If you had to buy one graphic novel...

[pk.]

Say you could have one graphic novel and only one, for your whole life.

What would it be and why?

 

[Matt Murdock]

Daredevil: Yellow

Just a great story, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Fenryr]

Off Road by Sean Murphy

I'm not sure if it's actually a depiction of what Calvin would be like if he grew up and abandoned Hobbes, but it is an entertaining read. Usually one of the first I loan people who want to read comics, but never have.

 

[Obi-Ron]

If I can have all 12 volumes, it's definitely Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix.
A masterpiece of storytelling, each story is self-contained in a different time (jumping from past in one volume to future in the next....ranging from the beginning of time to the end of time, and each volume moving closer and closer to "present time" in the final volume...which would have tied the whole story together if Tezuka had lived long enough to finish it.)

 

[Addendum]

As a stand alone volume: The Complete Bone.

As a series with multiple volumes: Lone Wolf and Cub or Akira. I can't decide

 

[Lucien]

Neil Gaiman's Sandman. I can read that over and over and not get tired of it because there's so much depth and it tells so many individual stories.

Just one graphic novel though, probably Planet Hulk. One of the best mini-series i've read.

 

[Duneboy]

that's a tough one.....the 1st Savage Dragon tpb, Tales of the TMNT vol.1, Vertigo's Doom Patrol or Swamp Thing tpb's, etc. Just way too damn many!

 

[Kahoot]

that's a tough one.....the 1st Savage Dragon tpb, Tales of the TMNT vol.1, Vertigo's Doom Patrol or Swamp Thing tpb's, etc. Just way too damn many!

Are you talking? Savage Dragon Volume 1: Baptism Of Fire? I was a little disapointed by it, so much so that I never moved onto Vol:2.

 

[Duneboy]

Umm ok. And I care because??

 

[Wolfwood]

I would probably go with Kingdom Come. Of all the TPBs I own, I probably go back and reread that one the most.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

This is a really tough question!

Sandman is stunning. But I think I've gotta go with Dark Victory. I love that it actually gets the reader thinking about who the murderer is and all that. It's sorta like a game as well as a great read.

So yea, Dark Victory.

 

[Roughneck]

just one.....Either Watchmen or Kingdom Come......Maybe Earth X


A Series it would be Invincible

 

[Kahoot]

Umm ok. And I care because??

I was asking coz I wanted to know if I was thinking of the same trade or if there was another I didn't know about.

 

[Themanofbat]

If I could only have ONE book?

It'd have to be "The Best of Ralph Snart"... because I would need the laughs...

 

[Duneboy]

Nope dude, that be the same one. Personally I love all the savage dragon stuff & just about anything else Erik Larsen writes/draws.

 

[Hound55]

For mine I'd go with either Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns...

Yes. I'm that damned predictable...

 

[KingOfMars]

I was asking coz I wanted to know if I was thinking of the same trade or if there was another I didn't know about.

savage dragon is everything comics should be.

 

[Duneboy]

Nice one KingOfMars.

 

[Drakon]

I think I'd go with "Archer's Quest". It reminds me of what I knew growing up with comics, and shows us where we are today with them.

 

[Duneboy]

TMNT collected book vol.1 (2009 printing)

 

[Drakon]

Ooh. I like that cover.

 

[Thundarr]

TMNT collected book vol.1 (2009 printing)

That would be my choice too. Either TMNT or Lone Wolf & Cub. Both those books rock!

 

[Tron Bonne]

If I can have all 12 volumes, it's definitely Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix.
A masterpiece of storytelling, each story is self-contained in a different time (jumping from past in one volume to future in the next....ranging from the beginning of time to the end of time, and each volume moving closer and closer to "present time" in the final volume...which would have tied the whole story together if Tezuka had lived long enough to finish it.)

Probably this for me too. I've only read a few issues of that, but it's wonderful. I didn't know it was unfinished though, that's a shame

 

[The Bruce]

The killing Joke

 

[Anubis]

I don't know. I mean really, if I could only have one, I think I'd have to steal the others or start a revolution to regain my right to buy whatever the f**k I want.

But in order to play your little game, i'll go with.....I guess the Compleat (That's the way it's spelled) Moonshadow. Awesome, and sorely underrated story.