Best Horror Graphic Novels
From his apocalyptic origin in World War II England to the modern-day case of the sole survivor of a doomed Arctic expedition, Hellboy must battle vampire frog creatures and worse in his debut miniseries. Ottakar's Outland Magazine Issue 31, Autumn 2004 : "Rather like an X'-File' investigating the 'X-files', the lantern chinned, wisecracking Hellboy is one of the most endearing heroes to have emerged in comics for a long time, coming across as fresh, inventive, and, above all, highly entertaining."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This includes the story on which the first Hellboy movie is based on along with two short stories and a gallery of arr."
"A really great read."
"The first volume was great, and I am looking forward to further reading."
"Holy crap this thing is huge!"
"This is probably one of my favorite comics ever, the writing and dialogue are both great, and the artwork is fantastic."
"Hopefully someone will combine the series or more soon so we can enjoy it."
"This is the way the Hellboy books should be read, the larger (then the original comic book size) print and vibrant colors will make your eyes bleed with joy."
"Great read."
Dark Horse presents new editions of the entire Hellboy line with new covers, beginning with Seed of Destruction , the basis of director Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster films. Ottakar's Outland Magazine Issue 31, Autumn 2004 : "Rather like an X'-File' investigating the 'X-files', the lantern chinned, wisecracking Hellboy is one of the most endearing heroes to have emerged in comics for a long time, coming across as fresh, inventive, and, above all, highly entertaining."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This includes the story on which the first Hellboy movie is based on along with two short stories and a gallery of arr."
"A really great read."
"The first volume was great, and I am looking forward to further reading."
"Holy crap this thing is huge!"
"This is probably one of my favorite comics ever, the writing and dialogue are both great, and the artwork is fantastic."
"Hopefully someone will combine the series or more soon so we can enjoy it."
"This is the way the Hellboy books should be read, the larger (then the original comic book size) print and vibrant colors will make your eyes bleed with joy."
"Great read."
In THE DOLL’S HOUSE, after a decades-long imprisonment, the Sandman has returned to find that a few dreams and nightmares have escaped to reality. His early comics work appeared in Eclipse's Enchanter, Alien Worlds, Total Eclipse , and Vortex's Kelvin Mace . Malcolm Jones III attended the High School of Art and Design and the Pratt Institute in New York City before making his comics debut in the pages of DC Comics' Young All-Stars .
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It's where Neil Gaiman weaves the essential structure for the mythology that he will continually expand upon as the volumes progress."
"As a comic book fan I know most people probably imagine the world of comics as being about super heroes or Sunday Funnies. If you're already a comic book fan, you've likely heard of Sandman."
"Mr Gaiman manages to wrap a haunting tale, chilling at times, into something that leaves you thinking."
"Huge Neil Gaiman Fan!!"
"The story arc is epic, involving, full of surprises, and incredibly dark, culminating in the very funny and macabre "Cereal" convention."
"Not the fabulous read advertised but still good."
"Part four (The 13th issue), Men of Good Fortune, is an interesting deviation from the other chapters, as Dream meets a man in a tavern in the 14th century who tells his friends he won't ever die because he thinks everyone else does it to fit in with the norm."
"Not to give any spoilers away, but this volume was really macabre and had some really disturbing moments."
Best Erotica Graphic Novels
Two women deal with modern themes of sex, relationships, and fetishism in this erotic romantic comedy.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"As a 7-year member of the bdsm subculture and a submissive/masochist in my own 5-year power exchange relationship, I cannot praise Sunstone enough."
"There are subtle differences in the art from the online to book version and the extras are fantastic. If you havent read it, the art is AMAZING and detail is breathtaking, the characters are deep and truely human none of that cliche boxed character type crap you find in other stuff and the story is beautiful."
"The only flaw this series has it wasn't very long, and only three days have passed so far."
"I started reading Sunstone on Stjepan Sejic's side DeviantArt account (shiniez) and fell in absolute LOVE with the comic... so I decided to purchase the tidied-up, published version for myself. I love Stjepan's drawing and art style and am a HUGE fan of his work. He puts so much detail into his comics -- from the unique speech bubbles, the amazing plot, the wide-range of expressions he's able to convey in his characters, to the stunning full-page masterpieces. Sunstone is truly a creative spin on the erotic genre that is usually associated with one of the most horrid cliche BDSM books of all time (*cough* Fifty Shades of Grey *cough cough*). It's beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, alluring, jaw-dropping, elegant, intimate, aesthetic -- *insert more positive synonyms here*. So if you're looking for huge (unrealistic) boobs and a whole book full of raunchy nude women -- hit that back button, buddy. Sure, you could say that it's on the brink of falling into the risque category, but the scenes are perfectly balanced, straddling the line between being racy and intimate."
"I've been a fan since the early illustrations first started popping up online, and the official graphic novel does not disappoint."
Best Mystery Graphic Novels
Presented for the first time with stark, stunning new coloring by Brian Bolland, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE is Alan Moore's unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore. The Killing Joke provoked fury among many readers who lamented the disposal of Barbara Gordon as a mere pawn to testosterone; yet Gordon reinvents herself later as superinfohacker Oracle, poster girl for disability empowerment (see Birds of Prey, LJ 7/08).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Playing the Arkham video games by Rocksteady made Batman really stand out."
