Even More of The Best Stand Alone Graphic Novels!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ย. 2024
- Today I bring back a topic that I have been discussing every year. I share my recommendations for more Stand Alone (all in one) Graphic Novels. Books that can be read in one sitting without the trouble of continuity nor having to go and pick up another volume.
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Time Stamps: 🤗
1. 1:42 - Joe The Barbarian
2. 3:31 - Dragon Hoops
3. 6:41 - Kingdom Come
4. 9:41 - Black Bolt
5. 12:04 - Little Bird: The Fight For Elder’s Hope
6. 15:50 - Understanding Comics
7. 17:13 - Punk Rock Jesus
8. 19:46 - Mister Miracle
9. 23:06 - Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E
10. 26:18 - Revolver
11. 29:46 - Underwater Welder
Thank you so much!
H.E.R.O
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Thank you!
You've made me spend so much money on comics, and let me tell you that I couldn't be more grateful 😅Thanks for all the suggestions, Omar. Love these top 10s!
I’m happy to have you hear. I’m sorry to your wallet.
This is the most relatable comment ever!! 😅😂
@@floridamanknives 😂 just got a few new comics and already planning my next purchases 😂
Sounds like you need a library card!
@@tabletalkreviews My local library has practically every graphic novel and comic possible. Libraries are truly the best, not to mention they provide a quiet reading area.
Thank you for talking about UNDERSTANDING COMIC! This book really changed the way I read and appreciate comics. It made me want to discover new creators.
Thanks for the great list!
I love this book so much!
I love these types of videos!!!
More Top 10s! Please and thanks!
Thank you. More to come.
Alex Ross is amazing. His paintings and artwork remind me so much of Norman Rockwell. Alex Ross had to of been influenced by him when he started learning how to draw and paint; just look at some of the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers. Some of them are pretty close to a comic book cover format. I absolutely love Norman Rockwells artwork, I have a bunch of his paintings(obviously not originals), and cups, plates, and figurines with his paintings on them, and even a couple books of his artwork. Okay I'm writing a book here.
He absolutely is.
just watching u always shows me how understanding and kind u are, i love tuning in, happy thanksgiving to u and your family omar!
Thank you so much for the kind words.
A recent one for me is Double Walker by Michael W. Conrad and Noah Bailey.
It's a horror comic where a couple take a trip to Scotland before the birth of their child. Murders start to happen in the town they're staying in, and it spirals down from there.
It was published through ComiXology Originals last year, and is getting a physical tpb release through Dark Horse soon.
Thank you and I’ll have to check it out.
Loved the List! I have check out of few of these. DC New Frontier and All-Star Superman are my go-to standalone GNs.
Good stuff!
Old Man Logan was so creative. And Thanos Wins was very creative too. I come from Dragon Ball Z so seeing powers fuse and alternate heroes/villians with venom mixed in them or turned evil is so cool to me.
I love Joe the Barbarian, means a lot to me. It needs an absolute edition!
It deserves an Absolute.
One of the ones that I always recommend is The Last Ronin because as long as you have a basic understanding of TMNT The Last Ronin is one of the best stories ever told the new hard cover way is the way to read it its best read back to back or in a few shorter sittings I read it in 1 day because I couldn't put it down.
It really was one of my top 10 this year.
I’ll have to check this out. Wanted a TMNT read and was thinking about the Saturday Morning series that started this year, but this sounds better.
Hey Omar! Just bought Little Bird because of this! Haha! Keep up the solid work my friend!
My Man!
My favorite "graphic novel" was Mister Miracle too and yeah I know it might not be for everyone, but the idea of a guy who gives up on life, and then has to find meaning again, meant a lot to me, especially when I read it, because I felt a lot like Scott did And i feel it's overlooked.
Absolutely.
