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TOP TEN TOPIC: COMIC BOOK SERIES
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CloseNow, what I mean by comic books are your standard drugstore fare - your Spidermans and your Supermans and your Wonder Women. But, more specifically, name your favourite comic book series.
I don't read them much, so I'll probably butcher anything I list, but here goes...
3. Archie Comics
I read a lot of Archie comics over the years. Jughead is awesome.
2. Conan
Conan is damn awesome.
1. The Amazing Spider-Man
The only reason I've read any spiderman comics is that my older brother is an avid collector and I snuck into his room to read them. Actually, this scenario played itself out for Conan, too.
Yeah, I haven't read anything else, so my list is short. Have fun with this Shinan!
*NOTE*
Feel free to post in any of the previous Top 10 topics! Necroposting does not apply to these topic by decree of Junior Executive Vice President kentona ESQ.
Previous Top Ten Topics:
Week 20: Top 10 Favorite Simpsons Episodes
Week 19: Top 10 Favorite Disney Movies
Week 18: Top 10 Favorite PS2 Games
Week 17: Top 10 Favorite Books (Non-Fiction)
Week 16: Top 10 Favorite Robots
Week 15: Top 10 Favorite Sports
Week 14: Top 10 Favorite Books (Fiction)
Week 13: Top 10 Favorite Xbox Games
Week 12: Top 10 Favorite Christmas Gifts
Week 11: Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2007
Week 10: Top 10 Favorite Nintendo DS Games
Week 9: Top 10 Favorite Gamecube Games
Week 8: Top 10 Favorite Playstation Games
Week 7: Top 10 Favorite Movies
Week 6: Top 10 Favorite PC Games
Week 5: Top 10 Favorite NES Games
Week 4: Top 10 Favorite Comic Strips
Week 3: Top 10 Favorite TV Shows
Week 2: Top 10 Favorite N64 games
Week 1: Top 10 Favorite SNES games
..:: Top 10 List of Favorite Comic Books ::..
I don't read them much, so I'll probably butcher anything I list, but here goes...
3. Archie Comics
I read a lot of Archie comics over the years. Jughead is awesome.
2. Conan
Conan is damn awesome.
1. The Amazing Spider-Man
The only reason I've read any spiderman comics is that my older brother is an avid collector and I snuck into his room to read them. Actually, this scenario played itself out for Conan, too.
Yeah, I haven't read anything else, so my list is short. Have fun with this Shinan!
*NOTE*
Feel free to post in any of the previous Top 10 topics! Necroposting does not apply to these topic by decree of Junior Executive Vice President kentona ESQ.
Previous Top Ten Topics:
Week 20: Top 10 Favorite Simpsons Episodes
Week 19: Top 10 Favorite Disney Movies
Week 18: Top 10 Favorite PS2 Games
Week 17: Top 10 Favorite Books (Non-Fiction)
Week 16: Top 10 Favorite Robots
Week 15: Top 10 Favorite Sports
Week 14: Top 10 Favorite Books (Fiction)
Week 13: Top 10 Favorite Xbox Games
Week 12: Top 10 Favorite Christmas Gifts
Week 11: Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2007
Week 10: Top 10 Favorite Nintendo DS Games
Week 9: Top 10 Favorite Gamecube Games
Week 8: Top 10 Favorite Playstation Games
Week 7: Top 10 Favorite Movies
Week 6: Top 10 Favorite PC Games
Week 5: Top 10 Favorite NES Games
Week 4: Top 10 Favorite Comic Strips
Week 3: Top 10 Favorite TV Shows
Week 2: Top 10 Favorite N64 games
Week 1: Top 10 Favorite SNES games
demondestiny
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Sorry, but i only have one for this.
1. The Amazing Spider-Man. (i used to read this all the time.)
1. The Amazing Spider-Man. (i used to read this all the time.)
Shinan
4314
I had made a really long and elaborate post here but I don't know what button I pressed but it disappeared. FUCK FUCK FUCK. I say to that and will shorten it here. (the only thing saved was #8 because I had copy-pasted it)
10. Les Tuniques Bleues
Stories about the American Civil War. Before the internet I was certain this had at least been translated into English but apparently it hasn't. All my knowledge about the American civil war come from this Belgian comic.
