Your Top Five/Ten..... [Archive]

mikegraham6

03-27-2008, 05:06 PM

I got this idea from a post on Kwok's forum where he listed the top ten Marvel books off of IGN.com. I didn't agree with the list so i posted my own.
Feel free to use this thread to post your Top Five/Ten topics (i figure top tens may be little too long for all topics..)

I'll start with my Top Ten Marvel Books:

1.New Avengers - Whether the last issue was good or not, this is ALWAYS the book I look forward to reading the most. it's THE marvel book IMO
2.Powers - Bendis' best work. if it came out regularly it would be at number one
3.Criminal - Brubaker just knocks it out of the park with every storyarc. it just keeps getting better and better
4.Captain America - Who would have thought a book without the main character could last so long. I look forward to watching Bucky develop the same sense of honour that Steve Rogers had
5.Astonishing X-men - there really is no other x-book that compares. so many character defining moments in this book
6.Ultimate Spider-Man - This is THE book that got me back into comics and i've been loving it ever since
7.Daredevil - My favorite Marvel character, the last arc faltered a bit but i have high hopes for the newest one
8.The Order - the most underrated mainstream comic book. best thing to come out of The Initiative and it's a shame there is only one issue left
9.X-factor - Best thing to come out of House of M. I love the team dynamic
10.Kick Ass - I have high expectations for issue two, the first issue left me floored.

Feel free to post your Top Ten/Five Marvel books or start your own lists here.

kwok_talk

03-27-2008, 05:11 PM

This was my list:

10. Ms. Marvel
9. Wolverine
8. Thunderbolts
7. Incredible Hercules
6. Daredevil
5. Criminal
4. Fantastic Four
3. Spider-Man
2. New Avengers
1. Captain America

I had to omit USM and Powers since I really haven’t read anything currently from them.

xyzzy

03-27-2008, 05:23 PM

Top 5 Science Fiction comics:

The Surrogates - Venditti
Ministry of Space - Ellis
Project Telstar - Various
WE3 - Morrison
Global Frequency - Ellis

(It was actually tough not to just fill this up with Ellis' stuff. Ocean, Transmet, Switchblade Honey, Orbiter, etc.)

labor_days

03-27-2008, 05:24 PM

From Marvel currently, I think these are the best;

1. Captain America - Brubaker's best work. No doubt about it. One of the top 3 comics going right now? I'd say, yes.

2. Whedon & Cassaday's Astonishing X-men - The best X-men book ever written. The only X-men book worth reading.

3. Criminal - Brubaker, you break my heart.

4. Daredevil- See above.

5. Something I enjoy reading but on a whole isn't nearly as consistent or as high in quality as the above; Runaways post-Vaughan, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane if it were being published (wtf?), Thor, The Order, New Avengers when it is not embarrassingly awful.

jmstump

03-27-2008, 05:28 PM

Damn I don't know if I could do a top five marvel or DC at the moment. All of these big events are starting to bring me down, can I just have some good old fashioned comics?

I also don't even think I pick up 5 marvel monthlies... I'll think about DC

euchre0

03-27-2008, 05:34 PM

1. Ultimate Spider-Man - There are other Marvel books that are better, plain and simply, but I enjoy this book the most. It's not always 10/10, but it is always the book I am most eager to read the week it comes out. Like a conversation with a good friend, it isn't always marvelous, stupendous, or engaging, but I am still glad to be there.
2. Captain America - I love Captain America (Steve Rogers), so it is remarkable that Brubaker has kept me loving this book after killing off one of my all-time favorite characters.
3. Astonishing X-Men -This has kept me satisfied while I took an X-Men hiatus.
4. New Avengers - Frankly, I've enjoyed almost every issue. Bendis has a hold on me.
5. Daredevil - Last arc didn't bother me as much, perhaps because I remembered Mr. Fear from the past and it was cool to see him so cunning and evil.
6. Amazing Spider-Man - Pretty much the book I will ALWAYS buy, so it's nice that it lands at the 6 spot for me.
7. Criminal - Maybe the best book at Marvel, but for some reason, not my favorite.
8. Powers - Just recently read all of volume one and the first 6 issues of volume 2 and am steadily plowing through until I am caught up on the current issue.
9. Fantastic Four - I just like the Fantastic Four. honestly, I like Millar's first two issues less than the last few years. Go figure.
10. X-Factor - Sometimes I dig Peter David a great deal, sometimes not. This is the most I've enjoyed a Peter David book since Captain Marvel.

xyzzy

03-27-2008, 05:39 PM

Top 5 Comic book writers:

Alan Moore
Brian K. Vaughan
Brian Michael Bendis
Greg Rucka
Warren Ellis

Top 5 comic book writer/artists:

Scott Morse
Andi Watson
Darwyn Cooke
Jason
Luna Brothers

Top 5 artists:

Mike Mignola
Steve McNiven
David Mack
Alex Maleev
Chris Ware (technically, a writer/artist, but since I think that his writing is abyssmal, I'm sticking him here)

labor_days

03-27-2008, 05:57 PM

Oh wow. I love Andi Watson's work. Warms my heart to see some love thrown his way. Right on.