This has been one of my favorite reads this year. I picked it up out of a recommendation and am super glad that I did. After reading it I have recommended it to others multiple times
The amount of philosophy and existentialism in that book was extraordinary. The onnnly down side (and this is getting picky) were the panel lay outs. They stuck to mostly simple 9 panels per page. The writing was amazing, like world class good and the art is really gorgeous…I just personally thought they could have down a biiiit more with panel and page layouts. Maybe that was intentional though, idk. Either way, Mister Miracle is one of my favourite stand alone stories ever. Tom King is incredible. I got to read Strange Adventures and Visions next!
@@ThaKid14 the vision is incredible! I'm so pissed off I missed out on the deluxe edition, and only have the paperback now. But I still recommend it!
I disliked the lack of build up and the lack of consequence and the lack of physical conflict.
Great video! I am on my local public library site reserving all I can find! Love these kind of lists!
I’m glad I could help.
Love so many books for this list. Happy to say that the followup to Little Bird called Precious Metal is currently being worked on and should be out in issues next year.
Oh cool! thank you, sir.
best graphic novel EVER: Dropsie Avenue by Will Eisner - it's not just a story about different people but the background is the history of immigration to America - from the first Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam to germans, english, jewish and so on. It's a definitly must read for anyone who enjoyes graphic novels
Thank you for the recommendation. I’ve read Contract With God.
Perfect timing! Adding to my Christmas Wishlist right now!
Perfect indeed. :)
Hey man, love the channel! Just finished Joe the Barbarian and The Underwater Welder and they were both sooo good. Appreciate the recommendations and I look forward to more in the future! Subscribed 👍🏼👍🏼
I’m so glad you enjoyed them and thank you for subscribing!
Underwater Welder is my favorite graphic novel ever! "I kill giants" is also a great standalone
I kill Giants I believe was on my list last year.
the black bolt book is lovely and so beautifully drawn
Absolutely.
I would definitely add Sunburn to the list. It's a coming-of-age story about a girl who gets invited to Greece to visit some friends of her parents. And of course, Tillie Walden's On A Sunbeam.
I really loved on a sunbeam. I need to read Sunburn. Thank you
Gideon Falls volumes 1 and 2. These 2 contain the entire series. Great read.
Kingdom Come is my favorite all time favorite DC Comics story. It's amazing.
It’s so good.
@@NearMintCondition that was my first ever comic book
@@NearMintCondition I’m about to buy my first omnibus I need your help choosing between the Marvel Knights Punisher volume 1 or miles morales THE ultimate Spider-Man hardcover
17:34 My favorite graphic novels are only in black and white! To Omar's followers, give yourselves a treat and read Rachel Rising or Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore. Good stuff ♥
Terry Moore is sooo good.
Solid list. I’ve read all but one of those and can vouch they are all quite good.
Thank you for the kind words.
Love stand alones! Great content as usual Omar. Comment for the algorithm!
Thank you!
i need more stand alone books in my life, thank you so much for it, the little bird looks intriguing
You're so welcome! And I do a hidden gems graphic novels every month that has some stand alone GN.
I love this type of videos. I love recommendations where I don't have to know there long history of a super hero.
I’m glad you enjoyed the list.
Underwater Welder is such a hidden gem. Talk about emotional
It really does hit!
Interesting list. I would have 2 great additions though :)
The 1st one is Sheriff of Babylon and tells the story of a mysterious murder that happened during the training of the new police officers in Iraq. Written by Tom King, a former CIA officer with art provided by Mitch Gerads. A great political crime-thriller, very well written with a great cast of characters. The story is actually deeper than the surface suggests - it’s about choices and consequences but also about a man that does not fully understand the context of the situation he’s involved in.
The 2nd one is Carbone & Silicium written and drawn Mathieu Bablet. Story follows the life of two sentient robots as they experience the fall of mankind. It’s hard to write anything about the story as even a little detail can spoil the fun. What’s actually worth saying is that it is a great, amazing, wonderful story about love (both parental and romantic), choices and consequences and about different approach to live a individual can have. It is absolutely brilliant, with deep and emotional story and great characters. It’s a difficult read, sometimes quite sad but still filled with hope. A must read IMO.
