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."

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

TOP 10 - COMICS YOU AREN'T READING BUT SHOULD (I CHECKED THE SALES)

Had a quick glance recently at the Top 100 comics based on sales and was astounded these titles don't appear in the Top 20.  The best selling titles like Spider-Man and JL are fun, but do not represent the best quality comics available and do little or nothing to push the boundaries of comics forward.  The best selling titles only serve the status quo and to generate new readership who eventually will find these titles I love so much.  These titles below the Top 40 are pushing the medium forward and are more open to "risky" storytelling than you would ever find in a JLA book or Spidey book.  The books listed below are where writers and artists have gone to really show what the world of comics is capable of.
 
10.  BATWOMAN
BY J.H. WILLIAMS III & W. HAYDEN BLACKMAN
COVER OF BATWOMAN #10 BY DC COMICS
 
09.  SWAMP THING 
BY SCOTT SNYDER & YANICK PAQUETTE
 COVER FROM SWAMP THING #7 BY DC COMICS
 
08.  GREEN ARROW 
BY JEFF LEMIRE & ANDREA SORRENTINO
 COVER FROM GREEN ARROW #17 BY DC COMICS
 
07.  WONDER WOMAN
BY BRIAN AZZARELLO & BRIAN AKINS/CLIFF CHIANG
 COVER OF WONDER WOMAN #8 BY DC COMICS
 
 06. FF
BY MATT FRACTION & MICHAEL ALLRED
 COVER OF FF #5 BY MARVEL COMICS
 
05.  ANIMAL MAN 
BY JEFF LEMIRE & STEVE PUGH
COVER OF ANIMAL MAN #12 BY DC COMICS 
 
04.  THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS 
BY JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK PITARA
COVER OF MANHATTAN PROJECTS #10 BY IMAGE COMICS
 
03.  THE MASSIVE 
BY BRIAN WOOD & DAVE STEWART
COVER OF THE MASSIVE #2 BY DARK HORSE COMICS 
 
02.  HAWKEYE
BY MATT FRACTION & DAVID AJA
 
 COVER OF HAWKEYE #2 BY MARVEL COMICS
 
 01.  FATALE
BY ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS
COVER OF FATALE #6 BY IMAGE COMICS
 
 
LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!
 
D&J COMICS 


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