History Gush / ComicBooks

*** Scrooge stars in some of the best Disney comics ever, yet I always thought of his nephew, DonaldDuck, as leading some of the best Disney stories in all of its history. CarlBarks' works with the character are a must, sure, but what about the thousands of stories starring Donny all over the world, since the 30's? Don't get me started.

* {{Deadpool}} is an awesome character. And ''Cable and Deadpool'' is awesome, light-hearted fun. And contains some of the most hilarious HoYay ever.

* Creator/ChrisClaremont's first run on ComicBook/{{X-Men}}, especially when paired with Alan Davis, John Byrne, or Dave Cockrum. The imagination and resonance in those stories still persists to this day.

* ''Comicbook/{{Exiles}}'' - [[XMeetsY X-Men meets Sliders]] for all kinds of awesome. The fact that most of the action takes place in alternate universes without heavy continuity means that the writers could have some CrazyAwesome ideas for stories. Like what if [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Bolivar Trask]], [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Hank Pym]] and [[SpiderMan Curt Conners]] decided to fight {{Kaiju}} with TransformingMecha? Or if a bunch of C-list alternate universe heroes decided to fight an evil Superman expy for the fate of the universe? That and it didn't cheapen the deaths of well-developed characters by bringing them back. And Blink is just awesome.

* ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin is the most clever, weirdest, wackiest, and greatest comic i've ever read in my life. All 24 issues are great. The art is so complex and extremly pleasing to look at, the story, while weird, is brilliantly told. It's also extremly funny andvthe cast of characters are all great. And the ending, oh my god the ending, it's so heartwarming and wraps everythong up so nicely. Absolutly give this series a try, it's worth it.

* Comic Book/ScudTheDisposableAssassin is the most clever, weirdest, wackiest, and greatest comic i've ever read in my life. All 24 issues are great. The art is so complex and extremly pleasing to look at, the story, while weird, is brilliantly told. It's also extremly funny andvthe cast of characters are all great. And the ending, oh my god the ending, it's so heartwarming and wraps everythong up so nicely. Absolutly give this series a try, it's worth it.

** The Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} series each had enough win and heartwarming to make Gotham seem like a nice place. The epicness of the Cain series was described well enough above, so the Stephanie Brown, LighterAndSofter series will be gushed about here. With a barely used protagonist best known for her humiliatingly bad death story, and a virtually unknown writer and wildly changing art team, it became the happiest, funniest and most beautiful Batbook. Special mention must go to the guest star issues, which showed the contrast between characters while giving them realistic and hilarious relationship dynamics, expanding on the core of each character. Oh, and she slapped the [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Goddamn Batman]]

** The Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} series each had enough win and heartwarming to make Gotham seem like a nice place. The epicness of the Cain series was described well enough above, so the Stephanie Brown, LighterAndSofter series will be gushed about here. With a barely used protagonist best known for her humiliatingly bad death story, and a virtually unknown writer and wildly changing art team, it became the happiest, funniest and most beautiful Batbook. Special mention must go to the guest star issues, which showed the contrast between characters while giving them realistic and hilarious relationship dynamics, expanding on the core of each character. Oh, and she slapped the [[Main/CrowningMomentofAwesome Goddamn Batman]]
* SquirrelGirl! The greatest modern Marvel character! Who doesn't like a perky teenage girl who has single handedly defeated both Thanos and Dr Doom with nothing but squirrels?

** I just got around to reading The Black Mirror and OH MY GOSH. What a book. What a damned fine book. I'm a Dick Grayson fanboy and a big lover of the Gordons, but even without that this one blew me away. Creepy, cool, creative and engrossing, with a villain that's so human it's terrifying but so fresh for the Bat-mythos it's exciting. Legitimately one of the best comics ever written, in my opinion.

* ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''. Where to even begin? I was expecting a BlackComedy but instead got an inner look at society and people in general. The satire is wonderfully biting. YourHeadAsplode in Heaven was great too.

* PaperinikNewAdventures: yeah,yeah,you might find the idea of DonaldDuck as a superhero silly...and you would be so,so very wrong:as a guy who read tons and tons of comic books,i can honestly say this is one of the best series i have ever seen,with well [[RoundedCharacter developed characters]],an original universe and the regular and intelligent use of twists.I actually feel kind of sorry for those out of Italy who can't [[NoExportForYou read it]].
** Seconded. seriously, Xadhoom is the kind of overpowered Badass that completely avoids being a [[MarySue sue]]. powerwise we're talking [[HellSing Alucard]] levels of Power and [[BadAss Badassery]] here. imagine [[TheDCU Superman]] with vast control over Matter and Energy and, give her [[Anime/DragonBallZ Vegeta's]] temper and abrasiveness, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards's]] intellect and that just about sums up Xadhoom. this may seem Long-winded, but hey, This is Gush

* HackSlash: A BloodierAndGorier, HotterAndSexier version of Buffy, with all the humor, action, and emotion that that conveys.

