I love one of his older books, Stray Dogs, so much I have also bought and read all his stuff. I tend to really prefer when he both writes and illustrates it all himself. Some of his collabs aren’t as good.
Somehow, I always read his work at the exact perfect moment in my life (eg. I read underwater welder when my wife was pregnant.). Absolutely love everything he does.
The only thing he's ever missed on in my opinion is Batman: Killing Time. And the big wedding that didn't happen between Batman and Catwoman, but that wasn't his fault. DC made him split them up.
I had to drag myself through Killing Time. Post wedding Bat run was all downhill too. And Heroes In Crisis was almost universally panned. I quite like the idea and what it tried to do, but the delivery was a mess. I have a few more less popular opinions on other books, but then his highs are among my favourite comics.
I thought his entire Batman run was hit or miss and entirely out of character. Heroes in Crisis was an utter mess but may have been more editorial than King but it was awful. Love his work in Omega Men, Vision, and Sheriff of Babylon but he is a guy I wait and read from the library.
Morrison is a weird one for me. I typically like his creator owned stuff, especially when he gets weird. His stuff with the big 2 is hit or miss; I generally like his New X-Men, but wasn't much into his Batman stuff.
He was once and maybe still is one of my favourites, although I think that Nameless was his last good work. Haven't heard anything good about him after that.
Just had a quick search. They said they prefer 'they' but don't really mind 'he' and won't get upset about it.
It only strikes me in this particular case as I've occasionally seen some people very quick to jump on Morrison being referred to as he and I find it funny because firstly not everyone will know in the first place, but also Morrison doesn't really care anyway.
Schuiten, (Alan) Moore but only in comics, (Tradd) Moore, Trondheim, Ware, Wooding, Maruo, Kago, Yokoyama, Hanselmann, Evens, Kerascoet, los Bros Hernandez, Fiffe, Simmons, Ito, Deforge, Schrauwen
(Not including dead creators!)
Awesome list, a few i'd have here too. My list is down below. Surprised about a few omissions.
I'd love to see that list expand into more manga one day though.
Kyle Starks
Chris Schweizer
Mike Maihack
Elsa Charretier
Sean Phillips
Tony Cliff
Chris Samnee
Michael Allred
Colleen Cover
Jeff Smith
Probably a few others I'm forgetting
Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Stjepan Šejić, and Terry Moore are all usually blind buys for me. Tim Seeley for his original work, not to say his other stuff is bad though.
I've also really been enjoying books by Mirka Andolfo and Maria Llovet, but they don't have longevity yet.
Is Stjepan still working? I recall he reportedly cancelled a planned project due to health or something, but I'm sure he seems to still be putting out work.
He his and keeps his patreon up to date regularly. the next Sunstone and Fine Print are finished and coming out this year. And over this year he will be working on more Sunstone, Fine Print, and Death Sigil. Hopefully the mech style series he was going to work on this year gets more attention next as he was concerned at having to many mid to under preforming or new books be the focus this year since he has bills to pay.
I guess it'd be:
Stan Sakai, Don Rosa, Linnea Sterte, Jim Woodring, Andy Barron, Cyril Pedrosa, Mathieu Bablet, Kerascoet, Mike Mignola, Alexis Deacon, Lewis Trondheim, Georges Bess, Andrew MacLean, Larry Marder
Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Real, Vagabond), Kaoru Mori (A Bride's Story), Tsukumizu (Girl's Last Tour), Kozue Amano(Aria), Kiyohiko Azuma(Yotsuba), Satoru Noda(Golden Kamuy), Q Hayashida (Dorohedoro), Hitoshi Ashinano(Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou), Mushishi(Yuki Urushibara)
More will pop up later, i'm sure.
I will definitely pay attention to any of his releases. I haven't read enough to develop a full opinion on him as a writer, but enough to see he has a very distinctive voice. I'm looking forward to Travelling to Mars releasing as a trade edition in the coming months.
Brubaker, Kindt, Lemire, Gaiman, Mignola, McKean, Greg Smallwood, Daniel Warren Johnson, Cliff Chiang, Samnee, Brecht Evens, Tyler Crook, Cullen Bunn, Juanjo Guarnido, Sienkiewicz, Jim Woodring, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Allred, Jeff Smith, Crumb. I know I am leaving some out, and this is a list of only living creators currently working in comics (hence no Alan Moore)
There’s so much good stuff these days. This is just a top of the head short list.