"The book reveals how he was once sane but turned insane due to personal reasons (read the book)."
"Before reading The Killing Joke, I've ready V for Vendetta and Watchmen. Both are other graphic novels written by Alan Moore. I had no idea what to expect, but a friend of mine did call this (in his opinion) the greatest graphic novel of all time. They're all awesome, so of course I was gonna love Batman in this story too. This story isn't so much about Batman fighting bad guys as it is about proving the joker wrong. Batman (and Gordon) are pushed to their limits as they not only try to stop the joker, but prove him wrong. One thing I liked from another comic, Batman: Hush, was the use of other DC characters to progress the story, but I really liked how The Killing Joke told another amazing story with less character in less pages."
"But that's just me, and don't get me wrong, some of his pictures have an absolutely incredible amount of depth, you can just see layer after layer of the character. This book is an absolute gem, Bolland and Moore play off one another to absolute perfection, one of the best comics I've ever read."
"The events in this story felt much more real than other superhero comics/graphic novels that I have read in the past."
"Incidentally, the bonus story 'An innocent guy', was pretty good as far as it went, but seemed to lack a real resolution."
Best Romance Graphic Novels
Witness the beginning of a grave-crossed love and the prequel to the Erma web comic series, as we meet the parents of the ghostly little girl in their younger years and how they came to know one another.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"BABY ERMA IS SOOOOO CUTE!!!"
"I am a Beetlejuice-loving, October born, macabre immersing madman and this makes me come as close as is possible to 'squee' with my male homosapien vocal chords."
"I enjoyed the prequel to Erma webcomic in how her parents met."
"The Erma cartoons are fun, creepy, mysterious."
"It's a nice background to the Erma stories."
"I’ve been a fan of Erma for a while and was naturally curious about her parents ."
"This book shows how it all began and some insight to the upcoming stuff."
"Fantastic start to a wonderful girl and her creepy relatives."
Best Fantasy Graphic Novels
Plus, previously unpublished extras and bonus materials make this mighty tome one that's required reading for Scottaholics everywhere!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Bryan O'Malley's run pokes fun at the banalities of life while making you feel like a twenty something kid again."
"Same great story, except this time it's in glorious color."
"I am a huge fan of anamaguchi who did the most for the game for the ps3 and xbox360 and I scrambled around the web to find a code for this rare digital title..."
"This is a great start, yet you can notice the attempts at making this story flow, it starts out roughly introducing each character, I can honestly see where O'Malley is heading with a very straight forward narrative, and I'm glad it works."
"The art style, characters, dialogue... everything drew me right into the world of Scott Pilgrim."
"Fun goofy read, with fun dialogue and cool artwork."
"I found out about this series through the movie, as many people did."
"Arrived on time and in perfect condition."
Best Superhero Graphic Novels
Collecting Incredible Hulk Vol. Monsters and heroes... and the Incredible Hulk!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If you loved the cartoon this is worth a read!"
"After I finished I got World War Hulk because I wanted more."
"One of the best HULK stories ever, like it's crazy (Hulk having sex LOL) but great read and really does a great job making the HUlk come alive as a character."
"This e-comic anthology is complete including minor related stories."
"Fun read - collection of the Planet Hulk comics...no wonder he was "ticked" when he made it back to Earth."
"Great story line."
"This is a must read for those who like dark stories."
"I may have built the hype up in my mind before reading Planet Hulk and I was extremely disappointed in the story as a whole."
Best Media Tie-In Graphic Novels
Plus, previously unpublished extras and bonus materials make this mighty tome one that's required reading for Scottaholics everywhere!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Bryan O'Malley's run pokes fun at the banalities of life while making you feel like a twenty something kid again."
"Same great story, except this time it's in glorious color."
"I am a huge fan of anamaguchi who did the most for the game for the ps3 and xbox360 and I scrambled around the web to find a code for this rare digital title..."
"This is a great start, yet you can notice the attempts at making this story flow, it starts out roughly introducing each character, I can honestly see where O'Malley is heading with a very straight forward narrative, and I'm glad it works."
"The art style, characters, dialogue... everything drew me right into the world of Scott Pilgrim."
"Fun goofy read, with fun dialogue and cool artwork."
"I found out about this series through the movie, as many people did."
"Arrived on time and in perfect condition."
Best Science Fiction Graphic Novels
Collects Darth Vader #1-6. He is known for his creator-owned comic Phonogram , created with artist Jamie McKelvie, published by Image Comics, and for numerous projects for Marvel Comics, such as Journey into Mystery and Uncanny X-Men.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It's a good story and the art is beautiful."
"Great product at great price."
"Nicely done by the author."
"Delivered in great condition!"
"Fits somewhat within star wars canon."
"Very good art."
"My favorite character in the Star Wars franchise, Darth Vader does not disappoint!"
"If they don’t make this into a movie then they truly underestimate the power of the dark side this book is amazeballs."