Meme-Hating, Hypocritical Mike Sterling points us to a burgeoning meme in which Alan David Doane and Fred Hembeck list their 100 favoritest things about this medium of comics that we all love, despite our infinite grousing. This is a fine idea, says me. Here we go. These are 100 things I love about comics, and it's just the beginning.
1. Jack Kirby.
2. Superman.
3. The Boondocks.
4. 1970s Marvel.
5. Jimmy Corrigan.
6. Charles Schulz
7. The Spider-Man cartoon theme.
8. "There are seven working defenses from this position. Three of them disarm with minimal contact. Three of them kill. One � hurts.�
9. Supreme by Alan Moore.
10. Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
11. Preacher.
12. "Yes, father. I shall become...a bat."
13. Ed Cunard, Mike Sterling, Ian Brill, Dorian Wright, Chris Butcher, and all the other comics bloggers that I respect.
14. Lying In The Gutters over at CBR.
15. Comicazi, my shop and strange social hub in my life.
16. Love And Rockets.
17. Krypto!
18. Beppo!
19. Streaky!
20. Street Angel.
21. Historietas.
22. Marvelman / Miracleman.
23. Fantastic Four #51
24. Having a favorite letterer, just because you can. (Bob Lappan.)
25. Mark Evanier.
26. Will Eisner.
27. The New Gods.
28. Kyle Baker.
29. Scott Morse.
30. Top Shelf Productions.
31. Discount bins.
32. Watchmen.
33. 80 Page Giants.
34. "Stan Lee Presents..."
35. "#32 In A 32 Issue Limited Series"
36. Grant Morrison.
37. Howard Chaykin.
38. Two-Face.
39. eBay.
40. Conventions. (It's a love/hate thing, really.)
41. Bizarre Aliens in the Green Lantern Corps.
42. The first few years of Strangers In Paradise.
43. Stray Bullets.
44. Big Barda.
45. "Darkseid is."
46. Kid Koala.
47. Spider-Man 2.
48. The Hulk.
49. Short lived heroes inspired by music or pop culture.
50. Warren "Cranky" Ellis.
51. "Can U Dig It" by Pop Will Eat Itself.
52. Manga and Digest format books.
53. The Authority's first 12 issues.
54. Superman Vs Muhammed Ali.
55. "And, Lo, There Shall Be A Reckoning!"
56. Beta Ray Bill.
57. Adrian Tomine.
58. Supergirl.
59. Evan Dorkin!
60. "For The Man Who Has Everything" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
61. The "New Look" Wonder Woman inspired by Emma Peel.
62. New X-Men by Grant Morrison.
63. Teddy Kristiansen.
64. Madman.
65. Meanwhile..., Dick Giordano's column in 80s DC books.
66. ">Hh.<" (Grant Morrison's utterly Batman sound.)
67. Filipino Comics Artists.
68. Marvel's gloriously awful novels from the 70s.
69. Fred Hembeck!
70. Fanboy Rampage.
71. Julius Schwartz.
72. "A Mighty Marvel Masterpiece!"
73. Measles.
74. The DC Checkboard pattern from the 1960s.
75. Modesty Blaise.
76. Nexus.
77. Nightfist - he will hit you with his fist!
78. Jose Luis Garcia Lopez.
79. "Treasury" or Tabloid-sized comics.
80. Invasion!
81. J Jonah Jameson.
82. Atari Force.
83. Bendis/Maleev on Daredevil.
84. Roger Stern's Avengers.
85. Figuring out which inkers work with which pencillers.
86. Conversely, bitching about Vince Coletta's butchering Jack Kirby.
87. Steranko!
88. Giffen and DeMatteis on Justice League.
89. Archie Goodwin.
90. Walt Simonson.
91. Gen 13 written by Adam Warren.
92. X-Force and X-Statix.
93. Alex Toth.
94. Archie.
95. Carl Barks.
96. Elliot S! Maggin.
97. Frank Miller.
98. Wednesdays!
99. Giving comics to my friends, especially the unitiated.
100. DC's Star Trek volume 1, #13 - the first comic I ever bought with my own money.
1. Jack Kirby.
2. Superman.
3. The Boondocks.
4. 1970s Marvel.
