Comments on: 7/26 – Curious Cat Asks…

By: Jeff Albertson

Jeff Albertson — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:00:19 +0000

There’s not just Barks and Rosa: There’s also Van Horn, Lustig, Block, Jiipes, Milton, Vicar, Rota, etc. There is an awful lot of good stuff out there. Almost no one in the U.S. is buying it anymore, of course.

But it is a good point that the large number of stories lowers the percentage.

By: joecab

joecab — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:17:07 +0000

I also vote for Unca Scrooge (through the Donald Duck shorts)

By: Dan K

Dan K — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:17:22 +0000

Futurama is pretty decent.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:43:01 +0000

I’d discount GI Joe, Transformers and Batman TAS because none of those originated in telly or film.

Mow about The Matrix? Those comics are good

By: Philip Ayres

Philip Ayres — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:44:39 +0000

Oh I don’t know there is some good other SW stuff out there. I’ve a particular fondness for the Marvel stuff between Empire and Return drawn by Walt Simonson, and some of the Marvel post Return stuff drawn by Cynthia Martin is rather good too.

DH has produced a load of so so stuff – don’t forget Dark Empire was originally a Marvel LS solicited in an old, old issue of Marvel Age – but their best stuff has to be Crimson Empire and the superb Rogue Squadron.

Never thought much of any Star Trek comic I’ve read !

By: Joe Gualtieri

Joe Gualtieri — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:48:51 +0000

Probably either G.Joe or Transformers. Hama and Furman each churned out a lot of good to great material. G.I.Joe probably has a slightly better percentage.

The probably with Disney comics is that for every Rosa or Barks story, there’s got to be ten by some hack.

Star Wars and Trek– no, just… no. I’ve yet to see our hear of a good Trek comic and the only good one for Star Wars, against miles and miles of crap, is the original Dark Empire. Well, I suppose you could count the original, Chaykin illustrated adaptation, too.

Batman: TAS– shouldn’t count based on the phrasing.

The one Serenity comic so far was NOT good. PLus picking a single mini property, Lynch’s Dune would win– Billy the Sink art!

By: acespot

acespot — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:55:41 +0000

Sorry. The Shadow doesn’t count. He was a RADIO licensed character.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:46:47 +0000

G.I. MOTHERF*CKING JOE!!!

Over 300 issues since 1982, most written by Larry Hama.

Um, I’ve never read any Disney comics.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:13:57 +0000

Yeah, I didn’t think about the Donald and Scrooge stuff (obviously a glaring oversight) but they’re the clear winners. No other franchise has Rosa going for it.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:06:46 +0000

Scrooge McDuck, definitely.

By: Jeff Albertson

Jeff Albertson — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:58:52 +0000

Scrooge was created by Carl Barks for the comic books, so I consider all the Scrooge comics as resulting from the Donald Duck license.

Probably not what Curious Cat was expecting as an answer, but I think it fits.

By: DubipR

DubipR — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:22:20 +0000

Any Disney character would work here, if marketed correctly.

By: sean

sean — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:20:14 +0000

I would think Scrooge McDuck, because of the sheer reverence everybody has for it. Or Donald.

By: Sleestak

Sleestak — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:00:22 +0000

Micronauts

By: Tobey Cook

Tobey Cook — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:43:29 +0000

I would say either Star Wars or Star Trek. There’s been more good than bad of each of those.

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:33:40 +0000

The Simpsons?

By: J.C.

J.C. — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:21:04 +0000

If you go by both comics and inspiration, the Shadow.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:16:01 +0000

yeah, it’s got to be Donald Duck.

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:15:08 +0000

Serenity.
1 book, pretty good.
therefore 100 percent.
Of course other things have had only one mini, but you get the idea here.

By: Jeff Albertson

Jeff Albertson — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:52:06 +0000

Donald Duck.