Best graphic novels to introduce a girlfriend to comics?

[MessiahDecoy123]

What are the most addictive yet girl friendly graphic novels?

So far I've been thinking of Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 but I never read it.

Any recommendations? She's 29.

 

[Tron Bonne]

What is she generally interested in?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I think I Kill Giants would be pretty good. It's fun and a bit sentimental. A female friend of mine who's in her 20s enjoyed it when I lent it to her.

But Sandman's a good start, too. Pretty great for showing anyone that comics aren't necessarily all about superheroes and action.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I think I Kill Giants would be pretty good. It's fun and a bit sentimental. A female friend of mine who's in her 20s enjoyed it when I lent it to her.

But Sandman's a good start, too. Pretty great for showing anyone that comics aren't necessarily all about superheroes and action.

Thanks.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

What is she generally interested in?

Poetry and music.

Shows she likes: House, Nanny Diaries, Wife Swap and Will and Grace,

Movies she liked: District 9, Wanted, Fight Club and Funny People.

 

[Franklin Richards]

She a Buffy fan? Might go the trade route.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You could also try Wanted the comic, although it's quite different from the movie.

Oh, and if she's ever enjoyed fairy tales or Disney movies, Fables is a fantastic series that has hooked practically everyone I've ever shown it to. I actually can't believe it took me this long to mention it.

 

[Max J Power]

Queen and Country, Gotham Central, and Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka all have really good female protagonists.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

 

[david icke]

Surprised no-one has suggested Daniel Clowes' 'Ghost World'.
When this strip was being serialised in his cb 'Eightball' a woman wrote in saying that if Daniel Clowes was not a pseudonym for a female writer that there were far less differences between men and women than most people believe.
If you/she have already seen the film, the book has a very different quality, although the two leads remain the same. They left out some of the weirder stuff in the movie.
It's a great book, one critic comparing it to 'Catcher in the rye'.

 

[Andy C.]

I've found that Kingdom Come is a pretty good one to introduce girls to comics (especially since they aren't already sick to death of Alex Ross)

 

[[A]]

You could also try Wanted the comic

That's cold, man

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hey, she liked the movie.

 

[[A]]

Yeah, but the comic is even worse -- where's that puke smilie when you need it

 

[Tron Bonne]

There you go

 

[[A]]

There you go

thanks t:

Wanted movie + comic:

 

[NightBeetle]

Let's add another one shall we

 

[Cosmic]

Get her Dazzler: The Movie.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, but the comic is even worse -- where's that puke smilie when you need it

I agree, personally, but some people like it. Millar does actually have a lot of fans, mind-boggling though it may be.

 

[Dread]

I don't know many girls, but I did successfully recommend the RUNAWAYS digests to a female friend who usually reads more manga than general comics, and she loved it.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Well, I'm going for a graphic novel theme with my Christmas presents this year, and for my female friends, I'm getting the following books:

The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye
Chew: Taster's Choice
We3
Strangers in Paradise: I Dream of You

Another female friend is a Green Lantern fan. An eclectic mix of tastes, which goes to show that picking a comic "girls will like" is about as tough as picking a comic "boys will like".

That said, though, I don't think Sandman is the right choice for a new comics reader. Though I love what I've read of Sandman, I think it's art (like much of Vertigo's art) might not be the most accessible to new readers. As such Sandman to me seems more like the thing you progress up to giving her once she's more into comics.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Spider-Man: Blue is a good one. it's like a chick flick in comic book form. and it's Loeb before he turned into a hack.

 

[[A]]

Identity Crisis

 

[spider-neil]

spider-man loves mary jane

 

[NightBeetle]

Stormwatch and The Authority