Your five favorite comic book writers

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:24 pm

Mine are:

1) Alan Moore-What can I say the guy is ****ing genius.

2) Peter David-Any guy that can turn Aquaman into the bigger bad @$$ than Batman, make a botched revamp of Supergirl into one of the most complex and unique characters in the last 10 years and then creates a morally ambiguous heroine like the Fallen Angel to say he's good is an
understatement.

3) Jim Shooter-Love him or hate him, but Jim Shooter made comics pay attention to Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway. He wrote or co-wrote some
great stories too.

4) Neil Gaiman-If Moore helped give birth to Vertigo then Gaiman helped to adulthood.

5) Stan Lee-OK sure some of his dialogue is corny as hell but the ideas he
introduced at Marvel in the 60s are still being felt today.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:48 pm

Cyberstrike wrote:
2) Peter David-Any guy that can turn Aquaman into the bigger bad @$$ than Batman, make a botched revamp of Supergirl into one of the most complex and unique characters in the last 10 years and then creates a morally ambiguous heroine like the Fallen Angel to say he's good is an
understatement.

I hear that!

Cyberstrike wrote:4) Neil Gaiman-If Moore helped give birth to Vertigo then Gaiman helped to adulthood.

Gaiman MADE Vertigo what it is.

Here's my list:
1. PAD
2. Walt Simonson
3. Neil Gaiman
4. Jim Shooter
5. Frank Miller

rictor · Post by **rictor** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:55 pm

1. Frank Miller
2. Marv Wolfman
3. Roy Thomas
4. Terry Moore
5. Bill Willingham

The Harbinger · Post by **The Harbinger** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:04 pm

1) Jim Shooter
2) Stan Lee
3) Frank Miller
4) Peter Milligan
5) Joe Casey

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:11 pm

Chuck Dixon
Dennis Oneil
Dan Jurgens
Mark Waid
Larry Hama

All in no particular order.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:19 pm

tarheelmarine wrote: Mark Waid

I like Waid too. His run on Flash was superb

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:22 am

Okay my list (in order, best first):

1. Alan Moore - challenging, thought provoking, deconstructionist, rarely easy to read. Genre-defining.

2. Kurt Busiek - Astro City would be enough to include him, but then you can throw in Marvels and Avengers Forever. Wow.

3. Grant Morrison - maybe the greatest ideas man in comics, whether reworking or refreshing old ideas or generating new ones. If nothing else, then Zenith would cement his place for me.

4. Roy Thomas - growing up, All Star Squadron was my favourite book. I was lucky enough to read some of his avengers work through a friend at about the same time. A great storyteller.

5. James Robinson - for Starman, the Golden Age, and Firearm. All character driven in a way I think others struggle to emulate.

Noatble others: Marv Wolfman (5 years of genius writing New Teen Titans and CoIE), Bob Hall (for the Shadowman run - try and read his run over a period of a couple of weeks or less and feel the transition he achieves), Dwayne McDuffie (for Icon and the rest of the Milestone line), Mark Millar (love or hate him he has some stupidly-simple big ideas), Erik Larsen (for his Savage Dragon run), Paul Grist (I love Jack Staff), Frank Millar (I don't like everything he does by any stretch, buut he wrote the greatest line in a comic book, ever, in my mind) and there are probably a few others who are nearly there. In fact it makes me think we need a thread of 5 great short-to-medium length runs by 'not the usual suspects'.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:19 am

leonmallett wrote:
5. James Robinson - for Starman, the Golden Age, and Firearm. All character driven in a way I think others struggle to emulate.

Robinson's Starman was awesome!

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:06 pm

Garth Ennis - Preacher is one of my favorites of all time & love his Punisher & Hellblazer.

Warren Ellis - Transmet, DV8, Hellblazer, etc . . .

Grant Morrison - Invisibles, New X-Men, Arkham Asylum, etc . . .

Neil Gaiman - Sandman may be my second all time favorite . . .

Brian Bendis - (sorry guys) his Daredevil run is amazing (I bought all 6 HC collections)

Honorable Mention:

Bill Willingham - Loving the hell out of Fables

James Robinson - I recommend Starman to everyone, it's just really good

Brad Metzler - Identity Crisis got me back into comics

Zool · Post by **Zool** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:26 pm

1. Alan Moore: Better and more influential than any other writer in the medium has ever been.

After that I have no order, but another four I very highly rate are:

Grant Morrison: For posessing a terrifyingly active and barely restrained imagination.