5. Jimmy Corrigan.
6. Charles Schulz
7. The Spider-Man cartoon theme.
8. "There are seven working defenses from this position. Three of them disarm with minimal contact. Three of them kill. One � hurts.�
9. Supreme by Alan Moore.
10. Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
11. Preacher.
12. "Yes, father. I shall become...a bat."
13. Ed Cunard, Mike Sterling, Ian Brill, Dorian Wright, Chris Butcher, and all the other comics bloggers that I respect.
14. Lying In The Gutters over at CBR.
15. Comicazi, my shop and strange social hub in my life.
16. Love And Rockets.
17. Krypto!
18. Beppo!
19. Streaky!
20. Street Angel.
21. Historietas.
22. Marvelman / Miracleman.
23. Fantastic Four #51
24. Having a favorite letterer, just because you can. (Bob Lappan.)
25. Mark Evanier.
26. Will Eisner.
27. The New Gods.
28. Kyle Baker.
29. Scott Morse.
30. Top Shelf Productions.
31. Discount bins.
32. Watchmen.
33. 80 Page Giants.
34. "Stan Lee Presents..."
35. "#32 In A 32 Issue Limited Series"
36. Grant Morrison.
37. Howard Chaykin.
38. Two-Face.
39. eBay.
40. Conventions. (It's a love/hate thing, really.)
41. Bizarre Aliens in the Green Lantern Corps.
42. The first few years of Strangers In Paradise.
43. Stray Bullets.
44. Big Barda.
45. "Darkseid is."
46. Kid Koala.
47. Spider-Man 2.
48. The Hulk.
49. Short lived heroes inspired by music or pop culture.
50. Warren "Cranky" Ellis.
51. "Can U Dig It" by Pop Will Eat Itself.
52. Manga and Digest format books.
53. The Authority's first 12 issues.
54. Superman Vs Muhammed Ali.
55. "And, Lo, There Shall Be A Reckoning!"
56. Beta Ray Bill.
57. Adrian Tomine.
58. Supergirl.
59. Evan Dorkin!
60. "For The Man Who Has Everything" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
61. The "New Look" Wonder Woman inspired by Emma Peel.
62. New X-Men by Grant Morrison.
63. Teddy Kristiansen.
64. Madman.
65. Meanwhile..., Dick Giordano's column in 80s DC books.
66. ">Hh.<" (Grant Morrison's utterly Batman sound.)
67. Filipino Comics Artists.
68. Marvel's gloriously awful novels from the 70s.
69. Fred Hembeck!
70. Fanboy Rampage.
71. Julius Schwartz.
72. "A Mighty Marvel Masterpiece!"
73. Measles.
74. The DC Checkboard pattern from the 1960s.
75. Modesty Blaise.
76. Nexus.
77. Nightfist - he will hit you with his fist!
78. Jose Luis Garcia Lopez.
79. "Treasury" or Tabloid-sized comics.
80. Invasion!
81. J Jonah Jameson.
82. Atari Force.
83. Bendis/Maleev on Daredevil.
84. Roger Stern's Avengers.
85. Figuring out which inkers work with which pencillers.
86. Conversely, bitching about Vince Coletta's butchering Jack Kirby.
87. Steranko!
88. Giffen and DeMatteis on Justice League.
89. Archie Goodwin.
90. Walt Simonson.
91. Gen 13 written by Adam Warren.
92. X-Force and X-Statix.
93. Alex Toth.
94. Archie.
95. Carl Barks.
96. Elliot S! Maggin.
97. Frank Miller.
98. Wednesdays!
99. Giving comics to my friends, especially the unitiated.
100. DC's Star Trek volume 1, #13 - the first comic I ever bought with my own money.
