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Post by tingramretro on Mar 12, 2016 17:29:40 GMT -5
Watchmen obviously, but as a Doctor Who fan I still remember his Doctor Who Weekly back-up strips (with David Lloyd) from the early 80's fondly. So they got a vote too! I should think so, too...  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2016 19:04:02 GMT -5
There's a lot I haven't read, but from the handful I have I'll go with From Hell.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 13, 2016 8:49:26 GMT -5
So it's not unfair to think that Alan Moore's strongest work will probably always be the latest of great scale.
In that sense, From Hell, Promethea and Lost Girls would be his strongest, which is amazing if you consider those three are mighty different in form, intent and meaning.
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Post by batlaw on Mar 13, 2016 12:36:53 GMT -5
I'll say watchmen.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Mar 14, 2016 18:57:37 GMT -5
That Mister Majestic immortals-at-the-end-of-the-universe thing is up there, too. Plus extra credit for being the best Image superhero comic.
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Post by berkley on Mar 14, 2016 22:43:25 GMT -5
That Mister Majestic immortals-at-the-end-of-the-universe thing is up there, too. Plus extra credit for being the best Image superhero comic. Looking at his bibiography, would that be [wiki] "Wildstorm Spotlight: Majestic: "The Big Chill" (with Carlos D'Anda, one-shot, 1997)" [/wiki] ? Or is the entire Wild Worlds collection worth reading? I was completely unaware of this Wildstorm stuff. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 15, 2016 2:38:34 GMT -5
That Mister Majestic immortals-at-the-end-of-the-universe thing is up there, too. Plus extra credit for being the best Image superhero comic. I don't think I've ever actually read an Image superhero comic. I was put off ever really giving the company a chance, I think, by the circumstances of its creation and all that awful, self congratulatory 90s hype. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Mar 15, 2016 6:31:03 GMT -5
would that be [wiki] "Wildstorm Spotlight: Majestic: "The Big Chill" (with Carlos D'Anda, one-shot, 1997)" [/wiki] ? Yes, I already mentioned it in this thread. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 15, 2016 6:52:42 GMT -5
It's not that great though. The concept is interesting, but the execution pretty dull if not soul-less...
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Post by Ozymandias on Mar 15, 2016 6:59:17 GMT -5
"Interesting" isn't the word I'd use to describe the plot, but yes, execution leaves to be desired, which is why I voted Watchmen, instead of "other".
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 15, 2016 7:10:45 GMT -5
That Mister Majestic immortals-at-the-end-of-the-universe thing is up there, too. Plus extra credit for being the best Image superhero comic. I don't think I've ever actually read an Image superhero comic. I was put off ever really giving the company a chance, I think, by the circumstances of its creation and all that awful, self congratulatory 90s hype. Try Savage Dragon. It's still being published at 212 issues and going. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Mar 15, 2016 17:34:05 GMT -5
That Mister Majestic immortals-at-the-end-of-the-universe thing is up there, too. Plus extra credit for being the best Image superhero comic. Looking at his bibiography, would that be [wiki] "Wildstorm Spotlight: Majestic: "The Big Chill" (with Carlos D'Anda, one-shot, 1997)" [/wiki] ? Or is the entire Wild Worlds collection worth reading? I was completely unaware of this Wildstorm stuff. I just reread it: Spawn/Wildcats: Is more an Image book than an Alan Moore book. I liked it, but I've built up a tolerance to this stuff and you might even hear me defend Rob Liefeld occasionally. Mr. Majestic: Was $%^&ing brilliant. Trust me and ignore Arthur.  Sad and sparse and the Wandering Jew was maybe the only time I Laughed Out Loud at an Alan Moore comic. Voodoo mini-series: wasn't AS bad as I remembered. Moore's did good, interesting, research on Voodoo and Santeria. All the religions talk made it feel like a bit of a dry run for Promethea. It's still not good (the lead character is a total cypher, despite being a stripper with magic powers.) Deathblow: Very Eurpoean, very Moebius, it seemed to be based in Wildstorm continuity and I didn't really understand the point of the story. Some nice, vaguely, LOEG-style art, though. I'd honestly say it was worth getting just for the Majestic story. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 15, 2016 19:23:59 GMT -5
