100 Things I Love About Comics - A Work in Progress [Updated]
[I've moved this up top because I update it - a lot. But it's still not done and it's taking longer than expected thanks to work, kids, etc. I'm having fun making the list and finding the links, so I don't mind stretching it out a bit]
A meme stolen from Johnny Bacardi.
This is my my addition to this comics blog meme - 100 Things I Love About Comics. Some made lists, others went all out and fancy.
My goal is to provide not only a link for each numbered entry, but to link to anything I may have written on the subject previously. That's what those bullet points next to some of the entries are.
I figure if I put the incomplete list up here, it will motivate me to finish it faster than if I just let it linger in the 'draft' pile. Hopefully, I'll finish this some time today, workload permitting. Your two cents on my choices welcome, as always (as well as the inevetable - and helpful - comments about what I didn't include).
List below.
- Sandman
- Preacher
- Transmetropolitan
- Watchmen
- Roman Dirge
- Milk and Cheese
- Trent Kanuga
- Johnny
- Squee
- # Lenore
- Grrl Scouts
- Blankets
- Mike Mignola
- Warren Ellis was once a guest poster on ASV
- The Beat
- Fantagraphics
- Dark Horse
- Adam Warren
- Toren Smith (*)
- Amok Time
- Back issue boxes
- Filler Bunny
- Creepshow
- Archie, Veronica and Betty
- Frank Miller
- TCJ
- Acid Keg
- Maakies
- Comic Book Guy
- Achewood
- Action figures
- Madman
- Stan Lee
- Dave Sim, mostly
- Free Comic Book Day
- (Some) comic book movies
- Sam Keith
- Spider Jerusalem
- Dave McKean
- Will Eisner
- Harley Quinn
- Reading Spider-Man in the Daily News
- Maus
- Getting my son interested in comics
- getting my daughter to read Sandman
- Sitting on the floor at Borders, with the graphic novel section all to myself
- Rorschach
- Bone
- Kavalier and Clay
- Jimmy Corrigan
- Vertigo covers
- Cassidy
- Delirium
- Slave Labor
- Shadow Star
- Josh Reads
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Lobo
- Reading comics in public
- CBLDF
- Sideshow collectibles
- Escapism
- Scott McCloud
- Cerebus
- Comic blogs
- J. Jonah Jameson
- The Batmobile
- Eltingville/Dork
- Too Much Coffee Man (that is a horrible website. horrid)
- Snoopy riding a zamboni. Or fighting the Red Baron. Or playing hockey with Woodstock.
- Penny Arcade
- Neilalien
- The Crow
- The defunct Four Color Hell
- The Maxx
- Skellebunnies
- Frank Frazetta
- Gary Larson
- Garth Ennis
- A shared obsession with my husband
- The Acme Novelty Library
- Shaun of the Dead as a comic
- Little Gloomy
- Red Meat
- Newspaper comics of my youth
- Simon Bisley
- Get Fuzzy
- Jim Treacher's parodies of old comic book ads
- Iceman
- Bazooka Joe
Comments
Good stuff there. #86 for ya could be PvP. Troll just rocks.
Posted by: What-about | February 16, 2005 07:36 AM
What? No Bill the Cat/Opus/Steve Dallas/Binkley?
Oh, well 2 out of three ain't bad (refering to Larson and Calvin)
Posted by: JFH | February 16, 2005 01:12 PM
Great list! Don't stop now!
You know, ASV should really be on the Comics Weblog Update site...with your leave, I'll submit your URL.
Posted by: Johnny B | February 16, 2005 03:11 PM
Cerebus and Dave Sim? I kinda enjoyed his rants in the back of the book (especially Why Canada Slept).
Transmetropolitan was great but I felt very uncomfortable that the character was obviously "borrowed" from HST/Mr Duke.
Miller's old stuff was classic, but DKR2 was dreck.
Posted by: Brainster | February 16, 2005 07:10 PM
Don't know if you've read it or not, but I'm partial to "Get Fuzzy"- best thing I've been able to find since the demise of "Calvin and Hobbes".
Oh, and loved the link to your observations about drooling fanboy at the Barnes and Noble. I like manga but buy most of it on-line just to avoid those kind of encounters (plus the prices are so much better).
Posted by: Muckraker | February 16, 2005 08:34 PM
Any Pinkerton stuff you like? Batman origin comics? Comic book cover critiques? Godzilla vs. Morgan Freeman in the battle for the U.S. Presidency? Me and Fred Savage?
(I can't believe I just whored for the guy like that. I especially can't believe I included Me and Fred Savage.)
Posted by: ilyka | February 16, 2005 10:08 PM
So there are people who actually read comics?
I mean besides C&H.
Posted by: Josh | February 16, 2005 10:57 PM
I don't think I could do 100, so I'm going to try 10, starting with the Golden Age Wonder Woman's kinky sexual overtones.
Posted by: Brainster | February 17, 2005 12:19 AM
Ilyka, good choice. In fact, I was thinking of entering his contest.
Posted by: michele | February 17, 2005 05:18 AM
What a coincidence. I just started (a few months ago) collecting again.
My recommendation is to check out "Supreme Power" from Marvel's MAX line. It's an updated telling of the Squadron Supreme story (which is itself a darker version of the DC universe) for mature readers.
I also recommend "Gotham Central" and Bendis' "Powers."
Posted by: SPY | February 17, 2005 02:33 PM