Cheers for the list, Omar. Hadn't heard of any of these titles and most weren't really my flavour but Revolver has a really excellent concept(albeit nothing new) and the artwork for Little bird looks really phenomenal. Going on my list for sure.
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Infinite Kung fu, Bone (you can buy it as one volume) Satoshi Kon's Opus, Matador, 300, Xenozoic, Wednesday comics, Plastic, The Vampire Christmas, and Grass cutter.
Grass cutter I see making it in next year.
@@NearMintCondition i mean, they are all bangers. Also this is work. Enjoy holiday
One book I always recommend as a standalone story is God Country by Donny Cates. In my opinion, a near perfect comic. Other ones I would add would be stuff like Primordial by Jeff Lemire/Andrea Sorrentino, Strange Adventures by Tom King/Doc Shaner/Mitch Gerads, and The Wake by Scott Snyder/Sean Murphy.
It’s so good. God Country. I believe that was on the list last year. I need to check out Primordial.
God Country was great! Have you been reading Crossover?
@@rumo510 yes, I have! Absolutely love that series and I cant wait for the next arc to start up.
Great list, only read Mister Miracle out of the books here, so I need to read the rest, heard so many great things about all of them.
I'm glad you enjoyed.
Thank you for these lists Omar. You really put so much thought into each of these.
thank you!
Some worthwhile titles, but it would be great, as far as graphic novels go, we start expanding into some of the stuff done through crowdfunding. Some really amazing work there. Instead of just the usual labels.
On my hidden gems I do crowdfunding all the time. However, it kind of sucks because some aren’t available for international shipping.
@@NearMintCondition oh cool. Need to check more of that content then.
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen, illustration by Jonathan Case, published under Dark Horse Comics. Loved how visceral this was in graphic novel format.
Great suggestion. Thank you.
Thank you for these videos, Omar!
Thank you for watching.
Justice in absolute edition is already great, kingdom comes is PERFECT
FACT!
Thank you! I was looking forward to this specific list.
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for the recommendations, Omar. I added most of them to my reading list.
Really hope you enjoy them.
Oh my gosh- I know I’m super late, but if you love sci-fi and romance, Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi has to be my FAVORITE stand alone graphic novel. Look up the plot, highly recommended!!!
I keep meaning to get Dragon Hoops.. Im a basketball coach so I think it would def appeal to me!!
You would love it, brother.
I would recommend checking out "The Keeper" by Tamarive Due and Steven Barnes. It's a YA thriller/horror, with themes of loss and hope and found family, centering around a young girl of color as she finds her way in the world after tragedy, and the mystical forces being unhelpful with that.
Happy thanksgiving omar!
You as well brother!
Happy Thanksgiving, Omar! Thanks for the list.
My brother, thank you! Always a pleasure to hear from you.
good stuff man, appreciate these recs
Keep recommending us graphic novels, i truly appreciate it 👍
Will do and thank you!
You have me about to purchase 6 out of the 10 you mentioned. Thank you for the recommendations I’m new to the world of graphic novels I find my interest is in realistic themes… and anything Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles😂😂😂 thank you again 🔥🔥🔥🔥video!!!
Hope you enjoy them!
Funny enough i literally got the black bolt by Ahmed a few hours ago so seeing it here has me very excited to jump in
I hope you enjoy it.
Omar your channel is really unique on TH-cam. Really good at what you do mate.
I appreciate that!
@@NearMintCondition Omar could you please let me know which edition of mister miracle you review there? Deluxe?
@@kickstownldn9949 I think I reviewed both on the channel. But can't wait for the Absolute this year.
@@NearMintCondition I’m not deep into the graphic novel game. What difference will there be for the absolute version
Bigger artwork. That’s practically it. But a slipcase plus a new cover. I’m in!
I hope that one day Marvel comics can reprint the Machine Man from Barry Windsor Smith in Deluxe oversized edition.
Same! And 2001 by Kirby!
Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith is one I’d add to the list. A kid is recruited by the military for a genetics experiment, which the recruiter later regrets. The book deals with family trauma and other issues, completely different from anything I would normally read.
