Comments on: Here Are Some Lists Of Comic Book Things

By: BDaly

BDaly — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:24:41 +0000

I really need to read more Essentials. I’ve only read the first four volumes of Claremont’s X-Men and the first volume of the Silver Surfer, all of which were excellent. I do plan on picking up Spidey and Howard the Duck. And given the way people go on about it, I may have to grab Tomb of Dracula. I don’t know if I’d want to read Ditko’s Strange without colours.

My top DC comics runs would be quite different. In particular, Animal Man would be number one, but each to their own.

Of your indie list, I’ve only read From Hell (which is brilliant), Ghost World (which is good) and some of American Splendor (it’s on my shelf and I need to give it another try). I still need to pick up Jimmy Corrigan. Have you read Black Hole? That would probably make my top 10.

By: Leeatard

Leeatard — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:49:19 +0000

If Herc DOES make it to MUA2, I hope all his attacks are just sound effects.

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:20:41 +0000

Sooooo, why didn’t you read Louis Riel to the end if yu were enjoying it?

(I’ve yet to read it myself, just curious.)

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:15:34 +0000

Heh, that’s almost funny. It’s gotta be one of the fastest “…And I’m over it” s in the history of comics. In a medium where Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, The Punisher, Daredevil, and dozens of others are agonizing over the death of loved ones for decades, it seems like Pym was fine in a coupla days, Marvel time.

I can’t decide if that makes him more or less emotionally healthy, but it certainly puts a whole new spin on his wife-smacking days and his current, dedicating-myself-to-Jan’s-memory persona.

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:04:10 +0000

Pym’s first wife, Maria, was mentioned in Avengers #227, when he gave his life history to some guy while he was in jail. And she formed a major part of the plot of West Coast Avengers #33-36. She was revealed to be alive at the end of that story, but it was such a stupid plot twist that someone got smart and had it revealed as a hoax by AIM a short time later in Solo Avengers (I can’t remember which issue).

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:12:14 +0000

Are you saying that Pym has a dead wife? Because that seems odd, as he never mentions it again, to my knowledge. Even his wikipedia entry, which describes that story, doesn’t note her.

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:52:52 +0000

I’m really confused about which Ant-Man origin story you read, as he sort of has two: “The Man in the Ant-Hill,” which is a standard 1950s BN-movie sci-fi thing introducing Pym, and then the first Ant-Man story, where he adopts the costume because the Commies killed his wife. (Actually, it’s one of the creepier such stories, given the fate of many who did go back home after the Soviet takeover.)

Neither is a great story, true, but I’m not sure what’s so eminently hateable about them either.

By: Ed Buskirk

Ed Buskirk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:37:44 +0000

Wanting Chris Ware’s characters to be eaten by Devil Dinosaur is one of the things I love about his work so much. At least as far as Jimmy Corrigan is concerned. I don’t hate Rocket Sam as a character, and some of those strips are extremely funny.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:49:32 +0000

Have you read any Gilbert Hernandez stuff? Jaime’s work is great, and Beto’s work is great in a very different way. If you haven’t, go go go don’t walk run and get it all. If you have but don’t like it, well, at least you liked put Tomb of Dracula at #1.

By: Darren K

Darren K — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:40:44 +0000

Wait, for your 11 Favorite Indie/Non-Superhero/Slice of Life Graphic Novels, one of them you don’t like and another you didn’t finish? Wouldn’t it have made more sense to have a Top 9? Or change the list to The 11 Indie/Non-Superhero/Slice of Life Graphic Novels I Have Read at Least Some Of?

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:29:37 +0000

Which Captain Britain costume would you want to download, though??

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:59:52 +0000

I can’t help but think that the “Indie/Non-Superhero/Slice of Life Graphic Novels” list is missing a few things:
- Elk’s Run
- Nightly News
- Scott Pilgrim

…just to pull three off the top of my head.

By: Adam Kirby

Adam Kirby — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:19:13 +0000

Man, I like Ice Haven too, but #2? That seems really high, unless you just haven’t read many ” Indie/Non-Superhero/Slice of Life Graphic Novels.” (ewwww, the “G-N” word)

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:12:35 +0000

Glad to see some love for Stagger Lee, one of the best works in years.

By: Brad Curran

Brad Curran — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:10:25 +0000

I think he wrote Doc until the end of Essential Strange, but that’s off the top of my head. Maybe Roy jumped in at the end? I’m not sure.

Bill: All bad? I thought you and me were pretty similar, taste wise, give or take a Dollhouse here or there. What did I do to you? That said, yes, if you don’t like Walt’s Orion, you are no friend of mine. FACT!

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:43:42 +0000

You can’t be all bad if’n you rate Simonson’s Orion, which all right-thinking individuals do.

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:41:52 +0000

I didn’t think Stan did Doctor Strange with anybody besides Ditko. You didn’t accidentally write Lee instead of say, Roy Thomas or somebody, did you?
I’m fully aware that I may be quite wrong on this.

You seem to have read much more sixties stuff than I have. I think the Ditko Spider-Man is the only run from that decade that I’ve read all of.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:20:34 +0000

Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, regardless of whether it’s right or wrong, good or bad, is what I say.

You go, man.