* The FantasticFour, people. Hickman himself sums them up nicely: "A perfect family in an imperfect world". It's just really refreshing and comforting to see this group of people go through life together. And yeah there are bad days and good days, and really great days and really crappy ones, but they're still a family. That's a really heady, grown-up message in a medium that historically isn't equipped to do grown-up heady messages--however much it tries (and it gets close). Separately and together, the FF are the Marvel Universe's old buddies. They play cards with the Avengers, they're all friends with everyone, and even Reed and Doom have become civil in the past few years.
** And if you haven't read Hickman's run, buy it. Buy it now.

* ElEternauta is a wonderfully dark masterpiece that portrays both one of the most horrifying [[AlienInvasion alien invasions]] ever and protagonists that can be awesomely heroic in the face of that terrible adversity while also being normal people like you and me.

* The only graphic novel I have ever read was ''{{Bone}}''. I'm thrilled about the upcoming movie adaptation, but for now I can gush about the main comic. ''Bone'' is pure, distilled awesome. The storytelling is done masterfully, even in ways that can go unnoticed but that nonetheless benefit the reader. The artwork is notable for having characters that, in a way that is impossible to demonstrate through words, have many different styles that, while noticeably different from each other, all fit perfectly together and even look like the same style. [[ItMakesSenseInContext As I said, I can't describe it, but you will see it for yourself if you check it out.]] But moving on, it is also very lengthy, and I usually hate things that are lengthy... but ''Bone'' actually reserves the right to fill over a thousand pages because of its sheer amount of {{foreshadowing}} and numerous [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's guns]], and having interesting characters that you care about and scenes that are just plain [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome entertaining]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]], [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]], and [[TearJerker heartrending]]. READ IT. NOW. Although I insist, if you don't wanna read it (Don't worry, I understand), WATCH THE MOVIE WHEN IT COMES OUT.

* BlueBeetle. While all three incarnations are great in their own way, the first series featuring Jaime Reyes has to be one of the ''greatest superhero comics ever written''. With a great supporting cast plus [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]] and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]] a plenty, this was truly a series that was too good to last.

* ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies 3'' (#1) has ''Merc With Half a Mouth'' Zombie!{{Deadpool}} and [[NextWave Aaron Stack]] being their comical selves in an otherwise serious series. You can't top the awesomness radiating from the issue.

* ElfQuest is a masterpiece. The art is incredible, the story arcs are riviting, and EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER, even the ones that don't appear more than once or twice, has a unique and believable personality. Character death is treated as just another part of living. Sad, but not good or bad. There is wonderful character development for nearly all characters. The whole series lives and breathes awesome.

* Warren Ellis' Magnum Opus is either ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''. Maybe both. For all their crapsack, corrupt and/or dangerous settings, their flawed and anti-hero protagonists, and their absurd humour (especially ''Transmet'') both these series are deeply idealistic, with a strong sense of justice. People--whether superpowered or not--can make the world a better place, if they believe strongly enough and fight hard enough, though it may take all they have. Action, drama, suspense, humour, good(ish) guys against ''very'' bad guys, and consistently excellent artwork. What's not to love?

* Most of Warren Ellis' non-superhero work is brilliant. In particular, ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''. For all their crapsack, corrupt and/or dangerous settings, their flawed and anti-hero protagonists, and their absurd humour (especially ''Transmet'') both these series are deeply idealistic, with a strong sense of justice. People--whether superpowered or not--can make the world a better place, if they believe strongly enough and fight hard enough, though it may take all they have. Action, drama, suspense, humour, good(ish) guys against ''very'' bad guys, and consistently excellent artwork. What's not to love?

* Most of Warren Ellis' non-superhero work is brilliant. In particular, ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''. For all their crapsack, corrupt and/or dangerous settings, their flawed and anti-hero protagonists, and their absurd humour (especially ''Transmet'') both these series are deeply idealistic, with a strong sense of justice. People--whether superpowered or not--can make the world a better place, if they believe strongly enough and fight hard enough, though it may take all they have. Action, adventure, mysteries, suspense, humour, good(ish) guys against ''very'' bad guys, and consistently excellent artwork. What's not to love?

* Most of Warren Ellis' non-superhero work is brilliant. In particular, ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''. For all their crapsack, corrupt and dangerous settings, their flawed and anti-hero protagonists, and their absurd humour (especially ''Transmet'') both these series are deeply idealistic, with a strong sense of justice. People--whether superpowered or not--can make the world a better place, if they believe strongly enough and fight hard enough, though it may take all they have.

* MarvelZombies 3 (#1) has ''Merc With Half a Mouth'' Zombie!{{Deadpool}} and [[NextWave Aaron Stack]] being their comical selves in an otherwise serious series. You can't top the awesomness radiating from the issue.

* I love ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy despite my hatred for MAD. It's always fun to read up on the antics of those two hopelessly hilarious agents and their often violent WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes style antics. The art style and humour are always top notch with twists and turns adding to the laughs.