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Digging this list for sure. One that hasn't been mentioned I read this year was the Last Policeman Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Policeman). The final book came out this summer, dark with a sense of hope amidst apocalypse. The other that really took me away was The Buddha in the Attic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddha_in_the_Attic), such a strong sense of liberating unheard voices. --Jimmy On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Paula Gray-Overtoom < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Fables by Bill Willingham is my very favorite graphic novel series. It's > an entirely new take on all your favorite storybook characters. If you > watch Once Upon a Time, note that Fables is better. Fables helped me find > my way the The Unwritten series by Mike Carey. There's a Fables/Unwritten > crossover comic that just came out this year. In the Unwritten, characters > from books spill out into the real world and people from the real world get > sucked into books. > > In a completely other place for graphic novels, check out American Vampire > by Scott Snyder. These vampires most definitely do not sparkle in the sun. > > I have also truly enjoyed reading the Library Wars manga series by Kiiro > Yumi. I couldn't resist a series about military librarians protecting > libraries and books from government forces. > > Finally, one TV recommend, Adventure Time. This cartoon has a lot of > grown-up humor and themes (Lady Rainicorn was pregnant and had > puppies/unicorn-rainbowish babies with Jake the dog a season or so ago) and > BMO, the cute, talking computer/game is irresistible. > > I am really enjoying reading everyone else's posts. I probably already > have enough reading, watching and gaming options to last the next couple of > years. > > ~ Paula > -- Jimmy Ghaphery Head, Digital Technologies VCU Libraries 804-827-3551