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Thread: Summer Reading list
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2006-07-19, 01:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Summer Reading list
Now everyone knows there are certian comics/graphic novels/web comics that are almost considered required reading. Why not start a list with people giving their submissions on what they feel is truely the best comic formated literary works to read over the summer. my submisions
Calvin and Hobbs
Far Side
The Watchmen
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2006-07-19, 01:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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1) All-Star Batman & Robin
2) Garfield
3) Red Son
4) Inuyasha: The Manga (Note: You might want to dedicate more than a season to finish this).
5) VG Cats
6) Dilbert
7) Ultimate Marvel
)8] The Guy who Watches the Watchmen
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2006-07-19, 01:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Irregular Webcomic! - Funny, free, and legoriffic. Also updates daily.
Dork Tower - Good artwork, good gaming jokes.
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2006-07-19, 01:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Casey and Andy
The Order of the Stick (duh, but just to make the list complete)
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2006-07-19, 09:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Summer Reading list
Originally Posted by Evil Clone of King Steward
what is the guy who watches the Watchmen? any relatin to The Watchmen?
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2006-07-19, 09:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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1) The Ultimate Spider-man Series
2) The Fantastic Spider-man Series
3) Exalted Series
4) Marvel Zombies
5) The Ultimate Wolverine Series
6) Spider-Girl Series (I'm a guy... I have to. ::))
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2006-07-19, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Ing
Remember the old-saying, "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
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2006-07-19, 02:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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1) Anything Ultimate except Ulitmate F4 (man that sucked)
2) Robert E. Howard (for shame if you don't recognize his name right away and you play D&D, he practically invented modern fantash. He wrote all of the Conan stuff out there and then killed himself at 30 years old)
3) All Star Superman (All star batman is pop trash)
4) Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern
5) His Excellency: A biography of George Washington
6) All the law stuff I have to read for my doctorate, some of which is interesting, some of which is very, very boring.
Originally Posted by Evil Clone of King StewardAdjudicator
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2006-07-19, 02:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Summer Reading list
Originally Posted by Evil Clone of King Steward
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2006-07-19, 03:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Ing
Do you mean "quis custodiet ipsos custodes"? Literally translates to "Who guards the guardians" and is attributed to Juvenal's Satires. Not sure I know of a book using that tag line though.
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2006-07-19, 03:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm afraid the only thing I can say is to second the nomination for Calvin and Hobbes. It is truly the greatest peice of literary work ever created. It's at the top of the list for every genre imaginable.
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2006-07-19, 03:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: PbP Games
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2006-07-19, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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US:
The entire Preacher series
Give Me Liberty
Batman: the Killing Joke
UK:
Judge Dredd: Satan's Island
Bad Company: Goodbye, Krool World
The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones
Skizz
The entire Nickolai Dante series
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2006-07-20, 01:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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_The Invisibles_
_The Watchmen_
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2006-07-20, 01:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Any Terry Pratchett books you can get your hands on, I especially recommend the ones based in and around the city of Ankh-Morpork.
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2006-07-20, 03:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Adjuticator
Grrr.... they make me so angry.
Also every one should add H.P. Lovercraft to your reading lists. At least this way you'll understand where teh Sahuagin and Illithid have come from.
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2006-07-20, 11:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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I should probably get started on my book for school, thaks for reminding me. >:(
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2006-07-21, 12:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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If you want something totally different to read this summer in the comic/graphic novel format, try these:
Adventures of Tintin series by Herge
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...10&Go.y=11
Asterix the Gaul by Goscinny & Underzo
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs...=11&Go.y=8
Those links take you to Amazon (where else?) so you can see the titles in the series. They are also available at some bookstores and libraries.
These are the original granddaddies of graphic novels, published in oversized paperback format starting in the fifties, I believe, after having been serialized in magazines before that. The earliest Tintin in the series dates to the thirties (!!!!!) Tintin is a young reporter who gets involved in all sorts of exciting adventures ala James Bond (without the girls!). Check out his adventures on the moon circa 1955!
Asterix the Gaul, with his companion Obelix, the druid Getafix, bard Cacofonix, and village chief Vitalstatistix live in a little villiage in Gaul in 50 BC that has not yet surrendered to the Romans, thanks to the magic potion Getafix brews that gives Asterix super strength. And so on and so on in the same LMAO fashion not unlike OOTS! You can't miss this!
Pardon my long-windedness if you've already read these but I couldn't resist just in case there's a noob or two who has not yet discovered the wonders of the two best original graphic novel series ever. Ever.
Happy reading!When the going gets tough, the tough get Mom.
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2006-07-21, 12:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vols. I and II. [If we all believe really hard, maybe the movie will never have happened.]
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2006-07-21, 05:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Quixotic