My Top Writers 1.1

 My Top Writers 

First Installment

          The idea here is to help budding fans wade through the garbage and find the really good comics. I've been at this for years, and did it the hard way, so I've amassed knowledge about writers and artists, and developed the amazing ability to judge a book by its cover. Hope this helps, and be sure to check out the companion article about top artists.

Who is this guy? Grant Morrison is a personal favorite, but be warned, his high concept writing is not for the casual fan. You either get him or you don't, and I happen to get him. He's also from Scotland, which is cool.

Grant Morrison

Why is he on the list? Grant Morrison has done great things in Batman, Justice League, Action Comics, and many more, and he's great if you're a research nerd.

What's a good run to read from him? 

New 52's Action Comics, vol. 1-3

Batman and Son

Batman and Robin Reborn

All Star Superman

Final Crisis (If you have time)

Justice League

JLA: Earth 2

JLA One Million.

New X-Men

Joseph Michael Straczynski

Who is this guy? Joseph Michael Straczynski, an american born writer and producer. Pairs well with Thor, or Cabernet.

Why did he make the list when Scott Lobdell didn't? He's done amazing things, like actually getting me to pick up a Thor comic, and read an Indy Comic. Pretty impressive considering I'm a hard sell on both counts.

What's  a good run to read from him? 

Amazing Spider-Man(Especially Vol. 1)

Thor Vol 1-3

Superman: Earth One

Rising Stars (This From Top Cow Comics, Cow standing for Creator Owned Works)

Mark Millar

Who is this guy? And why does he look like Gene Wilder(see below)

Well fans, this is Mark Millar, and he's just amazing. I don't, however, know why he looks so much like Gene Wilder, of Young Frankenstein. Suffice to say they are both talented in their own ways. He also won the Stan Lee Award, which can only be something awesome.

What? Who? Where? Yes, indeed. His work on a single miniseries cemented his spot on my tops list. Two words. Red. Son.

So what did he do? 

Superman: Red Son

Marvel Civil War

Gene Wilder (Unrelated)

Ultimate Fantastic Four

Ultimate X-Men

Mostly Superman Red Son Though

Who is he? Another personal favorite, this is the guy who got me started reading Green Lantern Comics. Thanks Geoff. He's Chief Creative Officer over at DC Comics, and co-owns a comics store so he's a fanboy too. He also did some work on Smallville. His best feat of absolute creative power though was writing an amazing Aquaman story for the New 52, that got me started reading Aquaman Comics.

Geoff Johns

Why'd he make the list? He wrote all the Lantern Color Spectrum comics, and made me believe in Aquaman. Also did a great Justice League Reboot for New 52.

Suggestions? 

Justice League Origin

Superman: Last Son

Aquaman: The Trench

Blackest Night

Green Lantern: Rebirth

Green Lantern: Practically any of them

This is all I have time for right now, but I wanted to go ahead and get this published. Expect a second part to this, and the companion article on artists real soon. Earth Nineteen, out.