It also spawned the computer game North & South which also came out for the NES and was a huge hit in our neighbourhood.
9. Watchmen
I liked it
8. Barefoot Gen
The first manga I ever read. Before I even knew there existed such a term. I don't remember a whole lot but I remember that it made a huge impact on me. The visualisation of skin melting on people made a huge impression on this 9 year old kid sitting in the library.
7. Maus
Mice as Jews, Cats as Nazis. I read it recently so it doesn't have all the nostalgia flavour all over it but very recommendable.
6. Lucky Luke
The poor lonesome cowboy that shoots faster than his own shadow with his seven shooter. I always liked the factoids that came at the end of each album. My favorite album was probably the one about the real Dalton brothers, where they actually died at the end in a firefight.
5. Asterix
It's Asterix. Roman time humour. Awesome.
4. Johan and Peewit
Medieval fantasy action where the Smurfs were first introduced. How can one not love a short short-tempered little fellow with a love for booze? I should really try to get my hands on these albums again.
3. Sandman
It's awesome. And it kinda legitimized comics too.
2. Smurfs
I go back to the Smurfs about once a year to enjoy their humour and cuteness. The Smurfs are simply great in their roles and especially in the way they speak.
1. Donald Duck (& Scrooge McDuck)
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
This is mostly for Carl Barks, Don Rosa and a bit of Marco Rota and other Italian masters. But mostly Rosa and Barks.
This is basically all the Donald Duck stuff. Not including Mickey Mouse stuff because I've never been a fan of him. Donald Duck stuff, if separated could probably take up half the slots on this list if left alone.
However it's an extra shout out to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Based on comments made by Barks (or made by Scrooge in Barks' stories) it followed Scrooge through his early days in Scotland and struggling to make his fortune.
"I made it by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties! And I made it square!"
How he grows as a person, from naive, to tough and hardened. Ending with his huge fortune but alienating his whole family in the process. The final panel of the story is telling. Scrooge has gone through the adventures by being tough and hard and the hard exterior is necessary and impenetrable. He kicks out his family and they say that all he has is his cold money. And it's a bit sad and true. But there's still the glimmer of gold in his heart because to him the cold money is not cold money. Instead it is a reminder of the tough times he had and how he earned his money.
And writing this tears come to my eyes as it comes a lot in the whole 12-part story that is Scrooge's life. It's the most real any comic book character has ever become to me. In the earlier version of this I wrote a bit longer but I mentioned the tears there too, they came earlier then but now I was a bit pissed off while writing but here now at the end explaining this masterpiece of comics the tears are here again.
Damn.
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a huge masterpiece in comics and if you haven't read it you should. There's no excuse not to.
10. Les Tuniques Bleues
Stories about the American Civil War. Before the internet I was certain this had at least been translated into English but apparently it hasn't. All my knowledge about the American civil war come from this Belgian comic.
It also spawned the computer game North & South which also came out for the NES and was a huge hit in our neighbourhood.
9. Watchmen
I liked it
8. Barefoot Gen
The first manga I ever read. Before I even knew there existed such a term. I don't remember a whole lot but I remember that it made a huge impact on me. The visualisation of skin melting on people made a huge impression on this 9 year old kid sitting in the library.
7. Maus
Mice as Jews, Cats as Nazis. I read it recently so it doesn't have all the nostalgia flavour all over it but very recommendable.
6. Lucky Luke
The poor lonesome cowboy that shoots faster than his own shadow with his seven shooter. I always liked the factoids that came at the end of each album. My favorite album was probably the one about the real Dalton brothers, where they actually died at the end in a firefight.
5. Asterix
It's Asterix. Roman time humour. Awesome.
4. Johan and Peewit
Medieval fantasy action where the Smurfs were first introduced. How can one not love a short short-tempered little fellow with a love for booze? I should really try to get my hands on these albums again.
3. Sandman
It's awesome. And it kinda legitimized comics too.
2. Smurfs
I go back to the Smurfs about once a year to enjoy their humour and cuteness. The Smurfs are simply great in their roles and especially in the way they speak.
1. Donald Duck (& Scrooge McDuck)
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
This is mostly for Carl Barks, Don Rosa and a bit of Marco Rota and other Italian masters. But mostly Rosa and Barks.
