Graphic Novels- Nuadha Recommends
I'm taking a break from cleaning the computer room and after moving all my graphic novels, I felt like mentioning to you some of my favorite graphic novels. For those of you who may not know, graphic novels are larger comic books that sometimes have original stories and sometimes (more often) reprint several comics in a collection.

• Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid- This comic is amazing. I consider it one of the best superhero cimics ever written.
  
• Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis and William Simpson- reprints GE's first story arc for Hellblazer. John Constantine (the main character) learns that he's dying of lung cancer in the first issue.
  
• Hawkworld by Timothy Truman- On the world of Thanagar the elite live in the cities in the sky while the "lesser" races struggle to survive below.
  
• Michael Moorcock's Multiverse by Michael Moorcock, Walter Simonson and various artists- Moorcock writes good comics as well.
  
• Jack Kirby's New Gods- reprint's the early New Gods comics from the sixties in black and white. If you don't know, Jack Kirby was co-creator of The Hulk, X-Men, Fantastic Four and tons of other classic comic books. In my opinion, New Gods was his best stuff. There are some people who believe that George Lucas basically just ripped off New Gods when he made Star Wars. I think he made Star Wars different enough but New Gods probably had an influence.
  
• Orion: A Hero Reborn by Walter Simonson- Walter Simonson continues the saga Kirby started in the New Gods as Orion has his final (?) fight against his father, Darkseid.