July 22, 2012
FFF Results Post #301—Snapshot IV
On Friday
CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics That Collectively Fashion A Snapshot-Like Image Of Comics Right Now." This is how they responded.
Tom Spurgeon
1.
Ant Comic, Michael DeForge.
2.
AvX: Versus #4, Various Creators.
3.
Are You My Mother?, Alison Bechdel.
4.
Little Orphan Annie Vol. 8, Harold Gray.
5.
One Piece Vol. 63, Eiichiro Odo.
*****
Steven Stwalley
1.
Double Barrel, Zander and Kevin Cannon
2.
Billy Hazelnuts, Tony Millionaire
3.
Forgotten Fantasy, Edited by Peter Maresca
4.
American Elf, James Kochalka
5.
Morty Comix #2418, Steve Willis
*****
Matt Emery
1.
Saga #1, Fiona Staples, Bryan K Vaughan
2.
Nancy is Happy, Ernie Bushmiller
3.
Museum of Mistakes, Julia Wertz
4.
#16: Sixteen, Steve Ditko
5.
2000AD #1792, Various Creators
*****
David S. Carter
1.
Batwoman, by J. H. Williams III et al.
2.
Drama, by Raina Telgemeier
3.
Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma
4.
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
5.
Kevin Keller, by Dan Parent et al.
*****
Michael Buntag
1.
SuperMutant Magic Academy, Jillian Tamaki.
2.
Jerusalem; Chronicles from the Holy City, Guy Delisle.
3.
The Walking Dead #91-100, Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard.
4.
Little League, Yale Stewart.
5.
Sailor Moon (Kodansha Comics Editions), Naoko Takeuchi.
*****
Danny Ceballos
1.
July Diary 2012, Gabrielle Bell.
2.
Spot of Noir, Lilli Carre.
3.
Lou #5, Melissa Mendes.
4.
Samson: Milwaukee's Biggest Celebrity, Kelly Froh.
5.
Supermutant Magic Academy, Jillian Tamaki.
*****
Marc Arsenault
1.
Secret Prison 666
2.
Sullivan's Sluggers
3.
iZombie #28
4.
Daredevil #16
5.
Popeye #3
*****
Adam Casey
1.
Batman - Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
2.
Adventure Time - Various creators
3.
Revival - Tim Seeley, Mike Norton
4.
Daredevil - Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, et al
5.
Before Watchmen - Various creators
*****
Dave Knott
*
Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton
*
Justice League - Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, and Scott Williams
*
King City - Brandon Graham
*
Cul de Sac - Richard Thompson
*
The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
*****
Shannon Smith
1)
Brad McGinty's Battle Zoo webcomic.
2)
Batman 11 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
3)
Adventure Time 5 by Ryan North, Mike Holmes and a bunch of other people
4)
The digital A Heart of Stone Work by Box Brown at The Whole Story
5)
Gabby Schulz's Gordon Smalls webcomics
*****
Jason Green
1.
Fatale, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
2.
Before Watchmen, various
3.
Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
4. Marvel NOW! Point One, various
5.
Happy!, Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson
*****
Mark Coale
1.
Bandette
2.
Casanova
3.
Walking Dead
4.
Batman
5.
Star Trek/Dr Who Assimilation
*****
Robin McConnell
*
Prophet - Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple Giannis Milonogiannis
*
Thickness - Ryan Sands and Michael Deforge ed.
*
Making of - Brecht Evens
*
New York Mon Amour - Jacques Tardi
*
Girl Apocalypse - Angie Wang
*****
Michael Grabowski
1.
God and Science, Jaime Hernandez.
2.
The Walking Dead #100, Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard.
3.
July Diary, Gabrielle Bell.
4.
http://www.eatmorebikes.blogspot.com, Nathan Bulmer.
5.
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco.
*****
Antranik Tchalekian
1.
Saga #5, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
2.
RASL #15, Jeff Smith
3.
Jerusalem: Chronicles of the Holy City, Guy Delisle
4.
Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton
5.
Adventure Time, Ryan North and various other creators
*****
Sean Kleefeld
1.
Avengers vs X-Men #8 (with Alan Davis variant cover) by Jonathan Hickman, Olivier Coipel & Jim Cheung
2.
Babymouse for President by Jennifer Holm and Matt Holm
3.
Naruto, Vol. 57 by Masashi Kishimoto
4.
That: A Shelly Winters Adventure by John Allison
5.
The Only Living Boy, Vol. 1 by David Gallaher & Steve Ellis
*****
Mark Haven Britt
1.
Prophet
2.
Fatale
3.
Jerusalem
4.
Saga
5.
Wolverine & the X-Men
*****
Scott Cederlund
1.
Prophet by Brandon Graham & various
2.
Rasl by Jeff Smith
3.
Pogo, Vol. 1 by Walt Kelly
4.
Love and Rockets New Stories by Gilbert Hernandez & Jaime Hernandez
5.
The Mire by Becky Cloonan
*****
Brian Somebody-Or-Other
1.
Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire -- Probably the height of comics at the moment. So well constructed and executed. Tough to imagine a better book this year.
2.
AvsX -- To me, everything that is wrong with the Big Two right now. Event driven storytelling and editorial mandate. The characters are lost.
3.
Saga -- The rise and rebirth of Image comics. There are so many amazing comics coming out from Image (and other companies as well), but I think
Saga has to represent for Image on my list.
4.
Walking Dead #100 -- Difficult to imagine that a creator owned comic could be the biggest selling comic of the past 15 years. Not to mention spawn a hit tv series.
The Walking Dead is the crossover hit that comics have really been waiting for. And it is the culmination of so many years of independent and creator owned comics building in strength and quality.
5.
Order of the Stick -- It was a toss-up between this and
Sullivan's Sluggers. Both books represent the power of Kickstarter and a dedicated fanbase to turn a dream in to a reality. But I have to go with Order of the Stick because it, once again, demonstrates the power and popularity of webcomics. People flocked to the Kickstarter out of a love for the comic and as a way to say thank you for years of enjoyment. Any comic, web or print based, would love to have that kind of dedication and following.
So, there you go. Not sure if that is what you are looking for. But it is what comics look like to me right now.
*****
*****
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