It's been a long time, but I enjoyed Matt Wagner's Grendel series and Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn series.

Superman and the League, never heard of it. Unless you mean What ever happened to the man of tomorrow than yes I read them and it was good, but I got confused because there were story elements that required me to read the other books like SuperGirls apperance.

I was referring to Whatever Happened... and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in your post. As for Supergirl, she died in Crises on Infinite Earths.

Oh, manga and such also counted? Yeah, on my free time, I read some of that. Occasionally. I enjoy the randomness that can happen there.
Which reminds me, anybody here read the gamer? I lol'd a few time with that, despite the MMO tropes.

I have not purchased the League, at first the art style looked so outlandish it sort of diminished my interest, but I am willing to change my mind. So how does TLOEG stack up against Watchmen and V for Vendetta?

Orbiter is one of the most embarrasingly bad graphic novel i've ever seen.
Volume 1 and 2 are amongst the best comics ever, especially if you're a bit familiar with the source material. I was very skeptical about the principle, but it's elegantly, subtly, cleverly done.

Then it goes way too random, metaphysical and abstract for my tastes, and the references depart from my universe. So, for me, League 1&2 > Watchmen > Top10 > Vendetta. And League beyond 2 simply doesn't exist.

And seriously, the graphic style isn't more difficult to swallow than vendetta's (or even from hell's).

Yes I give anything if they ever update V for Vendetta's art style. Like hire the artist that did The Killing Joke.

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

It's "adult" but it's not as dark as Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Granted, that's like saying Lake Superior is drier than the sea. It's worth reading, and you'll adapt to the art style soon enough. Volumes 1 and 2 are worth it. I wasn't really impressed with the Black Dossier as it was a collection of "articles" about League adventures, and the ending was too weird. I haven't tried the spinoffs like the one based on Nemo.

If anyone's curious, Mark Hamill (or a sound-a-like) did a couple of readings based on The Killing Joke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xMwu1VhcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC16orUje4M. The latter one wasn't bad per se, but I think the voice-actor didn't quite get the scene. That particular monologue was the Joker having a breakdown, and he came off as too "normal" and rational for me, but it's still interesting to hear.

Because only NERDS read comic books! *turns back to playing Dungeons and Dragons video games*

Seriously, I read lots of comics, although I buy very few newer ones now. Mostly just Mignola's work and a couple of other things. Otherwise I buy reprints of classics - lot of Kirby, Ditko, Prince Valiant, Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, EC, Creepy Eerie, etc. There are so many outstanding reprints coming out now that I can't justify paying $3-4 for an issue of something new of uncertain quality that will only take 2 minutes to read.

I may not read comic books but I have Episode One Pod Racer schematics hanging on my bedroom wall. I'm a bigger dork than all of you put together! :D

Especially since pod racing is the most unnecessary thing in the whole Star Wars universe.

Hey, ,if you're into Donald Duck comics you should check out Don Rosa's work. I always thought he was a bajillion times better than everybody else, including Carl Barks. (I know, I know, it's blasphemous to say that.)

Anyway, to the OP:
I started out reading Donald Duck comics as a kid, and I read those for many, many years. (We had issues lying about from the 50's and up since my dad and uncle read Donald when they were kids,) Then I took a ten-year break, but now I'm trying to get into comics again, and I've found a few series that I figured would be a good place to start:

- Fell
- The Walking Dead
- American Vampire
- Locke & Key
- Revival
- Criminal

I really don't like superhero comics - I don't mind supernatural elements in the stories, but I am more interested in how normal people respond to the supernatural elements than I am in the supernatural elements in themselves

Also, my father has a major collection of Lucky Luke comics that i'll probably read over the Summer, plus I'm always up for reading my very favorite funny comics Nemi.

Well pretty much EVERYTHING I do qualifies as unnecessary so it suits me. :D

I'm totally derailing this thread, sorry.

I already watched that Mark Hamill vid (the first one) a long time ago and I loved it :)

And yes I do own the Killing Joke it actually came out long after I joined the website I go to.