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Good English Comic Books/Graphic Novels? | ||
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| Melya68 Diglot Senior Member France Joined 4290 days ago 109 posts - 126 votes  Speaks: French*, English | Message 1 of 17 05 July 2013 at 2:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Several people have recommended I read comic books/graphic novels in English, but I don't know where to start. Could you please suggest some?
So far, the only comic books I've been reading semi-seriously are Garfield and Tintin (I read Garfield in French and English, and Tintin in French.) I also liked the Smurfs a lot at some point, but only had access to the French version. I think it's really important that I add some diversity to my learning routine. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5050 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 2 of 17 05 July 2013 at 2:22am | IP Logged | ||
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I liked From Hell, a graphic novel about Jack the Ripper.
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| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5170 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 3 of 17 05 July 2013 at 2:27am | IP Logged | ||
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You could try Calvin and Hobbes. Those books are hysterical and they use a lot of good vocabulary
(even some words that I don't know). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5261 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 4 of 17 05 July 2013 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I read Persepolis in Portuguese and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was originally written in French by Marjane Satrapi and is the story of an Iranian girl growing up in post-revolutionary Iran who later moves to Europe for her education. I highly recommend that you read it. The language is colloquial and at the same time, powerful. The English translation is a good one.
Safe Area Gorazde is a graphic novel written from a journalist's perspective about what happened in the Bosnian enclave during the war following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Safe Area Gorazde- Amazon.fr 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 5 of 17 05 July 2013 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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My friend likes Oglaf. It's 18+.
No, I'm not playing innocent hehe. I just don't do things in English. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4558 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 6 of 17 05 July 2013 at 3:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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The Walking Dead, though depressing at times, is fantastic. Edited by sans-serif on 07 July 2013 at 3:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5050 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 7 of 17 05 July 2013 at 9:33pm | IP Logged | ||
I second that suggestion. There's also 'Peanuts' with Charlie Brown. and then there's the wry cartoons from The New Yorker. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Melya68 Diglot Senior Member France Joined 4290 days ago 109 posts - 126 votes Speaks: French*, English | Message 8 of 17 05 July 2013 at 11:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for the suggestions. I will look into Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes.
Some of Oglaf's comic strips look pretty cool... not all of them though. I'm okay with 18+ material since I'm over 21 anyway. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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