From: Arthur Slade <art>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:09:37 -0600

Hi everyone,

I just want to say how much I've enjoyed the discussion this month. I wish I had more time to chime in. I did a short comic series back in 1997 and have a real love of comics and the graphic novel format and hope to get back to writing them someday.

Most everything I recommend has been mentioned in previous posts, but I'll add my list anyway, just to give a few deserving titles an extra nudge.

Maus I & II --Art Spiegelman Batman: The Dark Knight Returns--Frank Miller 300-- Frank Miller (The retelling of the battle of Thermopylae) Sandman--Neil Gaiman Astro City--Kurt Busiek (actually I didn't see this mentioned. Wonderful superhero stories) I'd also recommend CEREBUS the Aardvark for comedy/political satire. It's written by Dave Sim. There are several collections, I've only read the first four and am a big fan of them. Later on his work became quite controversial. I haven't read it yet, so can't really offer an opinion on it.

Also there is Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography by Chester Brown. It's received some wonderful praise.

There is so much more that could be mentioned and discussed.

All the best,

Art Slade


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