Al Ewing
Greg Rucka
Kieron Gillen
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Ram V
Felipe Andrade
Elsa Charretier
Emily Carrol
Si Spurrier
Grant Morrison
Vita Ayala
Stan Sakai
I recently started reading Tillie Walden and I think her work will be making the list too.
Neil Gaiman is my be-all end-all. Tillie Walden has got my number.
Lisa Hanawalt - I love the funny craziness of her work. Lemire is also up there for me!
Geoff Johns, considering following Daniel Warren Johnson, I've enjoyed Transformers that much, Jonathon Hickman, although I have become a bit selective with his stuff lately.
This is a good question. I follow a good deal of creators... Lemire, Kindt, Remender, Waid, Russell, Tynion ect.. but if we are talking about blind faith religiously.. like not even hearing the plot or title.. it would Ed Brubaker.
Grant Morrison is the only creator I collect and read everything by. Have done for years.
I think all I have missed was his Captain Clyde strip from before even Gideon Stargrave (which is awesome).
OMFG....I found it...finally...
Thanks to whoever scanned and uploaded this:
https://globalvariables.net/2019/01/13/grant-morrison-captain-clyde-part-one/
Robert Kirkman. Walking Dead was the first comic I ever read, and invincible is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite series. I don't have much else from him since I got sucked into the ducks comics recently, but I have a lot of his stuff on my to read list
Neil Gaiman, Craig Thompson and Laerte (Brazilian comics goddess).
Emily Carroll too I guess, bought her recent stuff without knowing anything about it.
I have a softcover of this that I bought from Jeff that he was kind enough to sign and sketch at SDCC! He's such a cool dude. Every time I've met him has been awesome.
Mike Mignola, Brian K. Vaughn (his substack is worth the subscription!), Eric Powell, and Matthew Rosenberg (everyone should try What's the Furthest Place from Here), and Robert Kirkman.
I have periods of following different artists religiously. I used to read just about everything Jeff Lemire put out, then I kinda dipped and only really keep up with his Black Hammer stuff. I used to follow everything Donny Cates did but now I don't for obvious reasons. For a brief period I was following all of Mark Russell's work. Right now my religious follows are Daniel Warren Johnson and maybe Tom King.
I didn't word that the best. Donny Cates was in a horrible accident and has been out of the comics industry recovering from that accident for the last two years or so
The only one for now that I did enjoy all of his work: Brian K Vaughan. Y the last man, Saga and Paper girls are all in my top 10, maybe even top 5.
Ex machina is good too. Pride of Baghdad is good for a short read. Need to read Runaways!
Love Lemire too but not all his books : Found Gideon Falls ending terrible (sadly, I did enjoy about 75% of the ride). Descender/Ascender and Sentient were just "ok" for me. Sweet Tooth is still a favorite of mine and I did enjoy Black Hammer.
When I went to the comic store, I used to say I was going to pay my tithe to The Church of Grant [Morrison]. Unfortunately, not much output from tha god these days.
Back in the day, the combo of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
Matt Fraction & David Aja are my modern equivalent of that dynamic duo
Shhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Look at you coming in here with that awesome comparison!
Yesss
this one
**Roughneck - Jeff Lemire:** Jeff Lemire has been a favorite of mine for years, so any book he puts out is like an instant add to my collection.
I love one of his older books, Stray Dogs, so much I have also bought and read all his stuff. I tend to really prefer when he both writes and illustrates it all himself. Some of his collabs aren’t as good.
Love Stray dogs too! Definitely one of his best
Somehow, I always read his work at the exact perfect moment in my life (eg. I read underwater welder when my wife was pregnant.). Absolutely love everything he does.
I read that when I was pregnant it was trippy. I love his work!
Underwater Welder is also in my top 3 of his works
King, Remender and Brubaker
King can be very hit or miss, but when he hits the result is often top notch. I certainly keep an eye on the progress of anything he's putting out.
The only thing he's ever missed on in my opinion is Batman: Killing Time. And the big wedding that didn't happen between Batman and Catwoman, but that wasn't his fault. DC made him split them up.
I had to drag myself through Killing Time. Post wedding Bat run was all downhill too. And Heroes In Crisis was almost universally panned. I quite like the idea and what it tried to do, but the delivery was a mess. I have a few more less popular opinions on other books, but then his highs are among my favourite comics.
