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Advantages: Pictures, appeals to kids
Disadvantages: it is underated

The Hobbit is a timeless classic that been fantastically been brought to life in this comic like version of the hobbit. Tolkiens vivid image and ideas about middle earth have been adapted into amazing pictures accompanied by the text. This is a great story with dwarves, wizards, hobbits, dragons, elves and many more fantastic creatures. This has got to be one of the top ten books to read and it appeals to children as well becasue insted of all writing ... Read review

Advantages: beautifully drawn
Disadvantages: badly plotted

...other three I’ve talked about. Like his other work, the drawings are beautiful, and the whole experience is cinematic – unlike his other works, the story spiralled too far into the realms of the bizarre, and ended up coming out the other side at just ridiculous. ***Ten weird chapters*** Our story is split into ten chapters, and starts with our ‘hero’ Clay watching a bizarre film in the cinema. Something in it is familiar to him, so he asks the ...
...Glove Cast in Iron’ is like watching a David Lynch film; you don’t really know what’s going on, and you feel a bit deflated at the end. You might think that with the pictures being permanently there for your perusal, it might be easier to fathom after a few reads, but somehow repeated reading left me even more bemused. Each reading revealed detail or dialogue I had missed in most frames, which just added to the confusion. The drawing is, as usual, ... Read review

Advantages: Original and intelligent
Disadvantages: NONE

This graphic novel is wrote by Frank Miller but also includes his art along with inkist Klaus Janson and colourist Lynn Varley. The story take place 10 years after Bruce Wayne retires from his career as Batman. He has become an old man, not being an actual superhero years of physical torture have taken their tole on Bruce. Since his retirement Gotham City has gone down hill. Criminals rule the streets and are taking over. Ofcorse there is only so ...
...morals command him to take up the mask and belt again for one more fight! This time he becomes more of a vigilanty as he sees no way to save gotham without being ruthless. He teams up with a new Robin a girl this time) and the proceed to try and save Gotham. Unfortunately not everyone agrees with his methods and a certain someone (*SPOILER - Superman *SPOILER) comes in to stop Batman. The fight all comic book fans have been waiting for is upon us! ... Read review

Advantages: A great dystopian avenger story.
Disadvantages: Not for those who despise dystopic avenger stories.

Lately, a movie called "V For Vendetta"° hit the cinemas of Europe. It is based on a comic series written by Alan Moore and drawn by David Lloyd, published from 1982 onwards and later republished as a graphic novel. The recent film version has not been endorsed by Alan Moore, which is probably due to his past experience with adaptations of his work and maybe also to some plot changes. David Lloyd however praised the movie for preserving the style ...
...While I liked watching the movie, I have to say that it isn't entirely true to the book: To some extent, the tone and the ending have been modified - not in an altogether perverting manner, but nevertheless significantly. The characters' depth of both the protagonist and his main antagonist have been somewhat flattened, and also the story has been re-made to dull down the work's keen ethic ambivalence. For "V For Vendetta" is the story of an anonymous ... Read review

Advantages: lots of interesting tales
Disadvantages: slightly depressing

...Neil Gaiman, or his creation The Sandman, here are some things you need to know. Neil Gaiman is an author who works not only in novel and short story form, but also in the graphic novel genre. He's one of the key players in transforming this into a 'serious' genre rather than just comic book. 'Sandman' was a comic series that was re-released as graphic novels. While it helps in terms of understanding characters and plots to read these in order, they ...
...in the series, and to be honest, it isn't a good place to start - the book is full of allusions, and you'll only really understand what's going on if you can get the many refernces. At points in time, across many worlds, where there is crisis, there exists a pub. Two travellers from our world, Brant and Charelene, are driving long distance when they get caught up in a dreadful storm and find themselves at the inn. It's clar as soon as they step through ... Read review