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Read The Invisibles. Right now. Break down the door of your local bookstore and steal every available volume.

Just about everything I've ever read of his is pretty good though. The superhero stuff is often pretty constrained (Like his X-men run) but stuff like Arkham Asylum is classic.
If you can get your hands on Viminamrama, I thought it was fantastic as was WE3, both were Vertigo minis


-Rob

Granted, we're talking about a work that's more than 3x3 times the size of THE FILTH but well worth cracking open.
While I do love GM's Animal Man run, it's very much a collected comic book series rather than a graphic Novel. DOOM PATROL gets away from that almost from the start, shedding comic tropes with each passing chapter.
GM's Post X-men run of Mini-mini-series are all lovely works of art. Sea-guy, Vinmanrama & We3 are each tight and very entertaining.
For a real dissection of the SUPER-HERO mythos I'd say have a look at SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY. But that is a 4 volume set who's ambition outstrips it's successes on some fronts. So again more for those who have a fondness for Superheroes as well as Graphic Novels.
If you can Find it KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND is an amazing one-shot comic. Sebastian O is also quite fun with-out being a super hero tale... but also a light read.
Arkham Asylum is indeed a "classic" and I'd say a valued piece of the BATMAN mythos.
Also worth examining is THE MYSTERY PLAY.


Parts of it were interesting, but overall I felt it missed the mark. I may see if it works better collected than it did over a LOT of single issues.
-Rob

Additionally, if you can find them, Zenith, is a great story (and actually my favorite of all his works), the fight scene between the DC & Marvel clone characters are great, and this work has the Morrison-style foreshadowing that only he can do.
-Kevin.
