Your favorite non-American comic books?

[stelok]

My favorite Philippine comic books: Pugad Baboy
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My favorite Belgian comic books: The Adventures of Tintin


My favorite Korean comic books (manwha): Faeries' Landing, Sky Blade: Sword of the Heavens


My favorite Japanese comic books (manga): Kodomo no Jikan, GTO, Gakuen Heaven, Ai Yori Aoshi, Gunslinger Girl, Card Captor Sakura, Mahoraba, REC, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, Oku-sama wa Joshi Kousei

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I have read Chinese comic books otherwise called manhua when I was a kid. There was one manhua I liked, because it's such a funny comedic comic book. Sadly, I do not know the title since I don't read Chinese. All I did was look at pictures.

[Karl H]

2000 AD.

The book that saw the early careers of Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Alan Moore to name but a few.

Also, Honesty Blaise - that's great spy comics!

[Ideal.]

I'll stray away from British comics because they're pretty well-known (not to say that the ones I'm listing aren't)

RAW edited by Francoise Mouly & Art Spiegelman
Tintin by Herge
Asterix by Goscinny & Uderzo
Comics by Jason (Hey, Wait..., Shhh!, Why Are You Doing This?)
Epileptic by David B
Grenuord by Francesca Ghermandi
Bande Dessinée by Philippe Dupuy & Charles Berberian
Comics by Joann Sfar

[Dizzy D]

Oh darn, that's a whole damn list.

Alphabetically ordered and leaving out British and manga because then it would be even longer and stuff I only have 1 or 2 issues of (possible that I'm listing dutch titles for some instead of their original language):

- Ambrosius by Lo Hartog van Banda and Gideon: The comedic misadventures of a Griezoloog (Horrorologist).
- Arthur by David Chauvel and Jérome Lereculey: The stories of King Arthur and his knights, told in the style of and based upon the early Medieval Welsh version of the legends.
- Asterix by Goscinny and Uderzo
- Axel Moonshine by Godard and Ribera: Psychedelic Sci-Fi, Axel, a famous negotiator, breaks the laws of the galactic trade union by searching for a woman he has met in his dreams.
- basically anything by Enki Bilal
- Blake en Mortimer by E.P. Jacobs: probably the most famous of the series appearing within Tin-Tin magazine (barring Tin-Tin itself), 50s-60s pulp-inspired adventure/sci-fi starring an english professor and an army officer.
- Blueberry by Jean "Moebius" Giraud: Risking the ire of the Jonah Hex fans, but probably the best Western comic around.
- Chick Bell by Tibet: Another Western comic, started out as funny animals, but after two issues, Tibet decided to make them human. Stories range are usually humurous, but he also had various adventure-type stories
- Chlorophylle by Raymond Macherot: The adventures of a mouse in the country side, later turned into less of a fable and more of a funny animal comic.
- Donjon by Sfarr and Trondheim. A mixture of a parody, an epic and a story about two friends. The series deals with an AD&D style dungeon and its denizens.
- Franka by Henk Kuijpers: a series about a female detective, specialised in later stories in crimes concerning art.
- Gilles de Geus by Peter de Wit and Hanco Kolk: A comedic story about a highway robber in the times of the Dutch Revolution.
- Incal/John DiFool/Metabarons by Jordorowsky and Moebius and Gimenez: Three series that are connected, ranging from sci-fi satire and an epic mixed with greek tragedy.
- Jeremiah by Hermann: Post-apocalyptic "western" is probably the best description.
- Largo Winch by Van Hamme and Franq: The adventures of a young man who inherits a multi-billion company and has to deal with a corrupt board of directors and various plots to take his money or his company.
- Lucky Luke by Morris: Another Western comic, this one a funny adventure comic. Probably the most popular European comic after Tin-Tin and Asterix. (Though Spirou might have something to say about that).
- Nero and Co by Marc Sleen: Hard to describe. About as Flemish belgian as anything can be, the series deals with the main character Nero (not the Roman Emperor), his family and friends and the absurd situations they find themselves into.
- Ouwe Niek en Zwartbaard by Marcel Remacle: A comedic story about an old, but cunning sailor called Nick and his nemesis, the evil, though dim pirate Blackbeard. Original started as a solo-series about Nick, Blackbeard was later introduced and even took over the entire series at one point.
- Les Petits Hommes by Seron (at least the early issues, later on Seron gets rather incoherent from time to time and frankly sexist). A meteorite hits a small town and shrinks anybody who has come into contact with it. The mini-men leave the town and built their own miniature town nearby. Technoligically highly advanced, they try to keep their existence a secret from the normal humans.
- Raptores by Dufaux and Marini: Vampires have evolved and are no longer harmed by sunlight. They take over the world and humanity is near extinction. Their only hope is two vampires who have sworn to kill all vampires for the murder of their clan.
- Spirou by either Franquin or Tome&Janry (Fournier was good as well, but I like them better). Originally a series of short humoristic stories, the artist/writer Franquin took the character and his friend Fantasio and turned them into adventurers. Several writers and artists have worked on this series (there is even a series of one-shots where famous comic writers and artists get a chance to do a single Spirou story each). In their last issue Tome and Janry tried to move the series away from its humorous origin to a darker, sci-fi story, but the new team has returned to the traditional funny adventure comic.
- Storm by Martin Lodewijk and Don Lawrence: An astronaut returns to Earth to find it changed beyond recognition. After various writers helped artist Don Lawrence tell the stories of the astronaut Storm on a barbaric, post-Apocalyptic world, the original writer Martin Lodewijk returned to the series and moved Storm and his female friend Roodhaar to another galaxy, turning the series from sci-fi roots into a mixture of fantasy and sci-fi.
- Suske en Wiske (only the Vandersteen issues, and Vandersteen's work on Robert&Bertrand and on de Geuzen). Like Nero, one of the cornerstones of Flemish Belgian comics. Since the late 60s or so, the stories have been written by Vandersteen's studio and have become more formulaic.
- Thorgal by Van Hamme and Rosinski: the epic story of a man raised by Vikings who wants only a safe life for his family.
- Tin-Tin by Herge
- Tom Poes en Olivier B. Bommel by Marten Toonder: The godfather of dutch comics. Funny, intelligent and highly influential.
- Valérian by Christin and Mezieres: The adventures of an agent of the Time Agency.
- XIII by Van Hamme and Vance: It's getting late. The Bourne Identity in comic book form should be an accurate enough description.

