Y the Last man, Watchmen, Green Lantern (Rebirth, Sinestro Corps, and of course currently Blackest Night), Almost any Batman Book, Age of Apocoplyse (Probably my favorite), Astonishing X-men (Joss Whedon's run).
I read a fair amount of manga, never really got into comic books, though.
All the standard populars like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece. Also Claymore, To-Love-Ru, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, and Fairy Tail.
And if I see one that looks interesting that has recently ended, I'll usually pick that up and read through it like a book.
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All of the current Green Lantern is also exceptional.
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CoffinDancer: I was huge into comics 2001-2007. Then I stopped (marriage, work, impending fatherhood, new interests). Last night for whatever reason I decided to read The Walking Dead again. I read the first 24 issues and was reminded of why I loved the artform so much. I just wanted to ask some other geeks what there favorite comics are and if there has been anything amazing that has come out in my 2 year absense. My favorites are: The Walking Dead Top Ten Runaways Y: The Last Man Watchmen Blankets Jimmy Corrigan The Goon
I was huge into comics 2001-2007. Then I stopped (marriage, work, impending fatherhood, new interests). Last night for whatever reason I decided to read The Walking Dead again. I read the first 24 issues and was reminded of why I loved the artform so much. I just wanted to ask some other geeks what there favorite comics are and if there has been anything amazing that has come out in my 2 year absense.
My favorites are:
The Walking Dead
Top Ten
Runaways
Y: The Last Man
Watchmen
Blankets
Jimmy Corrigan
The Goon
Spawn. Definitely Spawn.
cthomasygo: Y the Last man, Watchmen, Green Lantern (Rebirth, Sinestro Corps, and of course currently Blackest Night), Almost any Batman Book, Age of Apocoplyse (Probably my favorite), Astonishing X-men (Joss Whedon's run).
I would definitely second most of the new GL stuff and Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men. Astonishing X-Men was one of the few comics I kept buying when I had to cut back after my first son was born. Recently I've been reading a lot of the Marvel Essential and DC Showcase Presents TPBs. It's interesting to read the stuff from the 60's and see how much things have changed.
I have a few favorites, I'll deal with the most obvious...
Honorables:
Walking Dead - Zombie horror done right. Kirkman can get a bit speechy and the lack of an overall plot with an end-game hurts it, like right now when I'm getting tired of it, but those first 8-9 volumes are just fantastic. A Zombie book where humans are just as terrifying as the other things walking earth.
New X-men by Grant Morrison - Morrison just didn't just modernize them, he wrote the modern fucking rule book of the X-men, he made the Xavier school an actual school. It's absolutely amazing when an X-men run can feel so fresh and have many of the same themes we had seen for years on end. This is a great freaking run, with lots of great relationships, some fantastic arcs, and really just some great changes to the X-men universe. Even though it never gets better than that first arc, it's still a great series with over-arching vision from beginning to end. Also you'd probably need to read it more than once to really get the bigger picture.
Astonishing X-men by Joss Whedon - In many ways the spiritual successor to Morrison's run. He changed the game, but kept the same themes. This time around though, Whedon made the X-men superheros again. There's a great mixture between powerful character moments and fantastic epic adventures.
The Obvious Best:
Watchmen - this is the most obvious and the most influential and probably the greatest "comic book" of all time. It's a fucking masterpiece and paved the way for comics to deal with more adult themes.
Batman - Dark Knight Returns, Year One, and The Killing - While the Killing Joke is my favorite Batman story of all time (I'm an unabashed Joker fan), and the best representation of the relationship between Batman and his arch-nemesis, Year One and the Dark Knight Returns are arguably better in showing who Batman is, what he represents, and the psychology of Bruce Wayne.
Preacher - My third favorite series of all times, brutal, disgusting, gory, low-brow, vulgar...this comic book is all of that. But at the same time it's genuinely funny, brings out genuine emotion, deals with adult themes (including relationships, religion, drug use, and self-discovery) and all in all this is the great American journey. Sure the book has it's lulls, especially after the peaks of the second arc, volume 2 but it's a fantastic book and rewards the attentive reader.
Y: The Last Man - This is my favorite series of all time right now and it shares a lot of similarities with Preacher, but wherever Preacher faltered, Y continued chugging along. Again adult themes, neat high concept, and incredibly pacing and planning. This is just a joyous book all the way through and again shows the vulgarity of human nature but feels more realistic than Preacher as it never delves into the supernatural/religious themes. This book balances the larger themes about society fantastically against the backdrop of fully realized characters.
Now for the not so obvious best:
The Ultimates by Millar (Skip the shitty Loeb volume) - In all honesty, I never really liked or followed the avengers, they just never jived with me. But this modernization of the Avengers is fantastic. It's got epic widescreen action, and realistic stories, it's probably what would happen if these heroes really existed. While it does get a bit crazy in the second volume near the end, it really builds to it throughout the book.
