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[Amy Eye]

Hi Ken! I'm Amy!! I joined this group because I was invited and because I love graphic novels. I just got a copy of Robert Jordan's New Spring that I plan on reading soon!

[Jana]

Thanks for the invite, Ken! I'm Jana from Seattle, though I'm writing you from Amsterdam (yay for summer vacations!) I agree with you in that I love all sorts of graphic novels. I'm amazed at how powerful the medium can be. Two of my latest favorites were Fun Home and Asterios Polyp. I look forward to reading a graphic novel with a group. My friends are not interested and I haven't even gotten my husband to finish one...but I'm still working on him.

[HadiDee]

Hi Ken

I'm Hardish, I recommended a graphic novel to my Book Club and you'd think I'd suggested reading 'Janet and John'.

So lovely to be intouch with those who eyes wont glaze over. I've read my way through Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Mike Cary, Bill WIllingham, Brian Vaughan amongst others. And I'm always glad to get recommendations for new authors.

HKd

[Curtis]

Hi all,

I'm Curtis from Edmonton, Canada. I'm a big comic book fan. I follow a handful of monthly books, and pick up the occaisionall graphic novel too.

I like a wide variety of comics, and look forward to some good discussions!

A few good reads that stand out for me are Watchmen, Finder, Omega the Unknown, and Skyscrapers of the Midwest. I'm also looking forward to the big DC Relaunch coming in September.

Cheers!
Curtis

[Jana]

Thanks again for starting this. I love your enthusiasm. I also love NYC and the idea of reading graphic novels while traveling on the subway appeals to me. We flew Seattle-Madrid on Icelandair. Most of our time has been in Spain (Salamanca, Sevilla, Madrid) and just this quick weekend in Amsterdam (Easyjet connection). I actually had planned to visit a comic store in Madrid called Elektra which had great reviews. I travelled the metro one morning to find it closed up! It was a holiday in Spain that Monday. No Spanish comics for me :(

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Hi, I'm Antía and I write from Spain. I am more of prose reader than graphic novels, but most of what I've read, I really enjoyed, specially "Maus", "Blankets", a little of "Sandman" and some by Allan Moore, but apart of that I'm quite ignorant, but willing to learn and read more! Oh yes, I found this group by the link on the "On reading graphic novels" group, searching for some group readings.

[Sérgio]

Hey there, I'm Sérgio from Portugal.

I have a really great interest in comic books and hope this will be a good place for discussing them.

My tastes are eclectic, but I guess I tend to enjoy more indie stuff than mainstream.



By the way Ken, you created a lot of categories but you forgot the one that I find more interesting, that is "Non-Superheroes Independent". There's a lot of essential stuff that falls under that.

Thanks

[Lori]

Hi folks!

My name is Lori, and I'm a current graduate student studying computer science. I have an undergraduate degree in English literature, focusing on Shakespeare, and five years of professional copy editing experience.

I love reading all types of things, particularly fantasy more than science fiction; however, I've picked up a few nonfiction titles lately too.

[Sérgio]

@NYKen: I think you meant the "Galo de Barcelos", (Barcelona is in Spain actually).

I actually live close to Barcelos but I had to check wikipedia because I didn't remember the story. :)

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NYKen wrote: "Hi Jana. Thanks for sharing tidbits of your vacation there. Interesting... that's a cool name for a comic book shop. Sorry to hear that it was closed for a Spanish holiday when you reached the shop..."

@NYKen, yes, El Cid is the most famous spanish knight, he's protagonist of The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Edition, epic poem written in 11th Century. It's partly historical and partly legend. I admit I only remember reading fragments of it in Spanish class in high-school.. I think there are several film versions, but I asume the most famous one is the with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, or at least it's the one that is aired on spanish tv from time to time.
I'll try reading with you the chosen ones that are published here, but I admit I'm currently more interested in Watchmen.. I've been meaning to read it for ages but I think I need a little push :)

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Sérgio wrote: "@NYKen: I think you meant the "Galo de Barcelos", (Barcelona is in Spain actually).

