's just really disturbing.

But very good!

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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Señor Gains who doth quote:
If you're in for a good horror read, go get Uzumaki. It's a really neat horror manga about ..spirals. It gave me the willies at a lot of different points. It's basically about these two kids that live in this weird town where lots of things happen (really disturbing or creepy things) to the people in the town focused around spirals.

It's not a shocker or anything, it's just really disturbing.

But very good!

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Sounds Pet Semetary inspired.

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Lyinar Ka`Bael thought about the meaning of life:
Is Top Ten really good? Deth has those and he really likes them.

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Lyinar Ka`Bael said this about your mom:
Transmetropolitan too, so I may have to see if my comic book shop has the first couple of volumes.

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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
Have you picked up Top Ten: The 49'ers yet, Mog? Good stuff. Tells how Neopolis got started, where Jetlad and Wulf got together, etc. I can hardly wait for the new series to come out in collection.

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AWESOME!, I had no idea they released more stuff, i read everything in existance a few years ago and loved it, ill defintly pick that up! thanks deth

now they jsut gotta make more astro city damnit