"Planetes", hands down. Didn't buy the manga (read it in-store), but I do own two volumes of the anime. Even the annoying heroine didn't annoy me as much as normal. That takes talent in writing.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:43:07 -0500 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 10 Of The Decade's Best SF Comics > > From what I saw, I guess I pretty much agree 100% with them. I've > only read half the books, but from what I can tell that just means > I've got 5 books to read now. > > I guess picking between A-S Superman & The New Frontier would be a > killer, but it's their choice, I guess. > > Cassanova is awesome, as is WE3 & Y. > > Justin > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:15 AM, Tracey de Morsella > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 10 Of The Decade's Best SF Comics > > > > It's been the decade where comic culture took over pop culture, and > > superheroes became movie stars. But what are some of our picks for the best > > comics from the last ten years? We're glad you - okay, we - asked. > > > > If it's the end of a decade, then it's time for multiple Best Of The Decade > > lists. This isn't exactly one of them, though, despite what it looks like; > > for one thing, even if it was, you'd all disagree with it and complain that > > we left off something essential - although anyone arguing for the inclusion > > of Ultimatum, we believe that can be disproven through the use of science > > and charts - and for another, we've not read every single thing published > > in the last decade, so for all we know, there's something really obvious > > that we'll have somehow overlooked through accident instead of malice. > > Instead of The Ten Best, then, these are Ten Of The Best (Click on the > > titles for our explanations why and, in some cases, runners-up to the list > > that we couldn't help but sneak in): > > > > 100% by Paul Pope (DC/Vertigo) > > All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC Comics) > > Black Hole by Charles Burns (Pantheon) > > Casanova by Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon (Image Comics) > > Laika by Nick Abadzis (First Second Books) > > Planetes by Makoto Yukimura (Tokyopop) > > Pluto by Osamu Tazuka and Naoki Urasawa (Viz Media) > > Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press) > > We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC/Vertigo) > > Y The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra and many more (DC/Vertigo) > > > > (Thanks to Lauren, David Brothers, Jeff Lester and all who offered advice > > and good reasons why we were entirely wrong in some original choices.) > > > > Send an email to Graeme McMillan, the author of this post, at > > [email protected]< moc....@emearg > moc....@emearg. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. > http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/