Looking at his bibiography, would that be [wiki] "Wildstorm Spotlight: Majestic: "The Big Chill" (with Carlos D'Anda, one-shot, 1997)" [/wiki] ? Or is the entire Wild Worlds collection worth reading? I was completely unaware of this Wildstorm stuff. I just reread it: Spawn/Wildcats: Is more an Image book than an Alan Moore book. I liked it, but I've built up a tolerance to this stuff and you might even hear me defend Rob Liefeld occasionally. Mr. Majestic: Was $%^&ing brilliant. Trust me and ignore Arthur. Sad and sparse and the Wandering Jew was maybe the only time I Laughed Out Loud at an Alan Moore comic. Voodoo mini-series: wasn't AS bad as I remembered. Moore's did good, interesting, research on Voodoo and Santeria. All the religions talk made it feel like a bit of a dry run for Promethea. It's still not good (the lead character is a total cypher, despite being a stripper with magic powers.) Deathblow: Very Eurpoean, very Moebius, it seemed to be based in Wildstorm continuity and I didn't really understand the point of the story. Some nice, vaguely, LOEG-style art, though. I'd honestly say it was worth getting just for the Majestic story. Hahaha, well played sir. I kind of agree on Spawn Wild Cats, it's a quite cool little story. Deathblow makes no sense but could be percieved as a mind trip (isn't Deathblow a woman in it?), But Voodoo is way too generic and ultimatly some of the worst Alan Moore ever. That Mr Majestic story, the main issue I have with it is that for once, it felt like Alan Moore was being genuinly pretentious, like he's above the material in a too obvious way. We all know Moore is so much more than a superhero writer, but I felt in it he told it a tad too arogantly and it left the story lacking authenticity, IMHO. Still, the idea is very good, but doesn't really hold up narativly. I'd still recommend redeaing it for its sheer ambition, but as far as Alan Moore Image comics go, Supreme, Judgment Day and even Youngblood are far more successfull IMHO. BTW, I didn't see anyone mentioning Youngblood here, but the 3-4 stories Moore wrote with Steve Skroce on art are some of the most joyeous simple superhero stories I read back then. Nohing of epic nature, but really good plots. I should dig them out again for a new read |
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Post by berkley on Mar 15, 2016 20:01:31 GMT -5
The artwork might be the killer for me on these 90s Wildstorm/Image/etc comics. I had a very hard time reading Ellis's Stormwatch when I tried to read those last year and in fact wasn't able to get through to the end, even though I didn't mind the writing and liked some of the ideas Ellis brought into play. That 90s superhero art just rubs me the wrong way.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 15, 2016 20:26:29 GMT -5
The artwork might be the killer for me on these 90s Wildstorm/Image/etc comics. I had a very hard time reading Ellis's Stormwatch when I tried to read those last year and in fact wasn't able to get through to the end, even though I didn't mind the writing and liked some of the ideas Ellis brought into play. That 90s superhero art just rubs me the wrong way. Well, that would be because Tom Rainey isn't a good storyteller and a quite ugly stylized artist. I didn't mind it back then when I first read it, but damn is it ugly. And this is by far some of his "best" work. But there are quite a few good superhero artists from the Image 90ies (Sprouse, Skroce, Charest, Wiesenfield, Jae Lee (at least how he evolved), Matt Broome, Jason Pearson, Dave Johnson, Tom Coker, Cully Hamner (even if he did as much DC/Marvel as Image back then, but got his break at Image)...) |
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Sad and sparse and the Wandering Jew was maybe the only time I Laughed Out Loud at an Alan Moore comic.