Sorry for the radio silence, but the day job has been kicking my ass lately. It’s not bad, just busy. To stave off charges of neglect, I thought I would share my contribution to The Hooded Utilitarian International Best Comics Poll, all of the posts of which are listed here:
- Aruku Hito [The Walking Man], Jiro Taniguchi
- Castle Waiting, Linda Medley
- The Defenders Stories, Steve Gerber & Sal Buscema
- Doonesbury, Garry B. Trudeau
- Emma, Kaoru Mori
- Furûtsu Basaketto [Fruits Basket], Natsuki Takaya
- Kurosagi Shitai Takuhaibin [The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service], Eiji Ôtsuka & Housai Yamazaki
- MW, Osamu Tezuka
- One Piece, Eiichiro Oda
- Seiyô Kottô Yôgashiten [Antique Bakery], Fumi Yoshinaga
I clearly had no influence on the top ten, and I think I barely had any influence on the top 115, but I’ve still enjoyed reading all of the lists people submitted, and I stand by my choices, even though they lean as much to “favorite” as they do “best.” And really, if you’re going to be totally honest, aren’t your favorite things the best things at the end of the day? These are all comics that I can read over and over, so they win.