My top 5 favorite creators as of this moment:

Writers

1. Alan Moore
2. Grant Morrison
3. Edward Brubaker
4. Joss Whedon
5. Gregory Rucka

Artists

1. J.H. Williams III
2. J.G. Jones
3. John Cassaday
4. George Perez
5. Cliff Chiang

Writer/Artist

1. Terry Moore
2. Matt Wagner
3. Jeff Smith
4. Gilbert Hernandez
5. Jim Starlin
6. Darwyn Cooke

esophagus

03-27-2008, 06:12 PM

Top 5 Writers
Brian Vaughan
Greg Rucka
Brian Bendis
Ed Brubaker
Brian Wood

Artists
Ben Templesmith
Jamie McKelvie
John Cassaday
Tony Moore
Tony Harris

quentin

03-27-2008, 06:30 PM

1. The Immortal Iron Fist
2. Daredevil
3. Punisher War Journal
4. Captain America
5. New Avengers

humphrey-lee

03-27-2008, 07:03 PM

Top 10 Books I Currently Buy:

Fables
Ex Machina
Criminal
The Walking Dead
Fell
100 Bullets
Local (Hey, there's still two issues left, it counts)
Scalped
Captain America
Fear Agent

Top 10 Books I've Read (Books still ongoing not included):

The Sandman
Watchmen
Preacher
Transmetropolitan
V for Vendetta
Lucifer
Starman
Sin City
BONE
Y: The Last Man

Top 10 "One-and-Done" Volume Reads (TP's that are about a Maxi-series or less reprinted or a pure OGN):

Watchmen
V for Vendetta
From Hell
Maus
Pride of Baghdad
Paul Pope's 100%
DEMO
Daredevil: Born Again
The Dark Knight Returns
We3

timber-munki

03-27-2008, 07:58 PM

top ten books I'm currently reading (in no particular order):

Incredible Hercules
100 Bullets
Criminal
X-Factor
Powers
Walking Dead
Invincible
Gødland
Scalped
DMZ

paper

03-27-2008, 11:05 PM

humphrey-lee

03-27-2008, 11:59 PM

Top 5 Writers
BKV
Ed Brubaker
Warren Ellis
Bendis
Geoff Johns

Top Ten Artists
Ben Templesmith
Jamie McKelvie
John Cassaday
Mike Mignola
Pia Guerra
Frank Quitely
Michael Lark
Ryan Sook
Adrian Alphona
Darwin Cooke

Those are good ones too. Mine'd probably look like:

Writers:

BKV
Ed Brubaker
Warren Ellis
Garth Ennis
Brian Wood

Artists (currently "working"):

J.H. Williams III (probably the best artist I've ever seen in a comic book)
Eduardo Risso
Tony Harris
Paul Pope
John Cassaday
Darwyn Cooke
Eric Powell
Ben Templesmith
Mike Allred
David Aja

And because there's so many great artists working right now, Honorable Mentions to Gabriel Ba, Michael Lark, Ryan Ottley, Van Sciver, and Quitely of course.

humphrey-lee

03-28-2008, 12:05 AM

Also, Top Ten Most Underrated and/or Under-utilized Artists right now:

Leandro Fernandez
Andy MacDonald
Jeremy Haun
Cameron Stewart (Why does this man not get more work given his history?)
Marcelo Frusin
DAnijel Zezelj
Leonardo Manco
Cary Nord
Steve Lieber
Mike Huddleston

I am a list making machine I am

umf_skibum

03-28-2008, 12:07 AM

OK, this one is a little cerebral...

5 books I didn't think I'd be this in love with a year ago...

5. Captain America - I started picking this series up right after issue 25, and have been in love with it since.
4. Avengers: The Initiative - Ok, this one is a bit of a cheat - the book started 11 months ago. But when the book came out, it seemed like an attempt to milk yet another book out of Civil War. Since then the road has been rocky, but I'm back to looking forward to every issue in the current storyline.
3. Amazing Spider-Man - A year ago, this character and all the Spidey titles were faltering. After the controversial One More Day, Amazing has turned into a book I'm willing to buy 3 times a month. We'll see if the quality continues now that the first set of stories is out of the way.
2. Immortal Iron Fist - Another character I didn't care much about before. I started reading right after the first arc finished, and love the kung-fu and great writing. As tough as it gets sometimes to tell all the Rands and Randalls apart, I love this every week it come out.
1. Green Arrow / Black Canary - I hadn't really read much DC before, and picked up this after being drawn to Green Arrow by Kevin Smith's trades. And man, I don't look forward to any book as much as this one each month.

neb

03-28-2008, 12:11 AM

I was actually thinking about this today:

Top Five Creators Who are Doing Interesting Things with the Medium

1. Jonathan Hickman- Of course, his paneling, pacing, writing are unique and refreshing
2. Richard Starkings- Listen to his 2 hour conversation on Wordballoon; his perspective on design and comics is awesome, and Elephantmen is really interesting
3. David Petersen- A book about mice living like they were in Lord of the Rings with a book that's shape and craft defies normal books
4. Jason Aaron- From Scalped to Ghost Rider, he's shaking things up and one of my favorite writers
5. Brian Wood- Politics is often hard to write about; DMZ changes all of that

jmstump

03-28-2008, 04:33 AM

Top 5 writers:

Geoff Johns
Dennis 0' Neil
Darwyn Cooke
Matt Wagner
Robert Kirkman

Top 5 Artists:

Darwyn Cooke
Mark Bagley
Steve Epting
John Romita Jr
Neal Adams

did I mention I love Darwyn Cooke... :D

valoharth

03-28-2008, 04:59 AM

5. Ultimate Spiderman- I haven't missed a issue of this when I started to pick it up around issue 90. I need to go back and pick up the trades.
4. Astonishing X-Men, By far the best X-men book ever published.
3. Runaways- I just recently picked it up in issue form and dropped it in issue form because of the rocky Whedon transition. I don't know if its a regular monthly titles again.
2. Invincible- Greatest superhero comic being made. The only reason it doesn't rank in the number one spot is because I don't antispate the next issue quite as much as I do for:
1. X-factor- I think this is the best book out there right now. It's the one I look forward to every month.

six-gun

03-28-2008, 01:31 PM

Top 10 writers:

1. Ed Brubaker
2. Greg Rucka
3. Geoff Jons
4. Alan Moore
5. Andy Diggle
6. Brian Bendis
7. Jason Aaron
8. Robert Kirkman
9. Chuck Dixon
10. Grant Morrison

Top 5 writer/artists:

1. Frank Miller
2. Johnathan Hickman
3. Darwyn Cooke
4. Scott Chantler
5. Kieth Giffen

Top 10 artists:

1. Micheal Lark
2. Cliff Chiang
3. JG Jones
4. Sean Phillips
5. John Cassaday
6. Jason Alexander
7. Joe Kubert
8. Steve McNiven
9. Andy Kubert
10. Chris Samnee

jaflanagan

03-28-2008, 03:04 PM

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/high_fidelity/john_cusack/hf.jpg

neb

03-28-2008, 03:38 PM

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/high_fidelity/john_cusack/hf.jpg

Ha! Nice. That movie is so boss.

labor_days

03-28-2008, 03:38 PM

Ugh. High Fidelity makes me cringe.

neb

03-28-2008, 03:41 PM

Ugh. High Fidelity makes me cringe.

Hmm, that's interesting. You're probably the first person I've met that didn't like that movie.

Explain yourself!! :)

kahunablair

03-28-2008, 03:44 PM

In no particular order....

My Top Ten Immortal Artists
I will buy pretty much anything they put out, sight unseen.

Chris Bacchalo
Humberto Ramos
Joe Madureira
Alex Ross
Mike Weiringo
Mike Oeming
Mike Mignola
Eric Powell
Jim Mahfood
Darwin Cooke

Top Current Artists

Jim Cheung
Ariel Olivetti
Ryan Ottley
Mark Buckingham
Pasqual Ferry
Leinil Francis Yu
Stuart Immonen
Ben Templesmith
Guy Davis
Tony Moore

jmstump

03-28-2008, 03:51 PM

Ugh. High Fidelity makes me cringe.

Hmm, that's interesting. You're probably the first person I've met that didn't like that movie.

Explain yourself!! :)

Same here, love that movie. I'm surprised my DVD still works.

valoharth

03-28-2008, 03:59 PM

Ugh. High Fidelity makes me cringe.

Hmm, that's interesting. You're probably the first person I've met that didn't like that movie.

Explain yourself!! :)

I'm there with Labor on this one. Even though I am a Cusak fan this movie... bleh.

labor_days

03-28-2008, 04:12 PM

Hmm, that's interesting. You're probably the first person I've met that didn't like that movie.

Explain yourself!! :)
Nonsense. I know of plenty of folks that dislike the film and book. Hornby is fairly well hated.

Average movie. Made worse by Hornby's gimmick of injecting his own awful musical tastes and out-dated rockist view of music in another ham-fisted story of a man-child. Yeah, but no.

Plus the character of Rob Gordon in that film is hella annoying and twatish.

neb

03-28-2008, 04:28 PM

I do love the word "twatish." It's my goal to try and find a way to use it today.

six-gun

03-28-2008, 10:07 PM

The top three books that Ron would rather buy X-Force than read;):

Queen and Country
Scalped
The Circle

neb

03-29-2008, 03:51 AM

The top three books that Ron would rather buy X-Force than read;):

Queen and Country
Scalped
The Circle

In the words of Crabman's wife: "Oh Snap!"

cammyknoxville

03-29-2008, 05:47 AM

1. The Immortal Iron Fist
2. Avengers: The Initiative
3. Daredevil
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. New Avengers
6. Captain America
7. Ultimate Fantastic Four
8. Fantastic Four
9. Thor
10. Wolverine

lucero

03-29-2008, 08:11 PM

Top ten favorite artists right now:

1. John Cassaday
2. J.G. Jones
3. Alex Maleev
4. Alex Ross
5. Jim Cheung
6. Olivier Copiel
7. Pasquel Ferry
8. Cliff Chiang
9. Leinil Francis Yu
10. Ethan Van Sciver

mikegraham6

03-30-2008, 03:03 PM

Top Ten Favorite TV shows:

