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I agree with a good portion of this list, but no mention of Warren Ellis? For shame!
There may be other authors writing sci-fi comics, but few with quite as much love (sticky shameful perverted love) for Science . Within the past decade, he's given us:
Planetary - You'd be hard pressed to find another series anywhere more self-referential to the history of comics and sci-fi, spanning everything from Jules Verne, Tarzan, and Doc Savage to giant Tokyo monsters, The Fantastic 4, and the evolution of John Constantine into King Mob.
Global Frequency - Another great mostly-episodic series spanning all manner of sci-fi subjects, from killer cyborgs to memetic viruses.
Desolation Jones - Essentially Jerry Cornelius meets The Prisoner. Slightly less sci-fi than some of the other titles, but 'Y the Last Man' is up there, so I'm including it anyways.
Plus Ocean, Nextwave, New Universal, Doktor Sleepless, Ministry of Space, Ignition City, and probably several more that I'm forgetting.
I posted to much the same, damn shame there's no Ellis on here. But you did forget one important one (given when it ended) Transmetropolitan.
But I'd definitely agree that both Planetary and Global Frequency should have been contenders. Lets hope the Global Freq show turns out to be as good as the GN, because it is the perfect setup for an Outer Limits style show, and I cannot wait for it to get going.
@badSamurai: I think, like Bones, Batman counts as sci fi, for the purposes of this site :) Well, that and he's Batman. How can you argue with that, really?
@tamahome: I think it was a great comic, but it certainly had its issues. Like the setup. Friend Bruce has never mentioned or thought about before suddenly pops up, and we find out just how "close" they were? Dead/and/or/villain. Guaranteed.
Wow, two Grant Morrison nods but Brubaker, Ellis and Kirkman get snubbed? Atleast Mark Millar was omitted.
Pluto, Planetes, Y: The Last Man definately belong up there.
Warren Ellis' run on Thunderbolts, Kirkman's Invcible (Walking Dead is better SciFi material but Invicible mixes things up more,) Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man, The Umbrella Academy, Ed Brubaker's Sleeper along with Brubaker and Fraction's run on Immortal Iron Fist just off the top of my head were my favorite reads of the last 10 years.
They're not technically from this decade, so this isn't one of those "how could you omit ___???" complaints, but I want to give a shout out to the recent Drawn & Quarterly reissues of the 60s/70s work of Yoshihiro Tatsumi. You'll want to lock away the razor blades when reading his bleak depictions of urban big-city life in Japan, but his stories are just stunning.
@Bill-Lee: Not to mention, it is essentially one man's choices from all the material he read in that time.
I would like to see a graphic novel about a futuristic world where we all acknowledge we have different tastes and don't waste our time bickering over what other's like (or should like). That would be a neat world.
@tamahome: What I loved about 52 is that it took the "lame" characters and actuallly took them seriously. You would not think a comic with Booster Gold and Elongated Man among the principals would be worth reading, but it was actually quite cool. (Better than Countdown or Trinity, in any case).
@tamahome: Haven't checked out the trades, mainly because I spent so much on the regular issues :) I love the idea of a weekly comic. However, the most interesting one (Wednesday Comics) was not available through my comic store. of all the event comics, this was probably my fave.
@octaslash: Though I enjoy where Morrison took the franchise in general, I have to say I didn't enjoy the journey there very much. However, he did set the stage for Whedon's "Astonishing" run, which I credit with getting me back into comics. I still haven't quite forgiven him for the Kitty Pryde incident though.
@schrodingers-katana: Thank you for summing up my feelings on New X-Men so well. I respect Grant Morrison for his ability to come up with grand, mind-bending concepts and story arcs, but I feel like he generally fumbles on the delivery.
Having Magneto infiltrate the X-Men with a disguise that they cannot physically see through, nor can they psychically pierce: brilliant.
Making him a Kick junkie who triggers a planet-size stroke in Jean's brain to siphon off his excess power: incomprehensible.
When he introduces the idea, it makes you come up with a dozen awesome directions you would like to see it go. Then he drives the entire thing off a cliff.
@Tenshi21: Yeah, there was this weird vibe to the run that definitely helped to shake up the terrible way things were going. I think it might have been perfect for an original series, but with the X-franchise it was a bit hit or miss at times. Still, very thankful for what he did, even if I don't enjoy reading it as much as I probably could.
Yeah, C'mon, how is Planetary not on here? Really kills this list for me. Also, I loved Cassanova, but gradually lost interest, and wouldn't place it in my top ten.
we3 was fantastic, and huge fan of Y.
Would also include Ex Machina, Top 10, Global Frequency, and The Umbrella Academy.
Also, honorable mention: Resurrection and The Surrogates.
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12/14/09
There may be other authors writing sci-fi comics, but few with quite as much love (sticky shameful perverted love) for Science . Within the past decade, he's given us:
Planetary - You'd be hard pressed to find another series anywhere more self-referential to the history of comics and sci-fi, spanning everything from Jules Verne, Tarzan, and Doc Savage to giant Tokyo monsters, The Fantastic 4, and the evolution of John Constantine into King Mob.
Global Frequency - Another great mostly-episodic series spanning all manner of sci-fi subjects, from killer cyborgs to memetic viruses.
Desolation Jones - Essentially Jerry Cornelius meets The Prisoner. Slightly less sci-fi than some of the other titles, but 'Y the Last Man' is up there, so I'm including it anyways.
Plus Ocean, Nextwave, New Universal, Doktor Sleepless, Ministry of Space, Ignition City, and probably several more that I'm forgetting.
12/14/09
I posted to much the same, damn shame there's no Ellis on here. But you did forget one important one (given when it ended) Transmetropolitan.
But I'd definitely agree that both Planetary and Global Frequency should have been contenders. Lets hope the Global Freq show turns out to be as good as the GN, because it is the perfect setup for an Outer Limits style show, and I cannot wait for it to get going.
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Someone dismissed Batman Year 100, but I liked it.
12/13/09
Does Batman RIP count as Sci Fi?
and Mr. Morrison already has 2 books on the list.
IHMO All Star Superman was probably the best overall cape comic of the decade. Just Amazing.
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Pluto, Planetes, Y: The Last Man definately belong up there.
Warren Ellis' run on Thunderbolts, Kirkman's Invcible (Walking Dead is better SciFi material but Invicible mixes things up more,) Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man, The Umbrella Academy, Ed Brubaker's Sleeper along with Brubaker and Fraction's run on Immortal Iron Fist just off the top of my head were my favorite reads of the last 10 years.
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Why can't they all be that good?
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I would like to see a graphic novel about a futuristic world where we all acknowledge we have different tastes and don't waste our time bickering over what other's like (or should like). That would be a neat world.
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Maybe they weren't the best comics this decade, but they were definitely the best X-Men comics.
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Having Magneto infiltrate the X-Men with a disguise that they cannot physically see through, nor can they psychically pierce: brilliant.
Making him a Kick junkie who triggers a planet-size stroke in Jean's brain to siphon off his excess power: incomprehensible.
When he introduces the idea, it makes you come up with a dozen awesome directions you would like to see it go. Then he drives the entire thing off a cliff.
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we3 was fantastic, and huge fan of Y.
Would also include Ex Machina, Top 10, Global Frequency, and The Umbrella Academy.
Also, honorable mention: Resurrection and The Surrogates.
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Same with Scott Pilgri- oh wait... nuts.