A good while ago I did a geeklist Best Ever Graphic Novels which produced some excellent feedback from BGGeeks and lead to me reading a load of great graphic novels.
Now using the poll functionality I thought I would revisit the subject and see how it turned out. The list of books/comics/series in the poll is roughly in the order that they were in my geeklist but I have added a lot of other items that were suggested by others or have come to my attention since. I have certainly missed many fine titles. Please feel free to add additional polls to this thread with titles you think I have missed. Or if you can't work out how to do a poll then just put your suggestion and someone (maybe me) will add it in additional polls in this thread.
Holy wah! This is an expensive place to put random crap! And further, please DO NOT FIX GeekQuestions tipping** OR thumb counts. Both are a critical part of its charm (such as it is). ** Except for Purplewurple who totally deserves it!
An excellent example of participant-fatigue. Granted, the earlier entries may also be more popular, but I will wager that a relatively low proportion of people make it to the bottom of the list, contributing to the lower totals in the bottom two-thirds.
Okay Cap ... "two of the greatest works of fiction of the 20th Century" ... that's a little much.
Not at all, man! I say it completely without hyperbole.
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As for your claim that they stand among the greatest of the 20th Century ...
I think it's time for you take a jaunt down to your local library.
This is what comes from thinking you know the people you talk to on the internet. I'm a voracious reader. Who else are people going to put on a list of greatest 20th century authors? Hemmingway? Steinbeck? Faulkner? Moore stands up to those guys, no problem. And Gaiman's a little sketchier, but Sandman is an utter masterpiece. In fact, taken as a whole, I'd call that *the* greatest work of fiction of the 20th century.
I firmly believe that anyone who refuses to give these writers the respect they deserve is just beholden to the status quo. Have you read Watchmen and Sandman, GAWD?
An excellent example of participant-fatigue. Granted, the earlier entries may also be more popular, but I will wager that a relatively low proportion of people make it to the bottom of the list, contributing to the lower totals in the bottom two-thirds.
-MMM
Thanks for the comment. Wow, BGG is so positive at the moment.
How about:
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote. This could be a really useful resource to those of us who love comic books and want to read some great ones that we might not otherwise have heard of.
An excellent example of participant-fatigue. Granted, the earlier entries may also be more popular, but I will wager that a relatively low proportion of people make it to the bottom of the list, contributing to the lower totals in the bottom two-thirds.
-MMM
Thanks for the comment. Wow, BGG is so positive at the moment.
How about:
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote. This could be a really useful resource to those of us who love comic books and want to read some great ones that we might not otherwise have heard of.
I apologize if it came off as negative - it was mainly intended as an observation, and in fact has inspired me to put some of my survey-writing training to use by drafting some suggestions. In thinking about this particular survey I'm really not sure how you would work around it.
The list is definitely useful in introducing titles that I had never heard about before. But the more exhaustive the list the more limited the data.I do appreciate the efforts that you and all of the responders have put in.
Heres an alternative analysis of the votes to date. I've given 2 points for each "Love It!", 1 for "Great", Zero for "Okay", -1 for "Poor" and -2 for "Hate it!".
Top 50 based on Total Points 68 Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 48 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller 44 Sandman Series by Neil Gaiman 38 Maus by Art Spiegelman 35 V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd 33 Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland 32 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore 30 Bone by Jeff Smith 29 Sin City series by Frank Miller 29 Hellboy series by Mike Mignola 27 Batman: Year One by David Mazzucchelli 25 Death series by Neil Gaiman 23 Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud 22 Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, Alex Ross 22 Lone Wolf & Cub series by Kazuo Koike 19 The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman 17 300 by Frank Miller 17 From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell 17 Fables - By Bill Willingham 16 Groo by Sergio Aragones 16 Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai 16 Hellblazer series by Garth Ennis (amongst others) 15 Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore 14 Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow 14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collections by Eastman and Laird 14 Y: The Last Man by by Brian K. Vaughan 14 Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo 13 Astro City by Kurt Busiek 13 Blankets by Craig Ringwalt Thompson 12 The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman 12 100 Bullets series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso 11 Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware 11 Judge Dredd the Complete Apocalypse War by Various 10 Preacher by Garth Ennis 10 Batman: Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale 10 Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis 10 Arkham Asylum by Dan Slott 10 Powers by Brian Michael Bendis 10 Cerebus the Aardvark by Dave Sim 9 X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont 9 Strangers In Paradise: I Dream of You by Terry Moore 9 BPRD by Mike Mignola 8 Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday 8 Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross 8 Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind by Miyazaki Hayao. 7 Invincible by Robert Kirkman 7 Conan (2003 onwards) by Kurt Busiek 7 Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller & Dave Mazzucchelli 6 The Authority series by Warren Ellis 6 Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Dan Clowes
Top 50 Based on Average Points
1.4 Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 1.4 Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud 1.3 Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai 1.3 Fables - By Bill Willingham 1.3 Lone Wolf & Cub series by Kazuo Koike 1.3 Daredevil: Guardian Devil by Kevin Smith 1.3 Death series by Neil Gaiman 1.2 Judge Dredd the Complete Apocalypse War by Various 1.2 The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman 1.2 The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman 1.2 Blankets by Craig Ringwalt Thompson 1.2 Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland 1.2 Hellboy series by Mike Mignola 1.2 Maus by Art Spiegelman 1.1 Groo by Sergio Aragones 1.1 Strangers In Paradise: I Dream of You by Terry Moore 1.1 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller 1.1 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore 1.1 Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware 1.1 Y: The Last Man by by Brian K. Vaughan 1.1 Hellblazer series by Garth Ennis (amongst others) 1.0 Sandman Series by Neil Gaiman 1.0 Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, Alex Ross 1.0 Batman: Year One by David Mazzucchelli 1.0 The Authority series by Warren Ellis 1.0 Astro City by Kurt Busiek 1.0 Invincible by Robert Kirkman 1.0 Conan (2003 onwards) by Kurt Busiek 1.0 Owly by Andy Runton 1.0 Powers by Brian Michael Bendis 1.0 BPRD by Mike Mignola 1.0 The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey 1.0 Miracleman by Alan Moore 1.0 Red Star by Christian Gossett, Bradley Kayl 1.0 Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore 1.0 Bone by Jeff Smith 0.9 V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd 0.9 Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday 0.9 Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind by Miyazaki Hayao. 0.9 Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow 0.9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collections by Eastman and Laird 0.9 Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Dan Clowes 0.9 100 Bullets series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso 0.9 From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell 0.8 The Ultimates by Mark Millar 0.8 A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner 0.8 Sin City series by Frank Miller 0.8 Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo 0.8 Palestine by Joe Sacco 0.8 Lost Girls by Alan Moore 0.8 Danger Girl, by Andy Hartnell
Okay Cap ... "two of the greatest works of fiction of the 20th Century" ... that's a little much.