1. Lost - This show continues to impress me week after week. I really do wonder how far back they had thought through some of these plot lines and twists
2. The Wire - This is quite possibly the best work of fiction ever produced with a video camera. I feel bad not putting this on my list because i do think it's the best show ever made, i just enjoy Lost more.
3. Twin Peaks - The show that started it all. It took serialized drama to a new level. Half the shows we watch today wouldn' exist without TP
4. The Shield - I'm finally finishing up season 5 and this is one helluva rollercoaster. Each season gets better and better
5. Carnivale - If you can't tell, im a sucker for bizarre mindfuck television. this show ended before it's time
6. Rescue Me - Who would have thought that i'd actually enjoy watching Dennis Leary. Firefighters are an underrepresented field on television and this show does them particularly well
7. Rome - A HBO show about Roman history?? how they hell could they ever fuck that up?!?! This show was damn near perfect IMO
8. Entourage - I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH A SUPERSTAR!
9. Deadwood - I usually hate westerns, this show has made me love them
10. 30 Rock - Funniest show on television, each episode knocks it outta the park: "I'm Bill Cosby, Jello, Sweaters!" Brilliant!

HBO killed my list, i think they may have an unfair advantage though since they don't have to worry about censors

paper

03-30-2008, 03:10 PM

Top 11 Television Series (Drama) (in no real order)

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Lost
3. West Wing
4. Veronica Mars
5. Firefly
6. Angel
7. Dead Like Me
8. Carnivale
9. Gilmore Girls
10. House
11. Freaks and Geeks

xyzzy

03-30-2008, 04:35 PM

paper

03-30-2008, 04:46 PM

I actually own the dvd set, but haven't sat down to watch it yet.

xyzzy

03-30-2008, 05:19 PM

I actually own the dvd set, but haven't sat down to watch it yet.

Well get to it! Seriously, it's a great show.

gungadin

03-30-2008, 06:29 PM

Well get to it! Seriously, it's a great show.

I second that. It's fantastic and great and I love it mucho mucho. The only thing that makes it kinda eh in my book is that some episode can feel WAY long. That said, once you understand the main character (who is pretty) you just fall in love with her.

Also, it's by Bryan Fuller, creator of Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies. He had a lot of goodness in this show and made it great without going weird, which is totally different for him, but he does it extremely well.

And Pol, are you watching Battlestar Galactica? You should get on that, dude. It's fantastic.

labor_days

03-30-2008, 06:34 PM

I'll third it. Wonderfalls was terrific. Seems tailormade for the Papers' of the world.

paper

03-30-2008, 08:11 PM

Okay, I'll break it out this week.

And Pol, are you watching Battlestar Galactica? You should get on that, dude. It's fantastic.

I do have season one on dvd and watched the mini-series. It's a little dry. But I do plan to revisit it. I actually just added seasons 2, 2.5, and 3 to my netflix queue yesterday with the intention of watching season one this week.

gungadin

03-31-2008, 12:08 AM

I do have season one on dvd and watched the mini-series. It's a little dry. But I do plan to revisit it. I actually just added seasons 2, 2.5, and 3 to my netflix queue yesterday with the intention of watching season one this week.

Watch the first episode. If you don't love it by the first episode, I'll eat your hat... Even if it's a coonskin one... The miniseries is kinda weak sauce, but once you start watching it, it's just amazing, amazing television.

labor_days

03-31-2008, 12:45 AM

Once you get to "33" in season one, it's hard to go back.

And if you still don't like the show by then, you may just be a horrible person. Sayin' is all.

xyzzy

03-31-2008, 01:00 AM

Once you get to "33" in season one, it's hard to go back.

And if you still don't like the show by then, you may just be a horrible person. Sayin' is all.

33 was awesome, but I was really hooked after the subsequent episode, Water.

and to keep on topic:

Top 10 Sitcoms

Arrested Development
The Office (US)
30 Rock
The Cosby Show
Murphy Brown
Newsradio
Friends
Cheers
The Simpsons
Futurama

esophagus

03-31-2008, 01:20 AM

Top 10 Sitcoms
The Office (US)
Full House
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
30 Rock
Extras
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Office (UK)
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
All in the Family

Some of those probably don't belong, but its the top of what Ive seen.

xyzzy

03-31-2008, 01:32 AM

The Office (US)
Full House
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
30 Rock
Extras
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Office (UK)
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
All in the Family

Some of those probably don't belong, but its the top of what Ive seen.

Extras is a very good pick. Full House kind of made me do a double take.

esophagus

03-31-2008, 01:34 AM

Full House is probably purely a nostalgia pick. Enjoyed it as a kid.

decepticon

03-31-2008, 01:47 AM

Good thread idea...Perhaps I'll come back and do a top 5/10 per day :P

Top 10 Marvel books currently:

1. Daredevil
2. Captain America
3. Astonishing X-Men
4. Criminal
5. Powers
6. X-Factor
7. Runaways
8. New Avengers
9. Ultimate Spider-Man
10. The Immortal Iron Fist

humphrey-lee

03-31-2008, 03:20 AM

I'll bite on a TV list.

Ten best shows I've seen so far:

The Wire
then a huge gap because the Wire is so much better than everything else ;) and then:
Band of Brothers
Deadwood
Rome
Six Feet Under
Arrested Development
The Shield
Battlestar Galactica
Scrubs
Lost

gungadin

03-31-2008, 03:29 AM

I'm down for some TV listage... My favs:

1) Firefly
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3) Angel
4) Battlestar Galactica
5) Veronica Mars
6) Dead Like Me
7) Pushing Daisies
8) The Office
9) LOST (yes, LOST is on this list)
10) Wonderfalls

decepticon

03-31-2008, 03:52 AM

My TV list...

