Ivan Brunetti's "Schizo" and Dennis Worden's "Stickboy" were/are both extremely important to me. My first tattoo was a Worden drawing.

I have no interest anymore for Marvel/DC whatnot (junior high was all the longer that lasted for me), but I will agree about Sienkiewicz. I still have the issues of The New Mutants that he did in the early 80s, and they are gorgeous.

no thanks, i'm almost 20 years old.

I'm into Howard the Duck for it's a Marvel item that lacks the soap elements pervasive in all the X-Men thing (will Cyclops and Phoenix be given a chance to live their love, blah blah blah); Howard, a giant duck from another world has no power and no job. He faces a super-villain named doctor Bong whose power is to hit his own head (bell-shaped) to knock his oponents out.

I'd really love to find Sibylline books again.
It's a Belgian bad-tempered mouse. Her stories were published in Spirou back in the late 60s. She was living in a lovely world where carnivors paced the land, attacking her friends to eat them. It was quite violent in a way. Add to that the bad ones (ferret Croque-Monsieur - a croque-monsieur is a toasted ham & cheese sandwich, croque means bite, monsieur, well, sir) were no plain villains, being both cruel and good to their friends (til they ate each other).
The prizes for such books are so high, either on eBay or in these little snobbish libraries in Paris on boulevard Saint-Germain.

A big package of Howard is available on eMule, and two great Sibylline too (Zagabor I'd recommend).

We don't like grown ups anyway man..

It's been years since I've bought a new comic, but it used to be something I spent the bulk of my "allowance" on.

The Maxx was my favorite, even when it didn't make any sense.

Of course classic Marvel titles too, I have a ton of Generation X, X-Force, and Deadpool. Always loved Alpha Flight too; something about Canadian heroes?

I debated on selling them or not. Really they just take up space.

I still can't believe no one ever mentions people like Dan Clowes,Peter Bagge, Julie Doucet, Renee French, Dame Darcy, Jim Woodring, Jim Blanchard and the like when comics are brought up.
Always with the superhero whatnot. The comics underground is bursting with talent.

It's been so long since I've read any comic, like I said. And when I did, it was the standard Marvel, DC, Image, whatever titles. So those names (other than Dan Clowes) are pretty foreign to me.

I was about to say "Daniel Clowes"
There are many great comincs, let me suggest a couple italian things:
Corto Maltese ( by hugo pratt)
and everything Sergio Toppi ever did are worth checking out.
And I hope Crypto was just kidding, or that's is the stupidest thing he ever posted on this board.

Well, this might be debatable.

It's been so long since I've read any comic, like I said. And when I did, it was the standard Marvel, DC, Image, whatever titles. So those names (other than Dan Clowes) are pretty foreign to me.

I wasn't talking about you in particular; sorry if that sounded testy. Just in a general sense.

Guido Crepax does some stylishly sexy comic awesomeness.

Not at all. Though it did make me feel out of the loop. After talking about Canadian super heroes and all.

Its hard to even imagine walking in to a comic book store now, and asking "whats good?"

If you find yourself in Mpls ever, go to Big Brain comics and ask them.
They won't make fun of you and they'll steer you right. That place is not your average comic store.

You mean that he could be right or that he posted "stupider" things? :D (hey Pedro, don't take it too seriosly, eh.)

I'll try and remember if I ever happen upon the Twin Cities again.

Omaha's best record store (Antiquarium) used to sell comics too, and then they got all Bright Eyes and deemed them useless.

I got all those. dan clowes, peter bagge, all the underground stuff.
great stuff. I have the first 15 issues of HATE, in MINT CONDISH. I am a dork.
I once spent 1 1/2 years reading the extensive comic book section of the main branch of the Houston Public Library.
I read all the old Little Nemo, all the old will eisner (my faves), old dic tracy, underground stuff, the european stufff
I alsio used to collect Heavy metal magazines.

my favorites are

SANDMAN
FROM HELL
THE WATCHMEN
any of Frank Miller's DARK KNIGHT
and LOVE & ROCKETS.

Love & Rockets is the fucking best comic book that noone ever talks about any more.

You just like Love and Rockets because there are big-butt ladies all over it.

;)

and

Haha, I've always been into Jhonen Vasquez's sporadic bursts of gawthic fun.









And who could forget the hedonistic nun herself:

One for Rob