A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. The 100 greatest comic books, comics, graphic novels, and story runs of all time as. The characters are defined by their animalistic traits and this is what makes this comic to grab first place in the list. The series was created by a british collaboration consisting of writer alan moore. An oral history with kevin smith and jason mewes rotten tomatoes duration. Theres been no shortage of great comic book movies released over the last ten years. With plans to publish a limited amount of new titles starting april 28, the promise of new dc comic books on the horizon got us looking backwards at the greatest dc stories of all time. In an effort to highlight the most well received current comic book series, weve set up a real time list of the best comic book series of the past three months. It is the best selling graphic novel in comic book history and spun off a major motion picture. Spiderman was in his 40s, and had a daughter with mary jane, the titular spidergirl. Here is a master list of all the top 100 comic book storylines, as voted on by you, our readers over a thousand of you. Best comic book movies 50 amazing comic book films.
The 30 comic books you should have read movies empire. Watchmen is either at or near the top of every single best of comics list. Everyone has theyre favourite comic book storylines of all time in this i will tell you guys what mine are and i hope you guys tell me what yours are. The best marvel comics storylines of all time screenrant. In this series miller strips away all batmans technology and. Blankets won prizes at all three major comic book awards.
Click here to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links. Azrael as batman, bane breaking the bat, and robin not seeming as wimpy, all topped off by an epic battle between azrael and batman. Bart beaty and benjamin woo begin the greatest comic book of all time by acknowledging that fans love to make bestof lists. This legendary, and innovative story would change comics as they are today, as with its graphic nature.
Based off of the top 100 comic book story lines as decided by comic book. Atlas comics presents the top 100 artists of american comic books. Comic book runs, single issues, and graphic novels or major storyline. Top ten comic book films of all time comicbook debate. Get your copy of any of these comics discussed today. Best selling comic books of all time insider monkey. Along the way, the company has produced some of the best comic books ever, with many of them receiving high praise from.
Unlike most other artists who hit a peak and then decline, curts work is great from his first ever superman story in 49 up to the one page he pencilled for the superman wedding album in 96, he drew the man of steel troughout 5 decades, gave him his classic look and whenever a fellow jla member showed up you could see how easily he could have changed to. Well considering the aesthetics i do think these ones are amongst the greatest. Before the wellreceived 2014 bryan singer film were the comic issues from 1981. The 10 greatest comic book stories of alltime vocal. The first time the marvel comic universe converged might also be the greatest. The 20 greatest comic book movies of all time, ranked maxim. Watchmen was a graphic novel published by dc comics in 1986 and 1987. The avengers was the payoff of several setup movies and, man, was the juice worth the squeeze on this one.
The flick picks top 10 comic book movies of all time. Its more than just guys in suits fighting each other. Composition, color, drawing, logo and design all combine to. Comicbook debate has grown a lot over the past 3 years. So its a perfect time for our super summer reader poll a few months ago, we asked you to tell us all about your favorite comics and graphic novels. Click on any storyline for a writeup on that story complete with some sample pages from the story. The dark knight returns dc entertainment one of the best series of all time is still on top chart explains the love of public for dark crusader. As with horror and scifi, genre films have taken a step out of the dark or the page, in this case to become true cultural phenomenons. The top 10 comic books of all time per the examiner. Of course, after the book started, comic book time kicked in. Great plot, great characters, awesome tales and so forth. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The whole issue is basically one scene and its a standout, even heartbreaking, piece of comic book storytelling.
A quick glance at any newsstand or comic shop rack will show you one thing there are some covers that draw the eye, and others that do not. Any list of top comic book characters would naturally have all three of these in the top five. The best comic book movies this decade, ranked gamespot. Contrary to popular belief, comics did actually deal with dark storylines prior to the mideighties. It shows the rest of the world why us fanboys love the characters we read about so much. With the first versions of superman and famous funnies dating back to 1930s, illustrators and artists have found a new way of displaying their talent. Yet another asian creation, one piece has sold over 345 million copies, making it one of the best selling comic books of all time.
The comic spidergirl started in the late 1990s in a version of the marvel universe without comic book time. To the top ten comic book stories ever, in descending numerical order 10. The top 10 comic books of all time list challenges. Marvel comics fixins, id also check out my favorite 100 stories from 1998 to 2015, or the top 25 marvel. Best comic book movie, and one of my all time favorites. Earlier in the year, the publisher had held a poll asking readers to vote on their favorite issues of marvel comic book series. The creations of bon kane, bill finger, jerry siegel, joe shuster, stan lee. A descriptive listing and ranking of the 100 greatest american comic book artists of all time. He is constantly making lists, and the lists tend to be top five lists. Ware treated the comic book not as a mere vessel for the comics inside, but as an art object in and of itself. We started with ten storylines a day, and now were down to three storylines a day.
Im now semiretired, and actually took the time to read it. What started in 2015 as an idea among four brothers transformed into a worldwide team of 38 writers, artists and editors. The greatest comic book of all time seems, at times, like a fan history of american comic books instead of an academic essay subtract the fan history and what you get is a slim pamphlet. If you want to know why, its because people dont give a shit.
The uncanny xmen veritably revolutionized the industry in the late70s and 80s. With his own publishing company supergraphics, steranko was able to appraise the industry in the remarkable twovolume history of comics. Trending book lists the vilest women in fiction from goodreads. The one thing that binds us all together is our love for superheroes, comic books and comic book films.
The 8 greatest comic book movies of all time cbs news. This legendary, and innovative story would change comics as they are today, as with its graphic nature, as well as its. Its heartbreaking and shocking, and in 1973, it was something that made people look at comic books, especially superhero comic books, a very different way. Top 20 comic book artists ever best, most ranked user. In this video we take a look at my picks for the top 25 comic book stories of all time. You voted and we now collect the master list of your picks for the top 100 comic book storylines of alltime. Particularly in recent years, comic book publishers have tended to adopt a model where each monthly issue of the book in question is a single installment of a longer storyarc. Sim later became a rather controversial figure, losing some long time fans in later years as he became increasingly eccentric. Allstar superman is a twelveissue maxiseries written by grant morrison and drawn by frank quitely. Booklovinglady, i didnt get how funny pride and prejudice really is on the first read, but that was in high school, time was limited. The greatest comicbook characters in the canon have been debated and argued over for decades.
I instantly thought of pop music superfan rob in the novel and movie high fidelity. Granted, it wasnt that common to see comics go truly dark, but that doesnt mean that there werent a select group of writers looking to push the moral code of comic book storytelling. The 100 greatest marvels of all time was a series of trade paperbacks published in 2001 by marvel comics. The top ten will be posted this first day and ill post more storylines until we hit december. The series was developed to allow major comics creators a chance to tell stories showcasing characters without being restricted by dc universe continuity. Based off of the top 100 comic book story lines as decided by comic book resources readers. Like so many american art forms that have grown and spread throughout the global audiences, comic books have been one of the most successful ones to become popularized in the nation that has brought us a variety of influences. The top 25 issues were then reprinted in trade paperback form, with a list in the back of each volume listing the results of the poll from the 100th issue to the. Popular best comic book runs of all time books showing 150 of 104 marvel masterworks. You can click on the top 100 comic book storylines tag either here or at the end of the post to see the other entries, in case you missed one.
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