Ten Top Writers

[chongjasmine]

Name ten of your top favorite comic writers!

[Starter Set]

John Irving, Marcel Pagnol, sometimes Terry Pratchett, sometimes i cant' stand his writing. (very mood depending) I love too much Tolkien's books for not mentioning him. Franck Herbert. Anne McCaffrey. Jules Verne. Moliere. Cervantes and good ol' Lovecraft.

[dancj]

Off the top of my head - and not limited to ten:

Frank Miller
Grant Morrison
Alan Moore
Garth Ennis
Peter Milligan
Brian K Vaughan
Brian Azzarelly
Rene Goscinny
Ed Brubaker
Mark Millar
Tom King
Tom Hill
David Lapham
Neil Gaiman
David Hine
Robert Kirkman
Matt Wagner
Junji Ito

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Here's my top 10 (in alphabetical order) along with some of their most notable works:

Chris Claremont (All-New X-Men)
Garth Ennis (Punisher, Hitman)
Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, Justice League)
Stan Lee ('nuff said!)
Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns, 300)
Grant Morrison (JLA, All-Star Superman)
Dennis O'Neil (Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow)
Walter Simonson (Thor)
Roy Thomas (Conan the Barbarian)
Marv Wolfman (Tomb of Dracula, New Teen Titans)

[K7P5V]

1. Stan Lee
2. Frank Miller
3. Jim Shooter
4. Peter David
5. Kurt Busiek
6. Mark Waid
7. Chuck Dixon
8. Steve Gerber
9. Giffen/DeMatteis
10. Roger Langridge

[MRP]

Ten of my favorites, not in a particular order...

1. Will Eisner
2. Jeff Smith
3. Ed Brubaker
4. Alejandro Jodorowski
5. Warren Ellis
6 Darwyn Cooke
7. Kurt Busiek
8. Jim Starlin
9. John Ostrander
10. Mike Grell

and ten more that could have made the list on another day...

Eric Shanower
Linda Medley
Colleen Doran
Steve Englehart
Carla Speed McNeil
Neil Gaiman
Wendy Pini
Scott McCloud
Jason Lutes
Joe Kubert

-M

[Mister Mets]

This'll be a good way to get recommendations.

Right now, it's 1. Alan Moore
2. Stan Lee
3. Frank Miller
4. Grant Morrison
5. Neil Gaiman
6. Mark Millar
7. Garth Ennis
8. Brian Michael Bendis
9. Warren Ellis
10. Mark Waid

Geoff Johns, Bryan K Vaughan, Kurt Busiek, Peter David, Jonathan Hickman, and Ed Brubaker are close.

Potential top ten candidates (as I read more of their work) would be Roger Stern (I need to read his complete Avengers and Doctor Strangeruns ), Jason Aaron (need to catch up on his X-Men and Southern Bastards), Scott Snyder (need to catch up on American Vampire), Osamu Tezuka, Carl Barks, Kazuo Koike (I need to check out his non- Lone Wolf and Cub stuff), and Harvey Kurtzman (there's a lot of EC comics for me to check out)

[Ilan Preskovsky]

This won't stretch back before the mid-80s because though I respect great creators from before then, I find most comics fairly difficult to read from back then. Special mention, though, to Will Eisner and Steve Gerber, who don't quite make the cut but strike me as being ahead of their times and their work is much more accessible to modern readers.

In no order with a couple of notable works in brackets...

Alan Moore (Watchmen, Top 10)
Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Animal Man)
Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman)
Mark Waid (The Flash, Kingdom Come)
Greg Rucka (Gotham Central, Queen and Country)
Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise, Echo)
Ed Brubaker (Catwoman, Fatale)
Rick Remender (Deadly Class, Fear Agent)
And it may be too early to say but...
Tom King (Mr Miracle, Sherriff of Babylon)

There are also people like Kurt Busiek, James Robinson, Bendis, Warren Ellis and Peter Milligan who are absolutely brilliant at their peak but are too inconsistent to quite make the top 10, and people like Brian Vaughan, Bryan Lee O'Mally, Darwyn Cooke, Jeff Smith, Peter David and Scott McCloud who just miss making the cut too. And, yes, I realise I can make a pretty great alternate top 10 with these names.

[comicscollector]

1-Stan Lee.
2-Roger Stern.
2-Peter David.
4-Kurt Busiek.
5-J.M.DeMatteis.
6-Bill Mantlo.
7-Gerry Conway.
8-David Michelinie.
9-Chris Clameront.
10-Dan Slott.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

1-Stan Lee.
2-Roger Stern.
2-Peter David.
4-Kurt Busiek.
5-J.M.DeMatteis.
6-Bill Mantlo.
7-Gerry Conway.
8-David Michelinie.
9-Chris Clameront.
10-Dan Slott.

Totally forgot J.M. Dematteis. He's a super underrated writer, both with and without Keith Giffen. I can't say enough nice things about Brooklyn Dreams, in particular.

[jb681131]

In no order (and 16 not 10):

- André Goscinny
- Brian Azzarello
- Denis O'Neil
- Warren Ellis
- John "Derf" Backderf
- Enki Bilal
- old school Frank Miller
- Jeff Lemire
- Garth Ennis
- Ed Brubaker
- Neil Gaiman
- Greg Rucka
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Jack Kirby
- Will Eisner
- Franquin

[Attila Kiss]

Pat Mills
Garth Ennis
Max Bunker
Rene Goscinny
Peter O'Donnell
Donne Avenell
Tom Tully

[comicscollector]

Totally forgot J.M. Dematteis. He's a super underrated writer, both with and without Keith Giffen. I can't say enough nice things about Brooklyn Dreams, in particular.

I had not even read the Justice League stories or the Brooklyn Dreams,but my opinion is just from many great stories that he wrote of Captain America and Spider-Man.