Are there mature graphic novels worth reading? - /lit/ (#24580213)

Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:06:07 AM No.24580213
Corto Maltese
Corto Maltese
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I don't know anything about that world except for Hugo Pratt stuff (which I love)
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:23:50 AM No.24580256
10_-_The_Land_of_Qa
10_-_The_Land_of_Qa
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The Thorgal comics are good. The series peaks at The Land of Qa, so you won't miss anything if you stop reading after that volume.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:26:34 AM No.24580262
>>24580213 (OP)
>are there [...] graphic novels worth reading?
No. You're not 10 anymore.
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:27:27 AM No.24580265
>>24580262
CSLewis.jpg
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:28:28 AM No.24580267
>>24580213 (OP)
The Eternaut I guess since you already posted an argentine one
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:31:04 AM No.24580278
>>24580267
? Hugo Pratt was Italian
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:42:23 AM No.24580306
comicbook4
comicbook4
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>>24580213 (OP)
no, they all fall short somewhere or other unfortunately
but if you want a recommendation, check out Franรงois Schuitenโ€™s Obscure Cities
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 6:59:29 AM No.24580333
>>24580213 (OP)
Try manga. The lows are much lower but the highs are also much higher. My favorites are Gunslinger Girl, Girls' Last Tour, and Kokou no Hito.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 7:14:03 AM No.24580354
>>24580213 (OP)
depends what you want from a comic.

Watchmen is genuinely worth a read, but it doesn't do as well if you don't care about superhero stuff generally.

Sandman is kind of a stock answer, and still fun.

Much of Grant Morrison's run on Animal Man and Doom Patrol is also good.

Swamp Thing and Serious House on Serious Earth are from around the same time and also good reads.
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 7:24:03 AM No.24580366
>>24580213 (OP)
Anything made by Alan Moore
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 7:28:01 AM No.24580373
>>24580354
>reddit spacing
>reddit recommendations
can't believe anybody would have any time, interest, or motivation to read alan moore / grant morrison slop today
not that it's bad or anything
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 10:15:21 AM No.24580612
>>24580213 (OP)
Mature graphic novels are just leftist slop for 20 year old children.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 12:33:11 PM No.24580784
From_hell_tpb
From_hell_tpb
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>>24580213 (OP)
the only two good comic books are from hell and the life and times of scrooge mcduck
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 4:46:02 PM No.24581142
IMG_1367
IMG_1367
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>>24580213 (OP)
This oneโ€™s good.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 5:06:32 PM No.24581169
>>24580278
My bad, he lived some years in Argentina but he is italian.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 5:54:12 PM No.24581272
2001 tintin tim
2001 tintin tim
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>>24580213 (OP)
>mature graphic novels
what? like a tintin comic?
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:01:36 PM No.24582108
revolution
revolution
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>>24580213 (OP)
currently reading this one
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:03:15 PM No.24582116
Couv_491348
Couv_491348
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:06:35 PM No.24582126
1611998447_y1mowp5z_o
1611998447_y1mowp5z_o
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:07:33 PM No.24582128
>>24580213 (OP)
read subahibi and eat shit if you dont like it
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:57:26 PM No.24582267
>>24580262
>''When I want to relax I read an essay by Hegel. When I want to read something serious I read Corto Maltese'' - Umberto Eco

Corto Maltese is littered with esoteric references, Pratt was a high ranking freemason
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 1:53:59 AM No.24582499
p 2
p 2
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>>24580213 (OP)
For me it is the Philippe Druillet sci fi fantasy adaptation of Salammbo