Best Comic Book Writer Alive

#1 Edited by The_Soverighn (1763 posts) - 7 months, 16 hours ago - Show Bio

Who In Your Opinion Is The Best Comic Writer Alive

My List Is

  1. Mark Waid
  2. David Liss
  3. Paul Dini
  4. Geoff Johns
  5. Scott Snyder
  6. Robert Kirkman
  7. Matt Fraction
  8. Rick Remender
  9. Kieron Gillen

Whats Your ?

#2 Posted by The_Soverighn (1763 posts) - 7 months, 16 hours ago - Show Bio

GO

#3 Posted by John Valentine (15778 posts) - 7 months, 16 hours ago - Show Bio

@The_Soverighn said:

Who In Your Opinion Is The Best Comic Writer Alive

My List Is

  1. Mark Waid
  2. David Liss
  3. Paul Dini
  4. Geoff Johns
  5. Scott Snyder
  6. Robert Kirkman
  7. Matt Fraction
  8. Rick Remender
  9. Kieron Gillen

Fraction is that high?!

#4 Posted by TheAcidSkull (6794 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@The_Soverighn said:

Who In Your Opinion Is The Best Comic Writer Alive

My List Is

  1. Mark Waid
  2. David Liss
  3. Paul Dini
  4. Geoff Johns
  5. Scott Snyder
  6. Robert Kirkman
  7. Matt Fraction
  8. Rick Remender
  9. Kieron Gillen

why isn't peter david or morrison here ?

#5 Posted by ReVamp (22561 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

No Morrison, Moore, Gaiman? :O

Oh well. I'd have to think for mine.

#6 Posted by Bluefox170 (357 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

Greg Rucka and Justin Jordan are my personal favorites.

#7 Posted by Billy Batson (54348 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@ReVamp said:

No Morrison, Moore, Gaiman? :O

Oh well. I'd have to think for mine.

The latter two haven't made anything in a long time :/
BB

#8 Posted by The_Soverighn (1763 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@ReVamp: @TheAcidSkull: i knew you guys would be all over most of these guys so i excluded them and a few others on purpose

#9 Posted by tg1982 (2304 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

In no specific order....

Stan Lee - He's basically created every Marvel character there is.

Ed Brubaker - His run on Cap, to me, is legendary, brought Bucky back, and Winter Soldier is awesome.

Christos Gage - I really like his Avengers Academy, it's a shame that it's ending.

Rick Remender - I've only read his Secret Avengers and the first Uncanny Avengers ish, and am quit happy that if anyone has to replace Brubaker, it's him.

Matt Fraction - I really like his Iron Man

Kelly Sue DeConnick - I really like Captain Marvel, right now.

That's about it so far.

#10 Posted by ReVamp (22561 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@Billy Batson said:

@ReVamp said:

No Morrison, Moore, Gaiman? :O

Oh well. I'd have to think for mine.

The latter two haven't made anything in a long time :/
BB

And of course, this logically means that they're dead. Billy Logic at its finest.

@The_Soverighn: :D

#11 Edited by TheAcidSkull (6794 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@The_Soverighn said:

GO

you should add pak :D

#12 Posted by Billy Batson (54348 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@ReVamp said:

@Billy Batson said:

@ReVamp said:

No Morrison, Moore, Gaiman? :O

Oh well. I'd have to think for mine.

The latter two haven't made anything in a long time :/
BB

And of course, this logically means that they're dead. Billy Logic at its finest.

No, there's just no point calling them best writers alive when they haven't continued to write their stories in for some time now.
BB

#13 Posted by ReVamp (22561 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@Billy Batson said:

@ReVamp said:

@Billy Batson said:

@ReVamp said:

No Morrison, Moore, Gaiman? :O

Oh well. I'd have to think for mine.

The latter two haven't made anything in a long time :/
BB

And of course, this logically means that they're dead. Billy Logic at its finest.

No, there's just no point calling them best writers alive when they haven't continued to write their stories in for some time now.
BB

Uhhhh. Yes there is. They're alive, not suffering from Dementia, in a healthy state. They're writers. They fit the bill.

