CBR: When Words Collide - Dec 28, 2009

[CBR News]

What do "Batman: Year 100," "Planetary," "Walking Dead," "Immortal Iron Fist," and "The Human Target" all have in common? They're some of the Best Comics of the Decade, but they didn't quite make Tim's Top 10 list. The countdown begins!


Full article here.

[MikeCr]

Okay, I'm calling it now: Tim's got Green Lantern in his Top 10 next week.

[TimothyCallahan]

Green Lantern is NOT even in the Top 30 of the decade. I still like it, but it's just not as good as all this other stuff.

Good guess, though.

[NickFury90]

Random guesses for top ten, in no order:

Scott Pilgrim
Asterios Polyp
All-Star Superman
Casanova
Acme Novelty Library
Scalped
Morrison's Batman
Punisher, in general(Ennis/Remender)
Pluto

[MikeCr]

Hmm, interesting. I can only think of maybe four or five books I'd consider "solid locks" at this point based on what wasn't mentioned in this column. I just figured you wouldn't be able to resist getting Green Lantern in there somewhere though.

And is Scott Pilgrim really better than Seven Soldiers or Planetary? Really??? I guess I should finally get down to reading those copies that have been around my apartment for three years!

[TimothyCallahan]

Yes, Scott Pilgrim is better and more important. Yes indeed.

[yynderjohn]

Scalped better be on your top 10! If it's not, go read it now and it will be. Hope some Manga is represented as well. Pluto, Monster, Naruto (not my cup of tea, but it's the #1 manga book every month almost), Berserk are all awesome books.
John

[TimothyCallahan]

Monster doesn't really qualify, by my standards, because the vast majority of it was published in the 1990s.

Naruto isn't very good at all.

Scalped might be on there. I mean, when I review an issue I usually only give it 4 or 4.5 stars out of 5, so it might have a shot.

OF COURSE SCALPED IS ON THERE! IT IS AWESOME!

Sorry, just had to make sure we all understand that.

(Scalped.)

[rev sully]

Finally...I get to share my list with the class.

But I amended #10. I did.

• New X-Men by Grant Morrison
• Green Lantern (have not missed a month since Kyle & The JLA took on Nero) both of these titles in 2001 got me back on the Horse. They are Honor Guards. 'Nuff said.
• The Authority, Vol. 1. What else do I have to say about Warren Ellis to Mark Millar. I never read anything else before like it. I am such a sucker for a good superhero story. I know it started in May 1999...I'm asking for a smidge of lattitude. I will include StormWatch by Ellis on my Best of the 90's (and hopefully Michael Ian Black will say something snarky between segues as on VH1Classic...bit iDigress...)
• Planetary. There's mot much to say about this besides, "Read it!".
• Ultimate Spider-Man. I buy it every month. The proof of the pudding's in the taste! Huzzah!
• Powers. I'm so happy I took the chance on reading this. I've stopped waiting for new TPS about Vol. 2, #1. It's some of the best renderings of inside-out, drippy people I've ever seen. Wow. What good stuff. Happy Vol. 3 is now in play.
• DC Event Comics. I have to cluster the '00s as so. I was on the hook from Identity Crisis #1 in 2004 by Brad Meltzer to the Countdown... & Infinite Crisis by Geoff Johns to Fifty-Two to Countdown... & Final Crisis by Grant Morrison until the current Blackest Night. I've spent a lot of money on the Uber-Story of the DCMultiverse. I love it.
• The Flash. Actually this one's gonna be the Speed Force connecting my 80s, 90's and 00's lists. I've read the Wally West volume twice. Every issue. And every issue of IMPULSE to boot. This is my list though. And thing I buy and enjoy. Really...I'm current Wally #1 until Rebirth #5. Since '87, it's found it's legs. But in '00??? That's when it started getting ridiculously good to the fever pitch we're enjoying today. Opening up the 21st century was Mark Waid's run...but in September 2000 at #164, Geoff Johns started this road. By March 2001 at #170, Johns was paired with Scott Kolins for 30 issues. All those Brian Bolland covers! Sigh!!! Since Nov '05, the baton has been handed off a few times but looks at the race now. Great funnybook...more please.
• We3. I'm going to choose this over All-Star Superman. I just think it's more succinct and can reach a broader audience. Same battery (baseball usage), different story.
• Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. This little guy made me feel more uncomfortable than GLC's Kryb. 'Nuff Said.

[fenway]

Bravo for the mention of Immortal Iron Fist - I would say Marvel's best of the decade, without question.

Cosmic Marvel is the only thing from the company that would even come close, and while not as high on the 'wow' factor, those titles get props for being so consistently well-crafted over several titles (Nova, GotG, etc) and events (Annihilation, Conquest and WoK)

If Chew or Umbrella Academy had more 'under their belts', they would be shoo-ins for top-10 material (IMO), but are likely too new.

Invincible very likely belongs there.

I have faith, based on the 20 'also rans' that the top 10 will be great!

[TimothyCallahan]

Invincible was close to the Top 30, and Umbrella Academy was VERY close. As in #31 or #32. I love "Umbrella Academy: Dallas." Love it.

I'd rank Immortal Iron Fist is the fourth-best Marvel comic of the decade (pretty high praise), behind Marvel Boy, Nextwave, and whatever mystery comic made m Top 10. Just one Marvel comic in the top 10? Yup. And one DC. One Vertigo. That's it. The rest? Wait and see.

[TimothyCallahan]

Sully -- all your picks are grand! Love 'em all. Even the way you combined the Event Comics.

And the Johns Flash + Impulse? Good stuff. Easy to forget the classic quality of those tales in this not-nearly-as-good Rebirth era.

[yynderjohn]

Monster doesn't really qualify, by my standards, because the vast majority of it was published in the 1990s.

Naruto isn't very good at all.

Scalped might be on there. I mean, when I review an issue I usually only give it 4 or 4.5 stars out of 5, so it might have a shot.

OF COURSE SCALPED IS ON THERE! IT IS AWESOME!

Sorry, just had to make sure we all understand that.

(Scalped.)

Ok I cancelled the order for the hitman since you have Scalped on the list lol

Ok so the comic has to have been produced exclusively in the last decade? So any awesome long run serialized manga like Berserk is out? Kinda unfair, but its your list.

[NickFury90]

Ok so the DC one is ASS, the Marvel one is probably the Punisher, Vertigo one is Scalped, and those other things I mentioned.

Hmm...that still leaves one open since Batman is out. I'm out of ideas

[TimothyCallahan]

Not Punisher.

Not exclusively yynder. But if a comic was published from 1994-2001, I'd call it a 90s comic. Wouldn't you? (I've only read the first few volumes anyway, so I can't judge the quality of the later stuff. And the first volumes aren't better than Pluto.)