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20 Comics That Can Change Your Life
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Not my opinion, just a link I stole from Fark.com
http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/20comics/index.asp
True? False? Any glaring omissions?
http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/20comics/index.asp
True? False? Any glaring omissions?
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Bit surprised about the omission of Watchmen tho.
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An inclusion this glorious almost makes up for the glaring omission of Watchmen.
Seriously, though, what's up with the fact Watchmen is missing?
just not really life-changing
I wouldn't really say Fantastic Four is life changing, either. I'm not saying it's good, but when I think "life-changing", I think "actually makes you think differently than before"
Animal Man may've made me a vegetarian, though.
I'd say that Watchmen actually is quite life-changing, if not for the public in general than at the very least for comic readers. It critizes so many of the fundamental aspects of superhero comics that it colors everything the reader has read before.
And, of course, many of those same criticisms can be applied to society at large. With it's political commentary, Watchmen is probably one of the more life-changing comics out there.
I agree with Fantastic Four, in a way. It's not really life-changing in the intellectual level. However, one could argue that it has a lot of impact in an imaginative way, just by showcasing so many incredible and awesome ideas, and could be potentially life-changing in that regard.
Like I'm thinking about going to my friend's house tomorrow to raid his back issues while he's in Spain.
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Glad Alias and Transmet were on it though.
I've put maybe the Green Arrow Green Lanters in there though.
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Watchmen needs to be on there though. For personal reasons I'd like to see The Dark Knight Returns as well. That graphic novel is partially why I read comics today.
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This list has some credibility then.
True, but I get the feeling that it's on the list mainly to give some background for Planetary. They wanted to include the latter, but knew that you couldn't just pick it up and get the most out of it without a knowledge of the Fantastic Four, so they dropped in FF 1-102 right before.
Being a relative comic noob, i found it fantastic.
pretty rare that art and writing can compliment each other so well. especially when its one dude doing both.
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While I agree that Lee and Kirby should be on the list, I was questioning if the authors put them on the list for the wrong reasons. Like when a really talented actor wins an Oscar for his role in an otherwise crappy movie - sure, the actor deserves an Oscar, but not for that reason.
except that the fantastic four comics are excellent
not 'otherwise crappy'
I didn't think you could.
Lucifer, Hellboy, Hellblazer, War Stories, Fables V for Vendetta all come to mind. It basically reads like NPR's most wanted from the last year or so when it talks about comics with the addition of stuff from Gaiman et al to give it some sort of credibility.
So yeah, limed for truth.