I'd recommend Superman: Identity for someone who has a fondness for the character. Immonen's painting style in that might ease her past any objections to the comic format, and it's a great read.
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 01, 2009 5:21:39 pm PDT #2213 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Frankenbuddha - May 01, 2009 7:44:35 pm PDT #2214 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Or, depending of the degree of stylization she likes in her drawing, something like Elektra Assassin.
Consuela - May 01, 2009 8:20:30 pm PDT #2215 of 5059
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
As someone who is not a comics fan, I will admit I spent half an hour standing at B&N one day reading through the first volume of Y: the Last Man. If that's a datapoint you might find useful. Way more newbie-friendly than Sandman, I must say.
Fay - May 02, 2009 4:20:39 am PDT #2216 of 5059
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I think she tried a little but couldn't get into it. Or else she hasn't attempted it. But I know she's lamented that she can't get into what is often considered his greatest work.
Well, if she started with the first volume - it's not the best, and I don't like the artwork, or the colouring.
She'd probably be better dipping into one of the short story collections...God, I get the titles mixed up. Fables and Reflections, I think? Or Dream Country? Or am I mixing them up again?
Polter-Cow - May 02, 2009 5:33:35 am PDT #2217 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'd recommend Superman: Identity for someone who has a fondness for the character. Immonen's painting style in that might ease her past any objections to the comic format, and it's a great read.
Thanks, Matt! I'll see if my store has it.
le nubian - May 02, 2009 7:44:11 am PDT #2218 of 5059
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C -
there is also a possibility your friend won't ever get into them.
I have a stack of Buffys that I need to read. I love the story, but it is the medium that works my nerves. I love to read. I love tv and movies. I don't really like images and text together. I suspect it has something to do with my wanting to fill in my own images when I'm reading or taking the images at face value in tv/film.
Polter-Cow - May 02, 2009 7:44:51 am PDT #2219 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
there is also a possibility your friend won't ever get into them.
Yeah, I know. Le sigh.
Laga - May 02, 2009 7:58:35 am PDT #2220 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
if she started with the first volume - it's not the best, and I don't like the artwork, or the colouring.
ahh OK. Maybe I'll give it another shot.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 02, 2009 10:07:53 am PDT #2221 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
For what it's worth, I didn't get into Sandman until the second story arc either. Initially the art was too reminiscent of 1950s-era EC Comics for me to get into it. But "A Doll's House" and "Season of Mists" were mesmerizing.
Atropa - May 02, 2009 12:56:53 pm PDT #2222 of 5059
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yeah, I think I started reading Sandman during the second story arc. But I do know that the first issue I read was "The Sound of her Wings".