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Angel
3. The Shield
4. Firefly
5. Futurama
6. Dexter
7. Battlestar Galactica
8. Family Guy
9. Six Feet Under
10. House

EDIT: I purposely omitted sitcoms, that will be a separate list coming in the near future :)

jmstump

03-31-2008, 05:53 AM

Top Ten Books I'm getting (in no order)

Green Lantern
Booster Gold
Action Comics
Captain America
Ultimate Spider-Man
Zorro
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Justice Society of America
Batman and The Outsiders
Nightwing

decepticon

03-31-2008, 05:58 AM

I like that one...Here are my top 10 books being published currently (Superhero)...Non-superhero to come later :P

1. Captain America
2. Daredevil
3. Astonishing X-Men
4. All-Star Superman
5. Invinvible
6. Green Lantern
7. Justice Society of America
8. Ultimate Spider-Man
9. Batman/Detective Comics (When Dini/Morrison are on..not any fill-ins)
10. Runaways

paper

03-31-2008, 11:48 AM

Top Ten Books right now

1. Justice Society of America
2. Astonishing X-Men
3. Ultimate Spider-Man
4. All-Star Superman
5. Fell
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. Hellblazer
8. Daredevil
9. Criminal
10. Ex Machina

mikegraham6

03-31-2008, 12:57 PM

is ex machina still being published? i've just picked up 4 trades to get back on track, but i havent heard much about this book lately

jmstump

03-31-2008, 01:49 PM

is ex machina still being published? i've just picked up 4 trades to get back on track, but i havent heard much about this book lately

As far as I know it's still going.

I'm really hoping they do this in nice hardcover collections, like an omnibus treatment as I am not reading it and always prefer to spend more money then I need on collections. This one sounds like it deserves a nice hardcover treatment from how amazing people tell me it is.

xyzzy

03-31-2008, 01:55 PM

is ex machina still being published? i've just picked up 4 trades to get back on track, but i havent heard much about this book lately

Sure is. Last I heard, the run was planned for 50 issues. Right now we're in the mid 30s.

kwok_talk

03-31-2008, 02:01 PM

As far as I know it's still going.

I'm really hoping they do this in nice hardcover collections, like an omnibus treatment as I am not reading it and always prefer to spend more money then I need on collections. This one sounds like it deserves a nice hardcover treatment from how amazing people tell me it is.

I think they are starting to do these in HC (I think I remember seeing it in a Previews), but not in a huge omnibus collection yet.

labor_days

03-31-2008, 03:08 PM

Top Ten Current Ongoing Books

01. All Star Superman
02. Astonishing X-Men
03. Justice Society Of America
04. Criminal
05. Captain America
06. Fell
07. Walking Dead
08. Fables
09. Fear Agent
10. Local

decepticon

03-31-2008, 05:13 PM

Top 10 non-superhero books currently being published:

1. The Walking Dead
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Fear Agent
4. Fables
5. Criminal
6. Powers (Arguably superhero, but oh well)
7. Ex Machina
8. Scalped
9. Angel (the Whedon one og course)
10. Fell

humphrey-lee

03-31-2008, 06:43 PM

jasontodd

04-01-2008, 03:51 AM

umm, I'm just going to post my top Marvel books, though I'm not a Marvel person:

1. Captain America
2. Iron Fist

Well, after racking my brain, those are the only 2 that I like consistently.

wade-wilson

04-06-2008, 02:15 PM

My Top Five Marvel Books:

The Punisher
Criminal
The Dark Tower
The Twelve
Thor

My Top Five DC Books:

Countdown (Just kidding)
Scalped
Green Lantern
Batman
Action Comics
Nightwing

mikegraham6

04-06-2008, 05:49 PM

My Top Five Marvel Books:

The Punisher
Criminal
The Dark Tower
The Twelve
Thor

My Top Five DC Books:

Countdown (Just kidding)
Scalped
Green Lantern
Batman
Action Comics
Nightwing
interesting (and original) list wade!

horatio616

04-06-2008, 08:47 PM

The Sword needs more recognition. It's fantastic, just like everything the Luna Brothers puts out.

wade-wilson

04-07-2008, 05:45 AM

interesting (and original) list wade!

Thanks mate! :D

I'm definitely in the minority as a comic reader, because I don't read any of the 40,000 X-titles (sorry Ron) or Avengers books, so my Marvel list is almost every Marvel book I read right now.

humphrey-lee

04-07-2008, 06:19 AM

Top Ten Reasons 90's Comics Weren't So Bad:

Starman
From Hell
Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman, Hellblazer run, etc.)
Grant Morrison (Doom Patrol, The Invisibles, JLA, etc.)
Hellboy
Marvels
Sin City
Ellis' Stormwatch run
Astro City
Sandman Mystery Theater

Top Ten Most Under-read "Critical Darlings" (from what I've noticed anyways):

Concrete
Lucifer
Promethea
The Goon
Sandman Mystery Theater
Mage
DEMO
Stray Bullets
Astro City
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing

humphrey-lee

04-07-2008, 07:06 AM

My Top Ten Favorite Television Characters:

Al Swearengen (Deadwood)
Omar Little (The Wire)
Jimmy McNulty (The Wire)
Dr. Cox (Scrubs)
House (House)
Vick Mackey (The Shield)
Titus Pullo (Rome)
Denny Crane (Boston Legal)
Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
Jayne (Firefly)

Honorable Mention to Gob from Arrested Development

webnet

04-08-2008, 05:43 AM

Favorite Writers
Alan Moore
Brian K Vaughan
Brian Michael Bendis
Mark Miller
Jeph Loeb

Favorite Artists
John Romita Sr.
Leinil Francis Yu
Niko Henrichon
Brian Hitch
Greg Land

esophagus

04-08-2008, 05:46 AM

It's funny how different our reaction would be if a new book came out with Mark Millar writing and Greg Land on art.

webnet

04-08-2008, 06:06 AM

mikegraham6

04-08-2008, 12:14 PM

i really enjoyed that UFF arc, it's probably the best the series had been. i just don't know if i can look at Land's art the same way anymore, since fred pointed out their are all traced off of Porno movies. I look at his work and it just makes me laugh now

wade-wilson

04-08-2008, 01:39 PM

Favorite Writers (current)
J. Michael Straczynski
Garth Ennis
Geoff Johns
Ed Brubaker
Jason Aaron

esophagus

04-08-2008, 04:15 PM

Yes, I know that Land draws women to look like Maxim models and Miller gets lost in political debates with himself, but if you ignore Ultimate Power and think of their run on Ultimate Fantastic Four their is something pleasant to be said about them. They basically created the Marvel Zombies for Kirkman to play with.Millar likes to make people douchebags, and Land likes to make people... Well, he doesn't. He just uses other people's drawings. Those are my real problems.

hudsonphillips

04-08-2008, 04:32 PM

Top 5 Writers Who Have Influenced Me the Most:

1) Brian K. Vaughan - I just adore anything written by the guy. He's a master at balancing plot, characters, & theme. He taught me that "world-creation" is key to a great series.

2) Robert Kirkman - Reading Invincible made me realize that you can get away with things in comics that you can't in movies, TV, & books. He taught me that superhero comics should be fun.

3) Jeph Loeb - I don't read any regular series by him, but nearly everything he's done with Tim Sale has blown me away. He taught me that you can embrace the super hero genre and still make it deeply human. He's great at balancing that.

4) Bryan Lee O'Malley - The only thing I've read by him is Scott Pilgrim, but that series has me hooked. I have more fun reading a Scott Pilgrim book than I do with almost any other media. He taught me that people connect with natural dialog, personal stories, and inside jokes.

5) Gerard Way - I know that he's new to this and he's probably just channeling Grant Morrison (I haven't read enough of him) but I thought Umbrella Academy was the best series from last/this year. He taught me that, in comics, you can let your creativity run wild and still make it work.

xyzzy

04-08-2008, 04:52 PM

Top 5 self-aware robots from TV/Film:

1. Optimus Prime (Transformers)
2. KITT (Knight Rider)
3. The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
4. Boomer (Battlestar Galactica)
5. R2-D2 (Star Wars)

Top 10 Buffy Episodes

1. Hush
2. Once More with Feeling
3. The Body
4. The Gift
5. Conversations with Dead People
6. Dopplegangland
7. I only have eyes for you
8. I was made to love you
9. Selfless
10. Two to go/Grave

Top 10 Angel episodes:

1. Not Fade Away
2. The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
3. Smile Time
4. Billy
5. Are you now or have you ever been
6. Why we fight
7. City of
8. Hero
9. Waiting in the wings
10. She (just for the dancing)

hudsonphillips

04-08-2008, 05:17 PM

Top 5 Comics in 1991:
1) New Warriors
2) X-Force
3) X-Men
4) X-Factor
5) Spider-man

Top 5 Comics in 1993:
1) Youngblood
2) WildCATS
3) Spawn
4) Savage Dragon
5) the Maxx

Shortly after this, I took a 10 year break from comics.

decepticon

04-08-2008, 06:15 PM

Top 5 comics writers:

1. Brian K. Vaughan
2. Robert Kirkman
3. Geoff Johns
4. Grant Morrison
5. Frank Miller

Honorable mentions:
Jeph Loeb
Brian Lee O'Malley

esophagus

04-08-2008, 08:21 PM

Top 5 self-aware robots from TV/Film:
I'll broaden this a bit, and just say fictional robots.

5. Inspector Gadget / The Tin Woodman (I wouldn't consider either of these robots, but Wikipedia tells me differen.t I fugred two half robots might make a whole.)
4. The Metal Men
3. The Iron Giant
2. "The Robot" (Lost in Space)
1. Wall-E

luthor

04-08-2008, 09:39 PM

CBR has just started a list of the Top 100 runs in Comics. 100 - 91 are right here (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/04/07/top-100-comic-book-runs-100-91/).

