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January 30, 2016


FFF Results Post #446—Old-School GNs

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Graphic Novels You Like That Were Each Published As A Single Volume Before 2000." This is how they responded.

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Buzz Dixon

1. God's Man, Lynd Ward (pictured)
2. Murder By Remote Control, Paul Kirchner and Janwillem van de Wetering
3. Sin City, Frank Miller
4. It Rhymes With Lust, Matt Baker and "Drake Waller"
5. Anarcho, Dictator Of Death (creators unknown)

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Dave Knott

* Why I Hate Saturn -- Kyle Baker (pictured)
* Elektra Lives Again -- Frank Miller
* City Of Glass -- Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, David Mazzucchelli
* The Ballad Of Doctor Richardson -- Paul Pope
* The Kampung Boy -- Lat

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Jamie Coville

1. Journey to the Gold Diggins by Jeremiah Saddlebags -- James A. & Donald F. Read
2. The Adventures of Paddy Pork -- John S. Goodall
3. What Whiskers Did -- Ruth Carroll
4. Ghita of Alizarr -- Frank Thorne
5. Now You're Logging -- Bus Griffiths (pictured)

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Michael Dooley

1. Kling Klang Klatch, Ian McDonald and David Lyttleton (1992)
2. Hungarian Rhapsody, Vittorio Giardino (1986)
3. King Lear: Complete and Unabridged, William Shakespeare and Ian Pollock (1984)
4. Barney and the Blue Note, Jacques de Loustal and Philippe Paringaux (1988) (pictured)
5. Fires, Lorenzo Mattotti (1988)

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William Burns

1. The Cowboy Wally Show, Kyle Baker
2. Why I Hate Saturn, Kyle Baker
3. The Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky, Susan K. Putney and Berni Wrightson (pictured)
4. The Death of Groo, Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragones
5. The Worm, Alan Moore and a whole lot of other people

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Andrew Mansell

1. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth -- Grant Morrison & Dave McKean
2. Paul Auster City of Glass -- Paul Karasik & David Mazzucchelli (pictured)
3. Daredevil: Love and War -- Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz
4. The Hunger Dogs -- Mr. Kirby
5. God's Man -- Lyn Ward

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Jeff Goodman

* Adventures Of Phoebe-Zeitgeist by Michael O'Donoghue and Frank Springer (pictured)
* Jungle Book by Harvey Kurtzman
* Wonder Warthog and The Nurds Of November by Gilbert Shelton
* Murder By Remote Control by Janwillem van de Wetering and Paul Kirchner
* Mutant World by Richard Corben and Jan Strnad

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Oliver Ristau

1. Soft City, Pushwagner
2. Saga De Xam, Jean Rollin & Nicholas Devil
3. Enemy Ace: War Idyll, George Pratt
4. Fires, Mattotti (pictured)
5. Invisible People, Will Eisner

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
2. Mr. Punch, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (pictured)
3. Batman: Son of the Demon, Mike Barr and Jerry Bingham
4. It Rhymes with Lust, Arnold Drake, Leslie Waller and Matt Baker
5. The Mad Adventures of Captain Klutz, Don Martin

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Terry Eisele

* When the Wind Blows, Raymond Briggs (pictured)
* Why Did Pete Duel Kill Himself, Mark Kalesniko
* Why I Hate Saturn, Kyle Baker
* Fax from Sarajevo, Joe Kubert
* A Contract with God, Will Eisner

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Justin Colussy-Estes

1. Silver Metal Lover -- Trina Robbins
2. Jack the Ripper -- Rick Geary
3. Sam Bronx and the Robots -- Serge Clerc
4. Hicksville -- Dylan Horrocks (pictured)
5. Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book -- Harvey Kurtzman

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Scott Stewart

1. God's Man, Lynd Ward
2. I Go Pogo, Walt Kelly
3. Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book, Harvey Kurtzman
4. Barefoot Gen, Keiji Nakazawa (pictured)
5. The Airtight Garage, Jean Giraud (Moebius)

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John Vest

1. The Silver Surfer, Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
2. He Done Her Wrong, Milt Gross
3. The Big Yum Yum Book, R Crumb
4. Blackmark, Gil Kane (pictured)
5. Our Cancer Year, Harvey Pekar and Frank Stack

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topic suggested by John Vest; we used his responses as the initial example. thanks, John!

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