Okay, /co/. What's been your pick for the best comic of the decade so far?
For me, it's pic related.
>>83860101
>of the decade so far
You could just say "of the last five years"
But yeah, Pax is definitely right up there.
Pax, Ultra, or Rebirth
>>83860101
Let me just say, I loved Pax Americana, reading and reading it over and over it was a blast, so much there.
However, I'm gonna put forth pic related: just like Pax, it was a one off in the middle of a larger event that also worked excellently as a one shot.
In addition to Pax, it didn't need to resort to Morrison's usual Meta toolbox to do it, it was just a really tightly written comic book that wasn't anything more than a comic book.
>>83860101
>potato art and shitty writing ripping off Watchmen
The best comic of the decade was Ms Marvel, the only new hero worth a damn in 10 years that wasn't a white male
For all the same reasons I just listed off here >>83860660
M.O.D.O.K. Assassin
Blow me, it was >>>PERFECT<><<<
>>83860682
>waifufags
Not even once.
The Dial H issue with Open-Window Man.
I forget the issue # off the top of my head.
>>83860725
>pic related?
What'd you like about it so much?
My friend kept going on and on about it, and I genuinely laughed at the parts he showed me but I never got into M.O.D.O.K. as a character.
>>83860682
good b8
>>83860682
Damian is better than her
>>83860738
This one?
Blew me away when I read the collected edition, I will never spoil this issue for someone, it was too fucking good.
>>83860790
What's under the mask?
>>83860796
Yep, that one.
Man I wish Mieville would do some more comics work, doesn't even have to be under DC again.
There are too many it is very hard to choose.
All of Lose came out in the last decade
Nijigahara Holograph
TF vs. GI Joe
Copra started this decade
There are way too many options that I have picked up at shows every year to come close to narrowing it down
But my gut says Haunter so Haunter it is.
>>83860682
>>83860819
BIG GUY 4 U?!???!
SOMEONE GET DIS HOTHEAD OUT OF HERE!!!1111 XDDD
>>83860790
I should've guessed, Dave.
Subjective personal favorite: Prophet
Objective best of the medium: Building Stories
>>83860825
Thanks for the non-big two suggestions, I'm on top of TF VS GI Joe, I'll definitely check the rest of those out!
Scioli posted this on histumblrtwo days ago, cannot wait another minute.
>>83860845Damnit no, this isn't a Big Guy reference.That guy in the pic is Johnny Carcosa, either the King in Yellow or a servant of his.
>>83860883
These are also pretty good answers
>>83860819
Nothing.
Or tentacles.
>>83860846
It's just...too good.
Fuck, it made Neonomicon retroactively worthwhile
>>83860937
Simpler put -Johnny Carcosa is Nyarlathotep, also known as the Haunter of the Dark
>>83860965
THAT'S who he is?
Oh damn, that's worse.
>>83860101
Mine is also Pax. There are no other comics where the direction you read the book doesn't matter at all.
>>83860101
Prince of Cats, Fury: My War Gone By andOne Punch Man.
>>83861001
all 3 pretty good answers too
>>83860988
Yeah, it's revealed in Neonomicon.
And now that Robert Black has disturbed theShining Trapezohedron by defiling it's temple...he's FUCKED
>>83860766
It has everything you could want in a comic: beautiful, violent action; humor; subtle drama; a grotesque, lovable, autistic genius with a chainsaw peripheral killing b-listers and blowing up rivals with his mind while spilling spaghetti over a girl. It's also self contained and a mini so it doesn't last long enough to get old or stale. It was a fresh take on a character I'm sure no one realized could be a compelling antihero. And it didn't have to juggle years of convoluted continuity so we still got good Marvel characters but without the baggage.
>>83860993
Seeing someone in the industry retweet the chronological edit we produced was pretty cool.
>>83860583
The decade's been seven years though.
>>83861053
Dude, six and a half technically.
>>83861053
a decade is technically any period of 10 years and doesn't have to start on a x0, if we're being serious
Still ongoing and pretty new, but nothing has wowed me like Wrath of the Eternal Warrior has in a long time. In terms of action capeshit, it kind of stands by itself.
