June 12, 2011
FFF Results Post #258—Serial Comics
On Friday,
CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics You Prefer In Their Serial Format." This is how they responded.
*****
Michael Grabowski
1.
The Far Side
2.
Ernie Pook's Comeek
3.
Tales Designed To Thrizzle
4.
Uncle Scrooge
5.
The Cartoon History of the Universe
*****
Tom Spurgeon
1.
Howard The Duck
2.
American Flagg!
3.
Fantastic Four
4.
Love And Rockets
5.
Yummy Fur
*****
Bob Temuka
1.
2000 AD
2.
Love and Rockets
3. Grant Morrison's
Batman comics
4.
Criminal/
Incognito by Brubaker and Phillips
5.
Eightball
*****
Justin Colussy-Estes
1.
Palookaville
2.
Incredible Hercules
3.
Casanova
4. Tania del Rio's run on
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
5.
DHP (old and new-- I'm thrilled to see it on the stands again)
*****
Justin J. Major
1.
Achewood
2.
Peanuts
3.
Marvel Two-In-One
4.
The Uncanny X-Men
5.
Acme Novelty Library
*****
Rob Clough
1.
Hate, by Peter Bagge
2.
Eightball, by Dan Clowes.
3.
Slutburger, by Mary Fleener.
4.
Kane, by Paul Grist.
5.
Palookaville, by Seth.
*****
Buzz Dixon
1.
Little Nemo In Slumberland (the genius of Winsor McCay is that
Little Nemo is a story designed to be told in punctuated episodes -- i.e., just as the dreams get good, Nemo wakes up; it was never meant to carry a sustained narrative & is actually diminished when read in big clumps)
2. "Maggie the Mechanic" in
Love and Rockets (yeah "Los Locas" is much, much better, but that series & the Palomar stories read better as gns; the early Maggie tales were funny, goofy sci-fic excursions)
3.
Deadbone (the b+w series, prior to becoming
Deadbone Erotica/
Bode's Erotica in full color, was a masterful blend of imaginative world building & philosophical nuance; the full color series had its moments but were mostly stand alone gags)
4.
Urusei Yatsura (works best when wondering how she can possibly top the previous episode, yet always does)
5.
Arzach (makes no more sense collected than individually, but when serialized one always wondered/hoped the next chapter would have a revealing clue)
*****
Shannon Smith
1.
The Invisibles (I think I list
The Invisibles for most of the FFFs I repond to but seriously, those letters pages are essential.)
2.
The Maxx
3.
Savage Dragon
4.
Eightball
5.
Promethea
*****
Dave Knott
*
King City
*
Cerebus
*
Doctor Strange (especially the Steve Englehart run)
*
Grendel
*
The New Teen Titans
*****
Sean Kleefeld
1.
Watchmen
2.
Groo
3.
Atomic Robo
4.
Challengers of the Unknown
5.
The Invaders
*****
Fabrice Stroun
1.
Love and Rockets
2.
Cerebus
3.
The Invisibles
4. Starlin's
Warlock (
Strange Tales 178-181,
Warlock 9-15)
5.
Deadpool Max (Lapham & Baker)
*****
M. Emery
1.
Rasl
2.
Walking Dead
3.
Eagle weekly (1980's incarnation, Dan Dare, Doomlord, etc)
4.
Young Liars
5.
2000AD
*****
Jason Green
1.
Savage Dragon (all those awesome back-up strips!)
2.
Criminal
3. Terry Moore's
Echo
4.
Amazing Spider-Man
5. Peter David's run on
X-Factor
*****
Mark Coale
1.
DC Challenge
2.
Fables
3.
Thor: Mighty Avenger
4.
Our Army at War/
Sgt. Rock
5.
Wednesday Comics
*****
Tom Bondurant
1.
Amazing Spider-Man
2.
New Teen Titans
3.
The Defenders
4.
'Mazing Man
5.
Justice League International
*****
Danny Ceballos
1.
The Sandman
2.
King-Cat Comics & Stories
3.
Little Lulu
4.
Two-Fisted Tales
5.
Zap
*****
Nicholas Doyle
1.
Usagi Yojimbo
2.
Savage Dragon
3.
Ultimate Spider-Man
4.
Groo
5.
Invincible
*****
Eric Knisley
1.
Watchmen
2.
New Gods
3.
B.P.R.D.
4.
The Walking Dead
5.
Castle Waiting
*****
Stergios Botzakis
1.
Hate
2.
Nexus
3.
Zot!
4.
The Mighty Skullboy Army
5.
Acme Novelty Library
*****
Frank Santoro
1.
Dark Knight Returns
2.
Watchmen
3.
Batman Year One
4.
Elektra: Assassin
5.
Batman Year 100
*****
topic suggested by Michael Grabowski; thanks, Michael
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