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[[deleted user]]

Hi Lee, Don, and Edward. Welcome to the group. There are 2 book discussions currently going on for this month of March. Also, the thread has been created for the April book discussion suggestion, please visit the thread and post your suggestion for April. Also, please feel free to join all the other various discussions in the group. Have a good new week.

[Tomson]

Hi,
I'm Tomson. I'm a student in England. I love graphic novels more than comics because I have to know how the story ends! I would like to get into manga as well. Recently I watched deathnote and I'd like to start reading the manga. And recently I started reading vol. 1 of naruto after finishing naruto and starting shippuden. Sorry about my awful grammar.

P. S. I want to meet girls. (Signing off with a joke..)

[Isaac]

My name is Isaac and I'm from Boston. I started reading graphic novels during high school in the early 2000s (Watchmen, Kevin Smith's Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns, Powers, Top Ten, and others were some of the standouts).

I bought a number of weekly comics (mostly Marvel) during college (2002-2006). With a family and limited space I buy no monthly comics and few graphic novels, instead making heavy use of my library.

I love reading stories that could only be told through sequential art and make full use of the form, like Asterio Polyp, Jimmy Corrigan, WE3, Watchmen, and many others.

[Hrishabh]

Hi, I am Rishabh. I mostly read non-superhero comics, but I am a big fan of Batman. My favorite is The Killing Joke.

[Ōjo-sama]

Hello Everyone, you can all call me Ojo-sama, Sakura, or both.
I read mostly Japanese graphic novels/stories (known as manga). I also like Marvel comics.
My favortie graphic novel series/manga is Pandora Hearts

[Catherine]

Hi everyone!! I'm Catherine from Maryland and pretty much a newbie to comics. I got into reading comics when I saw a MOOC on comics and gender. I loved it and started to really read comics and graphic novels. I also let my middle school kids read graphic novels for their silent reading time. I soon became one of the coolest teachers in school (not really, but they did love the graphic novels!!) Now I'm reading through the Wonder Woman series and saw that you were reading her too. She's one of my favorites.

[[deleted user]]

Hi Tomson, Isaac, Rishabh, Ojo-sama, and Catherine. Welcome to the group. There are 2 book discussions currently going on for this month of March. Also, the thread has been created for the three April book discussions. Please also feel free to visit the thread and post your suggestion for May's book discussion, feel free to join all the other various discussions in the group. Have a good new week.

[[deleted user]]

Hello all!
I'm Becca from Denton, Texas and have been a comics/graphic novel fan for several years now. I follow several titles as they release (Walking Dead, Bedlam, Lazarus, Sandman: Overture, Batwoman, Fables, and many more) and appreciate some of the older graphic novel titles as well.

Hoping to get involved with some groups in order to find new recommendations and maybe turn some people on to some of my own favorites! :D

[Sumit]

Becca wrote: "Hello all!
I'm Becca from Denton, Texas and have been a comics/graphic novel fan for several years now. I follow several titles as they release (Walking Dead, Bedlam, Lazarus, Sandman: Overture, B..."

Hello Becca, I LOVE Walking Dead - the TV series as well as the comic books! Haven't read Sandman yet, but Neil Gaiman's work is quite stunning.

It'll be great going through your bookshelves as well and seeing what you recommend. :)

[[deleted user]]

Sumit wrote: "Becca wrote: "Hello all!
I'm Becca from Denton, Texas and have been a comics/graphic novel fan for several years now. I follow several titles as they release (Walking Dead, Bedlam, Lazarus, Sandma..."

I am currently updating all of my booksheleves with everything I've read. It's actually quite a daunting task since I have been reading these long before I joined goodreads lol.

I will say the first thing I highly recommend is Bedlam if you enjoy the walking dead comics. It's very bloody, very gory, and very twisted, but it's very well done and also put out by Image.

[Sumit]

Becca wrote: "Sumit wrote: "Becca wrote: "Hello all!
I'm Becca from Denton, Texas and have been a comics/graphic novel fan for several years now. I follow several titles as they release (Walking Dead, Bedlam, L..."

