Oh yeah I totally forgot Saga and Chew. And for those who haven’t read either… YES, they are as good as people say!
I cast a wide net over superhero as well. Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Doctor (Who), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Luke Skywalker. It’s all superheros to me.
I have a very strict definition of superhero: typically someone with an alias clad in a costume or uniform that works to right wrongs in the world.
Hellboy sounds like a superhero, but is more a paranormal force for good IMO. Buffy Summers and The Doctor aren’t superheroes from my POV.
@Vroom I think that is a solid definition. Well done, sir. slides a cup of celebratory tea over
Why thank you kind sir! sips tea Mmm, Earl Gray!
Of course, “superhero” can also apply to people who are heroes to a super degree: family, friends, DC Universe staff and members, teachers, medical professionals, police officers, firefighters, EMTs, etc, etc.
Deadly class… love the art style and have literally laughed so loud multiple times I have been yelled at by my wife to keep it down.
I really enjoyed some of the Vertigo titles like Fables, and Y the Last Man.
Outside of superhero books there has been a lot of good stories, I’m more partial to the crime/mystery/sci-if myself. I have absolutely loved titles such as Eclipse by Kaplan, East of West by Hickman, Kill or be Killed by Brubaker, and Revival by Seeley. What I like most about these stories are that the series builds up to a climax and then goes into a definitive ending. With most major superhero titles we do not get closure with these heroes and their stories because they continue to go on forever. As much as I do love reading superhero titles I tend to get burnt out over reading storyline after storyline and seeing character growth but not getting closure to a hero’s life journey. I don’t think that there is a specific story genre that could not work in the comic medium so long as the writer and artists have a shared vision for the story they are telling.
Any fans of manga or the Image series Paper Girls?
@Vroom I am I believe three trades into Paper Girls and am really digging it. I need to get back to it.
@Kess013 Thank you for that excellent list. I definitely agree that having a conclusion for some characters is desirable. My favorite comics are the ones that feel complete from issue, to trade collection, to finished series. In other words, synecdochical modularity in a comic series is nice.
I read Paper Girls when it started and dropped it and other Image titles when Rebirth began.
I haven’t revisited it, but I saw a new digital trade or two came out this werk. They got me to thinking of the series again.
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I feel like genres such as fantasy, sci-fi and horror work really well as comics regarless of the prescense of muscles under colorful spandex. They are very visually descriptive by nature and lend really well to the medium.
Paper Girls!
Paper Girls is awesome!
I’ve been in love with Black Badge and Die. One is the boy scouts espionage and the other is adults who get sucked into a D&D game both are insanely good. Paper girls is also amazing can never go wrong with time travel
Giant Days from Boom Studios. Oblivion Song. Gideon Falls. And Unnatural from Image.
The Realm it’s a post apocalyptic fantasy story It’s Seth Peck and Jeremy Haun
I really enjoy it
Exit Stage Left : The Snagglepuss Chronicles