The Long Halloween is a good one and done Batman read. They did release a follow up last year, but I haven’t read it and heard it isn’t necessary.
Loved Monster. It was on my top 10 reads of 2021/ so good. Sadly the long Halloween one shot was just okay. And sadly we won’t get any more.
TH-cam decided today that I should see this video...now today I've watched a dozen and I have a whole bunch of new books to read! I don't know whether to thank you or curse you. So...crank you! I guess?
I’ll take a crank. Lol and happy to be of service!
I'm so glad you brought up little bird
It’s so good.
Happy Turkey Day, Near Mint Condition and all!
Edit: Punk Rock Jesus, YES. Great story.
It was crazy and I can see why so many would rebuy it in color.
@@NearMintCondition I would definitely. I really enjoyed the story.
I don't hear about DC: The New Frontier. It's such an awesome reading experience and a lovely tribute to DC heroes. I think this one should be every comic lovers library!!
Much respect to the legendary Darwyn Cooke😊😢
Great suggestion. I love that book.
You should try a Old Reader, New Reader for it (if it's feasible) would love to see that video
The White Donkey: Terminal Lance. Stuck with me for a bit.
Thank you!
Really enjoyed Three Little Wishes from Paul Cornell and Steve Yeowell, published by Legendary, hadn't been on my radar at all but picked it up from Paul's table at Thought Bubble.
Don't know how you can talk about Black Bolt without mentioning a certain freelance peacekeeping agent, yes?
I need to check that one out.
You are not wrong about Little Bird. It's fabulous. The sequel is still in work. It's called Precious Metal i believe.
Oh that’s great!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone at nearmint!
You as well’
I’ve had my eye on Mister Miracle and heard incredible things about it. I’ll definitely give that a read
They are great.
Daredevil Born Again, Daredevil Man Without Fear, Superman Red Son, Superman Peace on Earth, Fantastic Four Season One, Aquaman Death of a Prince
Man, you listed some sure fire hits there, dude! Little Bird is an absolute masterpiece through and through! I think that a follow up wouldn't be as good. I believe in leaving people wanting more and move on!
Has anybody read Black Hole? That's one solid read also!
Thank you so much. That one was in my top 13 horror graphic novels. I think in 2019 or 2020. Love that book.
@@NearMintCondition I literally found your channel today and subbed! I'm going to go through your back log of vids! Loving what I got to see so far, dude! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Oh thank you and glad to have you here!
Yes! Love Little Bird!
It’s solid.
Nextwave is so ridiculously great. Happy Thanksgiving, Omar! Hope you, Melanie and the girls had a fantastic day.
You too! And it’s a fun read.
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. By James Spooner. Best book I read this year.
Thank you and I’ll check it out.
I’m going to read Mister Miracle now. Time to take off the plastic.
It’s a dark and powerful read.
26:45 i love how your boy who doesn’t read much comics put you on to a comic lol
Right!? Crazy. :)
I just bought Joe the Barbarian Deluxe HC for £2.91 on Amazon, bargain! I've got Kingdom come. Little Bird looks interesting, on my list
My recommend for a book is 'Summer Magic: The Complete Journal of Luke Kirby' about a boy magician much darker than and predates Harry Potter ( Books of Magic predates HP too, you wonder where JK got her ideas from)
I’ll have to check it out.
Heyyy
You are posting wornderful content, keepting posting. Thanks for that.
I went thorough your channel, and couldn't find a playlist for standalone comics. You don't have a playlist for it or I couldn't find it?
Thank you for the kind words. I mainly focus on collected editions. Maybe I can start doing singles sometime in the future.
@@NearMintCondition but you have done atleast 4-5 videos on standalone comics right? Maybe put that in a playlist. It would be help and easy to search
Nextwave is still my favorite graphic novel.
Stuart Imonen agrees.
PUNK ROCK JESUS! What an amazing GN!
Fact!
