Comics: The Meaning

com-ics (kom'iks)n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.

"If Comics' spectacularly varied past is any indication, comics' future will be virtually impossible to predict using the standards of the present.... Those of you who make comics for a living - or would like to someday, probably know that keeping up with all the advances in today's comics is a full-time job. However much we may try to understand the world of comics around us, a part of that world will always lie in shadow - a mystery.... As it is, it should be kept in mind at all times that this world is only one of many possible worlds!
Our attempts to define comics are an on-going process which won't end anytime soon. A new generation will no doubt reject whatever this one finally decides to accept and try once more to reinvent comics. And so they should. Here's to the great debate."

Excerpts and paraphrased from the amazing Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art."

Sunday, March 4, 2012

TOP 10 - NON-SUPER HERO COMICS

MARVEL and DC make up just about the whole pie as far as the comic industry in percentages.  Let's take a look at some of the smaller companies like IMAGE, IDW, DYNAMITE and BOOM, but in particular, comics dealing with other genres besides super heroics and spandex.  For this list we will as well take into consideration the titles MARVEL and DC publish for mature readership under the ICON and VERTIGO lines respectively.  There are some pretty amazing things going on in the independent world of comics by unnoticed scribes as well as the big writers staying in touch with their roots.  All comics listed are currently in publication as monthly or ltd series.  Some of the series have been going for many years and have volumes of graphic novels if you were looking for something outside the mainstream titles from the big 2.

01.  CASANOVA - By Matt Fraction, Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba.  ICON (originally published under IMAGE comics.

02.  SPACEMAN - By Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso with covers by Dave Johnson.  VERTIGO


03.  FATALE - By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.  IMAGE

04.  SWEET TOOTH - written, drawn and with covers from Jeff Lemire.  VERTIGO

05.  SCALPED - By Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera with covers by JOCK.  VERTIGO

06.  WALKING DEAD - By Robert Kirkman And Charlie Adlard. IMAGE

07.  AMERICAN VAMPIRE - By Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque.  VERTIGO

08.  NORTHLANDERS - By Brian Wood and Danijel Zezelj with covers by Massimo Carnevale.  VERTIGO

09.  MORNING GLORIES - By Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma.  IMAGE

10.  THIEF OF THIEVES - By Robert Kirkman and Shawn Martinbrough.  IMAGE

Cheers for reading!
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