My Graphic Novels

“Stories by The Master of Horror, Clive Barker; best-selling author Neil Gaiman and others. Ilustrated by some of the best known artists in the comics field.”

“One-Man Army Corps (OMAC) is a superhero comic book created by Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. Set in the near future (“the world that’s coming”), OMAC is a corporate nobody named Buddy Blank who is changed by an A.I. satellite called Brother Eye into the super-powered OMAC.

OMAC works for the Global Peace Agency, a group of faceless people who police the entire world using pacifistic weapons. The world balance is too dangerous for large armies, so OMAC is used as the main field enforcement agent for the Global Peace Agency.” -Wikipedia

Don’t judge the book by it’s cover. It’s very vulgar.

“Spawn is a fictional comic book character created by Todd McFarlane. Spawn primarily appears in a comic of the same name, published by Image Comics, and his first appearance was in Spawn #1 (May 1992).

The religion-heavy book began with a very superhero-like tone, much like McFarlane’s previous work, but the title character evolved into a more flawed anti-hero. The current book has skewed significantly darker than early issues would suggest. McFarlane attributes this to being a necessary part of development. To introduce the book to readers it had to be slightly cleaner than he really wished it to be so that it read like a superhero tale. As the book took off and became more established he was able to alter the tone closer to his vision.”

“Sword of Dracula is a horror comic book published by several publishers, including Image Comics , IDW Publishing, and Digital Webbing. The series focuses on a group of UN connected commandos called the Polidorium.

In the series, vampires are allegories for war criminal’s, with Dracula presented as the “tyrant of vampires”. The comic also gives Dracula more enhanced powers, including the ability to control human blood with his mind, and even make buildings and weapons out of “bloodwood,” or mind-controlled blood.

In August 2004, the comic featured Senator John Kerry in a flash-back to Vietnam, in which Kerry led a PT boat hunt for Dracula.”

-Wikipedia

“WHAT LURKS BENEATH THE SHADOWY SEA?! A horrifying take on the epic battle between good and evil.

After receiving a distress call from another submarine off the coast of Syria, the crew of the U.S.S. Nebraska searches a series of massive caverns. There they discover a shipwrecked 70-year-old Soviet sub whose crew died under mysterious circumstances.

While investigating the mystery of the sub’s demise, the away team for the Nebraska discovers a massive underground sanctum dedicated to Môt, the ancient Ugarit god of death. As mysterious events start to occur onboard, the away team soon discovers that the sanctum was not constructed to worship Môt…it was built to imprison him. Now they must find a way to escape the death god’s prison without freeing him to wreak destruction upon the world.

“SANCTUM is a brilliantly realized, wonderfully accomplished mainstream SF thriller of the kind you wouldn’t normally expect to see outside of your local Multiplex cinema.” – Nick Brownlow, www.ninthart.com

“Drawing upon some HP Lovecraftesque images and concepts this is a series that chills the reader and leaves him conscious of turning a page in anticipation of the next page. This work is complicated and is wonderfully moody.” – Alexander Ness, www.slushfactory.com”

-www.humanoids-publishing.com

“Tales from the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear, and The Vault of Horror are three bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics in the early 1950s.

Tales from the Crypt hit newsstands with its April/May 1950 issue and ceased publication with its February/March 1955 issue, producing a total of thirty issues. The title was popular, but, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, comic books came under attack from parents, clergymen, schoolteachers, and others who believed the books contributed to illiteracy and juvenile delinquency.

In April and June 1954, highly publicized Congressional subcommittee hearings on the effects of comic books upon children left the industry shaken. With the subsequent imposition of a highly restrictive Comics Code, EC Comics publisher William Maxwell Gaines canceled Tales from the Crypt and its two companion titles in September 1954.

All three titles have been reprinted at various times since their demise and have been adapted for television and film.” -Wikipedia

“Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; Art by Adam Archer and Peter Guzman Cover by Ryan Sook

Get ready for a new look at the legend of Crystal Lake, as Jason returns in this volume collecting the first six issues of the hot new series! A beautiful young woman is found on the road to Crystal Lake, covered in blood and babbling incoherently about a monster who slaughtered her friends. Although her tale is eerily similar to a past legend of the lake, it proves to be unlike anything the locals have ever seen before.” 144 pages, full colour.

It seemed to be more edgy then the movie, a lot more comical violence. The publishers (Dark Horse) gave it a mature rating. I enjoyed it, worthy enough to be part of anyone’s comic/GN collection.

“Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; Art by Wes Craig; Cover by Lee Bermejo

Collecting six issues of the hit WildStorm series! This never-before-told tale explores the mystery of Travis County and the horrific Hewitt family responsible for “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” The F.B.I. team sent to investigate the horrors discovers where Leatherface and his sinister family fled in the months following the murders!”

Full colour, 144 pages.

“Hard Boiled is a three-issue comic book mini-series written by Frank Miller and drawn by Geof Darrow, and published by Dark Horse Comics in 1990.

In it, Carl Seitz, an insurance investigator, discovers he is also a homicidal cyborg tax collector who happens to be the last hope of an enslaved robot race.” -Wikipedia

You might want to read it a few time once only for the art (it’s stunningly detailed and amazing colours), and twice to understand the story better.

