dhenry:
I've been looking for a serial lcd display that either has more lines, or more chars on each line than the regular 20x4 ones. and that comes bundled with a lcd driver.
Not sure "regular" you are referring to but many graphics lcds go (way) above that and many of them are serial.
Any recommendations for a "starter" graphic-LCD?
The GLCD? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arduino-LCD-Shield-Pro-GLCD-128x64-LCD-/130567092608?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6667b980