#14 Posted by aaunderoath (152 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

Gillen, Brubaker, Hickman have been getting all my attention lately so i'll just say them

#15 Posted by sillypoo (65 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@The_Soverighn said:

Who In Your Opinion Is The Best Comic Writer Alive

My List Is

  1. Mark Waid
  2. David Liss
  3. Paul Dini
  4. Geoff Johns
  5. Scott Snyder
  6. Robert Kirkman
  7. Matt Fraction
  8. Rick Remender
  9. Kieron Gillen

Is Mark Waid the same guy doing the next Hulk series, Indestructible Hulk? Would that be worth getting if you're new to comics, like me?

#16 Posted by The_Soverighn (1763 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

@sillypoo: waid has been known as a reinvented in the ways characters are perceived while keeping them true to themselves, so yeah absolutely it should be amazing.

#17 Edited by SmashBrawler (3820 posts) - 7 months, 15 hours ago - Show Bio

I'm not liking the lack of Jeff Lemire in that list.

#18 Posted by The_Soverighn (1763 posts) - 7 months, 14 hours ago - Show Bio

@SmashBrawler: write your list dude

#19 Posted by SmashBrawler (3820 posts) - 7 months, 14 hours ago - Show Bio

@The_Soverighn: Too lazy :P

The rest of your list is pretty good, though.

#20 Posted by tahmidk (277 posts) - 7 months, 14 hours ago - Show Bio

some of my favs are liefeld, tony daniels and chuck austin

#21 Posted by Loki9876 (2686 posts) - 7 months, 13 hours ago - Show Bio

I will keep to the writers who are really active not like moore or miller

1 Scott Snyder

2 Jeff Lemire

3 Kieron Gillen

4 hickman

5 Brian Vaughn

6 Brubaker

7 Geoff Johns

8 Matt Fraction

9 tomasi

10 Rick Remender

#22 Posted by TheThe (1439 posts) - 7 months, 11 hours ago - Show Bio

Neil Gaiman

Scott Snyder

James Robinson

#23 Posted by Eternal19 (1418 posts) - 7 months, 10 hours ago - Show Bio

the best in my opinion are

1.Grant Morrison

2.Scott Snyder

3.Geoff Johns

4.Peter J. Tomasi

5. James Robinson

#24 Posted by JediXMan (22948 posts) - 7 months, 10 hours ago - Show Bio

Morrison.

#25 Posted by chalkshark (825 posts) - 7 months, 10 hours ago - Show Bio
  1. Alan Moore
  2. Neil Gaiman
  3. Grant Morrison
  4. Peter Milligan
  5. James Robinson
  6. Howard Chaykin
  7. J. Michael Straczynski
  8. Ed Brubaker
  9. Peter David
  10. JIm Starlin
#26 Posted by Manwhohaseverything (888 posts) - 7 months, 8 hours ago - Show Bio

Waid is great, so is Snyder. I think Gail Simone is highly under-rated.

#27 Posted by SlantedRoom (15 posts) - 7 months, 4 hours ago - Show Bio

Brain K. Vaughan is my all time favorite. I'm surprised he hasn't been on more lists. I mean Y: The Last Man is all time great and Saga is shaping up pretty good as well. Nick Spencer is also up there, Morning Glories has been fantastic so far. Jim McCann is also wonderful and Kirkman can hold is own as well.

#28 Posted by krilling (2481 posts) - 6 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

Alan Moore, Ed Brubaker, Jason Aaron.

#29 Posted by The_Soverighn (1763 posts) - 6 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

bump

#30 Posted by ssejllenrad (11517 posts) - 6 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

Alan Moore - If DC makes whole crossover events from minor things you've written, you are just that goddamn good.

Frank Miller - Best and the most definitive Batman stories to-date was written by him.

Grant Morrison - I don't need to elaborate on Scottish Lex.

Jeph Loeb - He sucks bigtime when he screws things up. But at his peak, he is damn good. For All Seasons, Long Halloween, etc.

Mark Waid

Mark Millar

Geoph Johns

Scott Snyder

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