>>83861243
I will check it out but action cape type comics in America are currently being destroyed by OPM and MHA for me
Copra is the one of those that really stands above.
Boxers and Saints
Counts as 1 right?
>>83861551
>Memender
Shit taste desu
>>83861603
The OP is Grant Morrison and you think that *now* is a good time to bring up the topic of memes?
>>83861603
Not that guy but fuck off twat Uncanny was a shining beacon of hope in an ocean of shit.
>>83861384
OPM and MHA are two very different beasts. One Punch Man is a parody of superheroes, while My Hero Academia takes on every cliche in stride.
That said, Japanese authors seem to write heroes well because they don't care about the baggage dragging Marvel and DC down.
>>83861647
I would agree Opena is really fantastic on that comic
>>83861641
This. Also, kek
>>83861700
Also they have more invested in action than American comics typically do.
It is shonen action merged with Superhero idealism it SINGS
and when OPM wants to go in and just be an action comic it does really well too.
>>83861036
Can you show me the edit? I just got it Ad was going to start reading.
Pax Americana, Batman & Robin #1, Action Comics #13
I could think of non-Morrison/non-DC ones but they're just on my mind right now
>>83861843
You essentially just read it backwards.
>>83861053
Decade started at 2011. This century started at 2001. Ignorant fuck.
>>83860660
>muh feelings
NO
>>83862312
>muh feelings
The fuck? What part of that comic makes you think that?
>nothing but capeshit
:^(
>>83863772
That isn't true
>>83860101
Ultra Comics was better out of just Multiversity.
Best of the decade is probably either Andre the Giant - Life and Legend or Andre the Giant - Closer to Heaven.
Runners-up include any of the Fearless Dawn comics, Fury MAX - My War Gone By, Transformers vs. G.I. JOE, Archie vs. Predator, and Godzilla In Hell.
>>83864670
Oh, and Luther Strode.
The series had a lot of flaws but justice league dark #18 was great
>>83860682
You mean the ms marvel who's character was completely destroyed to make her into marvels wonder women.
Although if your talking about kamala I will agree with you there it is a great comic.
Still not the only good one though
>>83860682
>>83864810
>/co/mblr
>>83864764
The disgustingly horrible cgi poser shit makes it unreadable trash.
>>83866853
And proud. Fuck off, /pol/.
this had great art
>>83866853
>If your not a Muslim hating /pol/ack your tumblr
I will freely admit that marvel has ruined a hell of a lot in there drive for diversity but kamala is not one of those things
>>83866878
I will admit the art was a little off
>>83860101
>DC, the thread
I'm not complaining. This is the kind of stuff that the Disney overlords seem even less likely to encourage.
But of course. There will always be non Big Two gold out there that I probably don't remember or haven't read.
>>83860632
>Ultra Comics #1
As far as capeshit, and opinions that I'm not worried about justifying, that's my vote.
It wasn't exciting, but it had layers that you could peel back if you wanted to.
And Doug Mahnke was 10/10.
>>83860796
It's been a while since I read it, but anything in Dial H after the introduction of Centipede is golden.
>>83867120
Dident dial h have some godawful prostitute issue or something.
>>83867173
Like that issue with the Babylonian chick who had a 'hero-sundail,' that had nothing to do with Nelson and Roxie?
An earlier comic with the hero dial where a guy loses it and is stuck as a female hero and is a stripper for lack of identification and the inability to get a real job?
I don't know what you're talking about.
>>83867283
That second one you said I dident realise it was an old one.
>>83866894
I for one am glad that we are using /co/mblr just like the SJWs, we are empowering ourselves using the insult they created for us
Arsene Schrauwen
Here
This is going to sound way more smug than I mean it but I feel kinda bummed for the people whose favorite comic of 7 years of time comes from Marvel or DC.
>>83867791
Two amazing answers, that I am bummed I forgot.