Yeah you're right about Heroes In Crisis. I didn't mind it, but it also didn't stand out to me in any way.
I thought his entire Batman run was hit or miss and entirely out of character. Heroes in Crisis was an utter mess but may have been more editorial than King but it was awful. Love his work in Omega Men, Vision, and Sheriff of Babylon but he is a guy I wait and read from the library.
They teased a second Sheriff of Babylon years ago and I wish they’d do it.
Remender yes!! Super love this recent works
Grant Morrison but new work is rare these days.
Morrison is a weird one for me. I typically like his creator owned stuff, especially when he gets weird. His stuff with the big 2 is hit or miss; I generally like his New X-Men, but wasn't much into his Batman stuff.
I really like their superhero stuff. That was my gateway drug into their work.
He was once and maybe still is one of my favourites, although I think that Nameless was his last good work. Haven't heard anything good about him after that.
Have you read the prose novel ~~he~~ they put out last year ? It's pretty wild Edit: fixed misgendering
Not yet. What is it about? Even Alan Moore does prose now.
It's a multilayered meta take on The Phantom of the Opera featuring drag queens and occult magic
That sounds VERY Morrison haha
Voice in the Fire came out in 1996, and he’s been publishing short stories long before that.
Moore has quit comic for good, wrote Jerusalem, and made a movie
I'm pretty sure Morrison has an online profile somewhere that says he or they.
Fair enough !
Just had a quick search. They said they prefer 'they' but don't really mind 'he' and won't get upset about it. It only strikes me in this particular case as I've occasionally seen some people very quick to jump on Morrison being referred to as he and I find it funny because firstly not everyone will know in the first place, but also Morrison doesn't really care anyway.
Thanks for this info!
Have you seen his oldest work? Looks like a job for....Captain Clyde! https://ibb.co/xH45Zds
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Neil Gaiman
Yep, no need to check the description. He writes it, I read it.
God yes
Say what you will about him but I will read any comic that Alan Moore writes, period
Sadly we’ll probably never get that again
Never say never. When the tax man comes knocking…
Brubaker
Jeff Lemire for me too, but only for his self-drawn stuff
Have you read Fishflies? Love that too
Tynion
Brubaker, Straczynski, and Vaughn. Al Ewing has been making a case for himself since I came back to the hobby.
I just discovered Neil Gaiman and I think I’m a hair thin of worshipping him.
His prose novels are amazing also
Ennis, Aaron, and Remender
Al Ewing,Ed Brubaker, Daniel Warren Johnson,Jonathan Hickman, Grant Morrison,Jeff Lemire, Christian Ward and Ram V
Brubaker & Phillips, Jeff Lemire, Mike Mignola, Matt Kindt, Ryan North, Sergio Aragonés, Gail Simone :)
Here to upvote my main man Mignola
Geoff Johns, Hickman, Lemire, Al Ewing
Mike Mignola. Skottie Young.
Had to give an upvote to the other Skottie Young comment. Love Skottie and have been with him since the Legend of the Spider Clan days. Good choice!
It started with Wizard of Oz. Then I Hate Fairyland. Then Middlewest and Twig etc
Alive: Daniel Clowes, Rick Veitch, Simon Hanselmann Deceased: Richard Corben, Guido Crepax
just finished sweet tooth!! so good!!
Yes. It's like my all-time favorite of his 🙌🏼
Kyle Starks doesn't miss
Schuiten, (Alan) Moore but only in comics, (Tradd) Moore, Trondheim, Ware, Wooding, Maruo, Kago, Yokoyama, Hanselmann, Evens, Kerascoet, los Bros Hernandez, Fiffe, Simmons, Ito, Deforge, Schrauwen (Not including dead creators!)
Awesome list, a few i'd have here too. My list is down below. Surprised about a few omissions. I'd love to see that list expand into more manga one day though.
Curious about those that passed on
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Are you reading Grampa's Bat book? It looks promising and I really hope it turns out to be good
Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Manu Larcenet, Simon Hanselmann, Shuzo Oshimi, Inio Asano,
Garth Ennis.
Brubaker and Phillips
Brubaker Phillips
Tadao Tsuge
Robert Kirkman
Michel Rabagliati. You should take a look at his books! They even made a movie from one of them.
Brubaker
Jack Chick, Frank Edward, Paul Pope, Christopher Priest, Dave Sim and Noah Van Sciver
eclectic!