My Top Ten Runs:
10 Kurt Busiek and George Perez' Avengers
9 Marv Wolfman and George Perez' New Teen Titans
8 Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel's Nightwing
7 Judd Winnick's Green Arrow
6 Jim Aparo's art on Batman(The man did Batman in some shape or form almost exclusively for over 20 years!)
5 Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's Walking Dead
4 The Kesel's Hawk & Dove
3 Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire and Bart Sears' Justice League books
2 Erik Larson's Savage Dragon
1 Peter David's Hulk

gungadin

04-09-2008, 02:12 AM

I like the top ten Buffy eps one... Here's mine :D

1) The Body
2) Once More, With Feeling
3) Hush
4) Restless
5) Innocence
6) Becoming
7) The Zeppo
8) Dirty Girls
9) I Only Have Eyes for You
10) Chosen

minithin

04-09-2008, 02:51 AM

top 5 kurt vonnegut books

1)breakfast of champions
2)bluebeard
3)cat's cradle
4)timequake
5)slapstick

esophagus

04-09-2008, 04:38 AM

top 5 kurt vonnegut booksLets be friends.

1. Cat's Cradle
2. A Man Without a Country
3. Slaughter-House Five
4. Breakfast of Champions
5. Timequake

In addition, the way Vonnegut ranked his own books:
Cat's Cradle: A-plus
Slaughterhouse-Five: A-plus
The Sirens of Titan: A
Mother Night: A
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A
Jailbird: A
Player Piano: B
Welcome to the Monkey House: B-minus
Breakfast of Champions: C
Palm Sunday: C
Slapstick: D
Happy Birthday, Wanda June: D

paper

04-09-2008, 04:40 AM

Top 5 Vonnegut books:

1-5 Welcome to the Monkey House

esophagus

04-09-2008, 04:42 AM

Top 5 Vonnegut books:

1-5 Welcome to the Monkey HouseBecause you haven't read anything else. You haven't even read any of his other short fiction collections.

humphrey-lee

04-09-2008, 06:07 AM

Top Ten Bad Religion Songs:

Generator
I Want To Conquer the World
Fuck Armageddon This is Hell!
You
Infected
American Jesus
No Direction
Punk Rock Song
We're Only Gonna Die
Heaven Is Falling

mikegraham6

04-09-2008, 11:58 AM

1. Wall-E

dude, the movie hasn't even come out yet, how can he be your number one?;)

mikegraham6

04-09-2008, 12:00 PM

mikegraham6

04-09-2008, 12:32 PM

Top Five DC Books

1. All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison is a mad genius, i can't wait until final crisis
2. Batman - see All-Star Superman
3. Green Lantern - Geoff Johns rebuilt this into the premier DC franchise
4. Checkmate - I only read this in trade (i think it would be incomprehensible in single issues) but damn is it a fine read, i can't believe rucka is leaving
5. Justice Society of America - More characters? I say "Bring it on!"
6. Booster Gold - Best lighthearted superhero book on the market
7. Green Arrow/Black Canary - Issue 4 is one of the single best issues this year
8. Green Lantern Corps - Tomasi is killing on this book, more people should be reading this
9. Action Comics - didn't love it as much as everyone else but it's still a great book
10. All-Star Batman and Robin - This went from "absolute hatred" to "mad brilliance" in my book

esophagus

04-09-2008, 01:26 PM

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8... Nope. That's not a list of five Mike. ;)

mikegraham6

04-09-2008, 01:33 PM

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8... Nope. That's not a list of five Mike. ;)
hmmm, good point eso. I wonder how that happened. it started as a top five, i guess i liked more DC books than i thought ;)

luthor

04-09-2008, 01:36 PM

anyone know if these are collected, I'd really like to check them out

I think most of the Busiek/Perez Avengers run is available in trades(the highlight is definitely the Ultron Returns storyline), Bits and pieces of the New Teen Titans is out in trade(which is a crime against nature) and the only thing from Hawk & Dove out in trade is the original mini featuring art by *cough*hack*robliefield*hack*cough* which is a good but lacks something that the ongoing had(hands and feet come to mind).

mikegraham6

04-09-2008, 01:40 PM

I think most of the Busiek/Perez Avengers run is available in trades(the highlight is definitely the Ultron Returns storyline), Bits and pieces of the New Teen Titans is out in trade(which is a crime against nature) and the only thing from Hawk & Dove out in trade is the original mini featuring art by *cough*hack*robliefield*hack*cough* which is a good but lacks something that the ongoing had(hands and feet come to mind).
cheers luthor. Amazon here i come!

mikegraham6

04-09-2008, 02:22 PM

Top five Vertigo Books:

1. Preacher
2. Transmetropolitan
3. Y: the last Man
4. The Invisibles
5. Fables
6. Scalped
7. Jack of fables
8. American Virgin
9. The Exterminators
10. The Losers

EDIT: oops, i did it again, my bad

xyzzy

04-09-2008, 02:39 PM

Top 5 Comic book publishers that aren't Marvel, DC, Dark Horse or Image

Top Shelf
First Second
Oni
Fantagraphics
AIT/PLanetlar

mikegraham6

04-10-2008, 03:11 PM

valoharth

04-10-2008, 03:56 PM

I'm anxiously waiting for Labor_Days to make fun of my list ;)

Directors:

1. David Lynch
2. Ingmar Bergman
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Terry Gilliam
5. Coen Brothers
6. Quinten Tarrintino (in his prime)
7. Christopher Nolan
8. Kevin Smith (more as a writer than an actual director though)
9. David Cronenburg
10. Atom Egoyan

This is surprisingly hard without my movie collection in front of me, this list may change when i go home and look at my movies....

