Comic book recommendations for people who don't like comic books 20 Articles

by Seth Breedlove

Recently I loaned a copy of Identity Crisis to my mother on the off chance that she might enjoy it. She's always liked a good mystery story and I'm always looking for new people to reel into reading comics. She loved it. I...read more

by Ben Erdrich

If you don't like comic books, more than likely you aren't looking to become an avid reader. However, there are many comic books out there that can change your opinion and turn you into an unintentional avid reader anyway....read more

by Genenda Milloy

I know it's strange, but I've always like comic book characters and stories, but I have never enjoyed reading comic books. In high school, I began watching the animated Spiderman series on Fox, which seemed to be the gate...read more

by Nicholas Hanna

Comic book fans have been preaching it for years: comics are not just for kids. This should be old hat by now. So rather than trying to entice non-comic readers to read comics, let's first explore the medium of comics and ...read more

by Sean Kollar

Believe it or not, there are still many people today who have gone their whole lives without ever having read a comic book. However, with the rising trend or superhero and comic related films set to debut, many people have...read more

by J. Christopher Baggett

You've probably read the occasional comic book by now. Popular culture has given you a somewhat passing knowledge who Spider-Man, Superman, Batman and other superheroes are. And you probably assume that its all the comic...read more

by Anna1

Let me go straight in for the kill without any pussyfooting around. So you don't like comic books but for some reason they seem attractive and you want to read one. Maybe it's the movies, the pretty pictures or the geek in...read more

by Charles Brokaw

For those who are not interested in comic books but wish to read and perhaps enjoy the art form I would suggest the graphic novels 300 and V for Vendetta. It helps that these two graphic novels have been turned into movies...read more

by Erin Yorke

1.Leviathan. Endorsed by Matt Groening (Simpsons creator), this comic book is written from the perspective of an anonymous Everybaby`constantly grappling with very mature subjects like creation, death, the nature of family...read more

by Tim Webb

For some years I have been collecting comics and the book that I show people who laugh when I say what I have as a hobby is Kingdom Come. The reason for this is that people who have not been exposed to the DC or Marvel Uni...read more

by Tony Pawli

Before we begin - if you want to get right to the meat of which books I'm recommending (say you are a comic reader already looking for something that will entice your non-comic reading friends) - feel free to skip down thr...read more

by d. richard scannell

Here is some advice for getting an experienced book reader interested in comics and graphic novels. Often a literary person will get a recommendation from an avid comic reader and will find himself confronted with superher...read more

by M. Santiago

Sometimes, I feel singled out as a comic book fan. I love all kinds of comics, be they web comics, superhero comics, graphic novels, or whatever. However, some people do not feel that my hobby is altogether normal. The ...read more

by Grace Mcdermott

It's hard to do blanket recommendations as each individual's tastes determine what they like. Obviously, no one is going to recommend they start at Uncanny X-Men #1, as that would just be cruel. If they are already...read more

by Beppo

Comics, graphic novels, visual text medium...make up your own name. The art form has come a long way. I admit, I read comics since...I couldn't read. It was the late 1970s and I was probably two-years-old, sifting through ...read more

by Nick Morales

While it escapes me as to why anyone who doesn't like comic books would want to read them, one should know that comics go much further than just heroic tales of Superman and Spider-Man nowadays. There are stories for virtu...read more

by Andrew Browers

Some of spent our formative years with our noses between the pages of Batman or the X-Men. While it's true that not everyone will share our enthusiasm for our beloved comics, it is possible to suggest certain titles for fr...read more

by Pablo Martinez

Empowered Volume 1: The review By StorytellerNYC Empowered Written and drawn by Adam Warren Published by Dark Horse Books $14.95 If your into parodies superhero comic, damsels in distress, Japanese manga, and all...read more

by Daniel Mallon

Comics have come a long way in the last few decades. Most especially in the last two it has become respectable for adults to be seen reading the collected editions, or, as they are now more maturely titled "Graphic No...read more

by Roger Hanney

Pfft. Comic books. We're talking nerds, spandex, publisher, year of publication, and in ubergeek territory we're talking release date. Oh, and if you guess wrongly at one of these or any other details in reference to said ...read more