To be honest, I'm always surprised when someone tells me they've never read a comic. Not everyone grew up obsessed with Batman?! I always ask why and they usually say one of two things.
1) I don't like superheroes.2) I don't know where to start.
Obviously I find it a little difficult to continue to be friends with someone who doesn't like superheroes, but that's another story. If capes, special powers and a ton of spandex isn't really your thing, there are tons of comics that aren't super related so that shouldn't be a reason to not pick one up.
Not knowing where to start? Yeah, I can understand that. It's hard to start a movie in the middle and pick up on a show mid-season, so it's hard to find where to start in a comic series or even know which one to choose.
Here are a few Non-Superhero comic/trade paperback recommendations to get you going:
- Y: The Last Man
- Love & Rockets
- The Walking Dead
- Strangers in Paradise
- Blankets
- Daytripper
- The Unwritten
- Locke & Key
- The Sandman
- Revival
- Saga
- Sweet Tooth
- Batman the Long Halloween
- Runaways
- George Perez's Wonder Woman
- Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
- Scott Snyder's Batman (The new 52) - especially A Death in the Family
- The Uncanny X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
- Astonishing X-men (by Joss Whedon)
I always get recommendations from friends, geeky peeps I follow on Twitter, and just by looking around at my local comic shop. I'm super excited to check out Sacrifice!
Here are a couple other faves:
- Mind MGMT
- Watchmen
- Invincible
- Powers
- 100 Bullets
- Bone
- 30 Days of Night
- Ex Machina
- Fables
- Concrete