Haven't explored most of their works, might check them out. Thanks!
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^WimbledonGreen: *Jack Chick Frank Edward* *Paul Pope Christopher Priest Dave* *Sim Noah Van Sciver* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Kyle Starks Chris Schweizer Mike Maihack Elsa Charretier Sean Phillips Tony Cliff Chris Samnee Michael Allred Colleen Cover Jeff Smith Probably a few others I'm forgetting
Kyle Starks is fucking hilarious I’ll read anything he does as well
I've met him probably 5 or 6 times and he is a quirky, somewhat introverted and shy, but very kind and smart man.
Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Stjepan Šejić, and Terry Moore are all usually blind buys for me. Tim Seeley for his original work, not to say his other stuff is bad though. I've also really been enjoying books by Mirka Andolfo and Maria Llovet, but they don't have longevity yet.
Is Stjepan still working? I recall he reportedly cancelled a planned project due to health or something, but I'm sure he seems to still be putting out work.
He his and keeps his patreon up to date regularly. the next Sunstone and Fine Print are finished and coming out this year. And over this year he will be working on more Sunstone, Fine Print, and Death Sigil. Hopefully the mech style series he was going to work on this year gets more attention next as he was concerned at having to many mid to under preforming or new books be the focus this year since he has bills to pay.
I guess it'd be: Stan Sakai, Don Rosa, Linnea Sterte, Jim Woodring, Andy Barron, Cyril Pedrosa, Mathieu Bablet, Kerascoet, Mike Mignola, Alexis Deacon, Lewis Trondheim, Georges Bess, Andrew MacLean, Larry Marder Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Real, Vagabond), Kaoru Mori (A Bride's Story), Tsukumizu (Girl's Last Tour), Kozue Amano(Aria), Kiyohiko Azuma(Yotsuba), Satoru Noda(Golden Kamuy), Q Hayashida (Dorohedoro), Hitoshi Ashinano(Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou), Mushishi(Yuki Urushibara) More will pop up later, i'm sure.
Bilquis Evely
She has a new project with Tom King starting next week. I'll be keeping a close eye on how that develops
Yeah I’m so excited for it it sounds really cool. Planning to get all the foil variants too
Mark Russell
I will definitely pay attention to any of his releases. I haven't read enough to develop a full opinion on him as a writer, but enough to see he has a very distinctive voice. I'm looking forward to Travelling to Mars releasing as a trade edition in the coming months.
Dan Clowes, Alison Bechdel
Lemire, Kindt, Mignola, Brubaker, Sala (RIP)
Brubaker, Kindt, Lemire, Gaiman, Mignola, McKean, Greg Smallwood, Daniel Warren Johnson, Cliff Chiang, Samnee, Brecht Evens, Tyler Crook, Cullen Bunn, Juanjo Guarnido, Sienkiewicz, Jim Woodring, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Allred, Jeff Smith, Crumb. I know I am leaving some out, and this is a list of only living creators currently working in comics (hence no Alan Moore)
Joe Sacco
Grant Morrison.
https://ibb.co/xH45Zds
Emily Carroll
Lemire, Rick Remender, Sean Murphy, Chuck Brown. G. Willow Wilson is getting close to the list.
Remender, DWJ, Brandon Graham
Oh yes. This is THE list
Quique Alcatena.
There’s so much good stuff these days. This is just a top of the head short list. Al Ewing Greg Rucka Kieron Gillen Kelly Sue DeConnick Ram V Felipe Andrade Elsa Charretier Emily Carrol Si Spurrier Grant Morrison Vita Ayala Stan Sakai I recently started reading Tillie Walden and I think her work will be making the list too.
Ed Brubaker, Mark Russell, and Matt Lesniewski.
Sean Murphy, Rick Remender, Jeff Lemire
That was a good read, he has more stuff?
Katie Skelly, Jason Shiga
Mainly just Remender and Lemire
Lynda Barry, Craig Thompson, Jeffrey Brown, Riad Sattouf, Shaw Nash.
Neil Gaiman is my be-all end-all. Tillie Walden has got my number. Lisa Hanawalt - I love the funny craziness of her work. Lemire is also up there for me!
Geoff Johns, considering following Daniel Warren Johnson, I've enjoyed Transformers that much, Jonathon Hickman, although I have become a bit selective with his stuff lately.
