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  • MRP
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    Originally posted by Dannyc
    My own personal must read list would include:
    Akira
    Hardboiled
    MCP-Weapon X
    Superman vs Muhammad Ali
    Slaine the Horned God
    The 'Nam
    Byrne's FF run
    Awesome! Slaine is one of those series I have always been interested in but have never read. What would you recommend as a good starting point or introduction to the character?

    -M

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  • Dannyc
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    My own personal must read list would include:
    Akira
    Hardboiled
    MCP-Weapon X
    Superman vs Muhammad Ali
    Slaine the Horned God
    The 'Nam
    Byrne's FF run
    Last edited by Dannyc; May 16, '24, 6:44 AM.

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  • MRP
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    Originally posted by Jorge Galvan
    SO its NOT Just Graphic Novels. it could be individual comic runs then? Okay, lets see...
    yes. The breadth and scope of comics as a medium is fodder for the list.

    -M

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  • Jorge Galvan
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    SO its NOT Just Graphic Novels. it could be individual comic runs then? Okay, lets see...

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  • MRP
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    Originally posted by B-Lister
    All are great and deserve to be on a list like this. You have a deep love of the medium and its history, and ability to tell emotionally poignant stories.

    Do you read manga at all? I feel you could fill an entire list with just manga, and it'd be just as exceptional.
    My reading of manga is limited at best. Lone Wolf and Cub was my first real foray. I've read a chunk of The Vinland Saga and I really like Gou Tanabe'a adaptations of Lovecraft. I've read some Akira (the first 2 big phone book volumes) and a smattering of stuff that was translated and released in single issue form in the US direct market in the 80s that I pick up when dollar bin diving, but not a lot. The hoopla service added a lot of manga last year, and I've browsed through marking stuff of interest to check out when I get the chance, but I haven't really dived in deeply.

    I tend to be a mood reader, I read lots fo what I am in the mood for, but if I try to read something I am not in the mood for, I feel like a kid in high school trying to struggle through an assigned book, which even though it may be a great book, is a challenge for that reader to get through, and I've been devouring a lot of stuff, both comics and prose this year, but none of it has been manga. We'll see what the rest of the year brings though (I have 2 Tanabe volumes still in my TBR pile next to my reading chair as well).

    -M

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  • B-Lister
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    All are great and deserve to be on a list like this. You have a deep love of the medium and its history, and ability to tell emotionally poignant stories.

    Do you read manga at all? I feel you could fill an entire list with just manga, and it'd be just as exceptional.

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  • MRP
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    My 100 Must Read Comic Runs/GN

    Based on discussions with some fellow comics fans and at the request fo some folks getting into comics for the first time, I was asked to put together my list of 100 "Must Read" runs or GN. Understanding that "must read" is a nebulous and dependent on the tastes and perspective of the one making the list and the ones using the list, I put together a list that I hoped would span the breadth and depth of comics as a whole, not just super-heroes and not just one era focused. I tried to hit several genres, eras, and important creators in this list. Some are entire series or mini-series, some are particular runs within a series, some are particular creators work on a series or character, some are comic strips, some are OGN. Not all are American, but most are. I didn't include some of my nostalgic favorites from when I was a kid. as my reading then was pretty narrowly focused on Marvel Super-Heroes and I was trying to present the breadth and scope of what comics could be in the list, and there wasn't room for every important or interesting or quality run or series in a list limited to 100, so this is at best a curated list of choices, and doesn't pretend to be anything resembling comprehensive, and is reflective of my tastes and biases despite my attempts to choose things outside those to give the list more breadth and scope.

    I thought some of the comic fans here might want a chance to list some of there's (not necessary to do 100 if you don't want to) or react to mine. Outside the top 10ish, which are among my all time favorites, these are not in any particular order.