I actually live close to Barcelos but I had to check wikipedia because I didn't remember the story. :)"

We don't live that far! I live in Vigo (Galicia), that is very close to frontier, I've been in Braga several times :)

[Sérgio]

Antía wrote: We don't live that far! I live in Vigo (Galicia), that is very close to frontier, I've been in Braga several times :)

Hello Antía. You're right, we are almost neighbors :P

I've also been a bunch of times to Vigo. Seems like a nice city :)

[Jay]

Hi,
Im Jay from Illinois. I have been reading comics off and on (mostly on) since the mid 80's. I used to collect the monthly issues but ran out of room in my house so I have switched to the collected trades. Now my bookshelves are getting heavy. I love to read other fiction as well. I usually have a novel and a comic trade going at the same time.

[Yvonne]

Hi, I'm Ellie live in San Diego home of Comic-Con. I got into comics until my early 20's thanks to my little brother and Neil Gaiman, I used to get The Sandman comics and now I have all 10 graphic novels as well as Crow, Lucifer, Transmetropolitan and several Sin City. I love reading but am not reading any graphic novels, so this is a great group to be in and I hope to learn of new treasures.

Thanks for the invitation Ken!

[Yvonne]

I'll check out The Unwritten and I haven't read Astonishing X-Men yet....Thanks for the tips. And I'm very glad you liked it here, been living in SD for 12 years now and I fall more and more in love with this city. If you've never been to Comic-Con this year I did series of videos about it (tour, masquerade, panels, freebies, etc) and uploaded them to youtube and facebook.

[Sérgio]

NYKen wrote: "@ Sergio - I believe you are correct. I better check Wikipedia indeed. Thanks for the correction Sergio.

What is it like there in Barcelos?


Well, it's kind of hard for me to describe it since it's not too different of any middle-sized portuguese town.

It has an interesting city center, which is made of older buildings, some going back to the middle ages. Then around the "old town" there's newer neighborhoods which are kind of ugly and disregard any sense of good urban planning.

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NYKen wrote: "@ Sergio - I believe you are correct. I better check Wikipedia indeed. Thanks for the correction Sergio.

What is it like there in Barcelos?

@ Antia - That's the movie I came across Antia. It..."

NYKen, Vigo is in the north-west coast of Spain (the area is called Galicia) very close to the frontier with Portugal. I think it's nice.. but what can I say, it's my home! :) The culture here in Galicia is closer, I think to Ireland than the typical idea of Spain (no flamenco music/dancing and weather is quite rainy) but I think we have a nice celtic culture. In case you've heard of it, the main town in Galicia is Santiago de Compostela, that has a cathedral that has brought pilgrims since medieval times to nowadays. There is an american film based on it, "The way" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8yRlN.... I leave here link to entry (in English) of wikipedia about Galicia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_... and link to tourism in Vigo http://www.galiciaguide.com/Vigo-inde...

[Angela]

Hello all,
I'm Angela from the UK. I tend to read any type of graphic novel, or at least I am willing to give them a go.

[[deleted user]]

Hello,

I'm Brian from Nashville, TN. I read all kids of comics, at least one a night for the past few years :) My favorite genre is probably noir / crime or just freaky stuff. Although, I do still read the super hero stuff. Anything by Vertigo basically is usually of interest to me. Or dark horse, or idw, or... just about anything!

[Melina]

I'm Melina, I live in Rochester. I've always loved the comics in the newspapers, though my literary tastes tend to run towards the classics.

First graphic novel I ever picked up was Sandman, and that only because I saw Neil Gaiman's name attached to it. However, I've been delighted by the possibilities and varieties the field offers.

@Brain I'm never disappointed by Vertigo or Dark Horse!

[Yvonne]

NYKen wrote: "Welcome to all the new members! In just a couple of days there are now 52 members.

@ Ellie - Yes, by all means check out The Unwritten. I know of three volumes out at the time, and it might be u..."

Hey NYKen....I just got the first volume of The Unwritten, one can never go wrong with Vertigo.

Here's a link to a tour of Comic-Con done by yours truly and in my channel I added other about the freebies, masquerade, the Doctor Who panel and others.

http://youtu.be/BMNWJwc42vU

[B. Jay]

Hello All,

I live in Colorado and have been collecting comic books, trade paperbacks and graphic novels since the seventies. I read a lot of science fiction and other assorted weirdness that intrigues me.

