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July 8, 2017


FFF Results Post #481—1980s Indy Round-Up

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Genre Comics You Like Or Liked From The 1980s Not Produced By DC, Marvel Or Epic. Don't Repeat A Publisher." This is how they responded.

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Mário Filipe

1. Taboo (Spiderbaby Grafix)
2. Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press)
3. The Silent Invasion (Renegade Press)
4. American Flagg! (First Comics)
5. Miracleman (Eclipse Comics)

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Matthew Guest

1. Flaming Carrot (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
2. Ninja High School (Antarctic)
3. Twilight Avenger (Eternity)
4. Judge Dredd (Eagle)
5. Megaton Man (Kitchen Sink)

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Scott Dunbier

1) Jonny Quest (Comico)
2) Wordsmith (Renegade Press)
3) V For Vendetta, in Warrior Magazine (Quality Communications)
4) Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman (Eclipse)
5) Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)

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Tom Spurgeon

1. American Flagg! (First)
2. Dalgoda (Fantagraphics)
3. The Rocketeer (Pacific/Eclipse)
4. Grendel: Devil By The Deed (Comico)
5. Alien Fire (Kitchen Sink Press)

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Oliver Ristau

1. American Flagg!
2. Ms. Tree
3. ESPers
4. Nemesis The Warlock
5. Warrior

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John Parkin

1. Elementals (Comico)
2. Scout (Eclipse)
3. Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics... and maybe Mirage? Not sure if the Mirage issues were in the 1980s or not)
4. Whisper (First)
5. Boris the Bear (Dark Horse)

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Steve Harrick

1. Rio (Eclipse)
2. Jonny Quest (Comico)
3. Ms. Tree (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
4. Elfquest (WaRP Graphics)
5. Journey (Fantagraphics)

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Mark Brodersen

1. I Saw It (Educomics)
2. Journey (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
3. Mister X (Vortex)
4. Lone Wolf and Cub (First)
5. Night Music (Eclipse)

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Buzz Dixon

1. Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
2. Wordsmith (Renegade)
3. Kings In Disguise (Kitchen Sink)
4. Love And Rockets (Fantagraphics)
5. Beanworld (Eclipse)

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Mike Pfefferkorn

1. Jon Sable, Freelance (First)
2. Crossfire (Eclipse)
3. Nexus (Capital Comics)
4. Elementals (Comico)
5. Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Deluxe Comics)

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Tom Cherry

1. Critters (Fantagraphics)
2. E-Man (First)
3. Boris the Bear (Dark Horse)
4. Thunderbunny (WaRP Graphics)
5. Cap'n Quick and a Foozle (Eclipse)

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Laser Eraser and Pressbutton (Eclipse)
2. Rogue Trooper (Quality)
3. Shatter (First)
4. Fish Police (Fishwrap/Comico/Apple)
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage)

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Stergios Botzakis

1. Grimjack (First Comics)
2. Airboy (Eclipse Comics)
3. Mage: The Hero Discovered (Comico)
4. Lum (Viz Media)
5. Yummy Fur (Vortex)

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Michael Dooley

1. Black Kiss (Vortex)
2. Eddie Current (Mad Dog)
3. E-Man (First)
4. Groo the Wanderer (Pacific)
5. Lloyd Llewelyn (Fantagraphics)

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Michael Grabowski

1. Lloyd Llewellyn (Fantagraphics)
2. Fish Police (Fishwrap Productions)
3. Jon Sable, Freelance (First Comics)
4. Neil the Horse (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
5. Groo the Wanderer (Pacific Comics)

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David Jones

* Mage: The Hero Discovered (Comico)
* Zot! (Eclipse)
* The Rocketeer (Pacific/Eclipse)
* Time2 (First Comics)
* Omaha the Cat Dancer (Kitchen Sink)

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Bill Matheny

* Kitz-n-Katz (Eclipse)
* American Flagg (First!)
* Weirdo (Last Gasp)
* Hate (Fantagraphics)
* Ralph Snart Adventures (NOW Comics)

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James Langdell

1. Flaming Carrot Comics (Renegade Press)
2. Aztek Ace (Eclipse)
3. Savage Henry (Vortex)
4. Nexus (First)
5. Deadface (Harrier)

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Anthony Stock

1. Adventures of Crystal Night (Kitchen Sink)
2. Jonny Quest and Jonny Quest Classics (Comico)
3. Grimjack (First)
4. Winter World (Eclipse)
5. Concrete (Dark Horse)

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Marc Arsenault

1. Aztec Ace (Eclipse Comics)
2. Captain Victory (Pacific Comics)
3. Mars (First Comics)
4. Flaming Carrot (Aardvark-Vanaheim/Renegade Press/Dark Horse Comics)
5. Mister X (Vortex Comics)

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Gil Roth

1. Mister X (Vortex)
2. Megaton Man (Kitchen Sink Press) (first indy comic I ever bought)
3. Nexus (First)
4. Elementals (Comico)
5. MythAdventures (WaRP)

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