Oh yeah, I read that. I loved it and I still laugh my tail off every time I pull it out to read. It was good stuff.

And as for Tidge's post about the Green Hornet. I'd forgotten that one. I read a couple of issues back in the day, but I was a little younger then than I was now and I don't think that the impact of the book hit me then. I'd like to find some issues now that I'm older and read them again.

And while we're on the subject. I know they aren't indy, but did anyone read the old DC books from the early '70's that evoked the old pulp stuff. The one I'm thinking about is the Shadow comic. Can't remember who wrote or drew it, but it was pretty cool.

NOW collected and reprinted the early issues of the Green Hornet in IIRC both a Hardcover and Paperback versions. I finally bought the HC at a bargain price...again, IIRC it doesn't contain all of what I consider to be the "good" stories, but it did have most of them.

There were 2 "Shadow" series by DC in the late 1980s: A mini (4-issues) and a never completed regular series (19 issues?) Howard Chaykin was involved with one or both. They were good stuff, although Chaykin's reputation has suffered a little from Marvel readers that gagged on his New Avengers fill-in during Civil War.

Well I dunno if they're the best ever but my top 5 faves are:

Fables
Bone
Knights of the Dinner Table
B.P.R.D.
Invincible

Invincible
Astro City
Sin City
Y: The Last Man
The Authority
Danger Girl

Always an important topic (though often evolving!)


On-going

Umbrella Academy
Conan (Dark Horse)
Invincible
Walking Dead
Hellboy
BPRD


Mini

Wanted (Most either love or hate. Me love.)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
From Hell

I've caught up on "Ex Machina" courtesy of the Public Library. Very interesting, and beautifully created. I may be swayed to start picking this one up!

Atomic Robo is one of the best ones on the market right now, even if it is a series of mini series.

I've almost finished Bryan Talbot's "Alice in Sunderland"...if you like Alan Moore's "histories" like From Hell or Voice of the Fire I think you will enjoy this.

Did anybody put "Too Much Coffee Man" down?

Even once?

For shame...

Ah, and I'm going to add Mouse Guard to this list. It's an extremely finely crafted series. The size of the books is awkward, but the art and production values are top of the chart. The story is nice in that both young and old can fully enjoy it.