Anybody else think Brian Azzarello's a little underrated? His Wonder Woman has been right up there with Batman, Batman Incorporated, Action Comics, Swamp Thing and Animal Man as the best of DC's The New 52 and is also imo by far the best stuff there's ever been on her character, and 100 Bullets was amazing.
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I don't care about feats, Wonder Woman hasn't done much of anything impressive in her New 52 solo title, but the writing and characterization (and art) make it one of DC's best books on the shelf form month to month. Morrison's run on New X-Men was disjointed, plagued by less than stellar fill in artists, terrible pacing, a truly awful twist (even before the retcon). I'm also not a fan of leather clad "realistic" X-Men. There was some great character moments, but on the whole it left me flat.
I thought Synder's run on Detective was up there as one of the greatest Batman stories of all time... his run on Batman in the New 52 is a joke. What makes it worse is critics and fans are hang off his nuts lapping at his dick for nourishment like he is a mother possum. The reveal at the end of Night of the Owls was just terrible story telling. The most hackneyed, cliched example of comic book writing I've ever seen... yet if you surf the internet people were pretending like that sophomoric nonsense was the greatest thing they've ever read. Long lost evil brother, even now I can barely joke down the bile. I'm sure a competent writer will come on the title eventually and retcon it... maybe then I'll pick the book up again.
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Lol I blocked that twist out of my mind until you brought it up again. I remember when that issue came out and everywhere you turned you saw 10/10 rankings. I remember thinking "Am I missing something, this is some soap opera bullshit"
It's a great run he's had so far in terms of quality, but I haven't enjoyed it as much as say Perez', Rucka's, or Simone's run. Her retooled origin just doesn't sit well with me, but I can acknowledge the good writing.
I bought that really because it was George Perez's return to Marvel for that one. When he stopped after 3 1/2 issues, I was less interested. Starlin front loaded the crisis so early in that; the IG could kill half the universe so easily, so it was a simple matter of reversing it eventually.
Can you name just one writer, as best all time? Here is my list of the most 'influential', all time:
Stan Lee
Alan Moore
Frank Miller
Jim Starlin
Roy Thomas
Neil Gamian
Chris Claremont has a special distinction, for being the 'most important' writer of his book ever - X-Men became the long running phenomenon it is because of him.
Great writers of the 1970's - Roy Thomas, Jim Starlin, Don McGregor (the three most influential writers for Grant Morrison), Doug Moench, Archie Goodwin, Dennis O'Neil.
Great writers of the 1980's - Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Chris Claremont, J.M. Dematteis, Peter David.
Great writers of the 1990's - Frank Miller, Neil Gamian, Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Peter David, Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek.
Great writers of the 2000's - Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Garth Ennis, Brian Azzarello, Mark Millar, Jeph Loeb (fist half of the decade only.)
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