novels by comic book writers

[victorxd1999]

What do you guys think of novels by known comic book writers? I have to admit I've only read a few Gaiman, Joe Hill and Mieville novels but haven't read any others. Whose novels and comics do you read and which ones are better?

[Cayman]

Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels are great. I haven't read his new novel but the short story is was expanded from is very good.

G. Willow Wilson's Alif The Unseen is amazing.

I've never actually read his comics, but Alex Grecian's Scotland Yard Murder Squad novels are good.

[Fenris]

You mean novels that aren't novelizations of comic books, right?

Gaiman's work is excellent, particularly his short stories.

Peter David's written some funny sf and fantasy novels.

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[victorxd1999]

You mean novels that aren't novelizations of comic books, right?

Gaiman's work is excellent, particularly his short stories.

Peter David's written some funny sf and fantasy novels.

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Yeah, I mean original works like Gaiman's American Gods for example. Hm, never knew PAD wrote some novels.. gonna have to check that out, I love PAD

[Michael P]

Yeah, I mean original works like Gaiman's American Gods for example. Hm, never knew PAD wrote some novels.. gonna have to check that out, I love PAD

This will help: http://www.peterdavid.net/bibliography/

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Alan Moore's Voice Of The Fire (man is that first chapter a bear to get through)

[Michael P]

Alan Moore's Voice Of The Fire (man is that first chapter a bear to get through)

Difficult to parse, but worth it. For me, it was the chapters about the burning witches and the schizophrenic poet that were chores.

[bert]

Yeah, I mean original works like Gaiman's American Gods for example. Hm, never knew PAD wrote some novels.. gonna have to check that out, I love PAD

for the most part PAD's novels are fantastic.

even his Star Trek books (and he's written a lot of them, including an entire "New Frontier" universe) are quite good.

John Byrne's prose Novels are pretty good (in particular "Whipping Boy" and his "Wonder Woman" novel).

[Mr MajestiK]

[FanboyStranger]

Alan Moore's Voice Of The Fire (man is that first chapter a bear to get through)

But, man, that last chapter, the tour of Northhampton, is brilliant. Between that and the From Hell chapter where Gull leads Nutley around London, Alan Moore may have missed his true calling as the world's greatest tour guide.

[FanboyStranger]

Most of Michael Moorcock's comics are worth reading. He definitely knows how to pick collaborators-- Chaykin, Simonson, etc.

Don McGregor's books are very much a picture of their time, but also very, very interesting speculative fiction. I'd recommend The Variable Strain, but it can be tough in places.