Comics you recommend
 

For me my personal top ten are (NPO)

Y the last man
Fables
Sandman
Wanted
Watchmen
Killing Joke
Sin City
100 bullets
The Preacher
Civil War

Watchmen. Even if you've never read another comic in your life, Watchmen.

Other than the ones I recommended, tbh.

Ex Machina
Walking Dead
Annihilation (miles better than Civil War)
Criminal
Daredevil
X-Factor
X-Men (Mike Carey)
Gotham Central
Runaways
The Punisher MAX
The Dark Knight Returns
Teen Titans
Fell
52
JSA
JLA
Noble Causes
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Chuck Dixon's run on Nightwing
Jack of Fables

I used to have so many comics. I deleted them to make room for my movies though. eh stupid stupid decision.

Spiderman: One More Day.








Just kidding, it's absolute shit.

Watchmen
Long Halloween
Arkham Asylum

The Punisher - Welcome Back Frank
The Ultimates 1 and 2.

But based on the first issue, probably not The Ultimates 3. Ugh.

Not including stuff that's already been mentioned:

Superman:
Red Son
Birthright
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Up, Up, and Away

Batman:
Year One
The Man Who Laughs
Hush

Spider-Man:
The Death of the Stacys
Kraven's Last Hunt
Ultimate Spider-Man (hey, I like it)

Other Stuff:
Kingdom Come
Sandman
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters
The American Way
Miracleman
Invincible
Tech Jacket
American Splendor
Hellboy

2000AD

Forget all that Marvel and DC shit, nothing comes close to 2000AD

The Crow
Watchmen
House of M
Civil War/Civil War Frontline
Spiderman: Reign
Dark Knight Returns
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (PHENOMENAL artwork)
Batman: Year One

When I read this topic thought maybe it was about stand up comics. Disappointed it is not, but none the less I will treat it as if it was.

1. Gilbert Gottfried
2. Bill Cosby
3. Chris Rock
4. Jerry Seinfeld
5. Louis C.K.
6. Eddie Murphy
7. Richard Pryor
8. Steven Wright
9. Redd Foxx
10. David Cross
11. Jim Norton
12. Abbott & Costello
13. Lenny Bruce
14. Garry Shandling
15. Bernie Mac
16. Dave Chappelle
17. Sindbad
18. Ricky Gervais
19. Sarah Silverman
20. Tie between Pat Cooper, Richard Lewis, Colin Quinn and Judy Gold

Isn't the plot of that a bit of a knock-off of The Dark Knight Returns? So people have told me, anyway.

What about Mitch Hedberg you fucking asshole motherfucker bitch?

Your list is very good though, and if mitch just never did anything for you, that is fine you douchey loser with a severe sinus problem.

Also I met sinbad in an airport you silly fucking bastard.

Mitch is good, just didn't cut the list. But really I got Steven Wright on the list and Mitch was a lot like him. So in the end I still got Mitch on there in some stupid metaphorical way that only some english teacher could really appreciate when they over analyze shit.

Pretty much anything by Alan Moore and Wolverine comics. That's what I own at least. I've read a few other things here and there, but I was never huge into comics and it's difficult jumping in this late in the game. Mitch gave me some good places to start.

Mitch has a lot to answer for, he created a monster with me. :(

One time my film and fiction teacher, said this movie has so much symbolism, that an english teacher on speed would have a hard time keeping up. Kept me laughing all the way home.

English teachers piss me off. Like they give authors to much credit. Like just cause story starts in snow, which is white. Then they can like predict the end apparently. Maybe the author just wanted it to start in snow and it had no meaning. And like water means 1000 different things, from being born to death. They just make shit fit for them, like conspiracy theories.

What does Andy Kaufman symbolize?

I like looking for symbolism, and then using it to further explain the story and add meaning behind things as much as the next guy, but a lot of the time art is just art for art's sake.

You can pretty much find symbolism in anything, but it is probably best to understand that symbolism is more a personal thing than a grander one. If anything, it should be used to justify your own love of a work, and to feed your own sense of self-superiority. It should not be passed on to others as the artist's intent.

Also, my list of recommended comedians includes David Cross, Mitch Hedberg and Conan O'Brien (although he doesn't really do stand-up).

Like how I got this to include comedians now too. But yeah, like some symbolism I am fine with. It is the wishy washy bullshit that annoys me, like when you know the author was just filling up the page with bullshit, but you got to over analyze it and make it fit the story. Reminds me of horoscope stuff, sounds good but it is bullshit.

Infinite Crisis is awesome. And I'm not saying that for obvious reasons.

Kingdom Come should be read by everyone. And do look up Origin.

does Manga count? if so;

Death Note
Priest
Anne Freaks

Yeah it counts

Death note rocks