What kind of comics would you like to see published?

There was a pretty good Luthor miniseries a few years ago written by Brian Azzarello, I think--the premise was that he was the hero in his own story, which worked nicely for him.

Isn't there an upcoming DC miniseries from the Joker's POV?

I'd love if it someone did a very matter the fact comic book about colonization of the solar system.

Yes... I'm sure they're out there, but I can't think of any good sci-fi comics (especially ongoing ones) that are recent--especially not ones without the lazily designed aliens that always haunt these things.

I'd love if it someone did a very matter the fact comic book about colonization of the solar system.

Aye: PLANETES. It's set at the onset of colonization, but it does fit the bill you describe. Half hard sci-fi, half human interest, but that's a lame description for what proves, in the end, a lovely and quite affecting series.

No pirate comics, plz.

Yeah, more comics that are like serialisations of very long SF novels would be welcome.

I'm kind of surprised that there are not more SF comic books, as the medium seems pretty great for being able to illustrate this kind of thing. I guess they just sadly don't sell unless they are tied into something else. There seems to be quite a bit of manga (like that Planetes - which looks interesting) that will get into this kind of SF and I probably need to just break down and search it out.

Warren Ellis has done some good mini-series that are kind of like what I am describing including Ocean and Ministry of Space.

I'm also kind of not surprised there are not more alternate history based comics, something like "The Man in the High Castle". I'd figure that something like this would be primo for doing in a comic.

I'm going to look up that Lex Luthor mini-series. I think the cool thing about the whole Final Crisis so far, both the lead in issue in JLA and issue 1 was seeing the story from the criminals point of view.

No pirate comics, plz.

― Mordy, Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:03 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Actually I'd like to see Somalian piracy show up in comics, in something Queen & Country-ish.

I'd like a Keith Giffen collection, an Ambush Bug one, then a Heckler one, then as many Legion ones as they can stand to publish. And didn't he do something on Jonah Hex or something? I'd even buy a Trencher paperback.

Also, a John Romita Junior collection (JR JR). His artwork on Daredevil was jaw-dropping - his daredevil, silver surfer, mephisto, kingpin. Come on. JR JR was great and I would totally get into nice reprints of his stuff.

Also some Miraclemen hardcovers, but since nobody even knows who owns the rights to it anymore, this may never happen.

Mick Anglo owns the rights to it.

It is no wonder that DC cannot sell Titans or Legion comics, when they pretty much have not put much of the classic 80s run of the comics in print. I can understand wanting to reprint the silver age comics in order within Showcase collections, but it seems silly to not to have reprinted in any good measure Wolfman/Perez's Titans run or Levitz/Giffen's Legion run. I think if those were in Showcase type books, they would sell really big and since they compare pretty well to current fare, might actually get some people interested in buying new Legion or Titans comics.

The only Titans in print are either 6 issues for $50 bucks or some of the later runs being put together. The Judas Contract is an excellent story and probably hangs up OK as a stand alone story, but it really is much better if you read the earlier stories dealing with Deathstroke.

His artwork on Daredevil was jaw-dropping

The Nocenti/Romita run is one of the great overlooked runs. Great writing, great art, and I don't think it's ever been collected.

There was a Typhoid Mary trade that collected a few of those issues (including one pretty strange Inferno tie-in) to coincide with Bendis bringing the character back to DD.

Bazooka Jules.

People upthread, four months ago, who want hard sf comics/space colonization = way way way OTM.
this would be fantastic if done properly. for how it can fail, see all star trek comics ever. (if there are good ones, please let me know, but everything i've tried is total barfo. more-than-half in part of the art.) Maybe take cues from TV shows like Firefly & Battlestar Galactica regarding character relationships and how to combine an effective long-form narrative with an action/adventure serial. Things would have to have more forward momentum than, say, an X-Men comic, for it work though; having yer cast hanging out in a ship all the time = major dudsville.

I'd like more genuinely funny comics. (i do not go in much for the contemporary mad magazine scene.)

Bazooka Jules = is this a steampunk Jules Verne who fights crime with home-made bazooka?

It's a big-titted schoolgirl who fights crime with home-made bazookas, from what I remember.