Name your top 3 Comic book writers
>Grant Morrison
>Neil Gaiman
>(80s) Moore
>>82513536
Are you me
>>Grant Morrison
>>Neil Gaiman
>>(80s) Moore
>>82513536
>Tom King
>Tom King
>Tom King
My favorite ice cream
>Chocolate
>Strawberry
>Vanilla
Grant Morrison
Warren Ellis
Greg Rucka
some generic ass lists itt
>>82513647
all three of them
This topic's boring, add nicknames to them a la Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
>>82513647
>talented writers are consistently popular
Why don't you tell us your favorites?
>>82513689
Frank "Whores" Miller
>1.) Greg Rucka (for Punisher & Batwoman)
>Pre-Whor Jason Aaron (For Godbutcher/bomb)
>Hickman (For Avengers/New Avengers)
>JMS (For Silver Surfer Requiem)
>>82513689
>Grant "HYPERCRISIS" Morrison
>Neil "I write books now" Gaiman
>Alan "Rape" Moore
>Tom "CIA" King
>Warren "Never Finished" Ellis
>Greg "Lesbians" Rucka"
Dennis O' Neil - Helped set foundations for the advent of the 80s writing style by being one of the first to introduce mature themes into his comics (albeit not subtly). Hugely influential and a good majority of his books are great even in old age
John Ostrander - The man who I think influenced mainstream capes in a more subtle way than any of the british invasion writers. Heavy focus on drama, characterization, and long-term plotting that defines modern comics. His stuff like Grimjack is also great too.
Garth Ennis - Now before you shit on me, I will admit he does use too much toilet humor (despite enjoying it myself - you're too uptight if you can't take a good turd or dick joke here and there) but what sets his writing apart from me is how real his characters feel. He writes very human people in inhuman worlds and packs a lot of emotional punch into books like Hitman, Battlefields, and even fucking Rover Red Charlie (which has the Alan Moore seal of approval). He's one of the few writers whose work has made me tear up here and there
>>82513769
Hickman has done far better things than his mess of an Avengers run
>>82513536
Keith Giffen
Grant Morrison
Dennis O'niel
>Grant Morrison
>Neil Gaiman
>(80s) Moore
Brandon Graham
John Ostrander
Dave Sim
>>82513689
The Simster
The Ostmeister
Brother Brandon
>>82513806
>not putting graham in your artists list
undermining_the_medium
Peter David
Abnett & Lanning (as a unit)
Ellis
>>82513689
Alan "Comics were a mistake" Moore
>>82513689
>Garth "2Edgy" Ennis
>Jim "Motherfucking" Steranko
>James "Eye-porn" Stokoe
>>82513863
Read more comics, Anon. There's more to the medium than only two publishers and one genre.
Grant Morrison
Scott Snyder (I'm ready for the hate)
Ed Brubaker
I will never understand people who name brubaker, dude writes literally the same comic every time nowadays, just the contents are different (now its hollywood instead of eldritch horror)
>>82513784
Haven't read them.
How was his Avengers bad besides the arc with the crime syndicate Avengers?
>>82513945
Eat me.
I loved his Catwoman run.
>>82513952
I mean Catwoman and Sleeper are great, and so is early Criminal, but the problem of working within crime fiction and all of its sub-genres is you're bound to get huge degrees of similarity in form so it gets vastly repetitive. Crime stories are great when someone breaks the rules of genre, instead of working within the generic framework
>>82513689
>Grant "BOYS" Morrison
>Geoff "SILVER AGE" Johns
>Tom "HANDSOME" King
I liked Jeph Loeb before Sam died.
Chris Claremont
Charles Soule
Chip Zdarsky
I don't read that many comics, though.
>>82513945
He's not in my top 3, but Catwoman and Gotham Central alone are enough to justify love for him.
>Charles Soule
>Peter Tomasi
>Jeff Lemire
Lobdell
Bendis
Hopeless
>>82514024
>Jeff "CANADA" Lemire
>Charles "LOOK AT ME I'M A LAWYER" Soule
>Peter "WATCH ME DO SOME FUCKED UP SHIT" Tomasi
Brian Azzarello
Tom King
Jonathan Hickman
>>82514063
>Scott "Sex Offender" Lobdell
>Brian "Who? Bendis. Bendis the writer? Yes, Brian Michael Bendis. You mean Brian Michael Bendis, the one who writes for Marvel?" Bendis
>Dennis "Child Murderer" HopelessSeriously, anon. Why the shit taste?
>>82514254
>Why the shit taste?
Because it's bait
>>82514254
>Why the shit taste?
Better than boring British Invasion worship.
>>82513536
>Mark Waid
>Robert Kirkman
>Peter David
>>82513689
Neil "stories" Gaiman
Steve Gerber
Roy Thomas
Otto Binder
>>82513769
Hahaha holy shit look at this kid who just started reading Big Two comics and laugh
>>82514293
Not even a little bit
>>82513536
Holy shit I just noticed Zatanna in that pic
>>82513536
>Grant Morrison
>Neil Gaiman
>Alan Moore
You can keep the (80s) part; League is among my favourite series.
Also, Morrison looks terrifying in that image. Like he's made out of orange peels or something.
>>82513536
Mike Baron
Garth Ennis (ONLY when in non-edge mode)
80s Frank Miller
Larry Hama (ONLY when writing non-capes)
I know that's 4, but I couldn't decide between Miller or Hama. Just pick either 1 of those at random along with the other 2 and that's my top 5.
