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Fave comics series...
Will Eisner's The Spirit. This highly cinematic strip ran between 1940 and 1952 as a comic book insert in weekend newspapers, and has been since reprinted in a number of editions including a complete colour hard cover run from DC.
I'm a particular aficionado of the strips run from 1946-1950 when the stip was at it's height, after Eisner returned from a tour of duty in World War 2. Eisner's stuff would run any where from gritty noir to high comedy with more than a sprinkling of human foible. Quite often the tittle charcter might not appear for more than cameo a given week, and as the years passed Eisner would use the strip for wonderful short O'henryesque forays in story telling.
Strangers In Paradise. Terry Moore. Boy loves girl, girl loves another girl, sometimes... Moore's very involved story of his emotional triangle between Bi artist Katchoo her best friend Francine and other best friend David. Along the lenth of the 90 issues it ran are run ins with the mob female assassins, call girls, and stoopid lawyers amongst others. Heart wrenchingly dramatic or laugh till you hurt funny. (and it was really hard to decide if this was going to be one the graphic novel list or here.
Justice League International. Keith Giffen J. M. Dematis various artists. Afer Batman the Dark Night returns had set the stage for angstier and grittier heros this wonderful funny some times utterly sick loopy series came along to show super hero comics they wer getting waay too serious with themselves. Giffen was given the task in 1986 of starting a new Justice League series (the last havingly ended VERY badly) except that other than Batman no major character was available as tghey were all involved in major continuity in there own series som Giffen and Dematis along with, enitially aretist Kevin Mguire took a bunch of second(and in some cases third tier) characters and wove them into the best super hero team comic
JSA Geoff Johns, David Goyer, James Robinson various artists. The comic that got me reading mainstream comics again reviving the old Justice Society of America while bringing in second generation heroes with a loving reverence to the history of the original material while bringing it up to the present day. 80 something superheroes rock!!
Starman James Robinson various artists. A son that would sooner run an antique shop than take over from his superhero dad though has to anyway. Weird touching and universe spanning. With an actual official end to the series.
The Spectre John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. The series that finally looks at the character of Jim Corrigan
(The Spectre's mortal... okay dead mortal host) as a flawed, slightly bigoted Irish American cop from the 30s. The perfect host for the power of the wraith of god eh? Along the way there is much philosophizing, near destruction of earth, genocide, dogs and cats living together mass hysteria! Also, best priest in a comic ever!!
At this point I should probably write something about Wonder Woman, but that'll probably need it's own post...
Stay eldritch
GT
Fave comics series...
Will Eisner's The Spirit. This highly cinematic strip ran between 1940 and 1952 as a comic book insert in weekend newspapers, and has been since reprinted in a number of editions including a complete colour hard cover run from DC.
I'm a particular aficionado of the strips run from 1946-1950 when the stip was at it's height, after Eisner returned from a tour of duty in World War 2. Eisner's stuff would run any where from gritty noir to high comedy with more than a sprinkling of human foible. Quite often the tittle charcter might not appear for more than cameo a given week, and as the years passed Eisner would use the strip for wonderful short O'henryesque forays in story telling.
Strangers In Paradise. Terry Moore. Boy loves girl, girl loves another girl, sometimes... Moore's very involved story of his emotional triangle between Bi artist Katchoo her best friend Francine and other best friend David. Along the lenth of the 90 issues it ran are run ins with the mob female assassins, call girls, and stoopid lawyers amongst others. Heart wrenchingly dramatic or laugh till you hurt funny. (and it was really hard to decide if this was going to be one the graphic novel list or here.
Justice League International. Keith Giffen J. M. Dematis various artists. Afer Batman the Dark Night returns had set the stage for angstier and grittier heros this wonderful funny some times utterly sick loopy series came along to show super hero comics they wer getting waay too serious with themselves. Giffen was given the task in 1986 of starting a new Justice League series (the last havingly ended VERY badly) except that other than Batman no major character was available as tghey were all involved in major continuity in there own series som Giffen and Dematis along with, enitially aretist Kevin Mguire took a bunch of second(and in some cases third tier) characters and wove them into the best super hero team comic
JSA Geoff Johns, David Goyer, James Robinson various artists. The comic that got me reading mainstream comics again reviving the old Justice Society of America while bringing in second generation heroes with a loving reverence to the history of the original material while bringing it up to the present day. 80 something superheroes rock!!
Starman James Robinson various artists. A son that would sooner run an antique shop than take over from his superhero dad though has to anyway. Weird touching and universe spanning. With an actual official end to the series.
The Spectre John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. The series that finally looks at the character of Jim Corrigan
(The Spectre's mortal... okay dead mortal host) as a flawed, slightly bigoted Irish American cop from the 30s. The perfect host for the power of the wraith of god eh? Along the way there is much philosophizing, near destruction of earth, genocide, dogs and cats living together mass hysteria! Also, best priest in a comic ever!!
At this point I should probably write something about Wonder Woman, but that'll probably need it's own post...
Stay eldritch
GT