This is basically all the Donald Duck stuff. Not including Mickey Mouse stuff because I've never been a fan of him. Donald Duck stuff, if separated could probably take up half the slots on this list if left alone.
However it's an extra shout out to The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Based on comments made by Barks (or made by Scrooge in Barks' stories) it followed Scrooge through his early days in Scotland and struggling to make his fortune.
"I made it by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties! And I made it square!"
How he grows as a person, from naive, to tough and hardened. Ending with his huge fortune but alienating his whole family in the process. The final panel of the story is telling. Scrooge has gone through the adventures by being tough and hard and the hard exterior is necessary and impenetrable. He kicks out his family and they say that all he has is his cold money. And it's a bit sad and true. But there's still the glimmer of gold in his heart because to him the cold money is not cold money. Instead it is a reminder of the tough times he had and how he earned his money.
And writing this tears come to my eyes as it comes a lot in the whole 12-part story that is Scrooge's life. It's the most real any comic book character has ever become to me. In the earlier version of this I wrote a bit longer but I mentioned the tears there too, they came earlier then but now I was a bit pissed off while writing but here now at the end explaining this masterpiece of comics the tears are here again.
Damn.
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a huge masterpiece in comics and if you haven't read it you should. There's no excuse not to.
yamata no orochi
184
Comics aren't in order.
Watchmen: What if superheroes really existed back in the nineteen-fifties? What would happen if Nixon stayed in power for three whole terms? What would happen if Cold War America got its hands on actual superheroes? Watchmen answers all of these questions, and ends up being a thought-provoking piece of science fiction and a disturbing set of character studies at the same time. The character study element is slightly stronger, though, but oh well. Rorschach is a really nasty anti-hero, too.
The Dark Knight Returns: Batman returns to the crime scene after years of retirement, only to find all of his former enemies have gone totally insane. Has a great ending.
Buddha: A historical epic by Osamu Tezuka that focuses on the life of Buddha, who isn't born until half-way through the first volume, and various friends and enemies who briefly dart across the stage before dying untimely deaths. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartrending, usually memorable; you know Buddha will live until the last volume, but everyone else is game, and you're never sure who will become a friend or a foe later on.
Fables: An very clever comic series about various, mythical men, women and creatures on the run from an evil force called the Adversary; their flight has taken them to Earth, where even their enemies cannot follow. Characters include ambassador Snow White, and her rebellious sister Rose Red; Jack, who jumps over candlesticks, grows beanstalks and buys real-estate; Bigby Wolf, detective and son of the North Wind; and various other fairy-tale creatures caught up in strange events.
Fullmetal Alchemist: In a land where alchemy exists, two brothers attempt to bring their mother back to life; one loses his arm and his leg, and the other loses his entire body, only to be bound into a suit of armor. You know, that story. While it follows the anime (rather, the anime follows it) until around volume 7, around the assault on the Devil's Nest things take a major turn--and then the stakes jump so high that it's almost ridiculous. Humor, violence, immortals, cool fight sequences, over-the-top feats of alchemy, brotherly love, and (hooray!) conspiracies.
Tintin: Come on, who doesn't like Tintin? Same goes for Asterix.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Mina Murray (Harker), Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll and Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man) are recruited by M16 to team up against Fu Manchu. Like a superhero story, except with hundreds of references to Victorian literature. Also see Book II, where the Martians from War of the Worlds descend to Earth and the League must deal with Dr. Moreau, who is accompanied by various animal-men that look eerily like characters from the Wind in the Willows.
Pheonix: Also by Osamu Tezuka. Stands alone as a great work, even though he never finished it. Read it, especially Volume II. It's awesome.
Tekkonkinkreet: White is innocent and naive, and possibly retarded. Black is smart, but also somewhat depraved. Together they are the Cats, and they kick #%$. Lots of it. Actually it's really good, with great characters and an art style that grows on you, even if it is a little unusual.
Watchmen: What if superheroes really existed back in the nineteen-fifties? What would happen if Nixon stayed in power for three whole terms? What would happen if Cold War America got its hands on actual superheroes? Watchmen answers all of these questions, and ends up being a thought-provoking piece of science fiction and a disturbing set of character studies at the same time. The character study element is slightly stronger, though, but oh well. Rorschach is a really nasty anti-hero, too.
