Who are the top 3 comic book writers of all time

[Random4]

in your opinion

[ouroboros]

Stan Lee
Steve Gerber
Rumiko Takahashi

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Stan Lee
Neil Gaiman
Grant Morrison

[Carabas]

Best writers?
I think these three.

• Alan Moore (although I dont really like him all that much most of the time)
• Ed Brubaker
• Neil Gaiman

Favourite three writers on the other hand:

• Ed Brubaker
• Warren Ellis
• Garth Ennis

[Kirby101]

Stan Lee
Alan Moore
And I am going to go for one that though these days there is a lot to criticize, his influence on the comic book world is hard to question
Frank Miller

[Shawn Hopkins]

Stan Lee (for his influence in creating the modern superhero comic)
Harvey Pekar (for his influence in the opposite direction, expanding what comics could be)
Peter Milligan (he works in the same milieu as Morrison and Moore and he's a better writer than either)

[codystarbuck]

Will Eisner
Harvey Kurtzman
Alan Moore

[Kieran_Frost]

Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore... and I don't know, for influence Chris Claremont? None of them are my favourite, but this isn't about my three favourites, but "the top".

[Mister Mets]

My criteria for top writer would be the people responsible for a high number of the best comics.

So far, I think it's...

3. Frank Miller (Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil: Born Again, Daredevil: Elektra Saga, Sin City, 300, Daredevil: The Man Without Fear)
2. Stan Lee (Lee/ Ditko Spider-Man, Lee/ Romita Spider-Man, Lee/ Kirby Fantastic Four, Lee/ Wood Daredevil, Lee/ Buscema Silver Surfer)
1. Alan Moore (Watchmen, The best Superman stories, Batman: The Killing Joke, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Miracleman/ Marvelman, Top Ten, From Hell, Swamp Thing)

I could see an argument for Gaiman, Kurtzman (Mad Magazine, EC War, The Jungle Book), Feldstein (EC Horror, EC Sci Fi, New Direction) Morrison (All-Star Superman, New X-Men, Batman/ Batman and Robin/ Batman Inc./ Arkham Asylum, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, Animal Man), Tezuka (Adolf, Astro Boy, Phoenix, Blackjack), and Otto Binder (Captain Marvel, Silver Age Superman) although I need to read and reread more of their stories.

[Kirby101]

Someone (me) should mention Will Eisner. The Spirit alone gives him a place in the Pantheon.
but the Graphic Novels he wrote starting with A Contract with God are a zenith of the medium.

[Spike-X]

Alan Moore, Alan Moore, and Alan Moore.

[MRP]

1. Will Eisner
2. Alejandro Jodorowsky
3. Jeff Smith

Moore, Gaiman, Hugo Pratt and a few others all got consideration for spots 2 & 3. The first spot is set in stone for me.

-M

[jeanvaljean]

Hugo Pratt
Will Eisner
Hergé

[Sharkerbob]

Don Rosa
Matt Wagner
Grant Morrison

[Stony]

Alan Moore
Carl Barks
Darwyn Cooke