And now, for something completely different.

[Jackpot]

We are all familiar with the generic stuff in comics, superheroes all drawn in western comics style. Now, post some interesting comics that bring something different and new to the table.

Mine would be The nightly news by Jonathan Hickman, an ex advertising guy who has moved to comics. His first piece is a political epic set in the real world. It is about the nature of the media, and globalisation.

http://www.pronea.com/tnn.html <<offishal site.

http://www.pronea.com/issue1_preview.pdf << Preview of the crisp and original, vector style art.

[SecondTalon]

Vector art is neither crisp nor original. Just pointing that out.

Anyway, what, like Phonogram which is so indie that it's looped back to mainstream and shot down to indie again?

Or are you looking for a more Transmetropolitan/The Invisibles thing?

Kill Your Boyfriend? We3? And continuing the "Grant Morrison Sniffs Too Much Glue" theme, Flex Mentallo?

I guess what I mean is... what do you mean by "Different"?

[Jackpot]

anything that isn't giganto musclebound men smacking each other, done western comics or typical manga style.

plot must be anything outside of superheroes.

[SecondTalon]

anything that isn't giganto musclebound men smacking each other, done western comics or typical manga style.

plot must be anything outside of superheroes.

Done western comics? What does that mean?

[Jackpot]

anything that isn't giganto musclebound men smacking each other, done western comics or typical manga style.

plot must be anything outside of superheroes.

Done western comics? What does that mean?

Done western comics or manga style.

If you don't understand standard shorthand english,

Any sequential art, which does not feature men and women of excessive proportions , whilst they fight, with the art style of typical western comics, or typical japaneese comics style.

[protocoach]

Would subversions of super heroes work? I'm thinking stuff like The Boys, or Wanted.

[Jesse]

What is a typical western comics art? Are we talking Alex Ross, or Dave McKean? Or Andy Kubert?

Ther'es such a variation in western comics both stylistically and in it's prose and ideas that it's hard to typify them under one heading.

[Endless Mike]

Do European comics count as Western style? Because Continental comics are enormously different from American mainstream genre books.

Invisibles is pretty good, though, although you may not like it because it's pretty standard art and has people fighting once in awhile.

[Okita]

Global Frequency.

Man, I wish they hadn't discontinued it and the TV series had made it past pilot. It had Michelle Forbes!

But yes, Global Frequency is quite quite good.

[Endless Mike]

DMZ is really good. Unless you live in New York, in which case you will probably hate it, based on the reactions of internet people in New York.

[protocoach]

Y: The Last Man is great. Hellboy is done in a very different art style and with a decidedly different "feel" than your average muscle-bound superhero. Transmetropolitan, as SexyTalon pointed out, is excellent.

[scowdich]

Watchmen, while done in the classic style, is a pretty good subversion of the superhero genre in general.

Sandman has pretty fantastic storytelling, as well.

Edit: +1 on Transmetropolitan. Some great quotes and truly frightening characters in that one, really.

[telkanuru]

Edit: +1 on Transmetropolitan. Some great quotes and truly frightening characters in that one, really.

You mean like

I'd like you to arrest me now, because it will ensure that within a week's time you will be in a most unpleasant prison with the mutant erection of a career dog rapist deep in your colon.

?

[scowdich]

I meant more along the lines of Callahan. The whole idea of

Spoiler:

a President whose only belief is that he should be President is frightening to me, and a bit too close to home.

Other characters are frightening too, but not in quite the same way.

[telkanuru]

I was more referring to the "great quotes" part of what you said, but I take your point.

[protocoach]

Edit: +1 on Transmetropolitan. Some great quotes and truly frightening characters in that one, really.

You mean like

I'd like you to arrest me now, because it will ensure that within a week's time you will be in a most unpleasant prison with the mutant erection of a career dog rapist deep in your colon.

?

"How're you doing?"
"I am well. I have frogs."

[telkanuru]

A Kenyan man once said you can get used to anything when money's involved. He used to stick mice up his ass for twenty bucks a time.

[protocoach]

He claims it says "Read my scripture: I will never abandon the city that I love" but all you can really make out is "RAT", and that's giving a mole the benefit of the doubt.

One day I bought two guns.

"Either I was raped by a jar of clear, sticky honey or.." "NOTHING HAPPENED!"

[telkanuru]

Trust the fuckhead.

Damn it, you have me reading through it again.