My Suggestions for the Top 5 Graphic Novels Everyone Should Read

This week's Thee Comic Column over on Joup is the 100th edition! To celebrate I've compiled this list - it's not necessarily a list of my favorite five - though it's probably close - but the suggestions I would give to anyone - my mom, your sister, Sister Ray, Billy Joel - whoever on how to break in to comics. Because honestly, I feel these books transcend whatever anyone could expect of them and could all shatter whatever misconceptions keep people from giving the comics/GN's a fair shake.

Stray Toasters!

Bill Sienkiewicz's Stray Toasters is the topic of discussion in this week's Thee Comic Column over on Joup. This book freaked me out as a kid and, honesty, still freaks me out to this day.

Guardians of the Galaxy...

...is the topic of discussion in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column on Joup. However, this is not a review of the film, so much as an exploration of what this movie means to comics and how time and technology have, specifically in the case of Sci Fi, affected the way we interpret Story.

The Empty Man... and Trees... and The Superannuated Man

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... is the topic of today's Thee Comic Column over on Joup.

Come to think of it, I've been so busy I've not posted the last two links for my column here. Let's remedy that now because last week's was Warren Ellis and Jason Howard's awesome Trees:

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And the week before that was Ted McKeever's new book - which I am in love with - The Superannuated Man!

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Bernie Wrightson & Steve Niles' Frankenstein Alive, Alive!

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Issue #3 of the sequel to Bernie Wrightson's original visual adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel hit the stands this past week and as such is the topic of discussion in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column, over on Joup!

Interview w/ Gun Up Paintball Creator Cassidy James

Art by Marco Roblin, image courtesy of the Gun Up Paintball kickstarter page

Is what's on tap at Thee Comic Column over on Joup this week. Hear what he has to say about his book, the Kickstarter and the process of creating the book!

Larry Hama, Marc Silvestri and Dan Green's Wolverine

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is the topic in this week's Thee Comic Column over on Joup. To me, there are several issues of this creative team's run that really forms the backbone of a great character that, unfortunately, has subsequently been done to death. I still dig the ol' Canucklehead, but there are very few writers who still write the character well - probably mostly because of editorial intervention, which I think tends to play way to big a part in monthly, serialized comics by the big two and often has things beside the story or characters' best interests in mind.

Just sayin'.

Transformers: Regeneration One - The Epic Conclusion

I really hate to see this book go! Seriously, for the record I very strongly dislike the movies. I watched the first one in the theatre and almost had a freakin' seizure from rolling my eyes so much. Hate would probably not be too strong a word. But Simon Furman's run on this, the twenty-years in the making conclusion to his late 80's/early 90's run on the classic Marvel comic is fantastic. It's also the topic of discussion in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column over on Joup!

Garth Ennis & Facundo Percio's Caliban

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... is the topic of discussion in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column, right over here on Joup.

Sequart's Documentary about Chris Claremont's Epic Run on Uncanny X-Men

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...is out and ready to watch. I ordered my copy last night and wrote this week's Thee Comic Column about it. Available on Joup!

The Conclusion to Garth Ennis and Craig Cermak's Red Team...

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...was fantastic. I talk more about it in this week's Thee Comic Column on Joup.

Stray Bullets!!!

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The return of David Lapham's Stray Bullets is what's on tap in this week's issue of Thee Comic Column over on Joup.

Larime Taylor's A Voice in the Dark...

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...is on tap in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column on Joup. Check it out.

Garth Ennis & Phil Winslade's Goddess...

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...is the topic on tap in this week's Thee Comic Column over on Joup. Read it HERE.

Thee Comic Column #72 - Wicker

I had a fantastic interview with Darker Sho today via email. You may remember Mr. Sho as one of the creators of the forthcoming comic RUIN, which I interviewed him about back a few months ago (read it here). Today's topic of discussion was the next project his company Darker and June Entertainment has coming up, another comic of his creation called Wicker. This one looks absolutely amazing and right up my alley: HORROR. Read all about it in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column.

Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's Velvet...

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... is on tap in this week's Comic Column on Joup, right here. Great espionage book that really just has to be made into a movie or I will freakin' scream.

My Favorite Comics in 2013...

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... are the topic of discussion in this week's issue of Thee Comic Column on Joup. Drop by and let me know if you agree, or what your favorites were.

The End of The Cobra Files

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Is on tap at my Comic Column on Joup this week. Drop by and raise a glass with me to the end of one awesome comic.

The Return of Stray Bullets...

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...is the topic of discussion in this week's Thee Comic Column on Joup. I am very excited for one of my all-time favorite books to be coming back in March!!!

This Week's Thee Comic Column...

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Is yet another outcry to convince those not currently reading Terry Moore's Rachel Rising to give it a shot! Read the column on here on Joup.