[Kid Kyoto]

I have to put in a good word for Metabarons. It's a shame it's OOP in English. It's like Dune+Warhammer 40k+Insanity.

For manga, I've really been liking Deathnote, and Nausicaa and the Valley of Wind is probably the best comic ever. Gunm/Battle Angel Alita is also tons of fun.

[sun tzu]

For manga, "Detective Conan" and "Death Note" are both awesome.
For French and Belgian comics...Too many to list, but, among those that haven't been mentioned yet, I'd like to name Aquablue (pretty awesome science-fiction) and Rahan (Imagine a Captain America/Macgyver hybrid living in the stone age, traveling from tribe to tribe).

[Alex Scott]

Let's see what I can list from off my shelf...

Neon Genesis Evangelion - Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Lone Wolf and Cub - Koike and Kojima
Fullmetal Alchemist - Hiromu Arakawa
Nodame Cantabile - Tomoko Ninomiya
Astro Boy, Buddha, Phoenix, and anything else by Osamu Tezuka
Maison Ikkoku - Rumiko Takahashi
Yotsuba&! and Azumanga Daioh - Kiyohiko Azuma
Hikaru no Go - Hotta and Obata
Death Note - Ohba and Obata
Genshiken - Kio Shimoku
Emma - Kaoru Mori
Monster and Pluto - Naoki Urasawa
Cardcaptor Sakura - CLAMP
Tsubasa - CLAMP

Also, does Scott Pilgrim (Canadian) count?

[The Batman]

2000 AD in general and Judge Dredd in particular. Aside from manga classics like Lone Wolf, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell I'm a fan of the Patlabour stuff, Gunsmith Cats, and especially Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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[foxley]

2000 AD.

The book that saw the early careers of Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Alan Moore to name but a few.

Also, Honesty Blaise - that's great spy comics!

Um, did you mean Modesty Blaise?

[Babylon23]

Dan Dare - the original Frank Hampson stuff.
2000AD, especially ABC Warriors and Nemesis the Warlock

[Blackbird2004]

Anything by Moebius.

Also Appleseed rocks!!

[ultramandingo]

........yummy fur , dirty plote , palookaville , drawn and quarterly

[JohnnyQwest]

I like "Condorito" from Chile... Funny Stuff... (http://ar.geocities.com/benszv/Condorito.jpg)

[cactusmaac]

Lone Wolf & Cub.

[jesse_custer]

Blade of the Immortal
Ranma 1/2
Buddha

[The Batman]

There was a manga called Eatman that I remember being alot of fun. Also one called "Two Faces of Tomorrow" that I recall being really interesting.

I never got into Guyver too much, but always thought it was a neat design.

[Kirk G]

Tintin by Herge

That's the only one I can cite, because it's one of the few that have been translated for me. I own several of the soft cover graphic novels and one or two of the hardbound collections of three graphic novels.

[Kid Kyoto]

There was a manga called Eatman that I remember being alot of fun. Also one called "Two Faces of Tomorrow" that I recall being really interesting.

I never got into Guyver too much, but always thought it was a neat design.