Brian Micheal Bendis: For the best dialogue in comics and his understanding of long form dramatic structure (ripped from TV, generally, but it works).

Brian K. Vaughn: For writing 'people' who really interact with each other and you can't help but care about.

Neil Gaiman: For the solid storytelling and whimsical, mythical tone.

Jim Shooter: For VALIANT

The Harbinger · Post by **The Harbinger** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:44 pm

Why no love for Rob Liefeld?

ferdelance · Post by **ferdelance** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:01 pm

1 Garth Innis
2 Frank Miller
3 Alan Moore
4 Peter David
5 Warren Ellis
199 Kindergarten student
200 Rob Liefeld

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:04 pm

Liefeld can write? Must be the 501's.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:23 pm

ferdelance wrote:1 Garth Innis
2 Frank Miller
3 Alan Moore
4 Peter David
5 Warren Ellis
199 Kindergarten student
200 Rob Liefeld

The Harbinger · Post by **The Harbinger** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:40 pm

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:35 pm

1. Dave Sim
2. Alan Moore
3. Garth Ennis
4. Grant Morrison
5. Frank Miller

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:39 am

Easy enough:

Jim Shooter (Valiant era and Defiant)
Kurt Busiek (Astro City, nuff said)
Stan Lee (all those books from the past, awesome for the time)
Garth Ennis (Punisher stuff)
Brian Micheal Bendis

Extra:

Ed Brubaker (for his current Captain America and Daredevil runs... awesome)
Larry Hama
Doug Murray (for his AWESOME work on The 'Nam)

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:45 am

Knightt wrote:Easy enough:

Jim Shooter (Valiant era and Defiant)
Kurt Busiek (Astro City, nuff said)
Stan Lee (all those books from the past, awesome for the time)
Garth Ennis (Punisher stuff)
Brian Micheal Bendis

Extra:

Ed Brubaker (for his current Captain America and Daredevil runs... awesome)
Larry Hama
Doug Murray (for his AWESOME work on The 'Nam)

What did you think of Murray's brief tenure on Justice Machine?

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:16 am

Shooter
Dorkin
Alan Moore
Miller
Chadwick

honorable mention to Rob Schrab and Lapham

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:18 am

leonmallett wrote:
Knightt wrote:Easy enough:

Jim Shooter (Valiant era and Defiant)
Kurt Busiek (Astro City, nuff said)
Stan Lee (all those books from the past, awesome for the time)
Garth Ennis (Punisher stuff)
Brian Micheal Bendis

Extra:

Ed Brubaker (for his current Captain America and Daredevil runs... awesome)
Larry Hama
Doug Murray (for his AWESOME work on The 'Nam)
What did you think of Murray's brief tenure on Justice Machine?

I am not sure if I have all of Justice Machine yet so I have to put off that reading for a while and besides, Hero Alliance is in front of Justice Machine in my reading priorities but I am SO far behind in my current readings that it may take me quite a while just to get to there. I am SO behind on my reading.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:05 pm

Knightt wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Knightt wrote:Easy enough:

Jim Shooter (Valiant era and Defiant)
Kurt Busiek (Astro City, nuff said)
Stan Lee (all those books from the past, awesome for the time)
Garth Ennis (Punisher stuff)
Brian Micheal Bendis

Extra:

Ed Brubaker (for his current Captain America and Daredevil runs... awesome)
Larry Hama
Doug Murray (for his AWESOME work on The 'Nam)
What did you think of Murray's brief tenure on Justice Machine?
I am not sure if I have all of Justice Machine yet so I have to put off that reading for a while and besides, Hero Alliance is in front of Justice Machine in my reading priorities but I am SO far behind in my current readings that it may take me quite a while just to get to there. I am SO behind on my reading.

So stop postin' and get readin'! Oh, and keep watching cool toons as well, of course (B:TASetc).

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:57 pm

leonmallett wrote:So stop postin'

Very well...

It is done. (geez, I have never been asked to stop posting and leave a board before... take care fellas !!!)

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:36 pm

Neil Gaiman
Peter David
Kurt Busiek
Frank Miller
Bob Hall

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:14 am

Knightt wrote:
leonmallett wrote:So stop postin'
Very well...

It is done. (geez, I have never been asked to stop posting and leave a board before... take care fellas !!!)

No, no come back!!!

Now. Post more! Read less!!!

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:53 am

In no particular order:

Miller
Moore
Busiak
Claremont
Hayes
Lapham
Shooter
Lee

If you need first names you must be living under a rock...

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