    1. Bone by Jeff Smith
    2. The Spirit by Will Eisner
    3. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
    4. Doctor Strange by Ditko & Lee
    5. Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
    6. The Incal by Moebius & Jodorowsky
    7. The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
    8. Fax from Sarjevo by Joe Kubert
    9. The Reckless OGN series by Brubaker & Phillips
    10. Conan by Busiek & Nord

    11. Zorro by Toth
    12. Lone Wolf & Cub by Koike & Kojima
    13. Criminal by Brubaker & Phillips
    14. The Parker adaptations by Darwyn Cooke
    15. Conan by Thomas & Smith
    16. The Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower
    17. Lone Sloane by Druillet
    18. Metamorphosis Odyssey by Starlin
    19. Elfquest by Pini & Pini
    20. Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck by Rosa

    21. Uncle Scrooge (any) by Barks
    22. Strangers in Paradise by Moore
    23. Swamp Thing by Moore, Veitch, Bissette & Totleben
    24. Planetary by Ellis & Cassaday
    25. Sandman by Gaiman & co.
    26. Jungle Book by P. Craig Russell
    27. Hellboy by Mignola & co.
    28. Mouse Guard by David Petersen
    29. Dignifying Science (or any of the science books)by Ottoviani
    30. A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

    31. Finder by Carla Speed McNeil
    32. Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks
    33. Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
    34. Tuki by Jeff Smith
    35. Conan by Thomas & Buscema
    36. Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser by Chaykin & Mignola
    37. Avengers by Busiek & Perez
    38. Astro City by Busiek, Anderson & Ross
    39. Batman Year One by Miller/Mazzuchelli
    40. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Miller/Janson/ Varley

    41. Tintin by Herge
    42. Dreadstar by Starlin
    43. Wonder Woman by Perez
    44. Daredevil by Miller, et. al
    45. The Fourth World by Kirby
    46. Bravo for Adventure by Toth
    47. It Rhymes with Lust by Matt Baker
    48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Eastman & Laird
    49. A Contract with God by Will Eisner
    50. Superman by Siegel & Shuster (1930s-40s)

    51. Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
    52. Terry & the Pirates by Milton Caniff
    53. New Teen Titans by Wolfman & Perez
    54. X-Men by Claremont, Cockrum & Byrne
    55. Wolverine by Claremont & Miller
    56. The Oz GNs by Shanower
    57. Fatale by Brubaker & Phillips
    58. Dr. Strange by Englehart, Brunner & company
    59. Starman by Robinson, Harris & co
    60. The Spectre by Ostrander & Mandrake

    61. The Spectre by Fleisher & Aparo
    62. Warlord by Grell
    63. Strangehaven by Millidge
    64. Marvels by Busiek & Ross
    65. The Flash by Waid
    66. Justice League by Giffen, DeMatteis & Maguire
    67. Watchmen by Moore & Gibbons
    68. The Books of Magic by Gaiman & co.
    69. The Book of Ballads & Sagas by Vess & co.
    70. Den by Corben

    71. Tor by Kubert
    72. Saga by Vaughan & Staples
    73. Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl by Bendis & Oeming
    74. Yossel: April 19, 1943 by Kubert
    75. Maus by Spiegleman
    76. Book of Genesis by Crumb
    77. Thor by Simonson
    78. Sin City by Miller
    79. Spider-Man by Ditko & Lee
    80. Thor by Kirby & Lee

    81. Fantastic Four by Kirby & Lee
    82. Metabarons by Jodorowsky & co.
    83. Tarzan by Joe Kubert
    84. The Sculptor by Scott McCloud
    85. The Thanos saga by Starlin
    86. Micronauts #1-12 by Mantlo & Golden
    87. Doctor Fate by Giffen
    88. Concrete by Chadwick
    89. Green Arrow by Grell
    90. Dr. Strange: Triumph & Torment by Stern & Mignola

    91. Hawkman by Kubert (B&B 34-36, 41-43)
    92. Batman by O’Neil & Adams
    93. The First Kingdom by Jack Katz
    94. The Sixth Gun by Bunn & Hurtt
    95. Lazarus by Rucka & Lark
    96. Captain America by Brubaker, Epting & co.
    97. Love & Rockets by Los. Bros Hernandez
    98. Rocketeer by Stevens
    99. Gotham Central by Brubaker, Rucka & Co.
    100. Palestine by Sacco

    And that's that, and yes I have read almost everything on the list, there a couple of entries that are longer runs that I have not read all of, but have read a good chunk of and am still working my way through (for example Canniff's Terry and the Pirates. Lone Wolf and Cub, and Katz's First Kingdom), but other than a few minor exceptions like that, I've read them all.


    -M
    Last edited by MRP; May 15, '24, 11:48 AM.
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