Eatman is amazing. Such good art, straightforward storytelling, I have tons of them in Japanese. IIRC they only did 2 volumes in English, have they restarted?

[Puma]

"Blacksad" by Spanish authors Juan Díaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido (artist)

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[rick]

Some of my favorite comics from outside the USA are....


The only Manga I ever really throughly enjoyed, Mai the Psychic Girl

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Dave Sims masterpiece Cerebus.


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Tanino Liberatore and Stefano Tamburini's, RanXerox

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And while I admit the strip was started by American, Alex Toth, I'm just nuts about the work of sometimes Jonah Hex artist Jordi Bernets work on the Spanish comic, Torpedo 1936.

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[Adam West]

Most of my favorite (Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke) has been mentioned, so I'll chip in these :

L'Agent 212 is probably one of the funniest comic I've ever read. Tells a story about an ordinary cop and the life around the station. It's a gem really.

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Tanguy et Laverdure.
Adventures of two French Air Force pilots. Really good stuff.
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[shyguy]

I like "Condorito" from Chile... Funny Stuff... (http://ar.geocities.com/benszv/Condorito.jpg)

Spending a lot of time in Chile as a kid, I grew up reading a lot of Condorito. It is funny stuff.

British and Canadian comics aside, I'm a big fan of Cyborg 009, a lot of Osamu Tezuka's work, Lupin III, Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist... lots of manga standards.

A lot of the European comics in this thread sound fascinating. Where do you even find a lof of this stuff?

[BizarroBeachHead]

I love Lucky Luke.


Gunm/Battle Angel Alita is also tons of fun.
Yes.

[Adam West]

Spending a lot of time in Chile as a kid, I grew up reading a lot of Condorito. It is funny stuff.

British and Canadian comics aside, I'm a big fan of Cyborg 009, a lot of Osamu Tezuka's work, Lupin III, Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist... lots of manga standards.

A lot of the European comics in this thread sound fascinating. Where do you even find a lof of this stuff?

Mate, do you ever read Memin Pinguin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mem%C3%ADn_Pingu%C3%ADn) ?

According to wiki it was very popular in South America, and it was certainly very popular in South East Asia during the 80s. I used to love reading it when I was a kid. The story was well written, especially about the friendship between Memin and his friends.

[shyguy]

Mate, do you ever read Memin Pinguin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mem%C3%ADn_Pingu%C3%ADn) ?

According to wiki it was very popular in South America, and it was certainly very popular in South East Asia during the 80s. I used to love reading it when I was a kid. The story was well written, especially about the friendship between Memin and his friends.

Wow, I had completely and utterly forgotten about Memin Pinguin! Yep, I recall seeing those comics on newsstands in Santiago, and I'm sure I had some. In fact, I was in Mexico City two years ago and Memin comics were among those that I brought back to the States with me. They are quite good.

[Goyo]

Lone Wolf & Cub.


I would add Corto Maltese and that's my list.

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[dancj]

British:
Judge Dredd
Kane
Strange Embrace
Bulletproof Coffin (I count it as British)
Nemesis the Warlock

European:
Asterix
Tintin
Technopriests (I preferred this to the more famous Metabarons - maybe because of the art)

Asian:
Uzumaki
Buddha
MW
Akira (the first two thirds at least)
Death Note

[dupersuper]

Gon
Captain Canuck

I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch.

[ForeverTaskmaster]

If I were the law spammers would die a slow and painful death.

Stuff I like

Japan:

Gon (so awesome. A work of art. One of my most favorite comics)
City Hunter

Holland

Douwe Dabbert
De Partners
Arad en Maya


Belgium

Les Casseurs
Arlequin
Genial Olivier
Le Scrameustache
Les Krostons
Eric Castel
Papyrus
De Macaroni's
Chlorophylle
Suske en Wiske


Spain

Mortadelo y Filemon
7, Rebolling Street
Rompetechos
Pepe Gotero y Otilio
El Botones Sacarino

Italy

Diabolik
Dylan Dog (Leave it to Hollywood to fuck up the movie)

Germany

Werner

UK

Judge Dredd

[dupersuper]

If I were the law spammers would die a slow and painful death.

People like that are the reason the human race can't have nice things...

[pierrick]

belgique
- Muréna - Delaby

france
- Tramp - Jusseaume
- le Photographe - Guibert
- Blueberry - Giraud
- xiii - Van Hamme

espagne
- blacksad -guarnido

italie
- Manara
- Corto Maltese - Hugo Pratt

:smile:

[Nitz the Bloody]

Favorite Japanese comics include Naruto, Rurouni Kenshin, Fairy Tail, and other shonen stories. I also enjoy Pluto, Genshiken, Chobits, Code: Breaker, and Bakuman.

I'm not terribly versed on European comics (other than European writers like Morrison, Moore, and Ennis working for American publishers), so I should correct that.