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Non-superhero comics

You could try The Massive. Full disclosure, I haven't read it. But the premise (a ship full of environmentalists have to remake the world after a man-made collapse of civilization) is excellent.
 
newyorkguy said:
Now here's somone who knows a good comic when they see it. :boggled:

No I'm just kidding. ;) These are the only two comics I recognized in this thread. :( (And you're right, they were hilarious.)

How about Archie? Another one I liked was Beetle Bailey. I always thought you could tell a lot about someone by whether they preferred Batman to Superman.

Then I grew up (sort of) and...anyone remember R. Crumb?
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Of course! Classic! Also that reminds me: Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comix! Wonderful stuff. Best of all though are the Fat Freddy's Cat specials, where he tells tall tales to his nephews, and styles himself F. Frederick Skitty, Esq.
 
Morrigan said:
If you are not opposed to Japanese comics, I really recommend Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie is great but the manga is even better. Epic and beautiful.
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Seconded.

Another suggestion:

Ruse: An early 2000s comic featuring the adventures of Simon Archard, a Sherlock Holmes-type figure with a female assistant who happens to be a witch. Great stories, terrific art and some very witty dialogue by Mark Waid.
 
jimbob said:
The highlighted bit - very true.

My wife got me Asterix and the Picts - that also lacked Uderzo.

Worse.
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Whoa, worse? Really? I hear the one before that (which I didn't read) had aliens, how can that be worse? :( Yikes. Uderzo must be senile to approve this...

Brainster said:
Ruse: An early 2000s comic featuring the adventures of Simon Archard, a Sherlock Holmes-type figure with a female assistant who happens to be a witch. Great stories, terrific art and some very witty dialogue by Mark Waid.
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That sounds pretty awesome. Unfortunately I assume it'd be hard to find due to the publisher going bankrupt... :\
 
Morrigan said:
That sounds pretty awesome. Unfortunately I assume it'd be hard to find due to the publisher going bankrupt... :\
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Yep, really really hard to find. Unless there was this thing called the internet, it which case, it would probably be simple. If you were evil....
 
I literally grew up reading Asterix. I took four years of Latin in high school because of Asterix. I was soooo annoyed when I found out my parents had given all my old Asterix books away.
 
arthwollipot said:
I literally grew up reading Asterix. I took four years of Latin in high school because of Asterix. I was soooo annoyed when I found out my parents had given all my old Asterix books away.
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Are you sure they don't count as superhero comics? After all, their potion does give them invulnerability and super-strength.
 
Morrigan said:
Whoa, worse? Really? I hear the one before that (which I didn't read) had aliens, how can that be worse? :( Yikes. Uderzo must be senile to approve this...



That sounds pretty awesome. Unfortunately I assume it'd be hard to find due to the publisher going bankrupt... :\
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Quite possibly, he is 87 after all.
 
Alan Moore's "From Hell" and "The Ballard of Halo Jones"
Charles Burns' "Black Hole"
 
If you really, really don't like super hero's try 'The Boys' by Garth Ennis.
 
Morrigan said:
Whoa, worse? Really? I hear the one before that (which I didn't read) had aliens, how can that be worse? :( Yikes. Uderzo must be senile to approve this...
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I'd forgotten that - probably a similar level of quality.
 
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Okay, thanks for the input everybody. I picked up some Walking Dead and the first compilation of Transmetropolitan last night. But don't let that stop the conversation! :)
 
Wait, you hate horror but picked up TWD?

arthwollipot said:
I literally grew up reading Asterix.
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Me too! :)
I took four years of Latin in high school because of Asterix. I was soooo annoyed when I found out my parents had given all my old Asterix books away.
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Wow, I would be too. Sorry to hear that.

Brian-M said:
Are you sure they don't count as superhero comics? After all, their potion does give them invulnerability and super-strength.
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Really, really not the same thing at all. Magic powers != superheroes
 
Morrigan said:
Wait, you hate horror but picked up TWD?
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I KNOW, I know. I never claimed to be consistent. I usually don't much like the zombie genre - I think it's almost been as overdone as the vampire genre, or Batman. But hey, they said it was good, and if I don't like the five issues I have, I can always not buy any more.
 
arthwollipot said:
I hate Batman with a burning passion that rivals only that of the Joker.
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A doctor could probably prescribe an ointment for your burning passion. :whistling

Do you hate any specific version of Batman, or just the entire Batman genre a a whole?

I'm only really familiar with the movies, not the comics, TV series, or cartoons. But I think the latest trio of Batman movies (or at least the first two of them) were worth watching. A definite improvement over the Tim Burton movies (although Michelle Pfeiffer did make an awesome Catwoman).
 
I just went to look around Bryan Talbot's website and spotted this, coming out imminently:

Also announcing: Hoax Psychosis Blues - the new graphic novel from Ravi Thornton, with contributions from Bryan Talbot, Hannah Berry, Rian Hughes, Karrie Fransman and more.
Can a potent chemistry of poetry, comics and performance finally be the perfect way to describe the realities of schizophrenia?
This is the question cross-media scriptwriter Ravi Thornton sets out to answer in her latest multi-collaborative project Hoax, comprising graphic novel memoir Hoax Psychosis Blues, and raw dark musical Hoax My Lonely Heart. The project is based on a poem written by Ravi Thornton's younger brother, Rob, who committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 31, after a long battle with schizophrenia.
Both musical and graphic novel are written by Ravi Thornton. The musical, which unfolds a painful love story in the six months prior to Rob's diagnosis as schizophrenic, premieres at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, 4th to 7th June 2014. The graphic novel, which charts Rob's further facts, fictions and altered realities over the nine years after his diagnosis through to his death, is available for pre-order now atwww.ziggyswish.com. Limited First Edition of 1000 copies only, all hand-numbered and signed by the author.
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