I'll start by saying it's obvious Stan Lee and Jack Kirby should be in, if and when there's ever a comic book hall of fame. Will Eisner also comes to mind. Also, I think a few retailers could belong in. Some of those early retailers helped build comic fandom and organize the hobby.
I'm going to mention guys I think nobody has mentioned so far:
Al Feldstein (EC Comics among others)
Harvey Kurtzman (EC Comics among others)
Max & William Gaines (The founders of EC Comics)
Mike Richardson (the man IS Dark Horse Comics)
Brian K. Vaughn (say what some will, his stories are incredible)
Brian Azzarello (his work on 100 Bullets is extraordinary)
Frank Miller
Geoff Darrow
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud aka Moebius
Sergio Aragones
Dave Sim
Jeff Smith
Alex Toth
Bill Everett
Julius Schwartz
Windsor McCay
Chester Gould
Jack Davis
Wally Wood
Hergé
Jean "Moebius" Giraud
Carmine Infantino
Gardener Fox
Will Eisner
Al Feldstein
Sports Halls have the occasional broadcaster, umpire, pioneer and the like, so I think a retailer, promoter, or such could be worked into the Comic Book Hall Of Fame as well as creators.
StarBrand wrote:Sports Halls have the occasional broadcaster, umpire, pioneer and the like, so I think a retailer, promoter, or such could be worked into the Comic Book Hall Of Fame as well as creators.
The only guy I can think of, beyond Mike Richardson who started out as the owner of an LCS, is Chuck Rozanski. Say what you will, but the guy is a legendary if polarizing figure.
Chuck is the man. I see him at HeroesCon every year and he's a hoot to talk to. I love his long winded emails every week too, but I'm aware that I am in the minority in that respect.
Tim wrote:Alex Toth
Bill Everett
Julius Schwartz Windsor McCay
Chester Gould
Jack Davis
Wally Wood
Hergé
Jean "Moebius" Giraud
Carmine Infantino
Gardener Fox
Will Eisner
Al Feldstein
REALLY nice choice. Now that opens up a whole new field.
E.C.Segar
Russ Manning
Charles Schultz
Chic Young and the whole Blondie crew (especially Stan Drake)
Jim Davis
Mort Walker
Charles Addams
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Tim wrote:Chuck is the man. I see him at HeroesCon every year and he's a hoot to talk to. I love his long winded emails every week too, but I'm aware that I am in the minority in that respect.
I also love his emails, and read every single one of his Tales From The Database. He's done an awful lot for the hobby.
I have to say Jim Shooter has quite an impressive resume. He was perhaps the youngest comic book creator ever pubished at a major comic book publisher, and of course went on to have a strong stint as EIC at Marvel and was the creative genius behind early VALIANT.
He's still adding to that resume, too.
Tim wrote:Chuck is the man. I see him at HeroesCon every year and he's a hoot to talk to. I love his long winded emails every week too, but I'm aware that I am in the minority in that respect.
I also love his emails, and read every single one of his Tales From The Database. He's done an awful lot for the hobby.
I have to agree. While MHC might overcharge on items and does not always have things in stock or in quite the condition one might want, the man himself has done a lot more good than bad, I think.
xodacia81 wrote:I have to agree. While MHC might overcharge on items and does not always have things in stock or in quite the condition one might want, the man himself has done a lot more good than bad, I think.
xodacia81 wrote:I have to agree. While MHC might overcharge on items and does not always have things in stock or in quite the condition one might want, the man himself has done a lot more good than bad, I think.
