If I had to combine my Top 10.25 Geoff Johns list and my Top 10 Warren Ellis list from various recent "When Words Collide" columns, it would look like this, with Ellis in bold:
20.25. 52
20. Blackest Night
19. Infinite Crisis
18. Legion of 3 Worlds
17. Avengers
16. Ultimate Galactus Trilogy
15. JSA
14. Flash
13. Action Comics
12. Teen Titans
11. Desolation Jones
10. Crecy
9. Astonishing X-Men
8. Aetheric Mechanics
7. Adventure Comics
6. Global Frequency
5. Thunderbolts
4. Green Lantern
3. Nextwave
2. Planetary
1. Stormwatch/Authority
Yes, Ellis "wins" handily. But what does he win, besides my adoration?
Ellis wins? I think you mean I win...
ReplyDeleteI think you need to stay away from lists for a little bit. Not that I disagree with your choices.
ReplyDeleteWhere would Transmetropolitan fall in your expanded ellis list?
ReplyDeleteI still haven't read enough Transmet to judge. As I've said many times.
ReplyDeleteStay away from lists? You do realize that the two lists were BY FAR my most popular WWC columns, and people LOOOOOVE lists.
Green Lantern beats Thunderbolts? Really?
ReplyDeleteI think it would be cool to expand the "Age of Ellis" you mentioned. His influence during that time and how, seemingly, it's dropped since then. A look at his legacy so far, would be interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever read Johns' Hawkman run? I heard it was pretty solid stuff, and was wondering why you didn't mention it in regards to the Johns list.
ReplyDeleteHaven't read more than like two random issues of Hawkman. I'm curious about it, but not curious enough to buy all the back issues.
ReplyDeleteYes, Green Lantern tops Thunderbolts. Have you read all the issues of both? Because the strength of GL comes from its overall impact, not from any single issue.
Haven't read more than like two random issues of Hawkman. I'm curious about it, but not curious enough to buy all the back issues.
ReplyDeleteYes, Green Lantern tops Thunderbolts. Have you read all the issues of both? Because the strength of GL comes from its overall impact, not from any single issue.
For the record: Hawkman would be # 1 on my personal Geoff Johns list.
ReplyDeleteIt's got multi-limbed elephant men!
Runners-Up: The JLA/JSA team-up, Power Girl (Cause Amanda Conner), Beast Boy, Stars and STRIPES. And maaaayyyybe Titans.
It's a little strange that 5/sixth of 'em didn't make your list.
Although I haven't read any of the newer stuff that hasn't made it to the library yet - So there might be some overlap there.
I enjoyed this exercise, but I think what I'd really like to see is an Ellis/Morrison debate since they're both more, I dunno, post-modern? Maybe Johns could go head-to-head with Bendis since they both seem to be the primary architects of their respective universes.
ReplyDeleteYeah! Chad, let's get on those two debates!
ReplyDeleteAre you going to pick Johns over Bendis? Because if not, we've got nothing there...
ReplyDeleteMorrison/Ellis, though, would probably end with one of us challenging the other to fisticuffs.
I would TOTALLY pick Johns over Bendis. Every day in every way.
ReplyDeleteBut I think we might have to wait a few months. A few months of tense buildup.
ReplyDeleteAnd for Blackest Night and Siege to end...
ReplyDeleteMan, I was so looking forward to that Morrison/Ellis debate
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ReplyDeleteIf I made a best of the decade list, Fell would be in the top 5. $1.99 for a bad-ass Ellis story and Templesmith artwork? Holy shit. Not a bad issue in the bunch. I wish they'd stuck with it.
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