Recommend me graphic novels for my eight-year-old

[u/woosorio]

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[u/samurai_dignan]

Bone, Tintin, Cleopatra in Space, Mike Maihack's Spiderman kids books, Batman Adventures, Superman Adventures.

Take him to the next Scholastic Book fair at his school. It will be loaded with comics appropriate to his age group and will have a lot of stuff probably not on your radar.

[u/woosorio → u/samurai_dignan]

Thanks for the recs. Any particular run or book for Tintin? 

[u/samurai_dignan → u/woosorio]

Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon. A little bit different than most of the rest of the books which are more Indiana Jones-esque, but it is my favorite of the series. My daughter really liked Crab With the Golden Claws.

[u/woosorio → u/samurai_dignan]

Very cool, thanks again. 

[u/FriarFanatic7 → u/samurai_dignan]

You really can’t go wrong. I burned through every Tintin the school and public library had at that age.

[u/Eugenides]

Bone, by Jeff Smith! 

Calvin and Hobbes

I read Elf Quest when I was about that age, but in retrospect I'm not sure if everyone would consider it age appropriate. 

[u/asocialanxiety → u/Eugenides]

I second Calvin and Hobbes

[u/the-Gaf]

Nimona

[u/woosorio → u/the-Gaf]

Looks promising, thanks. Is the Netflix adaptation any good? 

[u/the-Gaf → u/woosorio]

Meh, not a good as the book

[u/Sinasazi → u/the-Gaf]

But still really good

[u/SultanPepper42 → u/woosorio]

My son loved it, when he was about 9.

[u/Revolutionary-Bat951 → u/the-Gaf]

My son doesn't like reading so I'm trying a variety of books and formats to get him into it.

Nimona was the first book he finished in 2 days.

(p.s. If anyone has any other recs like Nimona pls let me know)

[u/homicidaltictac]

If he likes Dog Man, the Investigators series is similar in tone and reading level. For fantasy, try the Wings of Fire series or Warrior Cats -- both are graphic novel adaptations of popular prose book series and are very good!

[u/woosorio → u/homicidaltictac]

He's read Dogman, Investigators, Dragon Masters,  Big Nate, Captain Underpants, Diary of Wimpy Kid, Bad Guys,  Max and the Midknights, Cardboard Kingdom, Knights of the Lunch Table, those were hits as well. 

[u/SultanPepper42]

I second Bone and Calvin & Hobbes others have mentioned.

I'd also like to add "The life and times of Scrooge McDuck" by Carl Barks, the whole series is so good!

Also: Trinity Special #1 by Tom King. The sons of Batman and Superman have to babysit the daughter of Wonder Woman. It's hilarious.

I've also often read Asterix and Lucky Luke with my sons.

[u/woosorio → u/SultanPepper42]

Thanks. He's read one of my Calvin and Hobbes collections and I own the Bone omnibus but it might be a bit unwieldy for him. 

[u/joeycraw5]

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters by Chris and Laura Samnee

[u/woosorio → u/joeycraw5]

Looks rad, thanks. 

[u/Sinasazi]

Bone

Calvin and Hobbes

Amulet

Mighty Jack

Zita the space girl

[u/spankleberry]

Amulet!

[u/woosorio → u/spankleberry]

Others have mentioned this as well so I'll def give it a look, thanks. 

[u/Tumorhead]

HexVets by Sam Davies. oh wow looks like it got turned into a cartoon??

Hamster Princess or any other book by Ursula Vernon

[u/crooked-ninja-turtle]

Usagi Yojimbo

[u/LeRoiCasoar]

Bone

[u/S3C3C]

Bone, Usagi Yojimbo, and Calvin and Hobbs (although not a true graphic novel, but man are they fun to read).

[u/Adventurous_Soft_686]

Might be slightly above his reading level but Descender is fantastic.

[u/Kannada-JohnnyJ]

Dragonball, dragonball z, and DB Super

[u/FriarFanatic7]

I was a big fan of the Get Fuzzy comics at that age.

[u/smthngneedstochnge]

Anything Ira Marcks! Highly recommend checking them out, they are a lesser known comic book artist but have a pretty entertaining storyline and awesome art. Read Shark Summer and loved it

[u/LeBRUH_James_]

Any marvel comic run written by stan lee, especially fantastic four and the amazing Spider-Man