Hi.

I'd just like you-all to reccomend some things to me in terms of Japanese
(translated) and American comic-books.  (And, yes, I already know about
Ranma, so I'll be rather disappointed if I just get 150 messages saying
that Ranma is good..) (Note: If you there's anything really good from
other countries, I'm open to that, too..)

	Well, I've seen a lot of Manga suggested, but no American Comic-books.

	So:

	Current Faves:

	The Books of Magic.(DC)  An ongoing tale of a young mage (Timothy
Hunter) trying to grow up in one piece.  Very nice.  Also, there's a
number of 'Graphic Novel' compilations of back issues: One for the
original 4 issue series (which is really half Tim's story and half the
history of magic in the DC universe), and three that cover the ongoing
series.
	Reality Check! (Sirius) The story of a boy and his cat, who, when
plugged into the Virtual Internet, is human-shaped.  Very cute and
funny, obvious manga influences in story and art.
	Starman (DC)  Good story about the son of one of DC's Golden age heroes
fitting himself into his father's footsteps.  Good story, nice array of
characters, and the currently out issue has a number of text pages
describing what has gone before.

	Past Faves:
	the Sandman, and the two 'Death' miniseries.(DC)  The Sandman was a
sweeping story about the guardian of the relm of dreams, and a portion
of his life, and the lives of people he effected.  Very good, and
possible to collect either in a series of collections, or in
single-issue reprints.
	Doom Patrol (DC) (19?+)  The Doom Patrol was a somewhat lackluster, by
the numbers superhero group until after Grant Morrison was given the
reins around issue 19.  He took the book into a new direction: the Doom
Patrol became the supergroup that investigated the truely WEIRD that
went on in the world.  I know there's one graphic Novel ("Crawling from
the Wreckage"), but back issues shouldn't be too hard to find.  One
adventure involved going after 'The Legion of Dada' and a painting that
ate people.
	Animal Man (DC) Another Grant Morrison creation, this one was
interesting on several fronts: One was that Animal Man's family was an
important part of the book, and another was the character's stance on
cruellty to Animals.  Only available in back issues, I'm afraid.

	Give 'em a try.

-john
Any ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and
thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is
possible to be happy.
jcfiala@cssltd.com                                            -Augustine
Birrell (1850-1933)

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From: 	Terrence M Marks[SMTP:normal@grove.ufl.EDU]
Sent: 	Sunday, February 16, 1997 12:57 AM
To: 	fanfic@fanfic.com
Subject: 	[FFML] [FFML] Reccomendations.

I'd just like you-all to reccomend some things to me in terms of Japanese
(translated) and American comic-books.  (And, yes, I already know about
Ranma, so I'll be rather disappointed if I just get 150 messages saying
that Ranma is good..) (Note: If you there's anything really good from
other countries, I'm open to that, too..)

Terrence Marks
Second Student in the Tendo Kasumi School of Philosophy
-Seeking enlightenment through normalcy.
normal@grove.ufl.edu