Artist/Writer Must-Reads

Okay, I've been wanting to make a thread compiling not just my favorite works by a certain artist/writer, but also what I consider the absolute BEST of their abilities for a long time and I realized I'd also LOVE to read some of your suggestions to experience the best of your favorites. I'll start us off:

-Mark Millar-
Superman: Red Son
Ultimate X-Men
The Flash: Emergency Stop

-John Romita Jr.-
Wolverine: Enemy of the State
Thorion and the New Asgods
Cable
Punisher

-Warren Ellis-
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.
Doom 2099
Supergod

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

what he said. also my favorit work from Ellis was his X-Force.


to make my own list i will have ro think about it and get back to you.

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

GoZ wrote:

Warren Ellis wrote HELLSTORM for a brief time.....While not his best work, there was a character named JAKITA, that used mystical SNOW powers....."JAKITA"....."SNOW".....PLANETARY ANYONE?

Didn't read his Hellstorm but I'd definitely put Planetary at the top of what I've read from Ellis along with Transmetropolitan!

Joel,
I like your list for JRJr for his contemporary work, but I'd put his really early pencils(bronze age- e.g. ASM, etc.) at the top of the list.

DanElectro wrote:

GoZ wrote:

Warren Ellis wrote HELLSTORM for a brief time.....While not his best work, there was a character named JAKITA, that used mystical SNOW powers....."JAKITA"....."SNOW".....PLANETARY ANYONE?

Didn't read his Hellstorm but I'd definitely put Planetary at the top of what I've read from Ellis along with Transmetropolitan!

Joel,
I like your list for JRJr for his contemporary work, but I'd put his really early pencils(bronze age- e.g. ASM, etc.) at the top of the list.

Yeah I just read Planetary last year and after reading I wondered what took me so long. It was awesome and I really hope they integrate the characters into the main DC universe but only if they don't fuck it up like most of the reboot.

Marc Silvistri-

his X-men run it included the Fall of the Mutants , Inferno, and ended with disollution and rebirth.


Jr Jr. -
the Daredevil run.
peterparker Spiderman run.


Bindes & finch
new avengers - Break out

Morrison & Daniel
batman RIP

Morrison & porter
JLA run

markrocks wrote:

Marc Silvistri-

his X-men run it included the Fall of the Mutants , Inferno, and ended with disollution and rebirth.

Yeah I started reading X-men with the Fall of Mutants. The way Silvestri drew Colossus was so awesome I was instantly hooked.

CaptainJoel wrote:

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

srsly??? what about Ultimates 2? minus all the delays and shit Ultimates 2 is probably the best thing to come outta the Ultimate Universe aside from Spidey. Actually fuck that Ultimates 2 was just the shit flat out

NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

srsly??? what about Ultimates 2? minus all the delays and shit Ultimates 2 is probably the best thing to come outta the Ultimate Universe aside from Spidey. Actually fuck that Ultimates 2 was just the shit flat out

The Ultimates got me back into comics. I hadn't really read a comic since I was a little kid. I wouldn't be here right now if I hadn't read that book. Ultimates 2 was just as awesome. I read 'em back to back. Then I read Y:The Last Man and The Dark Knight Returns and my mind was blown. I read The Watchmen after that, Sandman, and Idgaf I'm counting it...Akira I had no idea comics could be that fucking good and I've been hooked since. I jumped into current Marvel with Secret Wars and The Ultimate universe with Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men.

NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

srsly??? what about Ultimates 2? minus all the delays and shit Ultimates 2 is probably the best thing to come outta the Ultimate Universe aside from Spidey. Actually fuck that Ultimates 2 was just the shit flat out

Ultimates 2 was better but I still think that Ultimate X-men is the best Ultimate thing with Ultimate Spider-Man as a close second.

I'd probably like Ultimates more if it wasn't completely tainted as a whole by the absolutely terrible shit that Millar did to it with Ultimates 3 and 4.

CaptainJoel wrote:

NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

srsly??? what about Ultimates 2? minus all the delays and shit Ultimates 2 is probably the best thing to come outta the Ultimate Universe aside from Spidey. Actually fuck that Ultimates 2 was just the shit flat out

Ultimates 2 was better but I still think that Ultimate X-men is the best Ultimate thing with Ultimate Spider-Man as a close second.