>>83861603
kill yourself
>>83860738
this is a strong contender
>>83866921
I'm a huge mignolaverse fag but Abe's solo title has been one of the weakest of the bunch. Art is still amazing though
>>83867888
It isn't smug if you said "best" comic, but harping on someone's "favorite" is incessantly smug.
>>83869214
The garden was amazing, story and art
>>83869315
I do not think anyone is lying, I merely think of the amount of work out there that has been released in that time frame.
(It is no ones fault obviously what they can and can not get to read or choose to read)
>>83861641
>>83861647
>>83868436
>Memenderfags getting triggered
You do realize all his books are carried by solid art right? Not that he can use those artist to their full potential. I enjoy his work with self awareness.
>>83866878
>muh incessant poser meme
Please kill yourself
>>83860101
Hellboy in Hell.
Just read Pax Americana
Good stuff boys, thank you.
If I'm pretty new to DC, will I enjoy/understand Multiversity?
Or do I need to have some extensive knowledge of the DC universe and all that jazz?
>>83869854
A solid understanding of the DC multiverse AND jazz would help, but it's not required to enjoy the ride.
It was like a complete return to form for a character I had nearly given up on. The fact that they also brought back fucking H.A.R.D. Corps was killer
>>83860825
>Nijigahara Holograph
that came out over 10 years ago, you imbecile.
>>83869382
Genuine question, have you read King's Omega men or Sheriff of Babylon?
>>83869854
You need a modest understanding about DC, but what you really need to understand is Morrison.
>>83870057
Yeah but it was recently translated.
>>83870150
I don't think even Morrison understands morrison
>>83864670
Archie vs. Predator doesn't stand up with those other comics. Fuck, it wasn't even the best Archie horror book this decade.
>>83870079
Not him but I put Vision at the top of King's work. While I love the first issues of Sheriff Vision is almost completed so it's an easier comic to make grand statements about. Omega Men is fantastic but I think it suffers from King's habit of over-compression which makes a lot of the emotional moments feel unearned. Vision on the other hand doesn't have as much interesting things going on with the art (or at least not overtly enough for me to notice) but I enjoy its slower pace and constant use of Marvel history to flesh out characters and plot.
>>83870267
No it was translated a long time ago.
>>83861384
>Toshinori All Might
Absolutely digusting, even Shimura was better and we all know how that all went.This is what characterfags actually believe!
My War Gone By, Moon Knight by Warren Ellis and The Goon: Once upon a Hard Time are all contenders imo.
My best single issues:
Darkseid War: Green Lantern
Pax Americana
Swamp Thing vol 2 Annual 2
>>83867888
>Two amazing answers, that I am bummed I forgot.
I also heard good things about the most recent Zak Sally's Recidivist.
i nominate that dark knight returns last crusade book
>>83871275
Why though? It's pretty good, but it's nothing compared to The Dark Knight Returns.
>>83871300
true, but dkr aint in this decade
Thunderworld confused me a lot and reading the captain marvel mini that came out after crisis on infinite earths I'm even more confused about the nature of the rock of eternity
>>83871341
While that is true, I feel like the quality of a piece can suffer if said work majorly pales in comparison to its predecessor.
But that's just my opinion.
>>83866878
>Anyone posts a picture of Sorrentino's or janin's artwork
>Muh tracer and poser art fags appear at once
Just stop this shit, right. The art is still fucking incredible
>>83871488
no i do agree with that but for me it just didnt i guess hahaha idk its probs just nostalgia
Rachel Rising
>>83860101
I liked Thunderworld better.
>>83864764
>stupid "technology vs magic" story
>the fabled "books of magic" were just New God tech all along
>crappy SFM characters rotoscoped like a subpar webcomic
>John Constantine zapping shit with energy beams
>May or may not have had the fucking dumbest OC of the New 52 Nightmare Nurse in it, who honestly cares enough to remember
JLD: not even once.
>>83860632
This is the only correct answer.
>>83869463
>all negative adjectives are memes now
Thunderworld would be my favorite, though Pax certainly is more structurally and narratively ambitious.
Thunderworld's just a fantastic feel-good superhero story.
Saga anyone?
