Mervi's list

Hi! I'm Mervi and I'm a comic book addict. I've read comics from my teens so over a decade now. However, I've written reviews about them only rarely. Somehow, I feel it's quite a bit harder than writing reviews about books. I've also had a blog only a couple of years and I didn't write much reviews before I started the blog.

Anyway, I’m going for the doctoral, although I know only the first few trades I’m going to read.

My edited list:

1. Morrison and Quitely: All-Star Superman vol. 1
2. JLA: Gods and Monsters
3. JLA: the Nail
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer vol. 1: The Long Way Home
5. JLA: Earth 2
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer vol. 2: No Future For You
Yay, Minor!

7. JLA: American Dreams (Finnish edition)
8. JLA: Rock of Ages
9. JLA: Strength in Numbers
10. JLA: Justice for All
11. JLA/Avengers
12. JLA: World War III

Yay, Major!

13. JLA: Tower of Babel
14. JLA: Divided We Fall
15. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne, vol. 1
16. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne, vol. 3
17. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne, vol. 2
18. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne: vol. 4

Yay, Masters!

19. Buffy the Vampire Slayer vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate
20. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne: vol. 5
21. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne: vol. 6
22. Hellboy: Seed of Desctuction
23. Hellboy: Wake the Devil
24.

I also have some vague notions of rereading Elfquest or Sandman. Alas, I’m such of fan of these series that I don’t know if I can do coherent reviews of them. I might also or instead reread Avengers and JLA trades.

I'm from Finland and so I tend to read Finnish translations if they are available.

Mishel's List

Hi everyone! Mishel here from mis(h)takes. Sorry I'm so late posting my list. I had technical difficulties (thanks Laza for helping!) I've always wanted to read graphic novels but never really had the time. So I plan to make time for some this year. I'm gonna start with the Minor Level, but I hope to upgrade throughout the year.

1. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume 1
2. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume 2
3. The Boys Volume 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis
4. The Pro by Garth Ennis
5. We3 by Grant Morrison
6. The Filth by Grant Morrison

CafeShree's List

Hi everyone. I did this challenge last year and got hooked on graphic novels. This time around I'm going for the doctorate level. Here's my list so far:

Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way
Scalped: Casino Boogie by Jason Aaron
Scalped:Dead Mothers by Jason Aaron
Witchblade by Ron Marz
Madame Mirage by Paul Dini
Rogue Angel by Barbara Randall-Kessel
DMZ: Friendly Fire by Brian Wood
DMZ: Hidden War by Brian Wood
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Wormwood by Ben Templeton
Sandman: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
Sandman: Worlds’ End by Neil Gaiman
Sandman: the Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
Sandman: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman

I'll be looking here for more suggestions.

Jessi's List

Hey, everyone! I'm a big fan of comics and graphic novels, so I chose the Doctorate level. This list is cross-posted on my blog, casual dread.

Here's my list so far:
1. V for Vendetta, Alan Moore
2. 300, Frank Miller
3. The Hard Goodbye, Frank Miller
4. A Dame to Kill For, Frank Miller
5. The Big Fat Kill, Frank Miller
6. That Yellow Bastard, Frank Miller
7. Family Values, Frank Miller
8. The Doll's House, Neil Gaiman
9. Dream Country, Neil Gaiman
10. Season of Mists, Neil Gaiman
11. A Dream of You, Neil Gaiman
12. Fables and Reflections, Neil Gaiman
13. Brief Lives, Neil Gaiman
14. World's End, Neil Gaiman
15. The Kindly Ones, Neil Gaiman
16. The Wake, Neil Gaiman
17. A People's History of American Empire, Howard Zinn
18. Palestine, Joe Sacco
19. Death: The Time of Your Life, Neil Gaiman
20. Death: The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
21. Blue Monday: Thieves Like Us, Chynna Clugston
22. Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen, John Layman
23. Coraline: The Graphic Novel, Neil Gaiman
24. The Dangerous Alphabet, Neil Gaiman

As you can see, I'm a big fan of Neil Gaiman. :) It's about time I got around to reading the rest of the Sandman series...

Beth's List

Thanks for hosting Laza! My full post is on my blog, Beth Fish Reads. I'm joining at the major level, which is 12 books. I've picked only 6 so far.

1. Nancy Drew #1: The Demon of River Heights by Stefan Petrucha (W) and Sho Murase (A)
2. Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin (W) and Giovanni Rigano (A)
3. Bone #1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith (W, A)
4. Bone #2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith (W, A)
5. Amulet #1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi (W, A)
6. Mouse Guard #1: Belly of the Beast by David Petersen (W, A)
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*W = writer (author); A = artist.

I'll be posting reviews here and on my blog. Can't wait to start!

Alea's List

Hi everyone! I've decided to go with the Doctorate level based on what I have to read (i really hope i can do it!) I'm taking the term graphic novel a bit loosely to include some anthologies, smaller comic books and an illustrated zine anthology that I want to read. Here is where I posted the list on my own blog. I definitely can't wait to start this and see what everyone else is reading!

1. 32 Stories by Adrian Tomine
2. At A Crossroads: Between A Rock and My Parents Place by Kate T. Williamson
3. Best American Comics 2008 edited by Lynda Barry
4. Delayed Replays by Liz Prince
5. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man by John Porcellino
6. Breaking Up by Aimee Friedman
7. French Milk by Lucy Knisley
8. Funeral of the Heart by Leah Hayes
9. Girl Stories by Lauren Weinstein
10. Invincible Summer Volume 2 by Nicole J Georges
11. Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci
12. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
13. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes
14. Little Things: A Memoir in Slices by Jeffrey Brown
15. Mome Vol. 10 Winter/Spring 2008 edited by Gary Groth
16. The New York Four by Brian Wood
17. Nothing Better: No Place Like Home by Tyler Page
18. Ojingogo by Matt Forsythe
19. Pussey! by Daniel Clowes
20. A Year in Japan by Kate T. Williamson
21. Watchmen 
22. Unlovable by Esther Pearl Watson
23. The Lagoon by Lilli Carre
24. Romeo and Juliet by Esther Pearl Watson

Laza's List

Ok, I'm going to go for the doctorate, which is 24 graphic novels. Here is a list of some I think I want to read:

1. Cages, Dave McKean
2. Berlin: Book One, Jason Lutes
3. Berlin: Book Two, Jason Lutes
4. Jar of Fools, Jason Lutes
5. Mother, Come Home, Paul Hornschemeier
6. Violent Cases, Neil Gaiman
7. Mr. Punch, Neil Gaiman
8. The Books of Magic, Neil Gaiman
9. The Contract with God Trilogy, Will Eisner
10. Ghost World, Daniel Clowes
11. Epileptic, David B.
12. Paul Auster's City of Glass, Paul Karasik
13. The Alcoholic, Dean Haspiel
14. Blue Pills, Frederik Peeters
15. The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
16. Cairo, Willow Wilson
17. Fables Vol. 11
18. Sandman Vol. 1 and 2 (possibly more?)

I'll always be on the lookout for more. :)