I highly recommend you check it out if, like me, you’re a huge Hulk fan. The story follows Bruce after the events of all storylines (Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, and The Fall of the Hulks). It has been stated that this story is akin to something you’d find if Stephen King was to write a graphic novel. As Bruce Banner struggles to control the undying monster within, he finds himself hunted by his old friends and allies. And trouble has a way of following them both. Until night falls and someone else gets up again. If someone were to shoot him in the head… all he’d do is die. It’s a case study in life, and on what human nature really means in the modern world.Ģ. This graphic novel is powerful and understandably studied in-depth at colleges and universities around the world. Moore makes you question human nature and how we prop up heroes in the media, but as soon as we decide we are done with them, they are left to fall, to be forever forgotten on the wayside. One side loves and worships him, and the other blames him for all the wrong things in the world. But Moore also manages to make you question, “what does it mean to be human?” He takes one man and changes him into a God, “Doctor Manhattan”, and shows you how the world treats him. In doing so, he created a world in which, “if heroes existed and fought crime, what would be the effects?” not just on the world and people around them but also on the mental and physical effects, of fame, drugs, sex, and war.Īlan Moore was able to show a new side to heroes, the grim and gritty true reality of the trauma of what it means to be a hero. He took a group of superheroes – barring one, “Doctor Manhattan” who I will get back to shortly – he stripped them of godly powers that all heroes up until this point were seen as having and made them human, which in turn made them vulnerable. It was what he was able to do here with the superhero genre. It is clear to me why this is one of the most influential graphic novels of all time and why Alan Moore is held so high above the rest. Watchmen has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V for Vendetta, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and The Sandman series. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial best-seller. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. My 5 best graphic novels, and a short review of each! I aim to show you why graphic novels are so important to us, the fans. To share my love of the medium with you, I have chosen the 5 best graphic novels I’ve had the pleasure to experience. I am very passionate about this format for how it’s helped me, how it helps others, while telling incredible stories. You can best relate to something that you can see, especially when it’s a character or event that means a lot to you. Don’t just read that a character is happy or sad but actually see their pain and turmoil on the page. You can jump straight into these stories and feel immersed in the art. It’s their accessibility, no matter who you are in age, gender, or person. Why the characters and worlds are so beloved by fans. This is why I feel graphic novels and comic books have stood the test of time. It was the guiding force for me to improve my reading so that I could embrace these stories and characters in other ways I didn’t know were possible, thanks to the power of language and the written word. For children like my younger self who struggle reading and focusing on a book, having a visual format to help follow the story, not just reading it but also seeing it on the page, helps best to bring those that struggle into the narrative.
One of the biggest things that I love about graphic novels, and comic books in general, is how accessible they are.
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Honestly, it was rockstar I loved it, the art was incredibly well done and just brought the story to life, even if I didn’t know the full story as I didn’t read all the words, the art was still powerful enough that I could understand and translate the events of the story in my head. But it’s the thought that counts and it was a collection of black and white comic strips following Judge Dredd as he dishes out sweet justice, no matter the cost. My Grandad had bought it from a car boot sale for me as he thought that I would like it, little did he know that it was grim, dark, and gritty and not a book a child of seven should be reading.
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