I just remembered:

Alias (by Bendis) was also pretty good (especially the last arc "Purple"). Bendis´s run (and Brubaker that came after him) in Daredevil is pretty good to, almost in the level of Frank Miller´s run.

Criminal (by Brubaker) - criminal noir-like stories.

Sleeper (by Brubaker) - undercover secret agent (with superpowers) who is in trouble after his boss the only person that knew the truth is attacked and goes into a coma

Gotham Central (Greg Rucka, Brubacker and others - It´s from DC and already got cancelled but it was great. Crimes in Gotham with Gotham PD fighting the criminals. Their take on Batman, Gotham crazies etc. Great writing.

i read comics on DA! not in book form!

For initiates, something like Batman Year one is a good start into the world of mature comics
i recently read the Sandman graphic novels(Neil Gaiman) and i can recommend them wholeheartedly
i am a huge fan of Alan Moore( he is the best there is without a doubt) and V for Vendetta and Watchmen are the best of his works, imo.
@d21lewis yeah the crises have year long build ups, with numerous tie-ins, have to seek some of them online, cause cant get'em all

@rocketpig couldnt agrre with you more about the Frank Miller DD era. The DD Born Again story arc was one of the best things i've read in a regular series

I read the entire Wikipedia article on Juggernaut and it was the greatest read of my life.

I haven't read a comic in forever. I think the last thing I read was the Spider-Man series about Carnage when I was a wee lad. I have all of Akira burned on a couple CDs somewhere and keep forgetting to read it. Thanks for reminding me.

I did the same though it happened around 1999... I just lost interest.

I still have 8 or 9 longboxes full of books stored at my father's house.

I feel my interest coming back, though. Profcrab and I are working on a book about superheroes but not really about superheroes. It's been an interesting few days sorting out some of the ideas and today, I actually went and bought my first sketchbook in 5-6 years. It will be nice picking up a pencil again. It's been awhile.

Now I just need to master that stupid fucking Wacom tablet... Pencil and paper FTW, dammit!

I got about 600 comic books, from Prince Valiant to Astérix, from Watchmen to Lanfeust de Troy, from Bone to Modesty Blaise...

For mature comics I´d generally recommend my two favourite comics countries: Belgium & France:

Moebius (absolutely everything, but especially the legendary series "The Incal", which he created together with Jodorowsky)
François Bourgeon (series “Passengers of the Wind”)
LeTendre/Loisel (series ”The Quest for the Time Bird”)
Christin/Mézières (series ”Valérian and Laureline)
Schuiten/Peeters (anything from their brilliant "Cities of the Fantastic" comic books)
Enki Bilal (anything, but especially the “Nikopol” trilogy)
Griffo/Dufaux (series ”Samba Bugatti”)
Lewis Trondheim (anything, especially his hilarious "Dungeon" series)

I TOTALLY forgot about Walking Dead! I've read every issue, I love it.

Best of luck to you, Rocketpig.
hoping we get to see the early art-work( char design etc) ,if its not too hush-hush, that is .
In your opinion, who is the best artist around now?
my personal vote goes to Alex Ross for comics, and Kentaro Miura(Berserk) for manga

I read manga. Does that count?

indeed

I'm actaully almost in the same boat as you, except i was never a huge comic guy. I read some every now and then, but it never really took off. My friend (not on vgchartz as far as i know) is actually midway through the 4th issue of his comicbook and asked me to do the artwork for it =P.