Comic Fans Questionnaire!

[Lisey Landon]

1. Favorite Writer and Why?
2. Favorite Artist and Why?
3. Favorite Single Issue?
4. Favorite Story Arc?
5. Best Villian?
6. Best Hero?
7. Best Heroine?
8. Biggest Surprise Storyline?
9. All Time Favorite "Team" ( X-Men, Avengers, JLA, etc )?
10. Best Film made of a comic character ?
11. Favorite Graphic Novel?
12. Comic You'd Most Like To See Made Into A Movie?
13. Best Death?
14. Best Re-Birth?
15. Most Influential Comic book?
16. Pick Your Superhero Name and explain why?
17. Favorite Superhero ability?
18. Best Side-Kick?
19. Who do you wish would get their own title?
20. Build Your Comic Character Dream Team

[turtlex]

Whowhoo!

1. Favorite Writer and Why?

I think I have to go with Frank Miller here ... because he brought humanity to superheroes.

[Erin]

Neil Gaiman.....The Sandman.....enough said. :p

[fernandito]

A comics challenge !?

Yes.

YES.

YES.

[fernandito]

1. Favorite Writer and Why?

Neil Gaiman, for The Sandman series alone.

Runner Up - Grant Morrison. The man is a psychotic genius.

[OchrisO]

1. Favorite Writer and Why?

I would normally say Neil Gaiman, because of not only The Sandman, but because of The Books of Magic. Gaiman is my favorite novelist for certain. However, I have been reading an insane amount of Warren Ellis stuff lately and I think he might win right now.

Warren Ellis has a whole host of amazing comics that influenced my choice:

Transmetropolitan
Doktor Sleepless
The Authority
Planetary
Global Frequency
Freak Angels(which is published online for free here: http://www.freakangels.com)
No Hero
Fell
Black Summer

[fernandito]

Chris - have you read The Invisibles by Morrison ?

[OchrisO]

Chris - have you read The Invisibles by Morrison ?

I haven't. That is one of those comics that I always mean to get to, but never seem to get around to it. I'll put it next on my list.

[fernandito]

You should check it out, it's definitely right up your alley. Think of it as an NC-17 version of the Matrix, the events unfolding before you while you're on acid

[OchrisO]

You should check it out, it's definitely right up your alley. Think of it as an NC-17 version of the Matrix, the events unfolding before you while you're on acid

Sounds awesome.
Have you read Transmetropolitan?

[Emily]

Neil Gaiman, for The Sandman. Though Garth Ennis is making his way up the list for me with everything I read of his.

[WeDealInLead]

Warren Ellis. Even has superhero stuff (Batman, FF etc) has that dark sense of humor. He's also relatively sciency and you get to learn a thing or two and he has a way with words for sure. I have around 50 trades and hardcovers of his.

[Emily]

Though Garth Ennis is making his way up the list for me with everything I read of his.

Holy jeez, this sentence sounds awful now that I'm rereading it. I hate when that happens.



I really need to read more stuff by Warren Ellis. I'll make a point of it this weekend.

[OchrisO]

Warren Ellis. Even has superhero stuff (Batman, FF etc) has that dark sense of humor. He's also relatively sciency and you get to learn a thing or two and he has a way with words for sure. I have around 50 trades and hardcovers of his.

Do you like Doktor Sleepless? I love the sort of Mad Scientist vibe of that book. I considered being Doktor Sleepless for Halloween this year.

Though Garth Ennis is making his way up the list for me with everything I read of his.

Holy jeez, this sentence sounds awful now that I'm rereading it. I hate when that happens.



I really need to read more stuff by Warren Ellis. I'll make a point of it this weekend.

Transmetro!

[Sam]

Garth Ennis because he made The Punisher into the story that it should have been all along, and I don't mean that Marvel Knights stuff either. I mean the MAX series.

Bendis is right there with him for two reasons. #1- Alias (the comic series, not the show) and #2- Powers. If you haven't read these, you NEED to remedy that issue.

[OchrisO]

Garth Ennis because he made The Punisher into the story that it should have been all along, and I don't mean that Marvel Knights stuff either. I mean the MAX series.

Bendis is right there with him for two reasons. #1- Alias (the comic series, not the show) and #2- Powers. If you haven't read these, you NEED to remedy that issue.

Powers is all kinds of awesome.

[Lisey Landon]

A comics challenge !?

Yes.

YES.

YES.

You have the lovely Pam to thank for it. I mentioned that I wanted to do a comics challenge and hey presto, she had one written up in quite literally a flash

2. Favorite Artist and Why?

[Emily]

Jack Kirby. There are a lot of artists I love now, but Jack Kirby's illustrations are what got me into comics in the first place. Even now, whenever I sketch comic book characters, I always do them in the same style as his drawings (especially Thor). And I'm still a sucker for the old school covers.

[OchrisO]

2. Favorite Artist and Why?

Gah, this is a tough one. There are so many. This is something that changes for me almost monthly.

Lately I have been really fond of Riley Rossmo who draws the Image comic Proof.
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There is just something about his style that really draws me in. I wouldn't mind being covered in tattoos from the Proof comic.

[Darkthoughts]

1. Favorite Writer and Why?
I'm going to have to say Gaiman aswell. My other contenders were Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, but Gaiman just reached me on a level that I hadn't experienced with comics before.

2. Favorite Artist and Why?
Jamie Hewlett, no contest. I have loved him ever since Tank Girl first appeared in Deadline back in the late 80's, his style is so recognisable and because it's so fun and trippy you almost overlook how talented he really is. I love his little trademark easter eggs too, like there'll be characters wearing buttons with pop culture phrases from movies he was into, or bands he liked and all kinds of weird stuff going on in the background of a frame. Genius

[turtlex]

2. Favorite Artist and Why?

Gonna go with my current favorite : JH Williams III

He's just amazing. He's working on the new Batwoman and ink'd the Batwoman run of Detective Comics.

Just a small example of his work ... this was a double page in the Detective Comics run :


He just won the Eisner Award for his work in Detective Comics, I think he's brilliant.

One of my prized possessions is an original commission piece I own. We asked him to show to duality of the Batwoman superhero and her alter-ego Kate Kane .... this is what he came up with :


Plus, I've interacted with him, and he's just a super cool guy.

[WeDealInLead]

[QUOTE=OchrisO;559805Do you like Doktor Sleepless? I love the sort of Mad Scientist vibe of that book. I considered being Doktor Sleepless for Halloween this year.

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yes and i wish he'd finish the second storyline already.

[Sam]

Plus, I've interacted with him, and he's just a super cool guy.

PLUS you have that ubercool remarque that totally looks like it was always there in the endpages of the book.

[flaggwalkstheline]

Brian Michael Bendis- He writes ultimate spiderman, IMHO the best comic series of the last decade in addition to writing an insane amount of other marvel books

[turtlex]

Plus, I've interacted with him, and he's just a super cool guy.

PLUS you have that ubercool remarque that totally looks like it was always there in the endpages of the book.

Yes, this is so very true. I'm a great admirer of his work... and I've been very lucky with regards to him being accessible and kind to me.

ETA: This is the remarque to which Sam refers. It's just so very cool, and was a total surprise. JHW3 did the remarque as all on his own... I was blown away.