I have begun to read graphic novels and it started with, none other than, V for Vendetta. It started with me buying it along with the novel (which was inspired by the film). Yes, you heard right. The novel was inspired by the film. Sidebar: V for Vendetta movie was inspired by the graphic novel by Alan Moore. After the movie came the novel.
Anyhow. I bought the regular novel and graphic novel right after seeing the movie...literally right after seeing the movie. My friend and I went to Barnes and Noble after leaving the theater and bought both books. I began reading the novel, but had the graphic novel close by. I soon put down the book and started on something else. Hmmm, I seem to be writing but not saying much, so I will get to the point of this composition.
I am not sure who it was, but someone told me I should read the graphic novel of V for Vendetta. I had also heard that the character of V is very different in the graphic novel than in the movie in that V wasn't so nice. So, that right there, got me interested. I did pick up the graphic novel and started reading, but ended up putting it down for something else. It had nothing to do with the graphic novel itself, it just had to do with how I was feeling at the time and at the time I was not in the mood at that time.
Then came the graphic novel Watchmen also by Alan Moore. Sidebar (yet again): Here's a bit of trivia. In the movie V for Vendetta when Evey comes from under the desk when V was on TV, there is a copy of Watchmen on the desk. I was informed about this graphic novel by a co-worker who recommended another one I will be speaking about in a minute. When I was recommended Watchmen I ordered it immediately from Barnes and Noble online Barnes and Noble. As soon I received it from my best friend UPS, I began reading it and could not stop. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and couldn't get enough of it. This book is definitely not for kids and you have to have an open mind to read it. You do not need to be a fan of graphic novels to enjoy this book, but you will be afterwards.
Synopsis: Watchmen is set in 1985, in an alternative history United States where costumed adventurers are real and the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union (the Doomsday Clock is at five minutes to midnight). It tells the story of a group of past and present superheroes and the events surrounding the mysterious murder of one of their own. Watchmen depicts superheroes as real people who must confront ethical and personal issues, who struggle with neuroses and failings, and who - with one notable exception - lack anything recognizable as super powers.
The drawings and writing is nothing I have ever seen before in this particular graphic novel. Because of this book, my desire to read more graphic novels has been fueled.
Second recommendation by the same co-worker was Berlin: City in Stones by Jason Lutes.
Synopis: Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events unfolding around them. City of Stones covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929, meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as their future is darkened by a glowing shadow.
I highly recommend all the graphic novels I mentioned here. I recommend reading Watchmen first and then moving to V for Vendettas and this is coming from a V fan all the way around.
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