[UA] More recommended reading - graphic novels

[James Dyer]

I just thought of a few more:

DC's Paradox Press imprint has put out a few Graphic Mysteries. They're a
selection of hard-boiled detective stories, gangland thrillers, police
procedurals, and psychological thrillers (unusual subject matter for
American or British comics). Cheaper than other comic collections and
reasonably good. They are:

Green Candles. Written by Tom De Haven with art by Robin Smith. Haven't
read it but it's won awards so I guess it's good.

Bogie Man. Written by John Wagner (Judge Dredd) with art by Robin Smith.
Francis Clunie escapes from a Glasgow mental hospital. However, things get
weird cos Clunie thinks he's Humphrey Bogart and that he's in the middle of
a case. Ideal material for the cinemancer discussion.

A History of Violence. Written by John Wagner and art by Vince Locke
(Sandman, Sandman Mystery Theatre). A man's gangland past catches up with him.

Road to Perdition. Can't remember who it's written by. It's a re-telling of
Kazuo Koike's classic samurai comic strip "Lone Wolf and Cub" but updated
to 30s America. This time the protagonist is a Mafia hitman rather than the
Shogun's assassin.

Also a very good gangster thriller is Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami's
Crying Freeman (published by Viz Comics). It's set in the world of the Hong
Kong Triads.
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James Dyer                 
School of Computer Studies,
University of Leeds,       
United Kingdom.            
email: jed at scs.leeds.ac.uk