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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    tybird wrote:
    Another one that I have the shelf, but failed to mention. :( I believe that Maus won a Pulitzer prize back in the day....

    Right now I am reading the new League of Extraordinary Gentleman book that hit the streets yesterday. Great stuff....I highly recommend the first two collections to anyone.........light years ahead of the failed movie version.

    Yep, I think Maus is the only graphic novel to have won the Pulitzer.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    merkinball wrote:

    and for the kiddies, Owly is hell of a book.
    I have also enjoyed the Owly series....in the same vein, Gon is about the only Japanese stuff that I have enjoyed.
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  • geishagrrl
    geishagrrl Posts: 130
    tybird wrote:
    What can you tell me about this one??? I have enjoyed Rucka's other work....and this looks interesting.
    Murder mystery/suspense story taking place in Antarctica. They've made it into a movie but I don't know when it is coming out. The story is just a great suspense story with a little bit of dark humour. Steve Leiber did a great job with the art, especially dealing with all the snow/ice. Definitely check it out! :)
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    geishagrrl wrote:
    Murder mystery/suspense story taking place in Antarctica. They've made it into a movie but I don't know when it is coming out. The story is just a great suspense story with a little bit of dark humour. Steve Leiber did a great job with the art, especially dealing with all the snow/ice. Definitely check it out! :)
    I have eyed it sitting on the shelf in several comic shops.....I guess I will have to try it.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    merkinball wrote:
    Dark Knight Strikes Again - Not nearly as popular as Dark Knight Returns, but I thought it worked really well.
    I dug it......and got the message that Frank was trying to send with that one.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    tybird wrote:
    I have also enjoyed the Owly series....in the same vein, Gon is about the only Japanese stuff that I have enjoyed.

    Hmmm. I've not seen Gon before. I'll have to search it out.

    My oldest daughters a bit of an Owly nut (she's 10). The author is a really nice guy, signed a bunch of books for her at comic-con. He does a great job of telling the story without words.
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  • catefrances
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    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Very surprised no one's mentioned 'Maus'.

    Groundbreaking. Satirical look at Nazi Germany which makes the germans Cats and the Jews mice.

    i had to read maus for school last year. we were looking at WW2 from the perspective of different cultures.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    merkinball wrote:
    Hmmm. I've not seen Gon before. I'll have to search it out.

    My oldest daughters a bit of an Owly nut (she's 10). The author is a really nice guy, signed a bunch of books for her at comic-con. He does a great job of telling the story without words.
    Gon is a little Tyrannosaurus Rex who stands about 3 feet tall.....like Owly, he uses no words to tell his story. Some beautifully drawn and realistic drawings of various animals throughout the series......Gon is a little force of nature!!!
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
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