Pride of Baghdad, from Vertigo. this one will crush you.... I won't spoil it.
Just scrolled the comments, seen it was already done.
It’s so good.
Asterios Polyp! Great read.
I believe that made it on the list last year. It is phenomenal.
Wow got here early , first to leave as comment 💪
My man!
I absolutely love Warren ellis phenomenal writer
You love him as a writer? Does he fascinate you that much? Saying that you love Warren Ellis these days does not bode well for your credibility, friend. Using the word "love" and warren ellis is like saying " I still love Joss Whedon, despite him being a piece of shit narcissist, bully and all around manipulative tool who used the pretense of being a feminist to actually prey on certain vulnerable women during his work on Buffy and Angel."
But....but, he's still great? No, he isn't. His Astonishing Xmen run was great. most of it. His first Avengers movie directing job was fantastic. I would always give him that. I never cared for his tv series. I was not a big Buffy fan nor did I like Firefly that much.
Warren Ellis, from I hear as a human being and as a man, he's big FAILURE and a creep. Just letting you know. This list was good from Omar but I never liked Ellis' dumb comic Nextwave Agents of Hate. I just found it a cliched cartoon joke and a forgettable mini series. He did some good comics for marvel, image, etc. I liked Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts run very much. His Moon Knight story arc was cool, but not amazing. His Iron Man Extremis story was good, but he isn't one of my favorite writers even before I heard from NMC and Omni bros about his ugly manipulative past grooming some female co workers and all that shit. Fuck that guy.
@@EmpireStateUtopian_Dystopia lol what a roasting
I've been looking for the Black Bolt hardcover for months but can't find it available anywhere in Canada. 😭
Really is it oop already?
@@NearMintCondition yeah. Sold out at practically every single store online.
Black Bolt is very underrated! Glad to see it gets some love! Btw, my favourite graphic novel is Watchmen
It sure is.
Great episode ❗🔥💯
Thank you!
L'Origine (1990) by Marc-Antoine Mathieu, highly qualified as a stand alone SPECTACULAR graphic novel
Thank you for that recommendation.
Come on now Omar. Give us your top 10 Brian Bendis' run from Indies, Marvel and DC. 😅
It's coming! lol
At 18:54 did you say that his bodyguard used to be in the IRA?? How much does it go into that, I'm not very keen on the idea
It goes into it for a whole chapter.
Mazebook by Lemire really affected me. It would be in my list for sure
That’s going to be on my list of top 10 reads of 2022. It wrecked me.
@@NearMintCondition agreed, especially as I am also a father to girls. I genuinely wonder if the impact is the same for someone who doesn't come in with that "baggage"
@@ahchiu9 I have two little girls too. I'm not sure, I think books used to hit me like before kids, but now....man.
I'm surprised that in these three videos that you haven't mentioned V for Vendetta
You know. I’m surprised too. It’s been a while since I’ve revisited that story.
I didnt finish dragon hoops but i understand why people like it
Sorry you didn’t like it.
@@NearMintCondition yeah maybe if I re read it I would get more out of it but basketball isn't really my thing
Does Vision count? I liked many deaths of Laila star.
Absolutely they do.
Hey you need to add the last knight on earth on your list by Scott Snyder
Is it really stand alone though? I think it reads better as a book end to his run. I mean everything from Zero Year to justice league to DKDM.
Throw this entire list out. The only stand alone story anyone needs is Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith
That was on my list last year. So now you can read more :)
13:43 That's real life.
Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back is great.
Sir can you recommend me one of the best
I'm one of your viewers that is turned off by black and white comics. I've tried to read them, Lord knows I've tried to like them and I've even bought a couple of them but it never ends well.
Completely understand.
Picked up hard cover little bird for $12
Great find!
Blackbolt!
Yes sir!
What about Pride of Baghdad?
On the list last year :)
This was so frigging good
Is Little Bird an OHC?
It is.
I love Black Hole
omar do u have any hadith or islamic books?
The many deaths of Laila Starr. From Hell. Persepolis.