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10 Alan Moore Comics You Must Read! (Besides Watchmen)
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I wouldn't sound so miffed if I hadn't been so hopeful.
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I feel that his tales of the Green Lantern Corps deserve an entry of their own on this list. but then again i never read 1963 and only have fuzzy memories of his run on Captain Britain. There can be only ten.
02/27/09
Let's hope movies get made out of every single one of them!
heh heh heh
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Also, I would have tried to include the Bojeffries Saga into the list. but whutev.
02/27/09
Sheesh.
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Warden: For you and the rest of these depraved freaks, this is your life. Some of my charges have threatened entire nations but there can be no escape from...Supermax.
SarcaSam: *ppbt!* Uh, yeah. Whatever.
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This list seems like a struggle to even FIND ten items, because each series represents such an enormous body of work. It might have benefited from breaking up the individual series more, telling us WHICH of the six Swamp Thing volumes is the one to read -- you mention Top 10, for instance, but not the Forty-Niners, a brilliant companion novel that's arguably better than its source material. Saying "Go read League" doesn't account for the fact that the first volume is a fantastic page-turner, but that Black Dossier is impenetrable to a casual fan.
02/27/09
Let's see... First of all, the list represents my favorites, and those of the other io9 writers I talked to. These are the works I feel happy about recommending, and the ones that I think represent the diversity of Moore's work in an interesting way.
I do mention "The Killing Joke" and I recommend a volume that includes it. See above, re: the diversity of Moore's work. Also, see my comments below about why "The Killing Joke" has sunk in my estimation in recent years. (And in Moore's estimation as well, from what I've heard.)
I've never read Miracleman because it's not in print and it's impossible to find. I'm not recommending it to our readers for the same reason.
Also, I state clearly that my favorite Swamp Thing volume is the first. I mention the Forty Niners. And I mention that "The Black Dossier" is a bit of a letdown, after the first two volumes.
Thanks for your input!
02/27/09
1963 and Top 10 sound very entertaining to me.
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If by "reboot" you mean "explosive, chunky vomiting."
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At least until he puts out his magic grimoire in graphic novel form sometime in the next decade.
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I really can't praise Top Ten enough -- you need to read each issue at least twice, once for the main story and again to see all of the scifi/fantasy/comics references jammed into every panel.
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Hey Charlie!
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Enjoy!
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And no love for Lost Girls?
02/27/09
As for Lost Girls, I spent some time looking through a friend's copy and enjoyed it... but it wasn't something I'd put in the top 10 must-read list.
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