Hi folks (new here),
Just wondering... What Is Your All-Time Favorite Comic Series, Comics Character (Strip Character or Superhero etc)? Not published by DC/MARVEL.
What do you consider the best comic book/strip of all time?
Hi folks (new here),
Just wondering... What Is Your All-Time Favorite Comic Series, Comics Character (Strip Character or Superhero etc)? Not published by DC/MARVEL.
What do you consider the best comic book/strip of all time?
Last edited by Comics N' Toons; 12-22-2020 at 04:00 PM.
Not sure if it is all time favorite but I like a lot of the old characters(Tarzan, John Carter, Green Hornet, Shadow).
The Dynamite series of Lone Ranger comics(particularly those written by Brett Matthews and illustrated by Sergio Cariello) were a great retelling, getting a true Western feel and a comic I often give/recommend to comic newbies who want something other than superheroes(but still heroic).
It's tough to narrow it down to one, but if I had to, it would be Jeff Smith's Bone, Will Eisner's Spirit, or Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon. The Spirit was licensed by DC (and Dynamite, Warren, Kitchen Sink and others) for a while but isn't a DC character. Flash Gordon has been licensed at one point by both Marvel and DC, but again is not a Marvel or DC character, but to make sure there is no trace of Marvel/DC in the choice, I'll go with Jeff Smith's Bone.
-M
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I'd have to say Starslayer by Mike Grell:
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As a child in the 1950s I adored comics about the Lone Ranger, guiding a wagon train and telling stories about his horse Silver as a colt, and later as a wild stallion. I never noticed who wrote them. And I didn't ask who told the Lone Ranger the stories. Silver?
My older sister used to tease me about my devotion to the Lone Ranger radio program. And my younger sister once mortified me by a innocently asking, "Does the Lone Ranger ever go to the bathroom?"
Beverly Allen, the Bee--with honey and stinger.
"If humans have souls, then clones will have them, too."--Arthur Caplan
I get that it isn't a single character (although if pushed, Donatello), but I absolutely love the current IDW TMNT. They feel a lot darker than usual, closer to realistic morality. The supporting characters are also really well done and the storytelling is just awesome. However, it is primarily that I love the relationship between the turtles, and I particularly like Donatello simply because I am the Donatello of pretty much any group of people that I am involved with, and I relate to him a lot. Jeez. Now I have to reread it
“We have a saying, my people. Don’t kill if you can wound, don’t wound if you can subdue, don’t subdue if you can pacify, and don’t raise your hand at all until you’ve first extended it.”
Hellboy.
Also some European comics (but i haven't read them in a while dunno if I'd still like them as much as i did in the past): Asterix, Blueberry, Dylan Dog.
And Honorable Mentions...
Miller/Darrow version of Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot
Nexus from Steve Rude
Concrete from Paul Chadwick
Last edited by K7P5V; 12-23-2020 at 12:12 AM. Reason: Made Adjustments.
E.C. comics, Sin City, Stray Bullets, the Spirit, Mad Magazine. I liked Concrete quite a bit and I may have to check out TMNT. I like early Judge Dredd too!
Sin City - series.
Peter Stanchek - character (Harbinger - Valiant)