>>83874432
Saga is absurdly overhyped. The begining was fun because there was a sense of urgency to everything and new cool characters were being introduced and used. However since around the third trade it started to lose focus and slowly plod around. The art is still great and every now and then I'll catch up but reading it month to month is a chore and even reading in the trade it's "pretty good" at best
>>83869463
>>83871504
People like you are the reason hacks keep getting work. Fucking kill yourself.
>>83861843
Might as well just post the whole series. The chronological edit is labeled accordingly.The Multiversity 001 (2014) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/RiNuo4mM/file.html
The Multiversity - The Society of Super-Heroes 001 (2014) (The Last Kryptonian-DCP).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/r7sOCFW9/file.html
The Multiversity - The Just 001 (2014) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/yPChV47G/file.html
The Multiversity - Pax Americana 001 (2014) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/VVmOOIki/file.html
The Multiversity - Pax Americana - Director's Cut 001 (2015) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/KasGe2Uw/file.html
The Multiversity - Pax Americana 001 (Chronological Order) (2015).cbz
http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/5OHZWRjs/file.html
The Multiversity - Thunderworld Adventures 001 (2015) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/FshBlr0B/file.html
The Multiversity - Guidebook 001 (2015) (Digital) (ThatGuy-Empire).cbz
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/qdZFY1Hu/file.html
The Multiversity - Mastermen 001 (2015) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/4reaAPAM/file.html
The Multiversity - Ultra Comics 001 (2015) (Digital) (Mephisto-Empire).cbr
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/skdihb8W/file.html
The Multiversity 002 (2015) (5 covers) (digital) (Minutemen-Mollylvr).cbr
http://www51.zippyshare.com/v/rlv0HedN/file.html
>>83870358
>Archie vs. Predator doesn't stand up with those other comics
Bullshit it doesn't.
>>83860693
That was a great issue that took major advantage of the medium.
>>83860101
That.
Honorable mentions: Ultra Comics, Nameless, Omega Men, Sheriff of Babylon, Sandman Overture and maybe The Wrenchies.
I've read it multiple times and still don't get what most of it means maybe I'm trying to read to much into individual scenes instead of taking it as a whole but what I've gotten so far it's basically Morrison take on watchmen and why Ozy was wrong in the fact that peace can't be built on deception and bloodshed can anyone give me a deeper explanation?
>>83875788
Read Uzumeri's annotation.
Arsene Schrauwen
>>83860101
King's Vision.
>>83876489
Fuck off comicsalliance shill
>>83860693
This definitely holds together really well as a single issue, but it works in far better ways if you have followed the Grayson title.
On the other hand, this >>83860101 can be read by itself, but requires being re-read to really get, and if you have never read Watchman, never saw the movie, aren't familiar with the Charlton characters, etc., there's a lot less context that has a lot less meaning, sub-text, etc. Making it harder to say it is the 'best' of the decade. Personally, I don't even find it the best of the Multiversity one shots, although I know I'm in a small minority there.
For example, I think >>83863941 this holds up well as a one-shot that anyone could read and while you get, again, more nuance and sub-text if you are also reading the other, related Multiversity books, any casual can pick it up and consider it 'best pick' - the Captain Marvel knowledge is that kind of general, popular conscious information about him (save for example, Sivana's marriage and kids but the few elements like that which are slightly esoteric, get sufficiently explained in context and require no real sub-text knowledge). See >>83873928
>>83864670
>Archie vs. Predator
This >>83870358, plus most everyone else is naming single issues.
>>83860101
X'ed Out.
>>83879803
>Chuck Burns' overplayed 'teen angst' 'I have real artistic expression and those other guys are poseurs who don't get it' shtick
>On what would otherwise be amazing and grotesque art
Uh yeah, no thanks. Black Hole was enough.
This is another book always in my mind when the question of Best Comes up and it started in 2006
Hickman's 9 numbers of The Ultimates are the comics that I've enjoyed more during the last decade. I think that Jupiter's Legacy and Pax Americana are better, though.
>>83860101
The Andre the Giant comics. Both of them.
