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Non superhero books...

Comics are known for superheroes. If you read or have read comics, you most likely had a few superhero titles in your pull list every week. Although I've slacked off on my comics due to financial reasons, I still read a few superhero titles, but I also have an affinity for some really great non-superhero stuff that's out there. If you don't read anything sans spandex, here are my suggestions:

Fables (Vertigo)

100 Bullets (Vertigo)

Scalped (Vertigo)

Ex Machina (Wildstorm)

Y: The Last Man (Vertigo)

Fell (Image)

Non superhero titles are many and various, but these are just a few that I'm attached to. If you have any you'd suggest that I didn't mention, post 'em!

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Permalink Reply by Adam on July 20, 2009 at 5:54pm

I have to throw out a couple of my favourites:
Transmetropolitan and DMZ.

Permalink Reply by Sixfeetunderthegun on July 20, 2009 at 6:30pm

Transmet is good, but Warren Ellis has to be the scariest man in comics since Alan Moore, and just as odd. Luckily, that makes for good comics apparently.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Parsons on July 20, 2009 at 7:09pm

I enjoyed what I read of Bone, I just need to go back and read the rest. I also love Mouse Guard. I read the first issue of Wheel of Time (since I loved the books), but it's one of those independent publishers that miss deadlines (the next issue was due at the end of June/beginning of July, but nothing is mentioned of it on their website).

Permalink Reply by Louis on July 20, 2009 at 10:59pm

This may sound silly, but I particularly enjoy The Mice Templar.

Permalink Reply by Sixfeetunderthegun on July 21, 2009 at 10:43am

Bone is superb. I had the one volume edition, but let someone borrow it...then proceeded to forget who had it. So, it's on my wishlist again. Lame.

I read RA Salvatore's Dark Elf trades simply because I love the actual books. They were decent, but not nearly the caliber of the novels.

I haven't read Mouse Guard or Mice Templar, but a friend of mine loves both...gonna have to check them out.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Parsons on July 22, 2009 at 1:22am

Oh, duh, and I've been reading Sherlock Holmes (just got the most recent issue)...while highly intelligent, he is not a superhero. :-)

Permalink Reply by Sixfeetunderthegun on July 22, 2009 at 1:41pm

What publisher does that one?

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Parsons on July 22, 2009 at 9:50pm

Sherlock Holmes is published by Dynamite Entertainment. I just finished issue #4. :-)

Permalink Reply by Klaus Motan on August 2, 2009 at 11:07am

I´d like to add : V for victory and Sandman, but I don´t know, if and how they´re published in the states...

Permalink Reply by Klaus Motan on August 2, 2009 at 11:17am

totally forgot - if you´re a gamer, a "must have" : knights of the dinner table and dork towers.

Permalink Reply by Elandiel on August 5, 2009 at 7:07pm

Sandman was released here in the states. The whole Vertigo line is what dragged me further into the comic world ... much to the dismay of my finances at the time. They were released as issues and then collected as trades and hard covers...and yeah I had to buy all the hard covers and art collections and...well you get the picture.

I was mostly reading Vertigo titles for a while, Poison Elves and some of the darker themed independents...
Oh and TMNT counts as non-spandex right ? =)

I'm a little out of the loop these days unfortunately...I'm probably missing out on a lot. Just not sure if that is good or bad :)

Permalink Reply by Jaume on October 24, 2009 at 7:56am

Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics) is my favorite comics from the US (Wikipedia link). The Hernandez Brothers rule! I just can't help falling in love with their characters.