The Dark Knight Returns: Batman returns to the crime scene after years of retirement, only to find all of his former enemies have gone totally insane. Has a great ending.
Buddha: A historical epic by Osamu Tezuka that focuses on the life of Buddha, who isn't born until half-way through the first volume, and various friends and enemies who briefly dart across the stage before dying untimely deaths. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartrending, usually memorable; you know Buddha will live until the last volume, but everyone else is game, and you're never sure who will become a friend or a foe later on.
Fables: An very clever comic series about various, mythical men, women and creatures on the run from an evil force called the Adversary; their flight has taken them to Earth, where even their enemies cannot follow. Characters include ambassador Snow White, and her rebellious sister Rose Red; Jack, who jumps over candlesticks, grows beanstalks and buys real-estate; Bigby Wolf, detective and son of the North Wind; and various other fairy-tale creatures caught up in strange events.
Fullmetal Alchemist: In a land where alchemy exists, two brothers attempt to bring their mother back to life; one loses his arm and his leg, and the other loses his entire body, only to be bound into a suit of armor. You know, that story. While it follows the anime (rather, the anime follows it) until around volume 7, around the assault on the Devil's Nest things take a major turn--and then the stakes jump so high that it's almost ridiculous. Humor, violence, immortals, cool fight sequences, over-the-top feats of alchemy, brotherly love, and (hooray!) conspiracies.
Tintin: Come on, who doesn't like Tintin? Same goes for Asterix.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Mina Murray (Harker), Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll and Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man) are recruited by M16 to team up against Fu Manchu. Like a superhero story, except with hundreds of references to Victorian literature. Also see Book II, where the Martians from War of the Worlds descend to Earth and the League must deal with Dr. Moreau, who is accompanied by various animal-men that look eerily like characters from the Wind in the Willows.
Pheonix: Also by Osamu Tezuka. Stands alone as a great work, even though he never finished it. Read it, especially Volume II. It's awesome.
Tekkonkinkreet: White is innocent and naive, and possibly retarded. Black is smart, but also somewhat depraved. Together they are the Cats, and they kick #%$. Lots of it. Actually it's really good, with great characters and an art style that grows on you, even if it is a little unusual.
I have the Watchmen, but I haven't read it. I keep hearing about it, though.
I got it for Christmas a couple or three years ago.
I got it for Christmas a couple or three years ago.
Shadowtext
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I'll try to keep this in relative order, but I can't bring myself to commit to an "order of preference."
1. Sandman
Do I even need to go into any details here? If you enjoy comics and you haven't read Sandman and don't already know why it's great....you're doing it wrong.
2. The Maxx
I first fell in love with this series after seeing it on MTV, then finally found the comics. It was every bit as weird and awesome as I remembered. The second volume was a lot weirder and not quite as awesome, but I'm glad I read it anyway.
3. Nextwave
Nextwave takes bizarre-ness and superhero comics and just goes completely over the top. A bunch of D-List heroes, posing in the streets. Machine Man. Short, self-contained stories. Machine Man.People hitting each other. Machine Man. Explosions. A sky fortress made from wielding three submarines together. MACHINE MAN! I'm increasingly convinced that Warren Ellis needs to be added to my list of people who can do no wrong.
4. (Cable and) Deadpool
Deadpool is great when he's written by Fabian Nicieza. Most other writers don't really seem to understand the character all that well, though a few have done him well. Anyway, Deadpool's great for a variety of reasons. A very post-modern sort of superantihero / antivillain....guy.
5. Formerly Known as the Justice League
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle alone are enough to read this one.
6. Great Lakes Initiative/Avengers/Champions/Whatever
You might have noticed a pattern here: I like incompetent super heroes. Also, Squirrel Girl!
7. Buffy Season 8
Really no reason other than that I'm a Buffy fan and the comic is Buffy in comic form. I never cared much about the tie-in comics, but this one actually follows up as a direct sequel to the series.
8. Spiderman Loves Mary Jane
I probably can't defend this very well. It's a series aimed at teen....probably preteen girls. But I love it because it's like western shoujo, it's fairly competent, and it's very pretty.
Honorable Mentions: Transmetropolitan, Scott Pilgrim
Why only Honorable Mention for those two? Because I haven't actually read them. But the good folks at scans-daily have posted enough one-shots scans that I am now certain I need to read them and that both will jump immediately into the top ten.
