V for vendetta revolves around a character known as “V”. The story is set in the near future, when a government figure similar to Hitler is ruling. The government system is responsible for deaths of several illegal immigrants, Muslims and LGBTs. So, V decides to act against the system by destroying parliament.
Although the story seems to be straightforward. Its the revenge of one guy against a intoxicated system. But the way it unfolds and reveal its plot points is highly effective. It sometimes reach on dark subjects and give profound messages, it surely leaves a solid impact on readers for a long time.
Author: Frank Miller
Here we have a masterpiece from Frank Miller. It features a much older, darker and greedier version of Batman, along with a female Robin. This novel has made a tremendous impact on comic books, movies and even video games. This novel was the inspiration for Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Batman v Superman and Batman: arkham video game series. The dark Knight returns is an excellent piece of art, and shows Frank Miller’s true genius.
Author: Alan Moore
Watchmen is not only one of the best graphic novels of all time, but also one of the best pieces of literature ever created. Once it was featured in Time’s list of Top 100 novels of all time, the only graphic novel to do so, and that’s saying a lot. This graphic novel is a long commentary on humanity as a whole, and often reaches very deep and dark places to do that.
Author: Frank Miller
Frank Miller has created many great graphic novels in his life time, Sin city is one of the best among them. It takes place in a fictional American town Basin City, and tells multiple interconnected stories that features many memorable characters. The stories are so good that all of them have been adapted into two Hollywood movies.
Author: Alan Moore
From hell is yet another graphic novel from the legendary author Alan Moore. It is Set during the Whitechapel murders of the late Victorian era, the novel speculates upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. It also depicts several true events of the murders, although some of the portions have been fictionalised, particularly the identity of the killer and the precise nature and circumstances of the murders. It was adapted into a 2001 Hollywood film with the same name.
At its time it was one of the most commercially and critically successful Batman comic. It answers many unanswered questions, such as the origin of how the asylum was established, the history of its builder Amadeus Arkham, and the supernatural and psychological mystery that has been haunting the area.
25th anniversary edition is an upgraded version of the same thing, with some additional sub-stories and a much better artwork.
Author: Frank Miller
Perhaps most of you have already seen the movie “300”, which is a very good adaptation of this graphic novel. That movie is near perfect adaptation, if you’ve seen that film, you’ve read the novel.
This novel is a blend of various genres such as mythology, history and horror all within the DC Universe. It tells the story of a man known as Sandman, his other names include Dream, Morpheus, Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium all of his names are called seven endless. It contains deep messages and complex symbolism for readers to understand. And the transformation of sandman from a dark character to a tragic hero, makes it one of the best stories ever told in comics.
Author: Alan Moore
Story of this graphic novel is considered one of the most controversial of all time. It shows Joker’s problematic psychology at its best. The way he tortures other characters is extremely dark and deeply effective. This was also the first time when Joker was shown as a tragic character as opposed to a ruthless villain in previous comics. He lost his family, he was tricked by bad people and an accident transformed him from a normal person to a crazy psychopath. Batman: The Killing Joke is more about Joker than it’s about Batman. According to many critics it’s one of the best Batman stories ever published.
Author: Alan Moore
Story of this graphic novel is considered one of the most controversial of all time. It shows Joker’s problematic psychology at its best. The way he tortures other characters is extremely dark and deeply effective. This was also the first time when Joker was shown as a tragic character as opposed to a ruthless villain in previous comics. He lost his family, he was tricked by bad people and an accident transformed him from a normal person to a crazy psychopath. Batman: The Killing Joke is more about Joker than it’s about Batman. According to many critics it’s one of the best Batman stories ever published.