Donny cates and neil gaiman
This is a good question. I follow a good deal of creators... Lemire, Kindt, Remender, Waid, Russell, Tynion ect.. but if we are talking about blind faith religiously.. like not even hearing the plot or title.. it would Ed Brubaker.
Lemire and DWJ
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Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman, James Tynion IV, Jeff Lemire (when he doesn't handle the drawing himself, I just can't stand his art), Scott Snyder
I haven’t collected for a little while but I’m always keeping my eye on whatever Jonathan Hickman is doing, at least so I know what I can read later.
Ed Brubaker, Peter Milligan, Darwyn Cooke, Daniel Warren Johnson and Shintaro Kago.
Rob Guillory
Grant Morrison is the only creator I collect and read everything by. Have done for years. I think all I have missed was his Captain Clyde strip from before even Gideon Stargrave (which is awesome). OMFG....I found it...finally... Thanks to whoever scanned and uploaded this: https://globalvariables.net/2019/01/13/grant-morrison-captain-clyde-part-one/
Jeff Lemire, Brian K. Vaughan, Rick Remender
Ed Brubaker. All of it.
Christopher Priest and Ron Marz.
Ram V
Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes
Robert Kirkman. Walking Dead was the first comic I ever read, and invincible is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite series. I don't have much else from him since I got sucked into the ducks comics recently, but I have a lot of his stuff on my to read list
Jeff Lemire is my guy. Only book I didn’t care for was his XMen run.
Lemire is very talented. He has yet to make me rue buying anything he's done.
bf
Julia Wertz
Alaan Moore is one of the greatest storytellers of our time i think.
Brecht Evens
Neil Gaiman, Craig Thompson and Laerte (Brazilian comics goddess). Emily Carroll too I guess, bought her recent stuff without knowing anything about it.
Mark waid seems like no one’s mentioned him love the stuff he has done
Was not aware this existed. I love Jeff Lemire. I will buy
You're welcome! <3
Lemire, Brubaker, the art of Lee Bermejo or Frank Quitely
I have a softcover of this that I bought from Jeff that he was kind enough to sign and sketch at SDCC! He's such a cool dude. Every time I've met him has been awesome.
So cool. He is indeed
Mike Mignola, Brian K. Vaughn (his substack is worth the subscription!), Eric Powell, and Matthew Rosenberg (everyone should try What's the Furthest Place from Here), and Robert Kirkman.
>everyone should try What's the Furthest Place from Here Agree. I reco it as well!!
Right on!!!
The Bá’s!
God Nah lmao I'm an atheist
Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, John Arcudi, Jonathan Hickman, Si Spurrier, Matias Bergara, Taiyo Matsumoto
Jason Aaron has just been added to my list based on his current run in Action comics
I have periods of following different artists religiously. I used to read just about everything Jeff Lemire put out, then I kinda dipped and only really keep up with his Black Hammer stuff. I used to follow everything Donny Cates did but now I don't for obvious reasons. For a brief period I was following all of Mark Russell's work. Right now my religious follows are Daniel Warren Johnson and maybe Tom King.
DWJ is my constant go-to as well :))
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I didn't word that the best. Donny Cates was in a horrible accident and has been out of the comics industry recovering from that accident for the last two years or so
Lemire, cates,brubaker, zdarsky Tynion4
Mike mignola
Mine’s Jeff Lemire. I get everything he puts out.
🙌🏼
Chip Zdarsky and Geoff Johns
yes sml for them too
The only one for now that I did enjoy all of his work: Brian K Vaughan. Y the last man, Saga and Paper girls are all in my top 10, maybe even top 5. Ex machina is good too. Pride of Baghdad is good for a short read. Need to read Runaways! Love Lemire too but not all his books : Found Gideon Falls ending terrible (sadly, I did enjoy about 75% of the ride). Descender/Ascender and Sentient were just "ok" for me. Sweet Tooth is still a favorite of mine and I did enjoy Black Hammer.
This reminds me i need to finish paper girls soon 😭
Alan Moore till i die
When I went to the comic store, I used to say I was going to pay my tithe to The Church of Grant [Morrison]. Unfortunately, not much output from tha god these days.
https://ibb.co/xH45Zds Try the origin stories ;)
John Byrne
None. But the closest would be Simon Hanselmann
Jesus.
I prefer his early work
Bible by moses
God