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."

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

TOP 10 - COMICS IN THE DC NEW 52

Last October and a month into THE DC NEW 52, I posted a TOP 10 list of my favourite titles.  Now we are 7 months plus into this highly successful comic initiative, so I thought it would be interesting to look back at that first month and see how my opinions have changed on DC titles as most of the first story arcs have now ended.  I have reprinted the DC THE NEW 52 Top 10 Comics at the end of this posting for comparison.  It has been a wild and exciting comic ride for the past 6 months courtesy of the great job DC continues to deliver to readers.  Job well done DC!


01 - BATMAN by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.


02 - ACTION COMICS by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales.


03 - THE FLASH by Francis Manaupl and Brian Bucceletto.


04 - ANIMAL MAN by Jeff Lemire, Travl Foreman and Steve Pugh.


05 - SWAMP THING by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette.


06 - WONDER WOMAN by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang.


07 - BATWOMAN by J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder.


08 - STORMWATCH by Peter Milligan and Miguel Sepulveda.

09 - BATWING by Judd Winick and Marcos To/Ryan Winn


10 - JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA by Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Gene Ha and Gary Frank.

LIVE IT LIVE YOU LOVE IT!

D&J COMICS


DC THE NEW 52, TOP 10 COMICS FROM SEPT. 2011
01. ACTION COMICS by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales.


02. ANIMAL MAN by Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman


03. SWAMP THING by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette


04. BATWOMAN BY J.H. Williams I.I.I and W. Hayden Blackman


05. BATMAN AND ROBIN by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason.


06. BATMAN BY Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo


07. SUPERMAN by George Perez and Jesus Merino


08. JUSTICE LEAGUE by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee


09. STORMWATCH by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda


10. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT by Paul Jenkins and David Finch
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