The 100 Coolest Things About Comics

In no particular order...

1. Comic Book Galaxy-It's the greatest website ever, Nuff Said
2. Alex Ross-The man paints one hell of a super hero
3. Y, the Last Man-proof that comics need to exist
4. Garth Ennis-my favorite writer in the universe
5. Preacher-the greatest book ever
6. X-Force #8-my first comic book
7. Jim Starlin-the man rocks
8. Comic Blogs-because there's always someone with something to say
9. Jack Kirby-he's the King
10. The Crow-both the movie and the comic are just beautifully touching, both changed my life
11. Secret Identities-who doesn't want one?
12. Darwyne Cooke-a man that somehow manages to capture everything that is great about comic book art with a single line
13. Indy Comix-because they're the future of the comic book industry
14. The Marvel Universe-God help me, I love it all
15. WE3-Haunting
16. The Death of Gwen Stacy-possibly the single greatest moment in Marvel's continuity. She's still dead folks.
17. Comic Book Movies!- Yeah, even the bad ones like Tank Girl and Howard the Duck
18. Grant Morrison & Frank Quitley-Because they are the new Lee & Kirby
19. Alan Moore-Do you need a reason? He's Alan fucking Moore.
20. Siegel & Shuster-Responsible, good or bad, for all that is currently comics
21. Reviewing Them!-It's a lot of fun.
22. Amalgam-I thought it was cool.
23. Batman by Loeb & Sale-He's never looked better or felt more right
24. The Castaways-It will change the way you look at the world
25. The Maxx -So off the wall you have to love it
26. Sam Keith-My favorite artist, EVER, and a damn good writer too
27. Marvels-It's everything great about '60s Marvel comics
28. The Fantastic Four by Waid and ‘Ringo-The best run on a Marvel book in quite a long time
29. Freak Force-I loved this book
30. Jonah Hex-Is there anything or anyone cooler than Jonah Hex?
31. Ghost Rider-Yes, a motorcycle-riding demon with a flaming skull
32. The Joker-You almost want him to beat Bats every time
33. Kingdom Come-Because Marvels just wasn't enogh
34. Quantum & Woody-It put the funny back in funny books
35. Troublemakers-The New Mutants done right
36. Steven Grant-Because he's friggin cool
37. Dan Brerton-He paints the scariest stuff in the biz
38. Ben Templesmith-Next to this guy
39. The Romita’s-Hard to believe one family got so much talent, isn't it?
40. Untold Tales of Spider-Man-It's all in the title
41. Usagi Yojimbo-Because he's a samurai rabbit, and there are only two things cooler than that
42. Crossovers and Team-Ups-One hero just isn't enough
43. What If?-The possibilities are endless
44. Elseworlds-Even better than the real thing
45. Time Travel-They always seem to make it plausible
46. Clones-Who doesn't want a clone?
47. Adamantium-The greatest element ever
48. The “S”-Has there ever been a more powerful icon?
49. The Fliescher Superman Cartoons-The closest anyone's ever come to interpreting Siegel & Shuster's concept on screen
50. The theme music to “Superman” (The movies of course)-The greatest theme ever
51. Daredevil by Alex Maleev-No one has ever made him more intimidating
52. Permanent Damage-See "Steve Grant"
53. Will Eisner-The fatherof the graphic novel
54. Howard Chaykin-Brilliant
55. Cable/Soldier X by Tischman and Kordey-My favorite interpretation of my favorite character ever
56. Doom!-The greatest villian of all time
57. Bruce Timm & Paul Dini-Because they get it
58. Watchmen-No comment
59. Howard the Duck-He's a talking duck
60. Ghost World- Dan Clowes is a genius
61. Mad Love- See "Paul Dini & Bruce Timm"
62. Midnight Nation-JMS proves that he really can write original, compelling stories in the comics world
63. “First Issue!!!”
64. Digging through bargain bins-It's like modern day treasure hunting
65. The Rogue’s Gallery-When one villian isn't enoigh
66. Adam West as Batman-Eat your heart out Capt. Kirk
67. Deadpool-my second favorite comic character
68. And that time he turned Rhino into a keychain-Because it was hilarious
69. Mike Mignola-Provided the art in my very first comic book
70. Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet, or hell, just Thanos-He killed off half of the entire universe!
71. Aztek, The Ultimate Man-Whenever some idiot claims there just aren't any good superhero comics, I want to beat them to death with my complete run of this series. You had it! you had it and you fucking lost it!
72. James Kochalka does The Incredible Hulk-The greatest Hulk story ever
73. The Justice Friends-The Incraggible Cronk (I'm sure I spelled it wrong) kicks ass
74. Steve Dillon-The man makes mean look cool
75. Glen Fabry-His painted covers are among my all-time favorite images
76. Lesbian Unicorns-Only in comics
77. The Greatest Cover Ever-Yes, that's Venom holding Ghost Rider's head.
78. Superman: Birthright-See my review
79. Alan David Doane-Single handedly responsible for my continued love and enjoyment of comics. Though he may not want to admit it...
80. Mr. Fixit-The Hulk as a gangster...Peter David's fucking brilliant
81. Ben Reilly-The one true Spider-Man
82. Professor X is Onslaught-Because it was a good idea
83. Having a complete set
84. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine-Not since James Dean has anyone looked so damn cool
85. The Thing, wearing his “Bogey” gear-It almost makes you glad he's a big giant walking pile of rock
86. Message Boards-I just can't help myself
87. Secret Origins-See "Secret Identities"
88. Loki drawn by Essad Ribic-The Norse God has never looked more intimidating
89. Trencher-Does anyone besides me remeber this?
90. Blaze of Glory & Apache Skies-Marvel Westerns rock
91. Phil Noto-Beautiful
92. Bishop: The Last X-Man-The greatest X-Men book ever
93. Bullseye-Because he never misses
94. DC: The New Frontier-No Comment
95. Zero Girl-Ditto
96. Giant robots-because they're giant robots
97. Legion Lost-The greatest mini-series ever
98. Nomad #1 (the regular series) and Hellstorm #1-Purchased together, and are the two best "concept covers" ever produced
99. The Skrull Kill Krew-Just plain fun
100. TMNT-It proves you can actually move forward without losing your audience

Despite my best efforts, this became a fanboy-ish list. Hopeyou enjoyed it, I might be linking some things in the next few days, we'll see.

-L