My 'books to read' list is massive, and I've obsessively chosen to organize it into a chronological order, along with two boxes of comics and graphic novels that I've purchased over the last ten years but haven't read yet. I post reviews here on Good Reads of everything I cross off the list, and then later I expand on the review in a group blog I contribute to, the Quorum of Gentlemen (http://theqog.blogspot.com/). I would love for like-minded folks to look that over and contribute commentary.

More importantly, I look forward to perusing conversations here and identifying books and trades that should be added to my list!

B. Jay

[Ed]

Hello everyone. I am a huge comic geek, and as such read a lot of comics. However, I do not read the floppies and instead collect and read hardcover and occasionally TPBs. My reasoning is that I want the entire story, comics and serials were always too short for me and waiting a month to find out what happened is just not in the cards for my short attention span. :D

Between my wife and I, we currently own 1751 trades and hardcovers. (Collecting for 25 years.) So, yes, we are very active collectors.

My wife works in advertising and I am a Network Engineer and Combat instructor (on the side).

I am looking forward to seeing what everyone reads and possibly getting some new ideas of books I haven't considered.

[Rohit]

Hello everyone! I'm Rohit - part of a dying breed (Graphic novel readers in India). A lot of people are completely unaware of the sheer volume of great work in this field, and I'm doing my best to spread the word everyday.

So without further ado - Hello, World. :)

[Tommy]

Hello everyody. I'm Tommy from California. I am new to reading graphic novels, so I'm looking to pickup new recommendations from this group.

[Yvonne]

NYKen wrote: "@ Ellie - Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, I can't access youtube here at the office due to the firewall. I still don't have electricity at home due to the hurricane over the weekend. Once I can..."

@ NYKen - I just finished reading Volume 1, very good! The last part looks like it has nothing to do with the story until the end. I'll be getting Volume 2 from the library now. Thanks!

[Sandra]

Hello, I'm Sandra, from Portugal.
I'm here 'cause I was invited and since I love graphic novels...

I'm a Vertigo & DC Comics lover but I can read all kinds of stuff, I'm not too picky about it since the book is good. Personally I think Neil Gaiman is some kind of genius and I absolutely love his work, especially Sandman and Coraline.

Often called "bat-geek" by my friends, it's up to you to find out why.

Currently I'm addicted Fables.

Well, I'm not a very sociable person so if people don't talk to me, probably I'll just lurk the group in silence.

And it's good to know that I have another portuguese in here, I'm not feeling so alone.

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Well, The Name is Daniel, from the US.
This Summer, and like summers before I normally spend it reading some type of style, last year it was D&D related...this year it has Been Comics,..

I started my Summer reading Kevin's Smith's Green Arrow, And then Jeph Loeb's Batman, and soon started reading more and more DC related stuff...finding out that was my Company not Marvel, But DC...pretty soon, I started reading the Indie like stuff...by Jeff Lemire, then I moved on the IMAGE Comics, reading The Walking Dead's First 13 or so volumes, then from there The Astounding Wolfman, Watchmen, V For Vendetta, The Swamp Thing Saga...Which Made me head to a new section of reading VERTIGO COMICS....I am starting to really Like those, Started on Fables right now...and I am enjoying it, but anyhow..

Other thing I wish to point out..
I like Batman, Green Arrow, The Flash, Rorsarch and others Daredevil, Plastic Man and other superhero's..

I enjoy Vertigo and DC Comics...

That is all.

[Sérgio]

Sandra wrote: "Hello, I'm Sandra, from Portugal.
I'm here 'cause I was invited and since I love graphic novels...

I'm a Vertigo & DC Comics lover but I can read all kinds of stuff, I'm not too picky about it sin..."

Olá Sandra!

It's nice to see more folks from Portugal around here. :)

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Ken....I have alot of Jeph's work, Dark Victory, Long Halloween, Hush, Daredevil Yellow, Spider-man Blue and Batman Haunted Knight... Those are part of my collection..