Tarrintino had a prime? ... I kid I kid,

If I would have to name mine:

5. Kevin Smith
4. Coen Brothers
3. David S. Goyer (I like him as a writer more)
2. Wes Anderson (Three months ago he wouldn't even be on here)
1. Christpher Nolan

This is just off the top of my head, I would have to look at my movie collection again.

gungadin

04-10-2008, 04:32 PM

valoharth

04-10-2008, 04:37 PM

I'm crazy, but I still think Tarantino's fantastic. I really liked Kill Bill (but it's easily not his best) and I thought Death Proof was frakkin excellent. Jackie Brown was weak sauce for me... Didn't really do much... But I did like his episode of CSI (seriously exceptional) and I still think he's a great director.

I'm the guy who loves all of Tarantino's bad movies, Jackie Brown was great and Kill Bill Vol 1 did nothing for me untill Vol 2 came out and I loved it. Everyone said that Vol 1 was better the Vol 2 but they are wrong. I hate Pulp Fiction with a passion and Resivor Dogs isn't anything spectacular. I haven't seen Death Proof yet, its on the Q.

ruo21

04-11-2008, 06:06 PM

Comic readers who aren't interested in animated shows?

Top 5 Current Animated Shows:

1. Frisky Dingo- Over the top fifteen minute show, with loads of comedy.

2. Venture Bros.- See above.

3. Southpark- This show is consistently good. I mean honestly having Sneezing Panda killing Tron guy, and Chocolate Rain shooting Dramatic Beaver in the face ( Canada on Strike episode) is just classic.

4. The Simpsons- Sure this show has gone way downhill since its inception, but these characters just put a smile on my face.

5. Metalocalypse- Kinda ran out of shows to pick and this one isn't half bad so what the hell.

jon_samuelson

04-11-2008, 06:52 PM

Top five times of day

1) 11:11 (digital clock)
2) 12:34 (digital clock)
3) High Noon (analog clock)
4) beer:30 (any type'll do)
5) 7:06 (because metal has taught me that 6:66 is cool)

gungadin

04-11-2008, 07:42 PM

Top Five John Williams Themes

1) Superman
2) Star Wars
3) Indiana Jones
4) Jaws
5) Catch Me If You Can (I just love that opening theme song)

valoharth

04-11-2008, 07:46 PM

Top Five instant noodle flavors:

5. Creamy Pesto (They don't make it any more)
4. Picante Shrimp
3. Creamy Chicken
2. Beef
1. Chicken

and my top favorite thing to add to Instant noodles

1. Frank's Hot Sauce.

xyzzy

04-11-2008, 07:49 PM

Top 5 James Bond actors:

1. Sean Connery
2. Daniel Craig
3. Pierce Brosnan
4. Roger Moore
5. George Lazenby.

That's right, Dalton. Suck it!

esophagus

04-11-2008, 07:52 PM

Top five food related words.

1. Meatloaf
2. Fork
3. Saucepan
4. Saucier
5. Minty

fred

04-11-2008, 07:56 PM

My top 5 fingers:
1. right middle
2. left middle
3. right thumb
4. left thumb
5. chicken fingers

esophagus

04-11-2008, 07:57 PM

My top 5 fingers:
1. right middle
2. left middle
3. right thumb
4. left thumb
5. chicken fingers"Whose thumbs are numbered four and three respectively on his list of favorite fingers? This guy."

fred

04-11-2008, 07:59 PM

My joke sucked. Yours was just .... oh my.

;)

paper

04-11-2008, 08:09 PM

Top Two Jokes in the Past Two Posts:

1. Eso's
2. Fred's

fred

04-11-2008, 08:12 PM

Yeah, notice who isn't in that list.

paper

04-11-2008, 08:18 PM

Under an hour to go, man.

fred

04-11-2008, 08:22 PM

yes, you are correct sir.

charlesdacriticczar

04-14-2008, 05:52 PM

top 5 marvel books

1.Captain America: i have to have this book. been that way since birth
2. new avengers: other cap only reason i haven't totally abandoned the awful 616
3.Ultimate Spider-Man: only spidey i'll shell out hard earned money for
4.wolverine: i hate to say it, but i actually read a wolverine comic that doesn't have spider-man or gambit guest starring....what has happened?
5.Marvel Adventures Avengers: the only way to get a cap lead avengers team, i'll take it.

Top 10 DC books-man this is hard

1. Action Comics-Superman got me into comics in 85 so I'm still here
2.Green Lantern-Geoff has made me love Hal Jordan, considering I've only dealt with him in random JLA stories...kyle is more my generation
3. Checkmate-awesome book, now I can understand how people like 24
4.JSA-Johns all I need to say
5.Superman- I liked Busiek's more introspective run
6.Batman-Grant Morrision is great on batman
7.Wonder Woman-doesn't get the respect it deserves, it's actually a good book
8.Green Arrow/Black Canary-I've been on the book since Kevin Smith brought him back, I'm not going anywhere.
9.Teen Titans-without superboy and kid flash I'm just going on fumes
10.The Legion of Super-heroes-they should have left supergirl on the book, it was better then.