Novels Graphic novels One of my passions in life is reading. I read something like nine or ten books a week, so I have got through quite a few, as you can imagine. Obviously, I'm a fan of David Eddings, as the afe section of the site will testify. Somewhere in between the two. A graphic novel can have a complexity and style which equals any novel that you care to name.
Sandman is the first of the above, while Sin City is the second.
Below are some links to sites dealing with the best in the field. The Sandman milieu is comparable in scope, development and mythic charm to Tolkien's Middle-Earth or H.P.Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The Dreaming Alan Moore Moore is a god among comic writers. His stories are baroque, complex and intricate, and they always need reading at least twice before you can fully appreciate the detail which has been put into them. Foreshadowing is a particular Moore technique, and he uses it to the full in his best two books, V for Vendetta and Watchmen .