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Ask HN: Comics/graphic novel for geeks?

13 pointsby jozi9over 10 years ago
Apart from marvel and manga stuff, is there any cool comics? Techie, near future etc?

6 comments

icebrainingover 10 years ago
Yes, plenty! Warren Ellis has some great stuff, particularly Transmetropolitan, Global Frequency, and now Trees¹. The Private Eye is an independent series, also ongoing, about a near future where privacy is much more important to society. The Fuse is a policial where all the events happen in a &quot;floating city&quot;, orbiting around the Earth. Planetoid and Who is Jake Ellis are both good short series (4 and 5 issues, respectively), though the latter may not fit as sci-fi necessarily. Last but not least, there&#x27;s Prophet, though that&#x27;s a more fantasy mixed work.<p>I recommend looking into publishers such as Image Comics (lots of good creator-owned series with cheap DRM-free releases) and Vertigo, a DC imprint dedicated to different kinds of works, which includes both Transmet and V for Vendetta.<p>¹ My favorite work by him is actually Fell, but there&#x27;s nothing futuristic or techy about it.
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heimpover 10 years ago
I second (or third) Warren Ellis&#x27;s stuff. Orbiter and Ministry of Space are a couple of good sci-fi books. Planetary&#x27;s also pretty awesome, but it&#x27;s more superhero-y.<p>Others off the top of my head:<p>Wizzywig by Ed Piskor - fictional account of a Kevin Mitnick-type hacker.<p>We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely - 3 bionically enhanced animals escape their captors and talk funny.<p>Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark - an immortal hitwoman with a conscience in a feudal society.<p>RASL by Jeff Smith - art thief is chased through parallel universes.<p>Casanova by Matt Fraction, Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba - more parallel universe hijinks, this time with spies.
derekp7over 10 years ago
I never could effectively read and process comics without a lot of effort -- something about transitioning the brain rapidly between text and image processing. I guess my left brain and right brain can&#x27;t function in parallel (I&#x27;m sure there is a name for this &quot;condition&quot;).<p>But back to the question, I&#x27;ve heard from people who enjoy comics that Girl Genius is fairly good -- there is a good write up on it on <a href="http://www.quadibloc.com/other/anoint.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quadibloc.com&#x2F;other&#x2F;anoint.htm</a><p>(BTW, this guys home page has a huge treasure trove of random knowledge -- worth exploring a bit more).
jankinsover 10 years ago
The comic version of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was great, it&#x27;s the same text as the novel but an excellent experience. Sandman and Watchmen are general must-reads if you haven&#x27;t gotten to those yet.
Vomzorover 10 years ago
Saga, Y: The last man, Ex Machina, Alex + Ada, The Sword.<p>Not really techie but a really good comic &amp; gorgeous art (imo): Sex criminals
EliRiversover 10 years ago
Manhattan Projects has a fantastic cast you&#x27;ll recognise.