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10 Greatest Horror Comics

18 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Bevan Thomas in Musings

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Alan Moore, Charles Burns, Eddie Campbell, Emily Carroll, Fabien Vehlmann, Garth Ennis, horror comics, Junji Ito, Kerascoet, Mike Mignola, Osamu Tezuka, Steve Bissette, Will Simpson

My 10 greatest horror comics (in no real order):
  1. MW by Osamu Tezuka
  2. From Hell by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell
  3. Uzumaki by Junji Ito
  4. Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoet
  5. Black Hole by Charles Burns
  6. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
  7. The Sleep of Reason by various artists
  8. Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis & Will Simpson
  9. Hellboy by Mike Mignola
  10. Swamp Thing: American Gothic by Alan Moore & Steve Bissette.

As with previous lists, I’ve generally tried to avoid a series that runs on for a long time, as that’s hard to properly judge (Hellboy being the one exception). Which is why I specifically picked the best Hellblazer and Swamp Thing story. As much I was tempted to, I didn’t include Warren’s Creepy and Eerie, because, though they had many awesome stories, they also featured many that weren’t so great.

The 10 Greatest Superhero Graphic Novels

19 Saturday Nov 2016

Posted by Bevan Thomas in Review

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Alan Moore, Chas Truog, comics, Dave Gibbons, David Hine, David Lloyd, David Mazzucchelli, Duncan Fregredo, Frank Miller, Frank Quietly, Grant Morrison, Mike Mignola, Pete Milligan, Scott McCloud, Shaky Kane

Now that I’ve given the 10 greatest graphic novels in general, here are perhaps the 10 greatest superhero ones (in no particular order).

  1. Zot! (black & white) by Scott McCloud
  2. The Bulletproof Coffin by David Hine & Shaky Kane
  3. All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison & Frank Quietly
  4. Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
  5. Enigma by Pete Milligan and Duncan Fregredo
  6. Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
  7. Animal Man by Grant Morrison and Chas Truog
  8. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore & David Lloyd
  9. Hellboy by Mike Mignola
  10. Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

For the most part, I tried to avoid long-running series, and instead focus on comics with a single story (Hellboy and Animal Man being the two major exceptions). I also tried to restrict the amount of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore comics on the list, as they have both written a very large amount of great superhero comics, and could easily envelop this if I let them.


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