Bedlam sounds like a good addition. Thanks for the recommendation, Becca! And where are my manners? WELCOME to the group! :)

[Vaughn]

Hey all. I'm just getting into Star Trek ongoing. Anyone else reading those?

[Heather]

Hi Ken - Love visual story telling, especially graphic novels and comics. Just published my first book "The Cynja"...you know a cyber ninja fighting bad guys in cyberspace. Happy to be a part of your group. -Heather

P.S. I got my very first comic book at Bob's Big Boy. Some of you may remember this Southern California fine dining establishment and the comic books they issued. :-)

[[deleted user]]

Hi Becca, Vaughn, Anthony, Nate, and Heather. Welcome to the group. There are 3 book discussions currently going on for this month of April, and the thread has been created for these book discussions. Please also feel free to visit the thread and post your suggestion for May's book discussion, feel free to join all the other various discussions in the group. Have a good new week.

[Vaughn]

Thank you

[Heather]

NYKen wrote: "Hi Becca, Vaughn, Anthony, Nate, and Heather. Welcome to the group. There are 3 book discussions currently going on for this month of April, and the thread has been created for these book discussio..." Thanks! Just picked up Hawkeye.

[Koen]

Koen from Bruges, Belgium. Love reading sequential art from around the globe.

[[deleted user]]

You're welcome anytime.

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Welcome to the group Koen from Belgium.

[Ryan]

Hi guys! First group I joined on Goodreads. Happy to meet you all.

I've just finished reading Transmetropolian...perfect timing!

About me: I work for a comic book publishing company in the UK, so I'm always keen to hear about what other people think about popular comics.

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone! I'm Mirela from Croatia, I joined goodreads because I drop out of reading comics for 3 years now because I didn't have time (uni+lots of jobs), so when I found out for goodreads and this group I was thrilled to get back in the game :D

Also, I'm very jealous on people from USA, UK etc. because of the amount of comics you have available on every corner! Not fair :D

P.S. I just downloaded 'Hawkeye' and can't wait to start reading it! :)love the idea with monthly book discussion!

[Matthew]

Mirela, welcome! Enjoy your time with Hawkeye... it's one of the more fun, inventive comics written today. If you like that title the current Daredevil is close to it in storytelling as well (I'm also addicted to Sixth Gun and Fables).

Yes, I'm in America but I fear there aren't many places left to purchase comics here either. That's why downloads are so popular.

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I'm Sharyar, from Dhaka.

[Jason]

Hey everybody! I'm Jason Starr, crime author/comics writer. My latest comics are WOLVERINE MAX for Marvel, and THE RETURNING for Boom Comics, great to be here!
Jason

[Pierre]

Welcome Jason and Sharyar.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome to the group Ryan, Mirela, Matthew, Sharyar, Jason, and Pierre.

[Rush]

Rohit from Germany here. Huge Warren Ellis fan.
I love cosmic stuff like Hickman's Fantastic Four, Geoff Johns' GL, and the entire Annihilation saga from Marvel to name a few.

[Gem]

Hello Everyone,

I'm Gem, from the UK. I'm 28 and have recently got into graphic novels. I'm currently reading Death Note and love it and I've had a dabble with The Walking Dead. I thought I would join a group such as this to hopefully get some good recommendations and explore the graphic novel world a lot more. Hopefully I can add to the group too :-D

G

[Pierre]

Hi Gem. Hi Rohit.

[Abmis]

Hey everyone :)
I don't think i've already introduced myself yet..
I'm kelly, 21 years old and come to you from holland !

I joined this goodreads group, because im interested in reading more graphic novels and such( thats not so hard, cause at the moment i don't read any...)


So what better place to come for good suggestions then here i thought !

i'd love to get recommondations
Kind regards

[Diego]

Hi, my name is Diego Sanches. I'm from Sao Paulo, Brazil and I am an illustrator and comic book artist.

I've made a comic book sci-fi series called QUAD, with three other artists. It was self published here in Brazil via crowdfunding and we published an english version digitally on Amazon.

Now, the title I am reading like there's no tomorrow is Saga. It is just awesome.

