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Preacher is alright, and Garth Ennis is a fun writer, but there are a lot better people writing comics out there.... I think Ennis is like a really good Wes Craven or John Carpenter of comic book writing, whilst you're missing the Kubricks and, uh, other fantastic movie makers of comics.

That's a pretty bad and twisty analogy.

Preacher is a lot of fun though, I read like the first 25 or so issues, have a lot more somewhere in graphic novel (tpb) form but haven't gotten around to reading them yet.

Finishing Preacher was one of the coolest comic experiences I've ever had. The ending (don't worry, not giving anything away) was really satisfying.

Come to think of it, not many comics have a real beginning and end without getting bogged down. Off the top of my head I can only think of Bone, Sandman, and Scud. The Tick felt like it was just getting started when it ended, and then a bunch of people who weren't Ben Edlund took over. Bleh.

I talked about Stray Bullets on today's front page, but if I can recommend another book, it's Madman. The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo is one of the coolest crossovers ever, and it's readily available in TPB. If you dig that, you'll love the normal Madman series.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Watchmen, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Maus too. As you said, 100 Bullets isn't really bad, it's just overhyped. When you're reading something really magical like Sin City, you're almost elated and carried away by the book. 100 Bullets and Powers (one of Bendis' books) just strike me as having interesting concepts, but not told in a really masterful way. In all honesty, the only thing that stands out to me in both books is the dialogue.

I've read through about 25 or so issues of 100 Bullets, and a more cohesive plot does start to develop around Graves.

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen is good; I really liked the first volume, then I read the second one recently and whilst I still enjoyed reading it, found it to be a whole lot crazier than I remembered the first being (for example: [spoiler]Mr Hyde raping the invisible man, Mr Hyde touching Miss Murray's breast before sacrificing himself[/spoiler]. I'm a big fan of Alan Moore, what i've read of his anyway. elpollodiablo, definately check out Watchmen.

I have seen Maus in the shops, but it didn't look that interesting; but i've recently heard it praised quite a bit. What's it about? Is it that good?

I'm going to continue reading through the back issues of 100 Bullets. It's not that I don't enjoy them, but it just doesn't "rock my world." And frankly, my world deserves to be rocked.

Oh yeah, elpollodiablo, you mentioned Y: The Last Man. I've read the first 3 tpb's of that and it's great, isn't it? Presumably at some point it will have a definate "ending", which hopefully will not be a let down.

On a slightly different note, any of you been reading Identity Crisis, the big crossover thing currently ongoing in the DCU? What do you think? I'm enjoying it so far, though (spoilers) [spoiler]having Plastic Man's wife raped then later killed whilst pregnant[/spoiler] was a little shocking. Enjoyable so far though.

Fox in the Box,Aug 17 2004, 10:03 AM wrote:

It's about a jewish Nazi. 
Oh snap, it's also [spoiler] :lawl: [/spoiler].
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fuck bitches

So who's everyone's favourite writers?

In no particular order: Niel Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Brian Azzarello, and Sam Kieth off the top of my head.

Hmm, in no real order.... Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Jeph Loeb.. they've all done some hit and miss stuff, but they've all done some really fantastic works as well. Some of the old, less well known stuff by the first two is good as well (Alan Moore stuff like V for Vendetta, Frank Miller stuff like Ronin and 300).

Oh, and Grant Morrison. I haven't read much by him, but what i've read is brilliant - Arkham Asylum is good, but even better is his original run on this old series called "Animal Man" from the 80's. I found the tpb's of that run in my local library... it starts off as a fairly typical book, but without ruining it, turns into probably the most original and most mind-fucking comic series i've ever read. I really want to read some of his other works.

EDIT: Some comics I want to read include Ennis' run on Punisher and Road To Perdition, what about you, some comics you haven't read but want to?

I forgot about Grant Morrison,  I've read his stuff since Sebastian O, How could I forget him? I'm seriously doubting that We3 is going to be amazing though, it's about domestic pets with guns, wtf?

The only book I've read out of order, and I mean COMPLETELY out of order, and still gotten the jist of the story is The Darkness, the only problem I have with it is that Top Cow is always changing the writer for it, if I recall I think that originaly it was written by Ennis too.

And I got the new run of Punisher... wowza. The gunfights are like the coolest and most gruesome Dark Tower shootouts set loose in the Marvel universe and everything else is spot-on. I hope Ennis sticks with this for a long time.

Bendis, Warren Ellis, Pererson & Puckett (batgirl), Eninis, Morrison

Bendis and Ellis are, hands down, the best writers in comics today.  Ennis is good, and Preacher and The Pro are some of my favorite comics, but I'd still pick Ellis or Bendis.  Powers, and Planetary are probably the best comics out right now. 
Morrison's a little to trippy at times for my tastes.  The Invisibles was great, but had too many weird hippie/psychic undertones.
Peterson & Puckett got in before Ennis because of the new Batgirl comics.  I know it sounds gay, but it's a really good series, and it actually made me want to wade through the overwhelming sea of crap that is the history of the Gotham universe for some context.

Ennis is pretty good, but overrated (at least by you guys).

P.S. - By complete coincidence, this is the only time I've ever even looked in this part of the forums

Chris!,Aug 28 2004, 04:36 AM wrote:

Did Warren Ellis do Global Frequency? I've read the first trade of that, enjoyed it a lot. The only "Planetary" I've read is the crossovers with the DCU (Batman, Superman, and the JLA), which were fun. I've not read any of the stand alone / non-crossover stories.

