Graphic novels kill books

I love comics.  I don't want to take them and make sweet perverted love to them but I am enjoying their stories.  I own zero comics so to say I love them is misleading but I was at the library and picked up some graphic novels and wow o wow, talk about great stories.
I've read two volumes of "Exiles," an X-Men spin-off, and "Banner" by Rian Azzarello and Richard Corben.

The "Exiles" titles are amazing.  Time travel, alternate universes, and different stories for the X-Men and all without having to read hundreds of pages.  I get smart sci-fi, good dialogue, thoughtful art, and a good story.  Time is a real living thing and is comprised of Time DNA.  Something goes wrong and it's spreading across Time like a cancer so some mutants get unhinged in time and must pull a Quantum Leap and reverse bad things or they will cease to exist.  As the missions progress some die, some go home, and new mutants take their places.
The stories involve all the characters of the Marvel universe expect to see a lot familiar faces doing unfamiliar things.  The Exiles are faced with dilemmas such as fighting against people they know from their own universes, battle fatigue, and personal sacrifice.  The stories for each of the characters is smart and developed and the art is appropriately heroic, strong, and full.  The artists convey much emotion while still drawing kick ass battle scenes.  "Exiles" is awesome and written for adults.  Children will enjoy them too but there is a depth that only adults will appreciate. 

"Banner" left me wanting.  The story is about Bruce Banner's pain he feels about the Hulk's destruction on society.  This is contemplative story and that's great, I love introspective pieces but too much of the story was about catching Banner and not enough about his demons.  There's a point when he attempts suicide and it comes on so quickly that the reader has no time to react and then as quickly as it comes, it disappears into the pages.
The art work was not serious enough for the story that was being told and wanted to be told.  The artwork wasn't bad but it didn't fit the material.  Banner should have been drawn more tortured and with more emotions.  This could have been so much better but I found myself racing through it on purpose because I didn't care what happened.