April 11, 2010
FFF Results Post #204—Later
A while back,
CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics You Remember Waiting On, Including Either One That Never Came Out At All Or One You're Still Waiting On." This is how they responded.
Tom Spurgeon
1.
D'arc Tangent #2
2.
Camelot 3000 #12
3.
King-Cat #63
4.
Planetary #27
5.
Pogo Volume One: Through The Wild Blue Yonder
*****
Matt Seneca
1.
X-Statix #1
2.
Acme Novelty Library #16
3.
Kramers Ergot #6
4.
The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol. 4
5. Grant Morrison and Jim Lee's
Wildcats #2
*****
James Langdell
1.
Strange Adventures #217 (which came out, but didn't continue the mind-bending finish of the Deadman story in #216)
2.
Hepcats #13 (which never did come out)
3.
Swamp Thing #88 (which came out, but without Rick Veitch's "Morning of the Magicians")
4.
Green Lantern #199 (the "Ignition" issue ending a series of issues with countdown number titles, running parallel to Crisis)
5.
Mage Volume 1 #15 (a fine culmination to a well paced buildup through the series)
*****
Michel Fiffe
1.
Pogostick #3 by Al Columbia & Ethan Persoff. [Number 2 came out in 2003. A new issue has been in the works according to Columbia.]
2.
Avengers mini-series written and drawn by Tony Salmons. [From back in 2004 or '05?]
3.
Dork #12 by Evan Dorkin. [Not sure if he's even working on one. Is the series over for good?]
4.
FCHS by Vito Delsante & Rachel Freire. [From Adhouse books: "Due to smaller than expected advance orders, this title has been canceled. We suggest you check out the creators' sites to stay informed of progress."]
5.
Dark Knight Strikes Again #3 by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley. [I was lucky enough to not have to wait for Ronin or the DKR due to the collections later on, but waiting for these was painful. I absolutely loved every issue.]
*****
Mauricio Matamoros
1.
Neonomicon 1
2.
Pluto 8
3.
Special Forces 4
4.
Planetary 27
5.
Promethea 32
*****
Seth Hurley
*
The Pirates of Coney Island #7
*
Strangehaven #19
*
The Expatriate #5
*
'76 #6
*
Gutsville #4
*****
John Platt
1.
Scud the Disposable Assassin #24 (the creator's bad breakup almost put this series in an early grave)
2.
Jack Staff #14 (a year between issues!)
3.
The Complete Ragmop (finished in graphic novel form after the aborted comic-book version)
4.
Cerebus #300 (I waited until the whole thing was published to really read it.)
5. Hellboy's Mexican lucha libre adventure (finally coming out next month?)
Honorable mention: Steranko's
Red Tide, which exists, but I've been waiting for the new edition for years.
*****
JE Cole
*
Wintermen: Every single issue!
*
Battle Chasers #10
*
Cannon God Exaxxion: TPB's #6 and 7
*
Planetary #27
*
The Ballard of Halo Jones: Books 4 and 5
*****
Jean-Paul Jennequin
1.
Watchmen #9
2.
Zot #1
3.
Uncanny X-Men #104
4. The weekly
Journal de Tintin when I was a subscriber -- I still love getting comics by mail.
5.
Marvel #14 -- This was the French comic that was published in 1970-71 and had the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Captain Marvel in it. Three months after it was supposed to come out, the letters column in sister monthly Strange explained that Marvel had been classified as not for sale to minors, so the publisher had to cancel it because this year -- and just this year -- the VAT for such magazines was 33%. This made me -- and many other French kids -- a lifelong enemy of censorship.
*****
Christopher Cudby
*
Ninja
*
Wetworks #1
*
League of Exraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 #6
*
New Universal: Shockfront Vol. 2 #3
*
Bizarre Boys by Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan and Jamie Hewlett
*****
Don MacPherson
1)
Daredevil: Target #2
2)
The Twelve #9
3)
The Authority #2 (Grant Morrison/Gene Ha run)
4) The Rucka/Williams Batwoman run
5)
All-Star Wonder Woman #1
*****
Chris Arrant
1.
Planetary #27
2.
Dusty Star #2
3.
American Flagg! collection
4. Grant Morrison's
Wildcats &
Authority
5.
Fell #10
*****
Buzz Dixon
1.
D'arc Tangent #2
2.
Big Numbers #3
3.
1963 Annual
4.
Love and Rockets #50 (original series)
5.
Cerebus #300
*****
Grant Goggans
1. Dan Dare in the continuation of the "Servant of Evil" / "Traitor" storylines by Tom Tully and Dave Gibbons.
2. Doctor Who: "Evening's Empire" by Andrew Cartmel and Richard Piers Rayner.
3. The fourth, fifth and sixth issues of both
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen miniseries
4.
Calvin & Hobbes, when it went on that agonizing hiatus in the mid-'90s.
5. Samantha Slade: "La Revolution Robotique." Any day now, Tharg!
*****
Danny Ceballos
1.
Batman #407
2.
Yummy Fur #18
3.
Drawn and Quarterly Volume #4
4.
Sandman: The Dream Hunters #4
5. Fantagraphics' FCBD
Weathercraft and other unusual tales
*****
Greg McElhatton
*
Miracleman #23
*
Seven Soldiers of Victory #1
*
Akira #34
*
Jack Staff #12
*
Big Numbers #3
*****
Gabe Roth
Watchmen #11
Watchmen #12
Seven Soldiers #1
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe
Zot! #37
*****
Will Pfeifer
1.
Return of the Dark Knight #4
2.
Camelot 3000 #12
3. That
American Flagg hardcover collection
4.
The Lost #4 (never did -- or will -- appear)
5.
Comics as Art: We Told You So -- I'm still hoping this will hit the stands eventually
*****
Matthew Craig
1.
Hulk Weekly (Marvel UK, 1979/80)
2.
Amazing Spider-Man #400
3.
Transmetropolitan Vol. 10: One More Time
4.
Planetary #12
5. Grant Morrison's
Batman (TPB editions)
*****
Mark Coale
1.
Sandman #16
2.
Watchmen #12
3.
Miracleman #15
4.
American Flagg! #26
5.
Secret Society of Super Villains #16
*****
M. Blind
1. Kodansha USA (and no, reprints of Dark Horse GNs didn't count)
2.
Aria Vols. 6-12
3.
Clover Vol. 5
4.
Seraphic Feather Vols 7-9
5.
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Vols 12-34
*****
Robert Martin
1.
Big Numbers #3
2.
Xenozoic Tales #15
3.
Edge #4
4.
Violent Cases
5.
Alack Sinner: Nicaragua
*****
Paul Dwyer
*
Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips (1956-1966)
*
Abstract Comics: The Anthology
*
Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days
*
Pictures That Tick (in paperback)
*
Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980
*****
Sam Humphries
1.
Havok and Wolverine #3
2.
Stray Bullets #41
3.
The Invisibles Vol. 3 #1
4.
The Collected THB
5.
Wildcats Vol. 4, #2
*****
Jonathan Baylis
*
Coventry #4
*
Hepcats #13
*
Planetary #27
*
Miracleman #25
*
Tales of the Beanworld #22
*****
Andrew Mansell
1.
Nemo: The Classic Comics Library #31
2.
Miracleman #25
3.
Plastic Man Archive Vol. 9
4.
Nexus #99
5.
Rubber Blanket #4
*****
Sean Kleefeld
1.
Dorothy #8 (never published)
2.
Mad Science #3 (never published)
3.
The Atheist #4
4.
Rocketo #5 (never published as a stand-alone issue)
5.
The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles #4 (still waiting)
*****
please remember that it becomes a total time suck to do these when people don't follow the very basic directions
*****
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