Hey guys (and gals),

I'm looking for some suggestions on trade paper backs or other comic collections I should pick up. My main problem is that I'm a pretty voracious reader and tend to tear through anything I buy and feel more than a little silly having spent so much and it not have taken very long.

So I'm looking for books I could pick up at my local store (or amazon.com) that would be a thicker read, either harder/denser or just more book for the money.

To give you an idea of my likes/habits here's a short list of things that have fit my list criteria that I have read:

Watchmen
Sandman Mystery Theater vol 1 and 2
All the Hellboy and BPRD trades
All the Kabuki trades
Judge Dredd "Judgement Day"
Johnny the homicidal maniac
Squee
All the Transmetropolitan trades
All the Invisibles trades
Kingdom Come
x-men: Inferno
X-men: Fall of the Mutants
Days of Future Present
Both League of extroardinary gentlemen hardbacks
Michael Chabon's The Escapist vol 1 and 2
Beg the Question
The complete Frank Miller Batman
The Prisoner: Shattered Visage


There's more, but thats some stuff that I enjoyed reading (and rereading), what other collections out there fit in with what I like?

Also, I've considered buying some of the Essential collections as they seem quite time intensive. The Essential Defenders comes out this spring and I'm totally getting that. (GO BI-BEAST)

Thanks for any ideas!!


Abe

Try out Supreme Power.

The Hellboy graphic novels are decent sized, might get a good read out of those.

Anyone know when they are coming out with the New Authority graphic novel, or if they have one out yet??

I highly recommend getting the JSA trades

Try Fables (DC Vertigo) and Thousand Ships (Age of Bronze 1st volume)

Fables is Shrek taken seriously. All the fables are real and living in NYC or upstate New York. Adjusting to life amongst the mundies is difficult, especially with a fair number wanting to make a go at taking back the homelands from the Adversary

Age of Bronze is the Trojan War done right. It took 20 issues just to get to Troy from the initial kidnapping in Sparta and it has not let up one bit

Also, get the Preacher trades. It is a quaint story involving a beautiful, albeit reluctant, assassin, a preacher with the (literal) voice of God, an immature Irish vampire, God taking it on the lam, a guy with half his face blown off looking for revenge, a couple of sociopathic good ol' boys, the angel of death, a vindictive (and unlucky) agent of a worldwide apocalyptic conspiracy and a showdown at the Alamo.
What's not to like?

Empire - It's sort of a what if a Dr. Doom-like guy took over the world. Dark and very entertaining.

The Preacher - Funny but twisted

Global Frequency - Great concept and follow-through

Y The Last Man - What would you do if you and your monkey were the last men on earth?

Adam Strange!
Adam Strange!!
Adam Strange!!!
Adam Strange!!!!
Seriously its good.

Two words, Stray Bullets.

Written and drawn by David Lapham, El Capitan Press.

Any good comic store should have volume 1 of the trade.

You will not be disappointed.

Cosmic Odyssey by DC with art by Mignola was a good story.
I think it's out in TPB form now.
If you like Green Arrow try the Quiver Trade too. It has
the complete run of Kevin Smith in it I believe. Good stuff
and a good job bringing GA back from the dead.