Also, I have not read the Kevin Smith Daredevil yet...on the list still to read,

[Araceli]

Hi! I'm Araceli. I am currently a college student. I love reading all sorts of things and in the last couple of years have really gotten into comic books/graphic novels. I joined the group so that i could talk to other people who enjoy the medium, since my room mates and friends don't.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Hello! I'm Denae and I'm here because Ken sent me a random friend invite that very honestly included the fact that he was also inviting me to this group, a directness not seen as often as I would like. I was first introduced to comics with Miracleman, which gives me a perhaps interesting starting place. I adore Alan Moore, particularly Miracleman, his run of Swamp Thing, Watchmen, the Supreme, and Top 10. V for Vendetta is probably my favorite of his graphic novels, barely losing out to Sandman for the top spot. I even really like Lost Girls, despite not caring for Melinda Gebbe's other drawings.

As I mentioned, Sandman has a special place in my heart. I also really like a lot of stuff by Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis. I've not read as much work that isn't in some way a deconstruction or deviation from the form.

In addition to graphic novels I read a little bit of just about every genre. I typically have 5-8 books going at a time, what with BotM reads and my own choices. I try to not overlap genres, when possible. I've read far more than I have in quite some time since joining goodreads this year. My hobbies tend to ebb and flow like that. In addition to reading, I tend to spend a lot of time watching stuff with my boyfriend, knitting, listening to music and cooking or baking. I also enjoy gaming, although I've neglected it since I began reading this much.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

From what I understand his next release will be Jerusalem, a prose work that is expected to be roughly in the 750,000 word range, so about 50% longer than War and Peace. I am looking forward to it though, daunting as it sounds.

[Mike]

Hi folks, I'm a lapsed comic book collector who's been catching up on comics via the extensive Graphic Novel collections at my public libraries (first Seattle, then Portland). This is one of the many reasons I love living in the 'cities' of the Pacific Northwest [even though my heart will always be in Canada, my homeland].

I started back in with comics about ten years ago with Transmetropolitan and Preacher, and those blew me away - so my tastes have been always biased towards the crazy, the vile and the imaginative. Great writing above all else, though great art can elevate good writing and bad art can destroy even great writing.

In those ten years I've read probably 50% Marvel, 30% indie and 20% DC. I can't believe that Marvel locked up *all* the good writers, but it's amazing to me how much more involved I get in Marvel stories than DC - I think it's because DC's universe is very intellectually rooted (and thus gets way too focused on the continuity to the point of having to reboot every decade or so), but Marvel's universe is so much more rooted in the heart (and thus gets away with more sloppy recasting of continuity without getting too freaked about the details). Feel free to disagree - that's just how the universes happen to hit me.

I ran across someone once on Goodreads that observed that we shouldn't get too worried about whether a book is "in character" and "in continuity", but rather whether the *story* is good - read it for what it's worth on its own, and if you enjoy it don't worry so much about whether it agrees with everyone that came before it.

I enjoy the hell out of the best capes stories, but I get more of a kick out of the stories that don't revere the powers types - Boys, Powers, Gotham Central, Deadpool all good stuff. I find myself, after reading hundreds of superheroes trades, getting more and more interested in the indies - Chew, Atomic Robo, Goon, Unwritten. But secretly, I'm a huge fan of the really sick senses of humour that folks like Ennis, Ellis & Fraction can all put on when they're free to be.

Like B.Jay, I've got about 200-odd graphic novels I've purchased but never read ('cause the library seems to keep getting so many good books in).

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Ive Read and Own Some Of Kevin Smith's Green Arrow...I really enjoyed that being a GREEN ARrow Fan myself.

[Tasha]

Thank you for the invite NYKen. I'm Tasha. I'm from Seattle, and I read every free second I have. I love comic books, and also read graphic novels from time to time. I hope to get lots of good recommendations from this group.

[Dana *]

Dana from Indianapolis. I started getting interested in graphic novels by reading a manga series.Death Note: Boredom, Vol. 1

I got that recommendation from a book a day calendar!! After I saw how great graphic novels can be, I went berserk searching for them everywhere.

I like series that are bizarre or horror. I am currently LOVING Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, Volume 1series and also American Vampire Vol. 1.

But I also like smaller, intimate series like Blankets, Mister Wonderful: A Love Story etc.

There really is so much to choose from.

