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Paste Magazine put Travels with Jotaro at #17 on their list of the best graphic novels of the 2000s (I would have ranked it much higher):

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/list ... ecade.html

Sweet. I like paste magazine although I stop subscribing about six months ago.

I've only read Usagi, Hellboy, Jimmy Corrigan and Bone on their list. Do any of you like any of the other GN they listed?

Peace, maka

I have read Usagi (obviously), Hellboy, Ultimates, Superman: Red Son, Authority, All Star Superman, Planetary, and Daredevil.

Ultimates was good back then. This team of superheroes combining to form a team to stop terrorists and aliens. Very violent. My one complaint was how the Hulk was treated. They made him into a canibal and attempted rapist. This was not the misunderstood goliath who just wanted to be left alone.

Superman: Red Son was great. Its a what if baby Kal El landed in Russia instead of Kansas. Superman grows up to be a communist and Russia because the world's super power. I really enjoyed this mini series.

Authority to me was more about 'what else can we do that is shocking?' It was simply ok.

All Star Superman - If you like Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, you will love this. It was too odd for me. It was like a modern take on the trippy Superman tales of the 50's and 60's. I didn't really like it and I am a huge Superman fan. I even have the symbol tatooed on my arm!

Daredevil - This is how The Man Without Fear should have always been written! A combination of modern pulp/noir. I have really lost interest in Bendis but his Daredevil (and Powers) are still some of my favourite stories.

Planetary - I LOVE LOVE LOVE Planetary. Its got homages to Pulp character (Doc Brass = Doc Savage) to the Fantastic Four and just great stories. I was sad that the last issue just came out.

MikeM

I haven't really read much of the stuff on this list other than Hellboy and a little bit of Bone (I checked a couple of volumes out from the local library once, but the rest of it always seems to be checked out or missing ). One reason why I haven't read many of these is that a lot of them are superhero comics, which, with occasional exceptions like some of Frank Miller and Alan Moore's stuff, aren't generally my thing.

Thanks MikeM,

I liked your summaries and opinions. I appreciate you taking the time to give them.

Jet_Jagaur - You probably checked into this but just in case - does you library have interlibrary loans? Maybe you could get more Bone that way. I think it is worth reading the whole thing.

Peace, maka

Glad to see that Usagi was on that list.

Y: The Last Man and Fables are also favorites of mine as well and it was great to see those acknowledged too.

Maka wrote: Jet_Jagaur - You probably checked into this but just in case - does you library have interlibrary loans? Maybe you could get more Bone that way. I think it is worth reading the whole thing.
Peace, maka

I don't know if the public library does that or not. I've gotten ILL stuff through my university's library, but never at the public one. I don't see anything on the website to indicate that they do ILL. I suppose I could ask next time I'm there.

Of course, I might just go ahead and buy the Bone books one of these days. You can actually get the whole thing in one big volume, but the downside to that is that it's in B&W. Of course, I have no problem with B&W comics, but if it was intended to be in color, I'd rather read it that way.

Jet_Jaguar wrote: You can actually get the whole thing in one big volume, but the downside to that is that it's in B&W. Of course, I have no problem with B&W comics, but if it was intended to be in color, I'd rather read it that way.

Hello Jet_Jaguar,

FYI - Bone was originally published in B&W.

Peace, maka

Maka wrote: FYI - Bone was originally published in B&W.
Peace, maka

Oh, ok. Thanks for clearing that up for me. The volumes of Bone that I checked out once were in color, and I remember an Amazon review in which the reviewer really complained about the collected volume being in B&W, so I assumed that it was originally published in color, sort of like the Mirage issues of UY.