Comics That Ate My Brain
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:58
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- The Invisibles, Grant Morrison et al. (DC Vertigo)
- Mage: the Hero Discovered, Matt Wagner (Comico/ Image)
- Mage: the Hero Defined, Matt Wagner et al. (Image)
- Rising Stars, J. Michael Straczynski (Top Cow)
- American Splendour: Translatlantic Comics, Harvey Pekar and Colin Warneford
- Grendel: Devil by the Deed, Matt Wagner (Dark Horse)
- Grendel: Devil Child (I forget who wrote it) (Dark Horse)
- I Feel Sick, Jhonen Vasquez
- The Crow, J. O'Barr
- Aria, Brian Holguin and Jay Anacleto (Avalon Studios)
These are the comics I've been following since I got back into the dirty habit in college. Each one has eaten some part of my brain and claimed it for its own-- the Invisibles with its combination of pretentious glam and conspiracy theory, Mage with its blending of allegory and autobiography, Rising Stars because it's just so damn cool, Grendel for shock value, I Feel Sick for managing to influence *both* my peer groups in both cities I frequent, The Crow because it was there before it became a huge franchise, and Aria for not trying to be the Sandman Redux.