# Graphic novel suggestions for someone stuck in bed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957 "2004-01-31T23:03:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![metanet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@metanet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metanet)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957/41 "2004-02-02T19:54:33Z")
I’d definitely recommend \*\*Battle Angel Alita \*\* by Yukito Kishiro – it’s a sci-fi manga series with some of the best art I’ve ever seen. I absolutely love it! ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957/42 "2004-02-02T20:34:50Z")
Let me second Mike Carey’s Lucifer – it’s a great book. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957/43 "2004-02-03T01:35:15Z")
> [@meenie7](#): > > In a few months, I anticipate being laid up for a month or so due to abdominal surgery. I know I will need a near-endless amount of books to read because I read very fast, and I like graphic novels, so I am looking for suggestions of series I haven’t read that I might like. The _Bone_ trilogy by Jeff Smith. No, it’s not manga, and yes, it may seem a little silly if you merely leaf through an album quickly in the store. When read carefully, however, its brilliance and magic becomes evident. Part of Bone’s attraction is its unlikely but seemingly effortless balance between epic fantasy and slapstick. The story is excellent, and Jeff Smith is a magnificent artist who has learned much from precursors such as Carl Barks and Bill Watterson. There are eight albums so far, which must be read cronologically; the ninth and final album is in the works. Also the _Hellboy_ series by Mike Mignola. Dark, funny, epic, gothic, beautiful. I really like Hayao Miyazaki’s _Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind_ series. Incredibly drawn, richly plotted futuristic fantasy by the director/animator of _Princess Mononoke_ and _Spirited Away_. Of course, as manga goes, Otomo’s _Akira_ is the ultimate graphic novel series. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957/44 "2004-02-06T05:53:57Z")
This graphic novel is written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Leonardo Manco. > [@](#): > > There is the West of fact . . . > There is the West of legend . . . > This story falls somewhere in between. > > The lives of a handful of gunfighters gave birth to the West of legend, and their legends became more real than their lives. > > Men whose very names evoke images of a bygone era. Men such as the Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt, Gunhawk, Reno Jones, Caleb Hammer, the Outlaw Kid, the Two-Gun Kid and Red Wolf! > > This volumes tells the story of the men behind the legends and the summer of 1885 - when their lives crossed, one last time, in a hail of gunfire . . . and a blaze of glory! The trade paperback collects issues #1-4 of Marvel’s **Blaze of Glory**. I’ve read this book at least three times, and I still love it. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957/45 "2004-02-06T07:30:09Z")
I haven’t read it yet, but I hear 30 Days of Night is pretty good. It’s about vampires who go to Alaska when it’s dark 24 hours a day, I think. That concludes this very informative post. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957/46 "2004-02-06T19:14:50Z")
A beautiful fairy tale for adults is _ **Moonshadow** _ by J.M. DeMatteis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-novel-suggestions-for-someone-stuck-in-bed/226957.md?page=2)