Top 100 Meme!

Hello there.

I'm Charles W. I've been reading and enjoying several comics blogs for some time, and I finally decided to take a shot at it myself. My primary goal here is simply to write more often and exercise (or gain) certain skills, but I also enjoy good conversations and discussions, so I look forward to that. I may branch into other things at some point, but for now, it's strictly comics.

It looks like I'm just in time to chime in with a list of 100 Things I Love About Comics. (Alan David Doane at Comic Book Galaxy did one recently, inspired by Fred Hembeck's lists from the eighties, and many bloggers have come up with excellent lists since then. Mike over at Progressive Ruin has provided links to several of them.)

This isn't a complete list of everything I love, and it's in no particular order, but here goes.

1. Miracleman.
2. Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks.
3. Mogo.
4. Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme.
5. Planetary.
6. Frank Miller's 300.
7. Tintin.
8. Steranko's Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
9. Christopher Priest's Black Panther.
10. "In loudest din or hush profound,
My ears catch evil's slightest sound
Let those who toll out evil's knell
Beware my power: The F-Sharp Bell!"*
11. DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke.
12. Street Angel by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca.
13. Calvin and Hobbes.
14. Akira.
15. Walt Simonson's run on Thor.
16. Powers by Bendis and Oeming.
17. Marshal Law.
18. "For the Man Who Has Everything," by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
19. Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness' run on Deadpool.
20. The original Captain Marvel.
21. Hostess Fruit Pies ads.
22. Batman: The Animated Series.
23. Mage: The Hero Discovered.
24. Suicide Squad.
25. Claremont and Byrne's run on Uncanny X-Men.
26. Rocket backpacks that don't burn your booty. (See Adam Strange and the Rocketeer.)
27. Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
28. Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai.
29. JSA.
30. The Spider-Man/Wolverine one-shot written by Jim Owsley (Priest).
31. "Batman: Year One" by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli.
32. Peanuts.
33. The Legion of Doom.
34. Art Spiegelman.
35. The Gen13 "Grunge: The Movie" mini-series by Adam Warren.
36. Alan Moore's run on Supreme.
37. The Invaders.
38. Julie Schwartz covers.
39. Bernie Wrightson.
40. Atari Force.
41. We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
42. Rocket (from the Milestone book Icon).
43. Peter David on Hulk.
44. JLA/JSA crossovers.
45. Lone Wolf and Cub.
46. The original Books of Magic mini-series.
47. Marshall Rogers' art on Batman.
48. Claremont and Miller's Wolverine.
49. Bat-Shark Repellent.
50. Winsor McKay's Little Nemo in Slumberland.
51. Benjamin J. Grimm.
52. Mad Love by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.
53. Jack Kirby.
54. Krypto.
55. Kitty Pryde's bedtime story to Illyana.
56. Watchmen.
57. The art of John Cassaday.
58. Walt Simonson's run on Fantastic Four.
59. Grant Morrison's run on JLA.
60. Starman.
61. Spider-Man 2.
62. The DC Digests from back in the day.
63. Frank Miller on Daredevil.
64. George Herriman's Krazy Kat.
65. Spider-Man's "alternate costume" of an old FF uniform and a bag over his head.
66. Asterix.
67. Superman the Movie and Superman II.
68. The Sin City "Electric Chair Marv" "action" figure.
69. Ultimate Spider-Man by Bendis and Bagley.
70. Jack Cole.
71. Top Ten.
72. Ace the Bat-Hound.
73. Boondocks.
74. The Golden Age.
75. Peter David's run on X-Factor.
76. Iron Wok Jan.
77. Mr. Majestic by Joe Casey, Brian Holguin, and Ed McGuinness.
78. Luke Cage.
79. "One punch!"
80. The Fleischer Superman cartoons.
81. Steve Ditko.
82. Super-Gorilla Grodd.
83. Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross.
84. The Authority by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch.
85. The Golden Age Flash.
86. A biker with a flaming skull for a head.
87. x2: X-Men United.
88. Opus.
89. All-Star Comics #3.
90. Lockjaw.
91. New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
92. Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.
93. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud.
94. The Incredibles.
95. The Legion of Super-Heroes.
96. Major Bummer by John Arcudi and Doug Mankhe.
97. Crisis on Infinite Earths.
98. The art of Bryan Hitch.
99. The fastball special.
100. Superman . . . just for being himself.