>Hugo Pratt
>Franquin
>Jeff Lemire
>>82513536
Grant Morrison
Peter Milligan
Ann Nocenti
Jeph Loeb
Grant Morrison
Joe Kelly
>>82513689
Michael "CAN'T WAKE UP" Deforge
Jeff "non-capeshit" Lemire
Walter "Kirby who?" Simonson
Did anyone storytime the first Morrison-edited Heavy Metal?
>>82513998
>not Geoff "The Cereal King" Johns
>>82513536
I honestly think I'd put 80s Moore over Gaiman. He has some good books but also some middling ones. 80s Moore was Moore at his best.
Now Moore's entire body of work? Yeah, Gaiman has been more consistent.
>>82514063
Could use some Loeb and Leth in your list.
Rick "Drown in Hobo Piss" Remender
Jonathan "Editorial Raped Me" Hickman
Michel "Copra is Not a Hipster Comic" Fiffe
>>82515496
In terms of comics what does Gaiman have besides Sandman? 1602, The Eternals. and Miracleman?
>>82515834
Mr. Punch (his best work) and Violent Cases.
But Moore's overall work is better.
>>82513536
H.G. Oesterheld
Alan Moore
Ed Brubaker
>>82515834
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader
>>82513536
>Markus & Mcfeely
>>82513536
Mark Waid
Brian K Vaughn
Jack Kirby
would also be Gaiman but I just like hos novels a lot more than his comics, personally
could be there but needs more work before I can say for sure: Joe Hill
>>82513913
Hey, he knows of a second genre.
Erotic fanfiction.
I think Moore is a given. I think he's the best there ever was, period.
Morrison is somewhat more limited in scope since he mostly sticks to boys fantasy. It's the best damn boy's fantasy in the industry but he couldn't write From Hell. Doom Patrol, JLA, Animal Man and Seven Soldiers are so damn good tho. He deserves a spot.
Third place is much harder IMO. Gaiman has one very very impressive contribution to the industry but overall I don't think his style of fantasy is all that. Gaiman is a good fantasy writer who wrote *one* amazing comic and a bunch of good ones. I love Sandman, but I'm not giving him a spot.
I think Frank Miller deserves a spot no matter how crazy and terrible he is nowadays. He's nowhere near as good as a writer as he is as an artist, but he's a one man band. He's both one of the most influential artists in comics history AND one of it's most influential writers. The man was a beast in his heyday.
Next three would be Ennis, Gaiman, Stan Lee.
>>82513536
OBJECTIVE TOP 3 WRITERS IN COMICS HISTORY BASED ON SHEER QUALITY:
Frank Miller (we'll ignore his 21st century work since no one seems to hold Moore's last decade against him)
Pat Mills (seriously, you faggots need to get some taste, this is probably the most accomplished writer in the history of the medium)
Osamu Tezuka (basically Carl Barks if he did a shitload of stuff instead of just one thing for his entire career)
>>82514994
I'm glad someone brought up Baron, surprising funny like no-one else.
Grant Morrison
Kurt Busiek
Jeff Parker
>Alan Moore
>Neil Gaiman (if only for Sandman)
>Frank Miller
Special mentions:
>Matt Kindt
>Neil Gaiman
>Ed Brubaker
I'm sorry but Morrisson is often 2deep4me
>>82513536
In no particular order:
Remender
Spurrier
Gaiman
Hickman
Claremont
>>82516350
I like your list a lot. Only people I would suggest as well are Ellis and maybe Bryne
>>82516616
I read an interview where someone asked him about the number of comics he was writing in the 80's. His response was basically " cocaine"
>not a single woman writer mentioned here
fucking sexism
>>82516995
Marjane Satrapi
Posy Simmonds
???
>>82517214
Marguerite Bennet
>>82514994
>that's my top 5
I meant top 3 obviously.
>>82513536
I'm not sure Gaiman is that good at comic books. Everything I read after Sandman is not as impressive (for example, Moore's two part Whatever Happened for allthat everybody dieswas just a much better story and accomplish what it set out to do than the Caped Crusader two parter).
>>82516995
It's almost like most revered writers/works have been around for decades while women in the industry period is still a relatively new phenomenon.
>>82517214
Valentine
>>82513946
overly convoluted, nonsensical plot, problems are solved by a deus ex machina every time, excessive power-level wank, Adjectiveless Avengers might as well have not existed for all it affected the overarching plot
>>82516995
Most of the prominent lady creators in comics are artists
>>82513689
Mark "Rape the Whores" Millar
Frank "Fuck the Whores" Miller
Garth "Kill the Whores" Enis
Jaime Hernandez
Gilbert Hernandez
Michael DeForge
Denny "The Answer" O'Neil
Jack "The King" Kirby
Will "Mediocre White Man" Eisner
O'Neil
Morrison
Busiek or Johns
>>82518337
other than the uneven characterization and the rampant deus ex machina, i disagree with most of that
>>82518447
>Will "Mediocre White Man" Eisner
Disregarding the British Invasion and big ones, which, don't get me wrong, I love but are already represented well in this thread, it would be:
>Peter "Madrox" David
>Mike "Gaiman spinoff" Carey
>Mike "Consistent universe" Mignola
>>82516084
I honestly thought this was pretty meh compared to Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow. But I love the rest of Gaiman's stuff
>>82516995
>Kathryn Immonen
>Louise Simonson
>Genevieve Valentine
>>82515834
Also Black orchid.
>>82513536
>Grant Morrison
>Rick Remender
>Nick Spencer
>Steve Gerber
>Harvey Pekar
>Grant Morrison
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