[Mary]

Hi everyone, my name is Mary. I'll admit I'm fairly new to graphic novels, but after reading Persepolis I would definitely love to read more.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome to the group Rohit, Gem, Kelly, Diego, and Mary.

[Mel]

Hello, I'm Mel in London. I started reading comics when I was 12 collecting the Marvel Star Wars comics. As a teenager I read Elf Quest and A distant soil. I've never cared for superhero comics. My current loves are Jamie Hernandez and Alan Moore. I've just finished Lucifer which I really enjoyed. I get a lot of graphic novels from the library which saves me money as I read A LOT!.

[Sophia]

Hello, I'm Sophia from Brasil. I've always found Graphic Novels interesting, but only started buying them lately with my own money. I read everything and I have a bit of an obsession that I have to finish everythig that I start. I'm looking for people to talk to...
Well, that's all. Great to be here!)

[Luis]

Hello everyone.

Luis here, from Spain but currently living in Montreal. I'm a DC and Vertigo fan, but enjoy all good graphic novels. Lately Image has been amazing.

Notable favorites (if I could chose really) are Sandman, Maus, Swamp Thing, Saga, Y: The Last Man, Transmetropolitan, The Walking Dead, The Killing Joke, Sweet Tooth, The Long Halloween, ...

I think this group could be great to read things outside of my radar.

Feel free to send me a message with any recommendations.

[Chris]

Hi I'm Chris. I'm from the UK (I move around it but I'm either in the Midlands or London).

I've been reading graphic novels since I was a teenager and I'm a big fan of weird and mysterious comic books. I'll read anything so long as it's good but my tastes lie with the Vertigo/Image comics side of things.

Favourite graphic novel series is probably Neil Gaiman's Sandman. I like a good comic where I can re-read it over and over and spot new things.

I also recently started writing and drawing my own graphic novel as an excercise in improving both skills. However I have no idea how to promote myself so if anyone has any tips I'm all ears. The comic is available for free here:

http://tapastic.com/series/Templars

Similarly, if anyone has any recommendations for Graphic Novels I might like please let me know! I'm currently reading Fatale and Tom Strong.

[Thomas]

Hi! My name is Thomas. I read lots of graphic novels -- mostly superhero (Marvel primarily). I also read a bunch of titles outside of super heroes by my favorite writers like Brubaker, Hickman, Remender, Rucka, etc...

Here to see what everyone is reading, get some reviews and recommendations (and see what to avoid!)


I also wrote my own graphic novel, The Spirit and The Shadow. You can check it out here!


The Spirit and The Shadow

[Michael]

Hi, I'm Michael from London. I've been reading comics / graphic novels for as long as I can remember, but just getting back into them for he last year or two after a LONG layoff...

[Sumit]

Hello and welcome to the group, Mel, Sophia, Luis, Chris, Matt, Thomas, and Michael.

Delighted to have you here!

@Mel - yeah, even I'm rather partial to comics that go beyond the conventional storyline of strong superhero fighting the odds and saving the world. :)

@Sophia - I'm fairly new to graphic novels too, but really enjoy them now. What are your favourites?

@Luis - I LOVE Vertigo and Image. They do some gritty, dark stuff that makes them pretty different at times.

@Chris - Good luck with your book! I'll give it a test spin sometime as well. :) Sandman is fantastic, right? I just began reading it a few days ago.

@Matt - Haven't read Griffith or Deitch. Worth a try, eh?

@Thomas - All the best for your book! :)

@Michael - Hello there, and welcome back to graphic novels :)

[Allan]

Hello, I'm Allan from Southern California. Joined because I've been enjoying many comics and graphic novels lately, just finished the heart wrenching Locke & Key, what a series.

The recent Image Humble Bundle added some binge reading to the mix.

[Xavfro]

Hi,

My name is Xavier and I'm from Belgium (the dutch speaking part).

