"The Invisibles" is probably the great work to come out of the comic book medium.

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
Unless we do get it and it’s your head which is being flown over. Sorry but nobody can declare a victory in a game of “my insight is better than your insight”.
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Yeah.

Or we do get it, and just don’t find it interesting, entertaining, or important enough to feel that it was necessary to jump through the literary hoops and obfuscations.

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As others have said: Watchmen and From Hell are both amazing graphic novels.

The best, though, IMO is Cris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan - the Smartest Kid on Earth. It is the best example that the comic book medium is not just literature presented in a different way. It fulfills the potential of the form completely and presents a wonderful narrative in a highly sophisticated manner. Pizzabrat, this is what you are looking for.

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[QUOTE=Panurge]
The best, though, IMO is Cris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan - the Smartest Kid on Earth. It is the best example that the comic book medium is not just literature presented in a different way. It fulfills the potential of the form completely and presents a wonderful narrative in a highly sophisticated manner. Pizzabrat, this is what you are looking for.
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Ah yeah, there we go. I forgot about that, but yes, that’s the best so far IMHO too.

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I have waited two months to say this.

VCO3, I picked up the first two volumes of “The Invisibles” on your recommendation alone.

The first one seemed bloated and overly pretentious. Although I’m sure I missed a lot of the hidden references and themes. The second book, “Apocolipstick”, was a brilliant story weaved in with (I’m sure) just as many subtle parts.

I’ll probably grab the third volume if I come across it, but I’ve read reviews that say it doesn’t get better after the second book.

For the record, I’m a big fan of Alan Moore, Alex Ross, and Fank Miller (enough to put up with buying the Allstar Batman & Robin series).