No kidding! It seemed I'd occasionally see somebody responding to the latest announcement of some of the winners by saying something along these general lines: "How on earth could so many of you people have voted for [fill-in-the-blank] to put it up so high on this list? Do you seriously think it was even half as original and influential as [fill-in-the-blank-with-a-run-that-didn't-score-so-many-points]?"

Or words to that general effect.

The thought going through my mind whenever I read some such complaint was: "Influential? Original? What's that got to do with anything? I didn't think I was voting on which runs made the biggest impact on what other creators did after they were exposed to that material; I thought I was only voting on whether or not I personally still get a kick out of going back and rereading a given run on a regular basis! That doesn't mean the run was one of The Greatest Landmarks in Its Genre when it came out; it only means it's wormed its way into my heart as one of my all-time Favorites!"

The highest entry on my list came in at 24. That's a lot higher than I'd expected!

Great fun, though. Thanks for all your hard work, Brian

I assumed it was US comics only, I must admit. While 2000AD has many of the best stories in comics, it's also an anthology which means that it doesn't fit well with the concept as described.

If we're talking 'best serial ongoing stories in comic form' that opens the door not just to 2000AD but also to web comics. It's hard enough to create a top ten already, just with the American pamphlet stuff!

If I have to start working out how Nikolai Dante stacks up against Gunnerkrigg Court and The New Mutants (Just to pluck a few names at random) - with all the content and format differences - I think I'd go crazy!

I would like to reiterate what so many people have said: Brian, thanks for doing this. It must be a ton of work, but it gets me checking the site excitedly several times a day in the hope the next entries are up.

That being said, I'll suggest even more work for you. I totally would love if you listed everything that got votes, like you did with the characters list. You don't need to do a write-up, just let us see all the rankings. I also would like to see a top 100 story-arcs/minis list and top 100 writers and artists lists. You know, when you have the time.

I had to laugh a few years ago, when fans complained that Kevin Anderson's Starjammers miniseries was betraying the concept of the team because it didn't have anything to do with the X-Men. Taking the X-Men out of the picture actually got it closer to Cockrum's original idea than it had ever been.

And…
your clock is off by a few hours. It says 7:38 on my previous post, but it is 10:40 now. Your clock is 3 hours off

We're on Pacific time.

You’ve been reading my drafts, haven’t you? Damn you, Cronin!

I plead the fifth.

Seriously, though, all these questions/concerned have been brought up in a lot of places, so I figured I should address them all.

You don't have a life, do you Brian?

In fact, once the final results are up, it'll not the end. In fact, it'll be just the beginning of many (hopefully) well-intentioned arguments between CSBG readers.

And that's terribl... no, I mean that's great!

What I really need to know though is which runs came close to making it but didn;t quite get there. (You mentioned Peter David's other X-Factor run as having come close)

As a Brit I find it somewhat (but not very) surprising that there is such small representation from 2000AD and other British comics - obviously Zenith, Miracleman and V for Vendetta, but no votes for John Wagner's Judge Dredd? Or Gerry Finley-Day's Rogue Trooper? or Pete Milligan's Bad Company? (the list goes on but you get the picture)
Are these runs undervalued or just under-read?
Or did those who have read these series just vote for other runs, thinking they would be squandering votes (like my own ashamed self)?

Thank you, Brian. From the bottom of my fanboy heart.

Way I figure it, no list is gonna be perfect, but so far I'm definitely impressed by this one. It's as decent a stab at a 'Best US Comics' list as you're likely to find anywhere, IMO

Eventually add 100 greatest artists, 100 greatest mini series, `100 greatest moments...this could go on forever....and hopefully it will