What did Bendis do? I know the name but can't think of any of his books.

Oh, welcome to LIA, Garnth.
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1. Yes he did, he also did "Transmetropolitan" (possibly the greatest series ever), Some of "The Authority", and "Ministry of Space" to mention a few.

2. Besides Powers?  Bendis mostlly like to write crime drama like "Torso" and "Jinx", but he also works for marvel doing "Ultimate Spiderman", "Daredevil", and "Alias". I think he wrote a few issues of Spawn too.  But all that doesn't matter because "Powers" alone makes him the greatest writer ever.

3. I've been on theses forums literaly since they were created, I've just never posted inside the LIA section because I don't read the strip.

P.S. - Remembered that Ennis wrote "Hitman", or at least part of it.  That makes him quite a lot cooler in my opinion, since that and the new "Batgirl" are the only straight DC comics (not wildstorm, dark horse etc...) that I enjoyed.

Trippy? Morrison? NOOOOOOO.

Anyone read The Filth? Holy shit that was nutty stuff. I have big expectations for We3.

Edit: Am I the only one who likes Niel Gaiman?

Sandman is another series I've never read, but want to.  It's impossible to know where to start though.

I just finished up the first 5 issues of Astonishing X-men. John Cassidy did a damn fine job on the pencils which is not suprizing when you consider his work on Planetary. But the writing was blah... Disappointing because they promised us a more superhero like team with less Mutant Agenda bullshit. First story? Someone has discovered a cure for the mutant gene and teh X-men must figure out what to do for teh good of mankind and mutants.

Same sad sorry shit that marvel has been feeding us with the X-books for years now, other than the fact that Cyclops is fucking the White Queen instead of Jean Grey. When will they do something different ? I'm sticking to DC and Wildstorm.

OK, I know the topic is kinda dead and I know this is a double post, but I just wanted to ask if anyone knows anything about Micheal J. Strajenski's (sp?) Midnight Nation, supposedly his "magnum opus" or whatever. Any opinions on it from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

the second issue is out and the third wont be out till January.
I also couldn't help but notice that you have the exact same taste in comics as I do, rock on Chris!

Also, Kill kepp soon, please.

Anyone here like Alien, Predator, or AvP comics? I used to like them when I was like 14, and still have a bunch in my closet. I have this one where predators hunt civil war guys. :-O

elpollodiablo,Nov 22 2004, 09:07 PM wrote:

the second issue is out and the third wont be out till January.
I also couldn't help but notice that you have the exact same taste in comics as I do, rock on Chris!

Also, Kill kepp soon, please.
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You have phenomenal taste, gentleman.

Also, regarding Kepp: I can never refuse you.

Tempest, I have GL: Rebirth, have flicked through it but not yet read it, looks a piece of shit, actually. Any good? I will read it when I get time. I also am interested in reading JLA: Elite (that's Grant Morrison written, right?), being a huge Morrison geek. Let me know how it is.

Currently, am reading a really nice Vertigo comic, a hardcover trade is what I have of it, which I think is called "is it a bird" or something, which is a semi-autobiographical work about a comic book writer (the writer of the story) who is asked to write a Superman comic for DC, and it is basically the story of his life, as he tries to think of a Superman story. Pretty interesting and unique stuff, though i've only read the first few pages.

edit: re-read this thread from the beginning: elpollo, did you ever finish Watchmen? What did you think?

Neil Gaiman has been mentioned, I'm about a third of the way through "Stardust" by him, it's alright, but i'm not enjoying it all that much actually. I've read some of his big stuff with Dave McKean, and that's awesome. I want to read "Good Omens", which he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett (whom I love, anyone read any of his Discworld books?).

I really want to read "The Invisibles". I think that's going to be on my Christmas list.

I read Maus, which was discussed before, and really enjoyed reading it. Shows that comic books can be more than the publics perception of them...

I also read all the parts of "Wanted" by Mark Millar up until like number 5, which ends on a cliff hanger... anyone read that? It's pretty great stuff, about a... well, sort of about a world where the supervillains won, and now run things, and the "hero" is a supervillain (not some pussy who realises the error of his ways, either, he goes around raping and killing for fun and shit). I'd recommend that, though I hear the last part (or next part) isn't out until January or something, which pisses me off...

Chris!,Nov 23 2004, 07:15 PM wrote:

You have phenomenal taste, gentleman.

I want to read "Good Omens", which he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett (whom I love, anyone read any of his Discworld books?).

I really want to read "The Invisibles". I think that's going to be on my Christmas list.

I read Maus, which was discussed before, and really enjoyed reading it. Shows that comic books can be more than the publics perception of them...

I also read all the parts of "Wanted" by Mark Millar up until like number 5, which ends on a cliff hanger... anyone read that? It's pretty great stuff, about a... well, sort of about a world where the supervillains won, and now run things, and the "hero" is a supervillain (not some pussy who realises the error of his ways, either, he goes around raping and killing for fun and shit). I'd recommend that, though I hear the last part (or next part) isn't out until January or something, which pisses me off...
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1. No, never heard of terry pratchet before...

*note: that's every discworld novel sitting on it's own shelf in my room.  Thank BonzoESC's shitty camera phone for the lack of quality.

2. The Invisibles is probably Morrison's best work, good choice.

3. Damn jew.  Actually I went to a comic convention where Art Spiegelman (the writer) spoke.  it was neat.  I read Maus but never bought it, and recommended it to a few friends.

4. HOT