Forum:Comic Club

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Hello all, and welcome to the Comic club! This is where we shall discus good and bad comics. Tfaddict (talk) 13:49, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

The Comic Code killed comic in the US and it is only very slowly recovering.--Arisboch ☞✍☜☞✉☜ ∈)☼(∋ 13:49, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Not buying that for a second. There has been all kinds of fantastic graphic narrative outside the CCA coming from the US since the 60s. Peace. AgingHippie (talk) 18:35, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Bad comics

One More Day is the worst comic I have ever read. Between massive character assassination, an interesting plot ruined by everyone holding the idiot ball, and random attacks on fans of escapist fiction (despite comics, y'know, being escapist fiction), it is the single biggest black mark on the spider-man franchise. Tfaddict (talk) 13:56, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Marvel and DC can go to hell, anyways...--Arisboch ☞✍☜☞✉☜ ∈)☼(∋ 14:00, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Good gravy, I've got a long list of them. Absolution: Rubicon and God Is Dead are two that immediately come to mind (then again, expecting good writing out of Avatar Press is like expecting something Oscar-worthy out of Uwe Boll). ℕoir LeSable (talk) 21:45, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

CROSSED has been something of a disappointment, though I'm looking forward to reading Alan Moore's run when it shows up at the library. Peace. AgingHippie (talk) 21:55, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Good comics

My pic for best comic would have to be Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye by James Roberts, and no i'm not biased. The characters are fleshed out and three-dimensional, the story strikes a beautifully fine balance between zany and dark, it builds a whole lot on the overall transformers mythos, and despite the (sorta) main villains being composed of torture-obssesed decepticon fanatics, they still have enough depth and sympathy to feel actually alive, as opposed to just generic Snidely Whiplash-esque evil characters. Tfaddict (talk) 14:21, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

What about Maus?--Arisboch ☞✍☜☞✉☜ ∈)☼(∋ 14:09, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Never actually read it, though the Wiki page makes it seem interesting. Tfaddict (talk) 14:21, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

I read coupla years ago and recommend it. It a comci about a very serious subject, but a damn good comic nonetheless.--Arisboch ☞✍☜☞✉☜ ∈)☼(∋ 14:29, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Just off the top of my head. Atomic age: Marvel's Venus series, especially the later issues showcasing what is perhaps Bill Everett's finest work; the first issues of Mad when it was a comic book before Seduction of the Innocent destroyed EC and almost killed the rest of the industry; the stunning work Harvey Kurtzman did on Frontline Combat. Silver Age: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko on Dr. Strange in Strange Tales, especially the introduction of Dormammu and Eternity; Jim Steranko's work on Nick Fury in Strange Tales and later, Nick's own title; Steranko's short stint on Captain America 110-113; the first few issues of Silver Surfer by Lee and Kirby. Bronze Age: Jim Starlin's reworking of Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; Steve Englehart's writing on Dr. Strange, Captain America and The Avengers; Steve Gerber's writing on Man-Thing and Howard The Duck (who can forget the last couple of issues of the incredible Giant-Size Man-Thing); Modern Age: Art Spiegelman's incredible Maus; Alan Moore's Miracleman; Watchmen; Stephen Bissette's Taboo anthology series. Ageless: Zap Comix, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Eisner's Spirit; and most of Wally Wood's work. --Cosmikdebris (talk) 01:10, 10 December 2015 (UTC)