So far this year, if I had to pick the handful of titles I’d want with me after the Minnow sinks and I devour the other castaways they would be:
Scalped by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera.
Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard.
Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Garth Ennis Battlefields by Garth and his art team.
Astro City by Kurt Busiek and Bent Eric Anderson.
Irredeemable and Incorruptible , two connected series by Mark Waid and a rotating cast of artists.
Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon.
The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
Anything by James Sturm. His latest was Market Day.
Rasl by Jeff Smith.
Afrodisiac GN by Brian Maruca and Jim Rugg.
Any one-shot by Warren Ellis. I’ve noticed his mini-series seem all over the place, but the one-shots like Crecy and Frankenstein’s Womb are solid, well-structured and to the point.
Give me this and enough coconuts and I’m good to go.
Nothing to do at all with comics, but in my pre-election day research I just had to say that I sure do wish you still lived in L.A. I stumbled upon your blog a few years ago and always checked it before making my final decisions, since you’re pretty much me, but a dude. I’m kindasorta hoping you move back here someday soon – nobody out there in blog-land is quite as thorough (or funny) as you were. At least your Party Central Committee research still came in handy, not much has changed since May 2008! Mainly, just wanted to say your insight is sorely missed.
P.S. my anti-spam word is “ikea.” I shall take that as an omen to go shopping.