# What comics should I look for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454 "2016-05-10T01:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/21 "2016-05-10T17:35:03Z")
Perhaps you’d like The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/22 "2016-05-10T18:09:27Z")
I enjoy “The Wicked + the Divine”. The premise is that every 90 years, 12 people (called “The Pantheon”) merge with a divine spirit and become a god for 2 years until they die. In this 2 years, their godly powers, at least in the 21st Century, make them into massive pop idols. (It’s far cooler than it sounds) ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/23 "2016-05-10T20:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Archie Comics. > > Seriously, they’re in the middle of a major renaissance right now. They’ve ditched the old house-style art and gotten some of the biggest names in artists and writers on board. If the relationship comic angle doesn’t grab you, they’ve got ones with zombies in, now. And the occasional Great Old One. Word of warning: Afterlife With Archie (the zombie comic) has been plagued with delays with only one issue published in the last year and a half. A new issue is supposed to be out soon but at this point, who cares? I’ll also vouch for Sandman and Locke & Key. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/24 "2016-05-10T21:19:08Z")
> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#): > > **Elfquest** is my favorite comic book/graphic novel series of all time. I think a lot of people are put off by the thought of a graphic novel about cutesy little elves, but it is fairly gritty (for example, the first few pages involve the elves’ ancestors being murdered by ancient humans, and then flashes forward, where one of the elves is being tortured by humans). The characters, plot and artwork are all top-notch. . . . By a charming coincidence, I was just re-reading the first issues last night! Good writing, good art, an actual story, with a beginning, middle, and end. (Well, okay, there are some half-assed sequels, but they don’t really add up to much. Some exploration of aquatic elves, some efforts at further adventures of the familiar characters. Meh.) Available on Amazon, but kinda pricey. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/25 "2016-05-11T04:36:51Z")
There is [Bone](http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Complete-Cartoon-Epic-One/dp/188896314X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462941302&sr=8-1&keywords=bone). Not superhero, no sadism, no fights, completed story. It is not exactly an _adult_ story, though. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/26 "2016-05-11T05:03:57Z")
re Bone, the Prune Danish story was, I think, the hardest I have ever actually laughed from reading a comic book. Took me totally by surprise. (Everyone else at the picnic, too!) (The second hardest I have ever laughed was at the “I told you my pants were too tight” joke in Cerebus the Aardvark. I have a very lowbrow sense of humor.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454/27 "2016-05-11T07:52:42Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > There is [Bone](http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Complete-Cartoon-Epic-One/dp/188896314X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462941302&sr=8-1&keywords=bone). Not superhero, no sadism, no fights, completed story. It is not exactly an _adult_ story, though. I have the complete _Bone_. Took me awhile to warm to it because of the character design (you don’t mess with Walt Kelly and Don Martin), but once I got over that, I loved it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454.md?page=1)