Body of work

[dude9876]

Which comic book creators do you think has the most impressive body of work as far as great comics and few misses?

For me I would say Jack kirby:
Fantastic four, thor, new gods, kamandi Mister miracle, the demon, forever people.

Or Alan Moore: watchmen, swamp thing, marvel man, v for vendetta, superman, killing joke, supreme, Tom strong, top ten.

Honorable mentions would be Grant morrison, kurt busiek, Jim Starlin and Ed Brubaker.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I have to go with Alan Moore. Just about everything he's written seems to rest in the 'brilliant to genius' bracket. Other writers have written great works (Wolfman's COIE and Waid's Kingdom Come are two of the greatest comics ever written), but for me Moore is the most consistently outstanding.

 

[Babillygunn]

Which comic book creators do you think has the most impressive body of work as far as great comics and few misses?

For me I would say Jack kirby:
Fantastic four, thor, new gods, kamandi Mister miracle, the demon, forever people.

Or Alan Moore: watchmen, swamp thing, marvel man, v for vendetta, superman, killing joke, supreme, Tom strong, top ten.

Honorable mentions would be Grant morrison, kurt busiek, Jim Starlin and Ed Brubaker.

I gotta give you respect for the Tom Strong shout out. Not enough people mention that book. And it was amazing.


I’d easily throw in Mark Waid as well. IMHO, the man wrote the best JL story of all time (Tower of Babel); the best Flash story all time (Return of Barry Allen); a top 10 all time Superman story (Birthright); and the best comic of all time (Kingdom Come).

I would also add Len Wein. He is second only to Kirby in the significance of his contributions to comics in terms of developing new characters. And his original Swamp Thing run is a blast as was his original Human Target stories in Action Comics.

Starlin is a great guy if you ever get the chance to meet him. But he had some real stinkers in the midst of also having some classics. Death of the New Gods is an abomination.

 

[dude9876]

I have to go with Alan Moore. Just about everything he's written seems to rest in the 'brilliant to genius' bracket. Other writers have written great works (Wolfman's COIE and Waid's Kingdom Come are two of the greatest comics ever written), but for me Moore is the most consistently outstanding.

Almost all of his comics have a very high standard. Even his lesser known work are just overshadowed by even better comics

 

[dude9876]

I gotta give you respect for the Tom Strong shout out. Not enough people mention that book. And it was amazing.


I’d easily throw in Mark Waid as well. IMHO, the man wrote the best JL story of all time (Tower of Babel); the best Flash story all time (Return of Barry Allen); a top 10 all time Superman story (Birthright); and the best comic of all time (Kingdom Come).

I would also add Len Wein. He is second only to Kirby in the significance of his contributions to comics in terms of developing new characters. And his original Swamp Thing run is a blast as was his original Human Target stories in Action Comics.

Starlin is a great guy if you ever get the chance to meet him. But he had some real stinkers in the midst of also having some classics. Death of the New Gods is an abomination.

Maybe i have been lucky with Jim Starlin comics

 

[Babillygunn]

Maybe i have been lucky with Jim Starlin comics

He’s got some great ones out there.
But you can tell when his heart is not in it.

 

[Babillygunn]

Almost all of his comics have a very high standard. Even his lesser known work are just overshadowed by even better comics

I would actually say that I think Moore’s lesser known works (Tom Strong, Miracleman) are his best.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I would actually say that I think Moore’s lesser known works (Tom Strong, Miracleman) are his best.

Oh, Miracleman is terrific. I put it above Watchmen. You can tell in the earlier issues that Moore isn't as polished a writer as he later becomes. It's interesting to chart his development as the story progresses. Of course, the ideas were always there.

 

[dude9876]

I would actually say that I think Moore’s lesser known works (Tom Strong, Miracleman) are his best.

Almost everything is great, i just like watchmen and swamp thing the most

 

[CrimsonMist]

Definitely Alan Moore for all the reasons already mentioned. But even early works like Captain Britain show very much the potential of what was to come, at maybe 3/4 of the quality, which is just insane. I've really enjoyed going back to alot of his 2000AD stuff like Skizz, D.R. & Quinch and The Ballad of Halo Jones. His short stories for 2000AD really showcase what an incredible storyteller he is. His lesser known works should be more known as well. His Lovecraft trilogy is very unsettling, but captures a true horrific sense of Lovecraft 's work without being hokey or schlocky. Supreme needs to be on the bookshelf of every comic book reader. Tom Strong and Top 10 are brilliant. Promethea is sublime.

Imma toss Brubaker out there as well. He was mentioned once earlier, but that man can do no wrong and has done nothing less than incredible work for the last 10 years. Once he went Image exclusive, he's been on fire. The Reckless graphic novel series, Pulp, The Fade Out, Fatale, Kill or Be Killed. And then there's the Criminal stuff, and his perfect runs on Captain America and Daredevil, proceeding a profoundly underrated run on both Batman and Detective Comics. But then there's also Scene of the Crime, Catwoman, Gotham Central, Sleeper and so much more. Brubaker doesn't get the acclaim he should, probably because he's been out of the cape business for a long time. But he's up there with the all time greats in my opinion and people need to pay more attention to that.

 

[Babillygunn]

Brubaker’s Dead Boy Detectives >>>> Gaiman’s original run.

 

[dude9876]

Definitely Alan Moore for all the reasons already mentioned. But even early works like Captain Britain show very much the potential of what was to come, at maybe 3/4 of the quality, which is just insane. I've really enjoyed going back to alot of his 2000AD stuff like Skizz, D.R. & Quinch and The Ballad of Halo Jones. His short stories for 2000AD really showcase what an incredible storyteller he is. His lesser known works should be more known as well. His Lovecraft trilogy is very unsettling, but captures a true horrific sense of Lovecraft 's work without being hokey or schlocky. Supreme needs to be on the bookshelf of every comic book reader. Tom Strong and Top 10 are brilliant. Promethea is sublime.

Imma toss Brubaker out there as well. He was mentioned once earlier, but that man can do no wrong and has done nothing less than incredible work for the last 10 years. Once he went Image exclusive, he's been on fire. The Reckless graphic novel series, Pulp, The Fade Out, Fatale, Kill or Be Killed. And then there's the Criminal stuff, and his perfect runs on Captain America and Daredevil, proceeding a profoundly underrated run on both Batman and Detective Comics. But then there's also Scene of the Crime, Catwoman, Gotham Central, Sleeper and so much more. Brubaker doesn't get the acclaim he should, probably because he's been out of the cape business for a long time. But he's up there with the all time greats in my opinion and people need to pay more attention to that.

I think it was a great move for Brubaker to get out of the superhero genre. Especially since he himself said that he ran out of steam with capes.