Jason's Tropical Island List

Sin City starts off with a bang. I LOVE the first few books but then they gets a little repetitious. Still, those first few are solid books.

Sadly, David Lapham still hasn’t finished this series. The stuff he has done is wonderful, though.

Absolutely no story here… but Ashely Wood draws so well, I don’t even notice… well, maybe a little.

Mike Mignola has my money. A lot of it. Hellboy is a hoot! Stories rich in tradition and art work rich in black ink. More black ink on a page than any other title in history!

This book should have lived on for way more issues! Sometimes there is no justice.

Walter Simonson’s run on Thor will always be the definitive version of the Thunder God. I used to run to my local comic shop in anticipation of the next issue. Good times.

This one of the books that Frank Miller used as inpiration for his masterpiece, RONIN. I can see why Miller was so moved by it.

Here’s another book that has it all. Beautiful art and wickedly sharp story and dialogue. Miller and Sienkiewicz were in the zone.

I’m a HUGE Guy Davis fan. This book was my first introduction to him. I’m stoked to hear that he will be working on more Marquis books in the near future!

What can I say about Alex Sheikman’s Robotika? Wonderfully illustrated and written. That’s all that needs to be said, really.

Geoff Darrow’s art is so fully realized that I don’t mind that the story is a little on the light side. The extra stuff at the end is really cool, too.

Ashley Wood could sneeze on a piece of paper and it would look amazing. It’s a fun read too, though.

I LOVE this book. Todd Dezago and Craig Rousseau put so much love and fun in this book it oozes out!

The only book that is currently coming out that I NEED to read when it shows up at my door! I will say that I was (and still am to some extent) sad to see Tony Moore leave this book. But, Charlie Adlard has won me over and the book is a must read.

Dave Sim had me right up until the last 2 “phone books” of Cerebus. It starts off as a sharp Conan parody book but blossoms into soooo much more. The first 4 trades are some of the most funny and interesting political satire I’ll ever read.

I hope writer/artist Eric Shanower can finish this title before he passes on. I don’t mean that is a morbid way, really. It’s just that it takes him a long time to do this book (he’s only 3/7th finished and it’s taken him about 10 years to get that far). Looking inside, you’ll see why. Beautiful drawings full of emotion and grace.

An amazing read from start to finish.

The cold war backdrop is a little dated (although getting less dated, it seems), but the writing and art are top notch.

A very dense comic book. But in a very very good way.

The one book I can say is my all time favorite. This is Miller at his groundbreaking best. The kid gloves are off and it’s all right there on the page.