It’s pretty much a rollercoaster for your eyes.

Awesome TPB, great Terminator stories, great for fans of the movies and the Sarah Connor Chronicle’s series. EndoSketelons!!

It contains hours of reading, over 500 pages. Great stories in it about John Conner’s special forces crew heading back in time to protect scientist’s, responsible for developoing the technology that allows human tissue on top of terminators.

“Written by Garth Ennis; Art by Cam Kennedy, David Lloyd, Carlos Ezquerra and Gary Erskine; Design cover

Reprinting the second quartet of WAR STORY one-shots from acclaimed writer Garth Ennis. This collection showcases tales of a world at war from the North African desert, the skies over Germany, the battlefields of Spain and the waters of the North Atlantic, with a new afterword by Ennis”.

244 pages, full colour.

“Garth Ennis is unleashed on his first major creator-owned series in years! Ennis and red-hot artist Jacen Burrows are going to blow the doors off 2004 with this full-color six issue action-packed epic from the twisted mind of Ennis! A very hard man leads the Russian special forces team that is investigating a downed plane in Afghanistan. But when British and US forces also get thrown in the mix, tension turns to carnage as the whole mission goes sideways. Then Ennis really lets loose. This special preview gives you a teaser of what is sure to be one of the most talked-about series of the year.”

“Maus: A Survivor’s Tale is a memoir by Art Spiegelman, presented as a graphic novel. It recounts the struggle of Spiegelman’s father to survive the Holocaust as a Polish Jew and draws largely on his father’s recollections of his experiences. The book also follows the author’s troubled relationship with his father and the way the effects of war reverberate through generations of a family.

In 1992 it won a Pulitzer Prize Special Award. All people are presented as anthropomorphic animals (for example, all Jews are depicted as mice, hence the name Maus which is German for “mouse”). The New York Times described the selection of Maus for the honor: “The Pulitzer board members … found the cartoonist’s depiction of Nazi Germany hard to classify.”“

-Wikipedia

“The series details the life of Mitchell Hundred (also known as the Great Machine), the world’s first and only superhero, who, in the wake of his actions on 9/11, is elected Mayor of New York City. The story is set during Hundred’s term in office, and interweaved with flashbacks to his past as the Great Machine. Through this, the series explores both the political situations Hundred finds himself in, and the mysteries surrounding his superpowers.”

-Wikipedia

“Transmetropolitan is a postcyberpunk comic book series written by Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson and published by DC Comics. The series was originally part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix Comics, but upon the end of the book’s first year the series was moved to the Vertigo imprint as DC Comics cancelled the Helix Comics imprint. It chronicles the battles of Spider Jerusalem, infamous renegade gonzo journalist of the future who is a homage to gonzo journalism founder Hunter S. Thompson.

Spider Jerusalem dedicates himself to fighting the corruption and abuse of power of two successive United States presidents; he and his (“filthy”) assistants strive to keep their world from turning more dystopian than it already is while dealing with the struggles of fame and power, brought about due to the popularity of Spider via his articles.

The monthly series began in 1997 and came to its conclusion in 2002. The series was later reprinted in a series of ten trade paperback volumes. The series also featured two “specials” (I Hate It Here and Filth of the City) with text pieces written by the Spider Jerusalem character and illustrated by a wide range of comic artists. These were later collected as part of the book’s trade paperback program.” -Wikipedia

“The Walking Dead is an American monthly black and white comic published by Image Comics beginning in 2003. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore (replaced by Charlie Adlard from issue #7 onward) and chronicles the travels of a group of people trying to survive in a world stricken by a zombie apocalypse.”

Trade Paperbacks:

1 Days Gone Bye #1-6

2 Miles Behind Us #7-12

3 Safety Behind Bars #13-18

4 The Heart’s Desire #19-24

5 The Best Defense #25-30

6 This Sorrowful Life #31-36

7 The Calm Before #37-42

8 Made To Suffer (June 25, 2008) #43-48

-Tony Moore still draws the TPB covers which are awesome. If you line up the TPB’s in order and conjoin the covers together, it forms into one big zombie scene.

“Written by Alan Moore; Art by David Lloyd

A powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality, V FOR VENDETTA takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet. In a world without political freedom, personal freedom and precious little faith in anything comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It’s a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil.”

-Much, much better then the film. The character development was more in depth, both good and evil ones.

“Written by Garth Ennis; Art by Steve Dillon and Glenn Fabry

A new edition of the classic collection featuring the landmark PREACHER #1-7!

Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Preacher Jesse Custer becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. Now possessing the power of the word, an ability to make people do whatever he utters, Custer begins a violent and riotous journey across the country. Joined by his girlfriend Tulip and the hard drinking Irish vampire Cassidy, the Preacher loses faith in both man and God as he witnesses dark atrocities and improbable calamities during his exploration of America.”

“Written by Alan Moore; Art by Dave Gibbons

It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their lives, but what they uncover will shock them to their very core and change the face of the planet! Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story — the story of The Watchmen.”

Too much can be said about this Graphic novel, if you havent read it put down your other comic’s and pick it up.