FFF Results Post #388—Up To No Good

On Friday, CR asked readers to "Name Five Comics Villains Or Antagonists That Are From The Comics, Just Not From Superhero Comics." This is how they responded.



Tom Spurgeon

1. Reggie Mantle
2. Reginald Van Dough, Jr.
3. World War II (The Cat Next Door)
4. Julie Wree
5. Bull Dawson

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Evan Dorkin

1. Manhog
2. Magica De Spell
3. Yagyu Retsudo
4. Judy Junior
5. Mr. Crabbe

*****



Matt Emery

1. Ivor Lott (Ivor Lott and Tony Broke)
2. The Mekon (Dan Dare)
3. Irish Murphy (Footrot Flats)
4. Nelson Kreelman (Strontium Dog)
5. Mr Snipe (Faceache)

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Randy Clark

1. The Phantom Blot
2. The Beagle Boys
3. Bluto
4. Evilheart
5. The Ghostly Trio

*****



Mark Mayerson

1. Magica de Spell
2. Simple J. Malarkey
3. The Phantom Blot
4. Mr. Dithers
5. The Sea Hag

*****



Danny Ceballos

1. Lucy Van Pelt
2. Judy Jr. (13 Going On 18)
3. Pruneface
4. Manhog
5. Helder

*****



Buzz Dixon

1. Adam Weisshaupt
2. Evil Eye Fleegle
3. Beagle Boy 176-671
4. The Mole
5. Tiffany Farrell

*****



Chris Arrant

1. Friend (from 20th Century Boys)
2. Angel Face (from Blueberry)
3. The Zombies (from The Walking Dead)
4. The Smiler (from Transmetropolitan)
5. The Adversary (from Fables)

*****



Des Devlin

1. Mr. Atom (Herblock)
2. Moe (Calvin & Hobbes)
3. The Sea Hag (Thimble Theater)
4. insomnia (Ganges)
5. King Harold II (The Bayeux Tapestry)

*****



Steven Stwalley

1. Sea Hag (Popeye)
2. Ignatz (Krazy Kat)
3. Fifi Doodle (Steven)
4. Mr. Crabbe (Reid Fleming)
5. Norbert the Narc (Freak Brothers)

*****



John Platt

1. Dr. Cesspool (Stumbo the Giant)
2. Vroom Socko (Pirate Corp$/Hectic Planet)
3. Judge Duvic (Baltimore)
4. Jei (Usagi Yojimbo)
5. Dominique Muerta (Ms. Tree)

*****



Bill Matheny

1) Milk and Cheese
2) Little Arthur - Sugar and Spike
3) Kite Eating Tree
4) Pruneface
5) The Ghostly Trio

*****



James Langdell

1. Simple J. Malarkey
2. Crockydiles
3. Kite-Eating Tree
4. Velma Melmac
5. Green Ship captain

*****



Andrew Mansell

1. Random Wilder
2. Vivian Frog Mouth Solis
3. Simple J. Malarkey
4. Greater Berzerkistan's president-for-life Trff Bmzklfrpz (pronounced "Ptklm")
5. Julius C Dithers what an asshole

*****



Philippe Leblanc

Everytime I think of antagonists in comics, I'm mostly drawn to the general themes that bring about the downfall of the protagonists. sometimes they are societal, sometimes family related.

1- Gender and Ethnicity -- Adrian Tomine's Shortcominga
2- Waves -- Julie Delporte, Everywhere Antennas
3- Time Travel -- Jason, I Killed Adolf Hitler
4- Ambition and disappointment -- Seiichi Hayachi, Red Colored Elegy
5- Father figures -- Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan

*****



Chris Duffy

1. Wilbur Van Snobbe
2. The Sea Hag
3. Scorpio (from Dagar)
4. Slugg
5. Ming

*****



Oliver Ristau

1. Gauna
2. Roger Ditchley
3. The Phantom Blot
4. Von Krantz
5. Zelie

*****



Jason Michelitch

1. Light (Death Note)
2. Judy Jr.
3. The Snooter
4. Gargamel
5. Rosalyn the Baby-Sitter

*****



Don MacPherson

1. Prince Robot IV
2. Desire
3. Lucy Van Pelt
4. Emperor Geppetto
5. Mister Lodge

*****



Sean Kleefeld

1. Gary "Smiler" Callahan (Transmetropolitan)
2. Julius Caesar (Asterix)
3. The Traitor General (Rogue Trooper)
4. Dr. Tatsugaura (Ode to Kirihito)
5. Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (Girl Genius)

*****



Michael Grabowski

1. the serial killer from Human Diastrophism
2. Lord Julius
3. Lucy Van Pelt
4. Gladstone Gander
5. Mr. Wilson

*****



Tom Bondurant

1. Therese, obstacle to Liz and Anthony's happiness (For Better Or For Worse)
2. Moe the bully (Calvin and Hobbes)
3. The kite-eating tree (Peanuts)
4. President Richard Nixon (Doonesbury)
5. Aldo Kelrast (Mary Worth)

*****



Nora Colussy-Estes

1. Reggie Mantle (Archie)
2. Vosblanc (Sabrina, from Tania del Rio's run)
3. Beagle Boys (Uncle Scrooge)
4. Akane (at first, kind of) then Mr. Kitazawa (from Kitchen Princess)
5. Dark Kingdom: Queen Beryl, Queen Metaria, et al. (Sailor Moon)

*****



Justin Colussy-Estes

1. Phantom Blot (Mickey Mouse)
2. Garfield (this was actually Nora's idea, but I thought it was too good to let go)
3. Spirals (Uzumaki)
4. Baba Yaga (Hellboy)
5. Newman Xeno (Casanova)

*****



Michael Peterson

1. Cirin (Cerebus)
2. "Johan" (Monster)
3. Moe the bully (Calvin & Hobbes)
4. Lord English (Homestuck)
5. Michael (Dungeon / Donjon)

*****



Art Baxter

1. Sea Hag
2. Thibault
3. Devil Girl
4. Man Hog
5. Dragon Lady

*****



Dave Knott

* Manhog
* Roberto Rastapopoulos
* Yagyu Retsudo
* The Dragon Lady
* Johan Liebert

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