I also belong to a few blogs that keep me updated with all the releases of comics.

The quality of graphic novels is so incredible these days, both art and story, that I feel like an insider, since a lot of other readers think less of graphic novels that the 'written word'.

I created a topic about TV, since graphic novels are making a splash in TV and movies.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I intended to mention Black Summer, but forgot. It's a bizarre but excellent work. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I really enjoyed The Mystery Play.

[Matt]

Hi everyone! My name is Matt and I'm messaging you all the way from Christchurch, New Zealand. I was introduced to graphic novels by a patron at a bar I used to work at over in London (England) and have been hooked ever since!

I joined this group when I saw mention of Charles Burns' "Black Hole" - what a great book, and not one of the usual suspects you normally see people discussing!

The last graphic novel I read was "Low Moon" by Jason, which I also really enjoyed.

I'm looking forward to reading what people here think of Black Hole, and also to getting some sweet recommendations!

Thanks for starting the group Ken! :)

[Tracey]

Hello All.

I was inspired to start reading graphic novels when I taught American Born Chinese to my 10th grade English students. One of them recommended Watchmen, I read it, and now I am hooked.

Looking forward to hearing about what's good out there.

Thanks!
Tracey

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Tracey...For Graphic Novel's Go, V for Vendetta and The League of Extradorinary Gentlemen both of them By Alan Moore...Are really good..

[Kate]

I'm Kate. I picked up comics/graphic novels mostly in college. I really like the medium and don't really have any friends to talk about them with. I tend to prefer non superhero works, though my favorite series is probably Ex Machina.

[Wojciech]

Hello All, I'm Wojciech from Liverpool, huge belgian/french/spanish/polish (Thorgal, XIII, Sillage, Blacksad, Funky Koval etc) comicbooks fan, recently hooked by american (new DC 52 reboot, all Vertigo books, Marvel new ultimate series) and japanese (Death Note) stuff. Looking forward to join you guys:)

[Dana *]

Kate wrote: "I'm Kate. I picked up comics/graphic novels mostly in college. I really like the medium and don't really have any friends to talk about them with. I tend to prefer non superhero works, though my fa..."

I love Ex Machina, I haven't finished the series yet, but it is good stuff!

[[deleted user]]

WEll i grew up not understanding for the life of me why Superman didn't fight World War 2 single handedly.
I grew up on Superman, Supergirl and Classic Comics.
Classic Comics got me interested in reading and that led to writing.
I'm published now in short story anthologies and have written my first novel with the sequel following.
Graphic novels are a great art form and contriubte much to literature in general.
I am delighted John invited me here.
When i get less busy I'd love to do a graphic novel--I had the idea for a campy '50's kind of thing.
anyway glad to meet you all.

[Matko]

Hi everyone,

my name is Matko, born and raised in Croatia, almost in the middle of nowhere :D But that didn't stop me to become an avid reader of comics, graphic novels included.

I'm always in search for a good place to share thoughts on comics, talk about this and that, and generally have a good time. Hope I will find here everything mentioned above.

I've read "Black hole" and "Watchmen" few years back, and looking forward to see what other people think about them. Going there now...

Cheers to all.

[Annice22]

Hi,

I am a Comic Book fan and thought this would be an interesting group to join. The comics I read are the DC comics (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc).

[John]

Hi, I'm John Kolsun. I'm a comics fan and I'm currently writing and working on some independent comics. Favorite comics: 100 Bullets, anything by Warren Ellis, and Alan Moore. Nice to meet everyone!

[Zulmajdi]

Hi everyone, I'm Zul fr Malaysia currently residing in Shunan Shi Yamaguchi Japan. I'ma newbie to both this club and graphic novel.. Just finished reading Astonishing X-Men, Batman Hush and Preacher..Looking forward to read all your review and sharing the experience.. :)

[Lewis]

Hello everyone,

My name is Lewis and I'm living in Manchester, UK.
Love to read comic books and graphic novels so I thought it'd be pretty cool to join this group.
Hmmmm, I really do find it hard to pick favourites but if I were forced I reckon - MAUS and Sin City.
Just voted for transmet in the second reading poll, defo's up for reading vol.1 again :)

Safe