wargalukMy favorites: Comics
I was very enthusiastic about comics when I was younger. I still like the idea of comic books as a medium and read quite a lot of them, but I wish I were more often genuinely impressed and captivated by them. I can recognize quality works and appreciate them on an impersonal level, but rarely truly enjoy them. Below is my attempt to list those that I do like.
Authors
For these creators, it was difficult to give specific recommendations. I either appreciate their entire oeuvre or find that their oeuvre as a whole is more interesting than any individual part of it.
- Enki Bilal
- Charles Burns
- Dave Cooper
- Suehiro Maruo
- Hans Rickheit
- Johnny Ryan (sorry!)
- Olivier Schrauwen
- Maciej Sieńczyk
- Josh Simmons
- Jim Woodring
Works
- Aâma (Frederik Peeters)
- Blame! (Tsutomu Nihei)
- Bottomless Belly Button (Dash Shaw)
- Crash Site (Nathan Cowdry)
- Dai Dark (Q Hayashida)
- David Boring (Daniel Clowes)
- Doom Patrol (Grant Morrison and Richard Case)
- Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron (Daniel Clowes)
- Megg, Mogg & Owl (Simon Hanselmann)
- Pachyderme (Frederik Peeters)
- Underwater (Chester Brown)
I also have some affection, which is really nostalgia, for the darker DC and Vertigo comics of the 80’s and 90’s.