BGNoAT, Best Graphic Novel – ROUND 1 – Bracket 1

[turtlex]

Welcome to ROUND ONE
of
the Best Graphic Novel of All Time Polls

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BRACKET 1 / 9 Nominations

Please vote for the Graphic Novel you feel is the best from this group :


Batman: Dark Victory by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale
A History of Violence by John Wagner
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth by Grant Morrision
300 by Frank Miller
Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis
Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale

These polls are all about interaction and community - come on, tell us why you voted like you did !!!

[Sam]

This is the toughest bracket for me. I ended up voting for The Dark Knight Returns, but it was between this and 300, both Miller books.

[DoctorDodge]

I still need to read The Dark Knight Returns, but i've gotta say this one was a tough choice, since i LOVE The Long Halloween. In the end, though, I just had to go along with Watchmen, that comic really did blow me away!

[fernandito]

ANNOUNCEMENT : I hate Pam and Sam for making me choose between my two most favorite GN's ever. Just putting that out there. <_<

I haven't cast my vote yet, I'll need to meditate on this for a looooooooooooooong time.

[sarajean]

then i won't tell you what i voted for, as i don't want to influence you.

[turtlex]

Feev - Please hate The Hat: Version 2.3 which was the bastard program that did the random picking for me !!!

[Sam]

Don't hate the pimp, hate The Hat.

[fernandito]

The damage is done, it's too late for apologies! :nope:

[Sam]

Bump. We need your votes!!:D

[Darkthoughts]

Watchmen. As Pop Will Eat Itself so wisely sang, "Alan Moore knows the score!"

[fernandito]

300 has more votes than TDKR?!?

:angry:

[Sam]

And Watchmen is topping them all. That kinda surprises me, but with the movie having recently been released, not so surprising after all.

[turtlex]

Watchmen is great... I am not surprised at that at all. Alan Moore.

[Brainslinger]

I haven't read all of these, so I don't think it's fair I vote.

Of the 4 I have read I suppose it would either be Watchmen or Dark Knight returns I'd go for. I read 300 recently, and while the art was interesting it really wasn't a big deal to me otherwise.

[turtlex]

Brainslinger - I would say vote. Your opinion is just as valuable as the next. If you've read some of these and think they're good - vote for them. It's all about participation.

re: 300 - it is a visual masterpiece, for sure.

[Brainslinger]

Brainslinger - I would say vote. Your opinion is just as valuable as the next. If you've read some of these and think they're good - vote for them. It's all about participation.

re: 300 - it is a visual masterpiece, for sure.

Ok, as long as you don't mind the fact I'm biassed. ;)

It'll be either Watchmen or the Dark Knight for me then. I wasn't over keen on the first when I read it , but it was a long time ago, and I suspect my reaction would be different now.

I prefferred the Dark Knight when I read it (relatively recently) but I think Watchmen is a more landmark comic...

Ho, hummmm.....

Watchmen spoiler:
I think it was the bleak ending which coloured my negative view of Watchmen at the time rather than finding the story intrinsically bad. I thoroughly enjoyed the film version I saw recently, and I know that the story changed very little.

Watchmen it is.

[turtlex]

Hey, we live for the biased !!

Look at feev, he doesn't even read all the titles, just does a search for Dark Knight!

[Sam]

That is SO true.:lol:

[Sam]

Vote.

[Seymour_Glass]

I might vote Watchmen from here on in. All the books I voted for in the first round seem to be failing.

[turtlex]

Personally, I'm voting with my heart until my fav's are dropped or out voted, etc.

[Seymour_Glass]

That's what I'm doing, too. But my faves are probably all going to drop off by next round.

[turtlex]

Well... Maus and Dark Phoenix are my favorites... and those hopefully will pass through to the second...

... thing is, we got a a LOT of really good nominations so every bracket is killing me!

[Sam]

Round One is in it's last hours, so get your votes in while you still can.

[turtlex]

We'll be closing this thread, and Round One voting, first thing in the morning.

Please vote now!

[Sam]

You heard the lady, vote for 'em while you can.

[turtlex]

And the polls are closed!

Round One results, and tie-breakers where necessary, will be posted soon.

Thank you so very much for your participation!

~ Sam and turtlex