I'd probably like Ultimates more if it wasn't completely tainted as a whole by the absolutely terrible shit that Millar did to it with Ultimates 3 and 4.

What about all the shitty shit they did with Ultimate X-Men? The Cable arc? Everything after the Cable arc? Everything relating to Ultimatum?

Oh, and I think you mean Loeb for Ultimates 3 and 4.

True Believer wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

srsly??? what about Ultimates 2? minus all the delays and shit Ultimates 2 is probably the best thing to come outta the Ultimate Universe aside from Spidey. Actually fuck that Ultimates 2 was just the shit flat out

Ultimates 2 was better but I still think that Ultimate X-men is the best Ultimate thing with Ultimate Spider-Man as a close second.

I'd probably like Ultimates more if it wasn't completely tainted as a whole by the absolutely terrible shit that Millar did to it with Ultimates 3 and 4.

What about all the shitty shit they did with Ultimate X-Men? The Cable arc? Everything after the Cable arc? Everything relating to Ultimatum?

Oh, and I think you mean Loeb for Ultimates 3 and 4.

I liked the Ultimate Cable arc! I think I only disliked the Ultimatum X-Men and Magician arcs. Everything else I enjoyed more than the Ultimates.

Man, that shows how much I hated Loeb's Ultimates because I completely blocked that shit out and was actually meaning Ultimate Comics Avengers 1, 2, and 3 when I said Ultimates 3 and 4.

CaptainJoel wrote:

True Believer wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

shazam! wrote:

You picked Emergency Stop over The Ultimates for Milllar?

Outside of two or three moments, I hated Ultimates.

srsly??? what about Ultimates 2? minus all the delays and shit Ultimates 2 is probably the best thing to come outta the Ultimate Universe aside from Spidey. Actually fuck that Ultimates 2 was just the shit flat out

Ultimates 2 was better but I still think that Ultimate X-men is the best Ultimate thing with Ultimate Spider-Man as a close second.

I'd probably like Ultimates more if it wasn't completely tainted as a whole by the absolutely terrible shit that Millar did to it with Ultimates 3 and 4.

What about all the shitty shit they did with Ultimate X-Men? The Cable arc? Everything after the Cable arc? Everything relating to Ultimatum?

Oh, and I think you mean Loeb for Ultimates 3 and 4.

I liked the Ultimate Cable arc! I think I only disliked the Ultimatum X-Men and Magician arcs. Everything else I enjoyed more than the Ultimates.

Man, that shows how much I hated Loeb's Ultimates because I completely blocked that shit out and was actually meaning Ultimate Comics Avengers 1, 2, and 3 when I said Ultimates 3 and 4.

not all ultimate x-men was bad. Block buster and return of the king are great. the loeb stuff i can live with out. not that i dont like him, i just think that he went to far.

J. M. DeMatteis
Kraven's Last Hunt
Captain America
Justice League International

Grant Morrison
Animal Man
All-Star Superman
Sea Guy
Doom Patrol


Garth Ennis
Preacher
Fury MAX
Punisher MAX (especially the slavers arc, which is possibly the best punisher story ever imo)

Brian Micheal Bendis
Ultimate Spider-Man
Daredevil

Geoff Johns
The Sinestro Corps War
The Flash (especially #182 from his Wally run which focuses on Cold)
JSA

I just noticed how many Mark Waid comics I own. He's actually probably one of my favorite writers in comics.

Mark Waid
Kingdom Come
Birthright
Return of Barry Allen
Tower of Babel

GoZ wrote:

shazam! wrote:

I just noticed how many Mark Waid comics I own. He's actually probably one of my favorite writers in comics.

Mark Waid
Kingdom Come
Birthright
Return of Barry Allen
Tower of Babel

His run on Captain America with Ron Garney was AWESOME!

I should have put Operation Rebirth on there.

Rememder and Opena


Uncanny X-Force. Hands down the best storyarc since Brubaker and Epting pulled off the Winter Soldier.

Anything with Red Hulk! Red Hulk smashes the competition!