I didn't really like long story's because I'm dyslectic so started out with stuff like Calvin and Hobbes (and some stuff you guys probably never heard of like "Vrouwen in 't wit" en "Kleine robbe"

After that I started with the more popular stuff like Spider-man Batman and Spawn

Now still love Batman and try to read the most of what's out from that but also enjoyed Saga, Y the last man, irredeemable (huge what if story line "what if superman just freaked out and turned against mankind") and Fables read every spin off and even the Novel if I had to recommend something it would be fables :)

[Matan]

Hi all,

My name is Matan and I'm originally from Israel, now living in California.

I first got into reading comics with Spider-Man back in the early 90's.

I kept with it and recently fell in love with some fantastic graphic novels.

My all time favorite book (written or graphic) is Watchmen.

Some if my top graphic reads are:
The Dark Knight Returns
I Kill Giants
Spider-Man: Reign
Daytripper
Batman: year one
And most of the stuff by Alan Moore and Frank Miller

I'm currently reading these great stories:
Y: The Last Man
The Walking Dead
Mystery Men
Amazing Spider-Man (they just restarted this series after the Superior Spider-Man storyline)
Sandman
And any good Batman storyline I can get my hands on.

Looking forward to getting recommendations from the group.

Cheers,
Matan

[Puchi]

Hello, I'm Punchi or Puchi doesn't matter which one.I am also known as the panda pirate queen because, my love for pandas.I LOVE manga a.k.a graphic novels, I look forward to talking to you all. -^.^- My favorite is 1/2 Prince.

[Sumit]

Puchi wrote: "Hello, I'm Punchi or Puchi doesn't matter which one.I am also known as the panda pirate queen because, my love for pandas.I LOVE manga a.k.a graphic novels, I look forward to talking to you all. -^..."

Welcome Puchi. I haven't read much manga, (a bit of Naruto) and some Japanese horror like Uzumaki. BUt, will give 1/2 Prince a try as well.

[Puchi]

Yaay! Hello to you,too~!

[alana]

Hi, all. I'm Alana from the States living in Canada via Japan. I've been interested in comics since undergrad/2000ish. Since moving to Ontario last fall, I've been able to catch up on lots of graphic novels and single issues from my local library and comics shops.

I'm currently reading through and/or keeping up with:
-Fables
-Saga
-The Unwritten
-Locke & Key
-Sweet Tooth
-American Vampire
-Deathnote
-Y: The Last Man
and the like.

In addition to those series, I enjoy non-fiction graphic novels, especially coming-of-age and travel memoirs.

I'm likely to stalk the group and read the monthly selections, but I'm bad at joining discussions. Looking forward to recommendations!

[Sumit]

alana wrote: "Hi, all. I'm Alana from the States living in Canada via Japan. I've been interested in comics since undergrad/2000ish. Since moving to Ontario last fall, I've been able to catch up on lots of gr..."

Welcome to the group, Alana. :)

Sadly, comic book stores aren't popular in India so I only read on the Comixology and Marvel Unlimited apps.

That's a really good list you have, and I haven't read much of these. But hopefully, will scan through your list and pick ideas for my reading list there as well.

[Sumit]

No need for thanks, Kenny. Just doing my job as a mod and a member. :)

[Jessica]

Hello! My name is Jessica. I'm a Youth Services Librarian :) I basically do a lot of Reader's Advisory (birth to adult) & Collection Development
(for teens).

I've been reading comics since I was little, as my brother was "made" to drive me to piano lessons, but not without stopping at the comic bookstore. ;)

I literally read any and everything from the GN world. I try to keep current with all that is GNs as I want to make sure I can recommend, introduce, and keep my patrons happy with classics, as well as, the newest and latest works. :)

[Sumit]

Patrick wrote: "Hey my name is Patrick. Between my monthly single issues, two jobs, and school I don't have much time to read graphic novels. However, I do try to make the time to read them as frequently as possib..."

Hello Patrick! I envy your job! Glad that you're joining us. Welcome! :)

Jessica wrote: "Hello! My name is Jessica. I'm a Youth Services Librarian :) I basically do a lot of Reader's Advisory (birth to adult) & Collection Development
(for teens).

I've been reading comics since I was..."

Jessica, welcome to the group. Looks like you have a fantastic job. What are you currently reading? :)