# Good Graphic Novels **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382 "2002-07-11T06:34:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/41 "2002-07-13T19:58:27Z")
Have any of you ever read **Blade of the Immortal**? If so, what did you think of it? ---
**Author:** ![qshapadooy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c67d28/32.png) [@qshapadooy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qshapadooy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/42 "2002-07-13T20:01:24Z")
**quarx** Looking around the link provided by **Lux Fiat** , I found a book called **[Berlin: City of Stones](http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?gid=11&tid=94)**. Perhaps that is what you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/43 "2002-07-13T20:09:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Have any of you ever read **Blade of the Immortal**? If so, what did you think of it? \*\* Can’t say that I have. ---
**Author:** ![quarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/50afbb/32.png) [@quarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quarx)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/44 "2002-07-13T20:19:11Z")
That’s the one, qs, thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/45 "2002-07-14T00:17:40Z")
I highly recommend picking up a copy of the catalog **Previews** every month. Lots of mouth-watering stuff in there, and a good way to see what you’d like to sample. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/46 "2002-07-14T00:39:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Have any of you ever read **Blade of the Immortal**? If so, what did you think of it? \*\* I bought the first collection recently, and I hate it. Like, so much that I don’t even like having it in my house. I got it because I’ve always been a sucker for stuff set in medieval/early modern Japan, and the story sounded interesting. But I was really disgusted by it; it’s just thinly-disguised pornography and completely mean-spirited violence. And the story & characters are so shallow that it just seems like wasted potential. All just IMO, of course, but I usually have a pretty high tolerance for trashy comic books! I’d suggest (again) _Lone Wolf and Cub_ if you’re looking for that type of thing – it’s got plenty of over-the-top violence as well, but it all serves the story and characters you actually give a rat’s ass about. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/47 "2002-07-14T02:29:50Z")
I was just reminded of another graphic novel I really enjoy… Barry Windsor-Smith’s amazing **Weapon X** , a rough “origin” of Wolverine (of the X-Men). It’s a far cry from the typical Wolverine story… it has excellent art and minimal dialogue. _Well_ worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Abe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Abe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382/48 "2002-07-14T02:49:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CyberPundit \* > I haven’t read it myself but I have heard good things about **Nausicaa** by Miyazaki. The anime on which it is based was decent (though not as good as Mononoke IMO) so I would expect that the comic is also good. **Nausicaa** the anime is a very rough work that shows its age, and is more important for the ecological ideas it espouses and the approach to science fiction–something like that was missing from Japanese animation. The manga (comic) is an extremely good and engaging read and goes into far greater detail than the anime, dealing with politics and perception in an almost Dune-like way. I recommend the graphic novel **Blood: A Tale** , which has to be the most interesting and original treatment of the vampire story I have seen to date–and I normally can’t stand the vampire genre because I think it is tired and unimaginative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-graphic-novels/118382.md?page=2)