Inspired by Fred Hembeck, this meme gives me a chance to show just how much of a nerd I am. Again. Some more. Choices below reflect a particular moment in time fueled by an unspecified quantity of caffeine. Certain worthy entries were no doubt left off through no one’s fault but my own. Think of it as a snapshot, not a stone carving. Ask me next week and it could be different.
The books: 1. Amelia Rules! 2. Arrowsmith. 3. Case Closed. 4. Chase. 5. Ex Machina. 6. Fake. 7. Fallen Angel. 8. Girl Genius. 9. Hot Gimmick. 10. Inhumans (by Paul Jenkins). 11. Inhumans (by Sean McKeever). 12. Justice League International. 13. Kindaichi Case Files. 14. Owly. 15. Leave It To Chance. 16. Love Fights. 17. Madrox. 18. Maison Ikkoku. 19. Manhunter. 20. Marvel’s Essential books. 21. My Faith In Frankie. 22. Planetes. 23. Runaways. 24. Scott Pilgrim. 25. Sgt. Frog. 26. Shojo Beat. 27. Suicide Squad (the Amanda Waller iteration). 28. Top Ten. 29. We3. 30. Whistle! 31. Young Heroes In Love. 32. Young Justice.
The creators: 1. Murphy Anderson. 2. Jim Aparo. 3. Ed Brubaker. 4. Kurt Busiek. 5. John Cassaday. 6. Dave Cockrum. 7. Gene Colan. 8. Andy Diggle. 9. Carmine Infantino. 10. Gil Kane. 11. Michael Lark. 12. Grant Morrison. 13. George Perez. 14. Frank Quietly. 15. Greg Rucka. 16. Gail Simone. 17. Dan Slott. 18. Yu Watase.
The runs: 1. Peter David on X-Factor. 2. “The Great Darkness Saga.” 3. The Nebulon/Headmen arc in Defenders. 4. The Serpent Crown/Old West arc in Avengers. 5. Mike Grell art on Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. 6. Much of Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men. 7. Joe Kelly’s run on Deadpool. 8. Jack B. Quick from Tomorrow Stories. 9. The Gatherers arc in Avengers. 10. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. 11. Much of Sandman Mystery Theatre. 12. The Zodiac arc in Defenders. 13. Claremont and Byrne on Uncanny X-Men. 14. Warren Ellis on The Authority. 15. Kurt Busiek on Thunderbolts. 16. Early American Flagg. 17. Jim Robinson’s Starman. 18. Claremont and Paul Smith on Uncanny X-Men.
The web: 1. The Blogosphere. 2. The Comics Reporter. 3. Comic World News. 4. Comics Worth Reading. 5. Fanboy Rampage. 6. Gone and Forgotten: The Worst Comics Ever. 7. The V. 8. The X-Axis.
The characters: 1. Black Canary. 2. Carol Danvers. 3. Sue and Ralph Dibny. 4. Firebird. 5. Barda and Scott Free. 6. Hellcat. 7. Huntress (Earth One). 8. Huntress (Earth Two). 9. The Legion of Substitute Heroes. 10. Lockjaw. 11. Veronica Lodge. 12. Mantis. 13. Medusa. 14. Moondragon. 15. Moonstone. 16. Nightshade. 17. Red Guardian (Tania Belinski). 18. The Scarlet Witch. 19. Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew). 20. Teen Titans West. 21. The Vision. 22. Zatanna.
The rest: 1. Clean, well-lit comic stores. 2. Groaning shelves of manga at bookstores.