I know, I know--I really need to read some more of the "classics," like Maus and V for Vendetta and Watchmen. But it's tough to get comics in my area, especially the offbeat ones that I enjoy.
1. Sandman
Do I even need to go into any details here? If you enjoy comics and you haven't read Sandman and don't already know why it's great....you're doing it wrong.
2. The Maxx
I first fell in love with this series after seeing it on MTV, then finally found the comics. It was every bit as weird and awesome as I remembered. The second volume was a lot weirder and not quite as awesome, but I'm glad I read it anyway.
3. Nextwave
Nextwave takes bizarre-ness and superhero comics and just goes completely over the top. A bunch of D-List heroes, posing in the streets. Machine Man. Short, self-contained stories. Machine Man.People hitting each other. Machine Man. Explosions. A sky fortress made from wielding three submarines together. MACHINE MAN! I'm increasingly convinced that Warren Ellis needs to be added to my list of people who can do no wrong.
4. (Cable and) Deadpool
Deadpool is great when he's written by Fabian Nicieza. Most other writers don't really seem to understand the character all that well, though a few have done him well. Anyway, Deadpool's great for a variety of reasons. A very post-modern sort of superantihero / antivillain....guy.
5. Formerly Known as the Justice League
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle alone are enough to read this one.
6. Great Lakes Initiative/Avengers/Champions/Whatever
You might have noticed a pattern here: I like incompetent super heroes. Also, Squirrel Girl!
7. Buffy Season 8
Really no reason other than that I'm a Buffy fan and the comic is Buffy in comic form. I never cared much about the tie-in comics, but this one actually follows up as a direct sequel to the series.
8. Spiderman Loves Mary Jane
I probably can't defend this very well. It's a series aimed at teen....probably preteen girls. But I love it because it's like western shoujo, it's fairly competent, and it's very pretty.
Honorable Mentions: Transmetropolitan, Scott Pilgrim
Why only Honorable Mention for those two? Because I haven't actually read them. But the good folks at scans-daily have posted enough one-shots scans that I am now certain I need to read them and that both will jump immediately into the top ten.
I know, I know--I really need to read some more of the "classics," like Maus and V for Vendetta and Watchmen. But it's tough to get comics in my area, especially the offbeat ones that I enjoy.
demondestiny
889
author=Shadowtext link=topic=733.msg10446#msg10446 date=1205300866
8. Spiderman Loves Mary Jane
I probably can't defend this very well. It's a series aimed at teen....probably preteen girls. But I love it because it's like western shoujo, it's fairly competent, and it's very pretty.
Never heard of this one. Would you recommend it to a spiderman fan?
Shadowtext
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author=demondestiny link=topic=733.msg10451#msg10451 date=1205314915No, I don't think I would. For one thing, it's not about Spiderman. He's a side character. It's about Mary Jane as she deals with fairly normal high school problems, as well as the somewhat odder problem of being friends with Spiderman and being torn between her feelings for him and her nerdy buddy Peter Parker. I can't even remember for sure if they ever actually say that they're the same person. It's from Mary Jane's point of view, and she doesn't know, so I can see them leaving it "unconfirmed" (while fully knowing that the entire audience is probably already aware of it).author=Shadowtext link=topic=733.msg10446#msg10446 date=1205300866
8. Spiderman Loves Mary Jane
I probably can't defend this very well. It's a series aimed at teen....probably preteen girls. But I love it because it's like western shoujo, it's fairly competent, and it's very pretty.
Never heard of this one. Would you recommend it to a spiderman fan?
Yeah, I would not recommend it to fans of Spiderman unless the reason they read Spiderman is for the soap opera stuff that goes on when he's not wearing the mask (which is admittedly a big part of the appeal of Spiderman over some of the other heroes), and don't mind that it's soap opera stuff being acted out by high school kids.
demondestiny
889
Yeah, i never really was interested in the "soap opera stuff" that went on a lot. This is the reason why i thought spiderman 3 wasn't as good as the previous two. Not nearly enough action.
Anyway, it doesn't sound that good from what you described so i will pass on this one.
Anyway, it doesn't sound that good from what you described so i will pass on this one.
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