Ultimate Spider-man by Bendis - In my opinion this is the best thing Bendis has done in his association with Marvel. It's got the core Spider-man character and it's a great retelling of decades of stories for a modern audience. It's always fun and engaging and you want to follow Peter Parker through his life, his trials, and tribulations. This might not jive well with older audiences as it's generally set in a High-School era, but this book can deal realistically with relationships, supervillains, and superheroes for that matter.
Daredevil by Frank Miller and Brian Michael Bendis: Without Miller's Daredevil, there never would have been the modern DD and there certainly wouldn't been Bendis' fantastic run. In all honesty get both of them, get anything either man has done on Daredevil, because it's pulpy, dark, adult comics (especially Bendis' run). Miller's greatest work on DD, is collected separately in Born Again and it's the most brutal dismantling of a man I've ever seen. Daredevil corner of the Marvel U is a very dark, depressing corner as the writers just continuously put Murdock through the ringer and Murdock just barely etches out. Also pick up Loeb's Daredevil: Yellow and Kevin Smith's Guardian Devil...Smith's run isn't really representative of DD as a whole but it's incredibly important to understanding Bendis' run, and Yellow is a fantastic work that really delves into the Murdock psyche and DD origin.
Madrox miniseries, X-factor by Peter David - This is one of my favorite ongoings because I love the Madrox character so much and the noirish style that Peter David takes with the team. It's a very fun book that I enjoyed greatly, it's like Angel the television great noirish stories, with fun comedy sprinkled throughout. I've heard its faltered in later volumes (I only read up to volume 4 in trade) but it shouldn't stop you from at least giving it a go.
Finally I'll shut up. But before I do a quick list of other great series that I have yet to read in order of interest and critcal acclaim:
Sandman by Neil GaimanCriminal by BrubakerTransmetroplitan by Warren EllisGreen Lantern by JohnsPowers by BendisAlias by BendisSleeper by Brubaker
Other stuff I just didn't like as much as others but might work for you, you should check it:
Captain America by BrubakerStarman by RobinsonJLA by MorrisonPunisher by Garth EnnisBatman: Hush, The Long Halloween, Dark Knight by Loeb
This is probably more than a couple of years old, but I highly recommend Common Grounds by Troy Hickman. It's been compiled into a trade paperback and is one of the few I haven't parted with over the years.
I also second Ultimate Spider-man. I haven't read it in a while but I really enjoyed it when I did.
My current top fav for the moment is Kingdom Come. I have the Absolute Edition, and it is freaking BEAUTIFUL! I also like The Goon, Preacher, Punisher, Wanted, and The Boys.
Kingdom Come is great! Alex Ross' art work is amazing.
I used to be really into comics when I was younger and have just started getting back into them a bit again. Some of my current favs :
Fell
Hack/Slash
Welcome to Hoxford
Locke & Key
Silent Hill : Dying Inside
Some old Favs :
The Maxx
Spawn
Razor
Can't think of anything else off the top of my head worth mentioning. I don't tend to really get too much into the mainstream stuff. Can't wait for Choker to come out and I'm really bummed to hear that Fell is in limbo with no word on weather I'll get more [:'(]
I've been searching around the net for some interesting "offbeat" stuff, I don't have a comic store around and the closest one is about 40 minutes away so my only reference is the internet and ya don't always get to SEE what you're buying so I've been hesitant about purchasing some things.
As this thread is resurrected, I'll add some of my favorites. Most are pretty obvious picks.
The Dark Knight Returns
Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man
Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect
Wolverine: Origins
and then I'm probably the only one who will say they liked this series, but I really like the 50-some issue run of Young Justice by Peter David and Todd Nauck. Very lighthearted and didn't take itself too seriously but did a good job with each of the yougn heroes characters. Plus I really like the Secret character.
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Solatso: I used to be really into comics when I was younger and have just started getting back into them a bit again. Some of my current favs : Fell Hack/Slash Welcome to Hoxford Locke & Key Silent Hill : Dying Inside Some old Favs : The Maxx Spawn Razor Can't think of anything else off the top of my head worth mentioning. I don't tend to really get too much into the mainstream stuff. Can't wait for Choker to come out and I'm really bummed to hear that Fell is in limbo with no word on weather I'll get more [:'(] I've been searching around the net for some interesting "offbeat" stuff, I don't have a comic store around and the closest one is about 40 minutes away so my only reference is the internet and ya don't always get to SEE what you're buying so I've been hesitant about purchasing some things.
Four titles I think of off the top of my head that I consider "offbeat" are:
Mouse Guard
Queen & Country
Rex Mundi
Watchmen was fantastic. As is The Goon. You should try out Atomic Robo. Imagine if Hellboy was a robot and had wittier comebacks.
Zombie thread? Okay... I'm reading The Maxx and Squee right now, and I'm enjoying them both. I also have a huge box of 80s Marvel Comics I flip through from time to time.
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