Favorite Writers?

[MattyB]

For me it would be Grant Morrison and Brian K Vaughan. Grant Morrison has such a trippy writing style when done right is just amazing, and Vaughan is just an amazing storyteller.

Anyone else want to join in?

 

[GOLLUM]

HMMM...do I go for the obvious ones...MEH...BUT then gain what the heck...

Allan Moore, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman for appetizers and for artwork I'll throw in McKean, Aussie Shaun Tan and Charles Vess.

 

[diegesis]

Terry Pratchett.-

 

[DeepThought]

Some of mine overlap with GOLLUM's; Moore, Gaiman, Miller. In addition:

Warren Ellis
Garth Ennis
Bill Willingham

 

[Culhwch]

Bill Willingham, definitely. I like Vaughn's work, too. Never did get in to Gaiman's graphic novels - I prefer his prose. And, sorry, but I honestly think Alan Moore is more than slightly overrated...

 

[GOLLUM]

Ever the controversial hey?...

Don't know about Willingham, can someone please elaborate?

 

[Waziwig]

Like all the rest, I have to agree on Morrison, Gaiman, Frank Miller, and for that proper, tear jearking chill, Art Spiegelman.

 

[GOLLUM]

I've got the Complete MAUS...what a classic!

 

[Culhwch]

Ever the controversial hey?...

Don't know about Willingham, can someone please elaborate?

Always!

Willingham has worked on a few titles but is probably most acclaimed for Fables. A great series, you should definitely check it out.

 

[DeepThought]

...think Alan Moore is more than slightly overrated...

Blasphemy!!

...Fables. A great series, you should definitely check it out.

Can't agree enough. My favorite graphic novel excepting Watchmen and Sandman. IMHO the best thing to come out of Vertigo since the Sandman.

 

[Connavar]

Alan Moore overrated is like saying Robert Heinlein is overrated. Just because everyone thinks a writer is a legend in his field doesnt mean its only hype when you dont see it.

My favorite writers are Garth Ennis,Frank Miller,Alan Moore,Ed Brubaker,Warren Ellis,Brian K. Vaughn,Robert Kirkman,Jimmy Palmiotti,Justin Gray,Chuck Dixon,Denny O'Neil.

For older chilhood comics favs : René Goscinny(Asterix,Tintin),Hal Foster(Prince Valiant), Lee Falk(The Phantom)

 

[Sargeant_Fox]

Alan Moore & Hugo Pratt

Alan Moore. His body of work is intimidating and consistently good: Miracle Man; The Ballad of Halo Jones; V for Vendetta; Watchmen; Swamp Thing; From Hell; Supreme; Promethea; Top Ten; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

I also like Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and the Hernandez brothers, but they can be pretty hit and miss.

From Europe I admire Hugo Pratt; like Alan Moore, he produced an amazing body of work throughout his career, all of which is ridiculously unavailable in the USA. He created Corto Maltese and possibly wrote the best war comics ever.

 

[dask]

There are so many great writers scripting comics it's virtually impossible to rank one above the other. Still, I have soft spots for Stan Lee, Len Kaminski, Chuck Dixon, Dan Abnett, and the duo Pat Mills and Tony Skinner.

 

[Culhwch]

Alan Moore overrated is like saying Robert Heinlein is overrated. Just because everyone thinks a writer is a legend in his field doesnt mean its only hype when you dont see it.

Actually, I think Heinlein is overrated, too. But notice the key words: 'I think'. Moore also seems like a giant tool who is amazingly full of himself, but I try not to hold that against him...

 

[Connavar]

Actually, I think Heinlein is overrated, too. But notice the key words: 'I think'. Moore also seems like a giant tool who is amazingly full of himself, but I try not to hold that against him...

Well what i said is what "i think" too. To me there are classic writers in for example SF that i dont like. But i dont think they are overrated because everyone else likes them. Thats what im saying.

 

[GOLLUM]

Moore also seems like a giant tool who is amazingly full of himself, but I try not to hold that against him...

HMMM...what's that expression.."takes one to know....something or other" just on the tip of my tongue..............runs into underground bomb shelter.

I've never read a long interview by Moore but it would be interesting if anyone knew of any. I recall he did an extensive exit interview that was published but any other published interviews in book form out there?...

 

[Culhwch]

I read an interview - wish I knew where now - that was obviously conducted by a fauning fan, where the topic of film adaptations, specifically the recent V for Vendetta and Watchmen came up, and the overall impression I got was of a man very much taken with himself and besotted with his own genius. And slightly loony. The latter, I'll forgive any day of the week...

Connavar - not arguing with you, but if I see a whole bunch of people deifying the man, and having read his work myself and thought it never more than average to occasionally above average, 'overrated' is about the most accurate tag I can use.

 

[Sargeant_Fox]

Amongst comic book writers, Alan Moore is the one that resembles a writer the most in the classic sense. He simply writes and doesn't place his own persona before his work. Unlike Gaiman, Millar and Ellis, he hasn't set up blogs and official websites; he doesn't bore anyone with twitter; he doesn't whore himself on message boards, pretending to be friends with fanboys who think he owes them his time. He's a writer; he writes. Like real writers, he makes himself heard through the occasional interview.

And for the past 30 years he's only written, written, written to delight the hearts and minds of comic book readers. I find it disturbing that this man who has given so much to so many has become a target of so much contempt recently. A couple of overhyped mediocre film adaptations come out, everyone loves them (how is being my understanding) and Alan Moore becomes a loon for hating these watered down versions of great works of art.

 

[Adam Lucas]

Yeah definitely Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Warren Ellis, Alan Moore of course.