100 Things I Love About Comics

I was really surprised at how quickly this list came together. I did it as sort of a stream of consciousness thing and then went back to reorder and group some things together like books and creators. I know that I'm missing names of particular creators or books I love, but I was limited to 100. I could probably list 500 things that I love about comics.

1. Wednesday – New Comics Day!
2. The first Wednesday of the month when I get my comics order from Mailordercomics. It is like having Christmas twelve times a year!
3. My lunch hour at work. This is usually when I get most of my comics reading done.
4. Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC
5. Newsarama and other comic news sites
   
6. Bendis Board and a few other comic message boards
   
7. Wizard
8. Fanboy Rampage and other comic blogs
   
9. Tradepaperbacks
10. Bags, boards and long boxes - I just love the whole process of reading and caring for my books
    
11. Previews and early solicitations on the web - I love seeing what is in store for the future.
    
12. Comiclist - Charles LePage provides us with a breakdown of what books are coming from each publisher each and every week.
    
13. The promise of new and exciting books like All-Star Batman And Robin by Frank Miller and Jim Lee, All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly and many others.
14. Hardcovers
15. The memory of Jim Lee drawing the X-Men.
    
16. Astonishing X-Men - This is hands down one of the best books being published today and could very well end up being the definitive X-Men story.
    
17. Planetary
18. Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
19. Powers
20. The Goon
21. New Avengers
22. Ultimate Universe Books (Ultimates, Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, etc.)
23. Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting and Michael Lark
24. Gotham Central
25. Marvel Knights Spider-Man by Mark Millar, Terry Dodson and Frank Cho
26. PVP
27. Sleeper
28. Wanted
29. WE3
30. Astro City
31. Hellboy
32. Iron Man by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov
33. Queen & Country
34. Walking Dead
35. Invincible
36. She-Hulk
37. Marvels
38. Kingdom Come
39. Ex Machina
40. Superman: Secret Identity
41. Alias
42. The Flash – both Mark Waid and Geoff John’s runs
43. Green Arrow with Kevin Smith or Brad Meltzer writing
44. JSA
45. Y: The Last Man
46. Runaways
47. 100 Bullets
48. Amazing Spider-Man
49. Fantastic Four by Mark Waid and Mike Weiringo
50. Man Of Steel by John Byrne
51. The Authority by Warren Ellis or Mark Millar
52. Avengers by Kurt Busiek and George Perez
53. Supreme Power
54. Nightwing by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel
55. Bone by Jeff Smith
    
56. Excalibur by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis – This is the comic that really started it all for me.
57. Earth X
58. Watchmen
59. Kabuki
60. Marvel Boy by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones
    
61. New X-Men by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly
62. The Complete Frank Miller Batman which I found in a bargain bin at Waldenbooks for $2.00.
63. Preacher
64. Punisher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
65. Shockrockets by Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen
    
66. Frank Miller's Sin City
    
67. Starman by James Robinson
68. Thunderbolts by Kurt Busiek
69. Ultimate Marvel Team-Up - Brian Michael Bendis teaming up with a slew of great artists showcasing Peter Parker's first meetings with other heroes of the Ultimate Universe. Great stuff!
    
70. Steve Skroce’s run on Wolverine
71. The Complete Copybook Tales
72. Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 1-3
73. Fables
74. Fray - My first real exposure to Joss Whedon and the Buffyverse.
    
75. Global Frequency - Warren Ellis and a slew of great artists doing done in one stories.
    
76. Jim Lee
77. Frank Cho
78. Carlos Pacheco
79. Darwyn Cooke
80. Brian K. Vaughan
81. Mike Mignola
82. Neil Gaiman
83. Joshua Middleton
84. Joe Quesada
85. Alan Moore
86. J.H. Williams III
87. Chris Sprouse
88. Alex Ross
89. Kurt Busiek
90. Stuart Immonen
91. Adam Hughes
92. J. Michael Straczynski
93. John Romita Jr.
94. Crossgen – a company I wished had flourished
95. David Mack
96. Mike Allred
97. J.G. Jones
98. John Cassaday
    
99. Kevin Smith
100. Ed McGuinness