Paul Cornell has done a wonderful post full of suggestions of great comics that Hugo voters might consider next year. Here’s some of the stuff I’m intending to read (or have read):
- Warren Ellis doing X-Men
- Neil Gaiman doing Batman
- Leah Moore and John Reppion doing Dracula
- The latest Fables storyline
- Matt Fraction doing Iron Man
- Alan Moore’s latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Mike Carey’s Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
And then there are all the other books that Paul lists that I haven’t heard of but which he says are just as good. We could get a really great Hugo short list out of this lot.
A lot of good stuff there, for sure.
One addition that immediately comes to mind is Orbital, by Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé, a beautifully drawn political sf thriller. It was originally published in 2006, but I think it’s available in English for the first time this year.
Another thing to look out for is Grandville. It isn’t out yet, but how wrong could Bryan Talbot go with an “anthropomorphic steampunk detective-thriller”?
I’m certainly looking forward to Grandville. Also there should be another story arc of Joe Hill’s Locke & Key available soon.
Sadly Vampire Freestyle comes out very slowly and is a long way from being finished, I think.
I also recommend “Incognito” by Brubaker which he describes as a Marvel character hiding out in Harvey Pekar’s world.
Myself, I need to catch up on Ooku (alternate-history feudal Japan in which 90% of the male population has mysteriously died off) and 20th Century Boys.
A small correction to the otherwise wonderful list is that there is no Mike Carey comic called “Tommy Taylor And The Bogus Identity.” It’s the current ongoing storyline from the series “The Unwritten.”
I’d also add to the list Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s online comic “Freakangels” and Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III’s “Batwoman,” which is currently running in “Detective Comics.”
Peter:
Point taken re the Carey, but for Hugo nominating purposes it may be necessary to identify the story arc. This year’s Hugo Administrator would have rejected a vote for “The Unwritten” as insufficiently precise.
The Hugo admins do need a title, and I’m told that the first four issues of The Unwritten, when collected, will be called The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity. I think we probably ought to keep series and story title together at all times! Thanks for all the interest, and the recommendations. I love seeing SF fandom starting to talk about favourite titles!
I would also add “Ignition City” by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani