My Top 10 SCI-FI COMICS!
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- This was not an easy list to make, but here are my top ten personal favourite science fiction comics of all time!
This list may change, either drastically or mildly, over time, but I am pretty convinced I will always love these 10 comics/ series/ 'graphic novels'.
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Quite interesting choices, although I have to say that for the most part the listing are writer/writing oriented based, and generally the artist is always secondary. To me as illustrator, the art also have the same importance if more not more as the script. Otherwise it wouldn't be a visual medium. All this said, because I've seen mentioned such books as Halo Jones, where the story must be good but the art is for me another complete matter. On your list, definitely "Mooncop" and "Nausica" are on my wishlist, "Transmetropolitan", it's an old acquaintance, but the overall artists don't quite cut for me, in spite of the story.
As for some of my suggestions, who maybe cannot be exactly SF as you perceived, I will mention Moebius "Incal" universe, the "Twilight! mini-series by Howard Cahykin and José Luis Garcia-Lopéz, Enki Bilal "The Nikopol Trilogy" and a little gem called "Tongue & Lash" by Dave Taylor and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier.
Thanks for the comic list and keep the good work.
[Edit: I'm pinning this comment because it's a great, fundamental question in appreciating comics, and one I love discussing with comics readers!]
That's an interesting observation! I agree that, for me, the writing is quite important in comics but I wouldn't agree that it takes precedence over the art. For me, great comics are about a great 'marriage' between the writing and the art, and not about individual excellence in each separately. In fact, I don't think the standards for what makes good standalone illustration or good standalone prose writing actually apply to comics (although there will be common elements), and a lot of comics that 'fail' (in my opinion), fail because they cannot create the alchemy between the two.
Therefore, a comic works differently for me than a book of photographs or paintings collected together. So I would say that writing and art are equally important, which may be why 6 out of 10 of this list (and many comics in various lists of mine) are by writer-artists. Many of the people I spotlight on this channel (Herge, Eisner, Chris Ware, Linda Medley) write and draw both, and many of my other personal favourites (Rick Geary, Richard Sala, Joe Sacco, Darwyn Cooke, the Brothers Hernandez, and dozens of others) are people who do both.
And yes, comics is a visual medium, but prose and poetry are too. I mean, it is all visual, it just depends on how you shape what is being taken in by the eyes (as opposed to the ears, or skin, etc).
In this list, I consider every book's art to be superlative for its contribution to the 'story', like how We3 could not be We3 without Quietly's incredible layouts and panel work, among other things. But I love the art in Soft City even if it looks weird (maybe *because* it looks weird!) because the tone of the story would not be as unsettling and as hypnotic without it. Ditto for Ian Gibson's work on Halo Jones.
It is also why as much as I love the art of Alex Ross, I can completely understand if someone says it interferes with them reading a story.
You are right, though, that I do like comics with a narrative bent. Someone once said about film that it picked the novel to base itself on (instead of photography, dance, sculpture, etc) and my preferences in comics could be the way it is with movies: it is possible to be completely impressionistic and abstract, and I can appreciate it, but I will always lean more towards story. So for comics, while I can be impressed with art techniques, it is not a guarantee of excellence as a whole comic, just the way that vocabulary and prose techniques are not a guarantee of excellence either.
It's interesting you should mention the Incal, because that made my honourable mentions video because of its great art, but falls short of my Top 10 because the writing doesn't work for me in the same way! I am looking your other recommendations out right now - thank you!
For the Love of Comics I whole heartily agree with you. Perfect write up on this matter!
I agree that if the art doesn't cut it it is very difficult to follow the story. That is my main issue with most of Moore and Gaiman's work
I’m amazed your channel isn’t bigger. Your takes opinions and taste are top tier upper echelon
I'd much rather have such warm and kind comments! 😁
If you like Pluto, I highly recommend Monster, it's one of the best psychological comics I've ever read.
I read the first volume of Monster and enjoyed it, but it didn't grab me as thoroughly or as immediately as Pluto did. I'm guessing that it is a slow burn as well, so I really should check out at least the second volume for a better view of it. I really liked the plot and the setup, it was just the exposition and presentation of the characters' interior thoughts that felt a little overblown to me. But as soon as I can find Vol 2 I will re-read Vol 1 and then 2, back-to-back!
Love this series. Brilliant work!
Sean gigapool thanks so much! Feel free to suggest what else you’d like to see that’s similar and I’ll see what I can work out! 😀
Just discovered your channel. Love your passion. Thank you!
Welcome to the channel, and thank *you*!
Really, really well done top 10. Thanks for broadening my horizons. Akira and WE3 are the only ones I've read, and I'm excited to check out all of the others!
Thanks you for your efforts in sharing what you love.
Thank you! So much of what I love has been discovered from readers writing/blogging/reviewing them online that it feels wonderful to hear I can contribute in the same way! Do let me know which comics you tried from this list and what you thought of them!
I love your channel even though I’ve just discovered it. Keep making such great videos and loving comics.
Thank you so much; that's lovely to hear and here's hoping you keep finding plenty to enjoy on the channel!
I am soooo glad that you have read Pluto :)
I love it! I still need to get to Monster and more Urasawa
Great video. Thanks! The Moon Moth and Soft City are now on my wishlist. And please make another video of Scifi Favourites. :)
Cecilia.L.K. Haha, I had the same thought because I feel bad not mentioning so many other favourite works. I just need to find the right excuse now...😀
Just discovered your channel. Love it. Thank you.
jeffb01 A very warm welcome, and thank _you_! 😀
I absolutely loved your list and I’m definitely going to check out some of the comics on your list that I haven’t read. With that being said, I’m surprised none of the Sci-Fi comics from the famous English Anthology Comic Magazine, 2000 A.D. didn’t make the cut. For me some of the best non- superhero comics (Which I love) are found in the pages of 2000 A.D. Some of my favorites 2000 A.D. titles are: the ABC Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, and of course Judge Dredd. Regardless, your Sci-Fi list is pretty amazing and I’m just happy that I found your channel. As a new fan and subscriber, I look forward to seeing more of your content. Again, thank you so much for sharing and I’ll definitely be back to watch another one of your videos. Take care!
Thank you so much!
And I have to admit that when I made this video, I was largely unfamiliar with 2000 AD outside the comics of Alan Moore (and Halo Jones cracks my list!). I've made some progress recently, thanks in large part to Northampton based friend of the channel's Paul Hatcher, and you can check out a couple of mail time videos and a livestream if interested!
Here's one of the mail time videos ua-cam.com/video/LkObn8eI7pk/v-deo.html
and a recent-ish livestream in which I talk about my visit to Gosh! comics in London: ua-cam.com/users/livea1nQzrkyLpI?feature=share
Cheers!
Great work, thank you! Looking forward to your next upload.
Loïc Van Hille thank you, so glad you liked it!
Very cool. Love it. Akira and Nausicaa are two of my favorites!! Very curious about Mooncop now.
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much!
Mooncop is wonderful and if you get a chance to read it, I'd love to know what you think of it! Also the Moon Moth! Also every other comic on this list and the one before it !🤣
You ever heard of Nexus? It’s pretty obscure, and not a current topic, but it’s an 80s comic that meshes the pulpy era superhero and sci-fi genres and offers twists on the conventions of both.
By Mike Baron and Steve Rude? I recently picked up a couple of trades that i talk about and ask questions about (to the audience) in my Evaluate My Haul livestream! Having received confirmation that these are in fact the very first stories, I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into them! Check out that recording of you're interested! Cheers!
Great Video got a lot of inspiration for future comic investions. I really like your videos.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Which of the books here are you the most interested in, just out of curiosity?
HAAaa!!! I just now saw it!. I just came across your channel today and have been engrossed by it. Well done. But I've been looking back and forth to your logo and just now saw that its a dip pen nib, in a heart! hahaha! For the longest time, I've just been thinking that it was a Hasbro Cobra head. Bravo, Sir! Well done again.
Haha thank you! I just changed the logo too, but the original is up for comparison in the 'titles' 😁
I love the idea that one could see a cobra in there if one wants, seems to work with the interactive and interpretative nature of comics I'll say! Thank you once again, long may your enjoyment of the channel continue!
incredible that I haven't discovered your great channel sooner... very interesting picks. (Given your other videos which are highlighting a lot of European comics I would have bet to see Valerian, Metabarons or Druillet here...) guess I have to check out "Moon moth" right now, thanks
Wow, this is a slightly fanboy moment for me as your Panellogy and other videos were a tremendous source of inspiration for me when I was starting this channel, by giving me a nuanced, varied and personal approach to making videos on all kinds of comics. I'm so thrilled that you're enjoying the channel and is high praise for me indeed!
great to hear that, I'm honoured... to continue this mutual patting of shoulders just a bit further: I really like the obvious effort you put into your videos to give them this kind of "extra perfection" (my videos obviously never had (so far at least :/ ))
I slightly prefer Planetary by Warren Ellis to Transmetropolitan, Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg is another of my favourites. More recently I really liked Jeff Lemire’s Descender. Hope we can see more videos in 2024😊
I really enjoyed Descender! American Flagg I've never been able to get my hands on, but I'll keep looking.
Maybe I should give Planetary another shot? The referentiality was a bit more potent, I think Transmet stood on its own a bit more, but it's been years since my failed attempt at Planetary so it's quite possible I'll feel differently now!
Video quality getting better n better sir.
Thank you! I'm taking it one baby step at a time!
Very nice! Thank you!
Thank you too! So glad you liked it!
A nice, refreshingly different list!
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍🏽
wow! i'll definently have to check some of these books out.
Glad you liked the video! Do let me know what you decided to take a look at and what you thought of them! 😁
Wow! So excited to learn there’s a good Jack Vance comic!!!
And it's a doozy! You will not be disappointed 😀
Lovely list, with a few surprises. Please do a top 20. Your taste is mighty good.
Haha, I keep saying an all time Top 20 would probably have to be a retirement video! 😁 There are so many great comics I keep having to break them down into genres etc to do them justice. Have you checked out my Top 10 Fantasy Comics mini playlist and my top 10 Gateway Comics videos?
Absolutely amazing video
Thank you very much!
Great video. I have always loved Akira. It's just a great book. I have never heard of moon cop and would love a closer look at it.
Brett Jensen Mooncop and Goliath are both slim little works that speak volumes - I’m almost afraid that I’ll end up showing the whole books if I make videos on them! 😀 Also great are Gauld’s collections of newspaper comics - You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetoack, and Baking with Kafka.
@@ftloc I see your point. I'm going to see if i cant find a copy.
This is the video that made me subscribe to For the love of comics!
Wow ... this is a great channel! Seems like you haven't covered Frank Miller's _Ronin_ though ... I think (?) you mentioned it in your _Lone Wolf and Cub_ video.
Great content, thanks! It's nice to have some recommendations.
I'm thrilled you're enjoying the channel. Yes, I think I briefly discuss Ronin in the Lone Wolf comments, which was a book I read after I was introduced to Lone Wolf, so perhaps did not have the impact on me that it did on others who read it when it first came out. My favourite Miller books are Batman Year One and his Daredevil runs, bit admittedly I've not read everything there is by him.
This entire channel is about recommendations so I'm happy to hear you're picking some up , and I'd love to get any that you have as well! 😁
This is the video that made me subscribe For the Love of Comics.
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I actually came here expecting to see Jodorowsky's "The Metabarons" or Druillet's "Lone Sloane", but I can't deny that all your choices are great! When you bottle things down to ten, some choices are inevitably left by the wayside, but that's part of the fun of it. I'm an avid Jack Vance reader and I had no idea that "The Moon Moth" (one of his more well-known short stories) had been made into a comic at all! If you enjoyed it, I'd certainly recommend reading some of his other short stories or books.
haywoco2 Yes, absolutely, the act of filtering to a limited list is a real workout! Of course, I’m also going to be restricted by what I have read and completed (Lone Sloane I need to get to, as I need to get to the Obscure Cities books).
I’ve been on the lookout for a great collection/ edition of Vance stories - any recommendations?
@@ftloc The best collection/edition of Vance stories you can find is the Vance Integral Edition, a 44-volume restored edition of Vance's complete works overseen and approved by Vance himself before his death. It's hugely expensive due to the low print run (a collection usually goes for a few thousand dollars on Ebay), but that's the best you can get. If you're looking to get started with a much more reasonable entry, I can't recommend "The Compleat Dying Earth" enough--a collection of Vance's Dying Earth stories set in a future so distant that the Earth's sun is soon to go out. It includes his immensely clever stories of the rogue Cugel, and one of my favourite Vance short stories, "Liane the Wayfarer". www.amazon.in/Compleat-Dying-Earth-Service-Midwest/dp/0739401106/
@@ftloc I neglected to mention that there is a paperback printing of the individual Vance Integral texts available from Spatterlight Press. You can find some of them on Amazon India, but not all.
Thanks for the excellent leads - I am looking into these right now! 😀
I've been really enjoying your channel! I like these lists you come up with. I've read a bunch of them but you still give me some new things I wasn't aware of that I gotta check out. I have no disputes with your top ten science fiction comics! I'm a big proponent of Planetes so I'm glad you gave it some love in the honorable mentions. Warren Ellis writes a lot of my other favorite science fiction comics. He's one of the western comics writers who is committed to writing superb science fiction - Orbiter, Ocean, Ministry of Space, Planetary, etc. If I had to make my own list I'd feel your pain of having to limit myself. I was also curious if you've read The Life and Times of Martha Washington by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, and, if so, what are your thoughts on it?
PerfectDru thank you so much, it’s so great to hear you’re enjoying the channel! Yes, limiting oneself in lists is the only kind of workout I indulge in, so I give it my all! 😀
No, I haven’t read Martha Washington but I’ve heard decent things about it. Would you recommend it? Also I’ve been really curious about Orbiter but never managed to find a good purchase - maybe I should start looking again...
@@ftloc yes, I would recommend Martha Washington, especially if you appreciate Miller's and Gibbons' other works from the eighties and nineties. It's an alternative history/future science fiction story that's blatantly packed with social commentary and politics - but it's also presented in a satirical fashion, and there's plenty of action, so I think it holds up even if specific elements of its subtext may seem dated. Conversely, other elements may seem more timely than ever given the current cultural context, which is kind of chilling or bizarre in its own way. Dark Horse did an omnibus collecting all of the Martha Washington stories (The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-first Century), so it's nice to have it all in one place.
As for Orbiter, a couple years ago DC reprinted it and Ocean in one deluxe hardcover edition, so that's probably the best thing to look for. I think of Orbiter, Ocean, and Ministry of Space as Ellis' space trilogy. They're all separate stories, but each of them thematically examines the nature of space travel from a different angle, and reading them all gives you as a reader plenty of things to think about and ponder.
PerfectDru thanks so much! I’m putting these on the list immediately!
Great vid!
Thank you!
Great list. I would love your take on Tokyo Ghost.
And ofcourse, The Incal!
Thanks, so glad you enjoyed it!
I have yet to get my hands on Tokyo Ghost, but I do have a video on the Incal up here: ua-cam.com/video/dWsd1-LzwfA/v-deo.html ! 😁
For sci fi, I highly recommend a comic called Brink by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard. One of my favorites in any genre and a great example of modern 2000 ad.
Ah, I see many collected editions available, I'll start with 1 and see how it goes!
I'm a fan of Culbard, and believe I've seen some of Abnett's work, but can't be sure.
Cheers!
@@ftlocCool! I hope you like it. I just finished reading The Motherless Oven after seeing it recommended on another of your videos. Great book!
@@Idleanimator So great to hear! Did you get to the second and third books (The Can Opener's Daughter, The Book of Forks) as well?
@@ftlocNot yet, but I will soon!
just found out about your channel and really happy that i did. I was looking for a long time for a you-tuber who focuses on diverse genres in the conic medium and not just superhero comics. Great job!
About the list, some really interesting stuff that im gonna have to put in my wishlist. Thanks!
Was hoping to see Prophet on the list. Its one of my favourite comics in sci fi and in general.
Have you read it? Im interested to hear your thoughts on it
Thank you so much - that’s so kind of you and incredibly encouraging! 😀
And if you are referring to Brandon Graham’s Prophet, I love it. It should have probably made my honourable mentions, I realised later. I have only read the first two trade collections (I believe there are five) so I do need to complete the series, but whatever I’ve read has really stuck with me!
@@ftloc yes theres five volumes. the series is also very good for re-reads. I've Read it multiple times and each time i find something new in it. The way its structured(three main stories, each with its own artist) keeps a sort of freshness to it even at the fourth re-read, And Brandon Graham's dynamic writing also keeps the story fresh and entertaining with a mix of psychedelic sci-fi, gritty Conan-like adventures, and Graham's weird humor and imagination.
The story and its themes really worked for me and I love the ending. Yes its absolutely one of my favourites :)
yoavhi94 I definitely need to read the rest. I love that you said Conan because it did feel to me that Brandon was writing a ‘Moebius does Conan in space’ comic! I think the only reason I stopped was honestly I wanted deluxe editions and thought they were coming soon so not to double dip by getting trades first. I guess I’ll just have to go for the TPBs now...
The Eternaut is great! It's one of my favorite si-fi comics with great art and profound themes.
I've been looking for it at a decent price for ages! I hear reprint is due this year, and I'm going to be very upset if it doesn't come here!
Done with WE3, The MOONCOP from this list and
Saga Vol 1-3 and Rust - The Boy Soldier. from the honorable mentions,
will read Mind MGMT and TOP10 next,
Thanks for the recommendations, and keep up the good work.
p.s: we need more lists like top ten fantasy, standalones, fiction, books like MOONCOP, etc.
thanks 🤘
It brings me great joy to think of people discovering these books and enjoying them! Thanks so much for the kind words and I will definitely be making more Top 10 videos from time to time
@@ftloc🤘🤘
such an underrated channel
Very kind of of you to say, thank you!
So based on your excellence I just bought Mooncop, Soft City and Valley Of The Wind manga without hesitation! Every review is sophisticated and balanced and I know if you choose it it must be good . You also mentioned the obscure titles are neglected in the US market and this is beyond true . Thanks again I can’t wait to see what else you have in store . PS- the BEST science fiction comic title was actually a two part piece from Heavy Metal magazine from 1989: The Waters of Deadmoon . Will always be my favorite until the day I die I believe it is a French translation . Heavy Metal magazine exposed the US markets to the genius of Mobius and European artists for the first time .
Ah great choices and thank you for your kind words! I'll look up Waters of Deadmoon to see if it is easily available. Yes, I really appreciate Metal Hurlant now, and I mention my experience with the magazine briefly in my 'Revisiting the Incal' video! I'd love to know what you thought of the books you've ordered once you've had a chance to read them!
Definitely have the list I've never even heard of definitely Pluto looks interesting
It's so good!
Great choices. Good to see many non American comics on this list. Halo Jones is my favourite Alan Moore. I feel like it doesn't recieve the recognition it deserves because it is somewhat incomplete. Personally I think stories from 2000AD could fill this list. So many Dredd stories, the best of which for me is Song of the Surfer, but also America, Block Mania, The Pit. Bad Company was mind blowing during its run. So many Nemesis stories.
I too feel Halo Jones doesn't get anywhere near the acclaim it deserves. I'm actually fine with it being 'unfinished'; the myth and legend of Halo seems to be amplified by that 'imagine what she did next' end. Of course, if Moore ever wrote more, I'd be first in line!
SO glad you showed us Akira in B&W! The color version is fine, but ah, black and white. WE3 is well worthy of your praise, as is Halo Jones. Moon Moth? Probably the best comic I've...well, you're right, I've never heard of, as is Moon Cop and Soft City. But will look for'em--. Ex Mach! Wouldn't've figured this as SF, but yeah, you make a good case for an excellent comic. I remember starting Pluto, but somehow only got through vol. 1. Will look into it again as I believe the library has it on the shelves! Nausiica. Such foolishness. Of course it's science fiction. And so beautuifully done. Transmet. Transmet. I hate all of you. But Transmet...yeah, pretty damn good. All in all, rigorous criteria, interesting choices, cool video.
Matt Levin thanks so much! If you check out the Moon Moth and the others you haven’t read, I’d love to know what you think of them. And do give Pluto another shot - I found it absolutely crackling! 😀.
@@ftloc --Currently engaged in Lovelace and Babbage, which is very engaging (and well foot-noted) as 'someone' recently recommended (thanks!). And, too, trying to select 10 top SF comics of my own...
enjoyed your videos,good channel sir ji,✌
Thank you so much - long may your enjoyment continue! 😁
for me it will always be Metabarons, Incal, Eternus 9 and Blame!
I need to take a look at Eternus 9 and Blame! I've now heard a *lot* about them! 😁
Hey, great list: some other great sf comics imo: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman/Marvano ;The Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal; Snow Piercer by Jacques Lob and Moon Face by Jodorowsky/Boucq (Jodo in overdrive!)
I've taken a look at Snowpiercer but haven't read the whole thing. I have read the original Forever War, but you're saying the comics adaptation is good? I need to check that out, then, as well as see if I can get a look at some Moon Face samples! Thanks for the tips!
@@ftloc hey, forever war is my favourite sf comic, haven't read the novel though.
Before I forget- one of my favorite artists and writers is Ben Templesmith- I believe he’s Australian but his The Squidder and Wormwood works are some of the most bizarre and hysterically funny in the industry. The only problem is of course these masters don’t produce fast enough and Templesmith has been idle for too long I would walk a tightrope over a deep gorge to get my hands on something new and beefy from him!
The only book from Templesmith I know is _Fell_ which I enjoyed with specially the art always having stuck in my mind. I had no idea that he had solo works as well and now I am going to have to see if I can find those books you mention!
Pls make a video of analysis on "charles burns" Xed out trilogy.. and black hole
Actually, coming very soon, I hope! 👍🏽
unique picks
Nice video! How would you separate what is sci-fi and what is fantasy? I've always been told that sci-fi is something that deals with what doesn't exist, but theoretically could, based on our current understanding of science (for example, aliens). On the other hand, fantasy is what doesn't exist and also could never exist, it's beyond the realm of what is scientifically possible (for example, magic). Would you separate like that?
Yeah that’s just one of those perennial questions, isn’t it? Honestly, I’m not militant about any definition or even the need for definitions, but I’m more or less aligned with what you’ve described. There’s a lot of Sci Fi that could be argued as ‘impossible’ by people who know a lot more about science than I do, so it’s not *only* about possibility, perhaps.
The slight adjustment I may add is Sci Fi, for me, is based on what we know and have learned of through science, irrespective of what it projects. Fantasy is as capable of commenting on our world, but doesn’t rely on our existing scientific knowledge for its worlds. (Maybe the social sciences? 😀)
So a radioactive spider may be borderline magic for all its ability to give you superpowers, but seems more ‘scientifically excused’ than being imbued with power from a sword, say?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Ex Machina is a title I've been meaning to get to for a while now, will definitely be pursuing that. Have you read Aama by Frederik Peeters? It's a wonderfully surreal, personal story wrapped up in some very alien settings. Gorgeous artwork and really thoughtful.
Peter Linfield I have read the first two volumes of Aama and I loved them! I couldn’t pick it for this list because, like some of my honourable mentions, I haven’t completed it yet. Darn it, do I need another honourable mentions video? 😀
0ne of my favourites is "The Trigan Empire" also the work of Ron Turner
I have not yet read that copies in English seem hard to find here for some reason....
Beautiful boards, but the further into the forest the worse the scenario.
Nausicaa is the name of my daughter. You know my choice now.
That's wonderful!
Hope to see monster manga review
Unfortunately, the first volume didn't grip me. I should try and return to it and see if I've changed!
We 3 I've definitely really wanted to read but I never got a chance to I've heard great things one
Yes, it's definitely worth a read, and I would say a re=read! 😁
You mentioned at the end that you avoided anything steampunk. I would love to see you do a video on the best of this genre.
Wow, that sounds niche but so much fun. I'll start thinking about it - I suspect I may also need to brush up on my reading in that area! Thanks!
@@ftloc You do an excellent job in your reviews, and your videos have encouraged me to branch out into other areas of comics that I'm unfamiliar with. I love Sci-Fi (Transmet is my all-time favorite), but I would love to jump into some good steampunk that you recommend. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much - it's honestly encouragement and support like this that fuels us most to keep making these types of videos, As long as you enjoy watching them, we are never going to run out of material as far as I can see!
You should check out Universe! By Albert Monteys.
I sure will, thanks!
@@ftloc I didn’t expect a reply! Love the show btw. You can find. Issues digitally on Panel Syndicate. Brian K Vaughn started a pay what you want comics publisher.
Universe is a good example of someone making each issue stand on its own but build to a larger world
What age limit would you recommend for moon moth and/or moon cop ?
I'd say Mooncop can be read by anyone, it's deceptively 'simple' as I said, but the humour and sadness may be best understood by someone in their teens and older. As for the Moon Moth, again, I don't think there's anything 'adult' in content (other than some cartoonishly represented beheading violence) that makes it unsuitable for young readers, but the concepts may be best grasped by someone in their teens or older? This is not hard and fast - there are many bright and precocious youngsters out there! 😀
For the Love of Comics , thanks for the quick response! 😀
Wow! That was one HELL of a sci-fi run down because you covered so much ground I added many of your titles to my Amazon list without hesitation and will pull the trigger for certain. I recently finished Akira and it was a big letdown - I understand the influence but for me it was mostly a sketching exercise for that artist and it tended to repeat itself. Movie wise I would recommend Battle Angel Alita it is extraordinary and it got mind blowing better on second and third viewing - I also purchased the graphic novel run and yes to your point the Japanese are supreme masters in the genre. Because I am impressed with your line up I will recommend Give Me Liberty and Martha Washington by Dave Gibbons ( of Watchmen fame) and Frank Miller from 1996. It’s my top five of all time and NO ONE delves into violence as beauty the way Miller has done he will never be bested for this specialization .
So glad you liked the video! And thanks for the tip on _Martha Washington_ . I'm not the biggest Miller fan but absolutely worship his _Year One_ and Daredevil stories, and now have heard so much good stuff about his and Gibbons' collaboration that I feel I HAVE to seek it out! I hope there are some easily available editions out there!
Given that this video is now two years old I'm guessing I won't be the first to ask if you've read East of West, a sci-fi western, by Hickman, Paper Girls by Vaughan, Black Science or Low by Remender? Some of these I haven't read yet myself but I hear consistently good/great things about them.
I did read the first trade of East of West but it didn't quite click with me. I stuck with Manhattan Projects a bit longer, but maybe I should return to both and see what I think of them. Paper Girls I really enjoyed on the other hand! I have yet to read Low or Black Science - I think I keep hearing mixed things about them so keep waffling (plus there's never a shortage of things to read!)
@@ftloc I've only just heard about the Manhattan Projects but haven't really looked into it. I've heard that East of West is a very slow burn at first but many consider it be Hickman's magnum opus. As far as Low, it's an interesting premise but I think many are turned off by the art, whereas Black Science I see praised consistently for art and story.
What about The Saga of The Metabarons ?
That's one I haven't yet read! To be perfectly honest, I haven't always loved Jodorowsky's writing, so I often have a last-minute change of heart when going to buy some of his books. But this one comes so highly recommended from so many people that - with the Eternaut - it's been on my wishlist for a long time, but prices seem unreasonably high. As soon as there's a reprint or a discount, I'll take a look!
Man, I like Metabarons a lot, one of my favorite comics ever. However, I think it's the kind of comics that you need to fill the gaps with your own mind. It's "sci fi", but it's also entering a bit on fantasy too.
Which Manga do you prefer, Akira or Pluto?
Wow, that's a near-impossible choice, but in a pinch I'll probably take Pluto by a hairsbreadth? Akira is more epic and influential, but Pluto feels more intimate and inquisitive; both are tragic, so how can one really choose?
Have you read other nAoki kurosawa works? He is one of the greatest mangakas(manga authors).
That's what I have heard!
I've started reading Monster and have a couple of volumes of Twentieth Century Boys waiting for me for a while now.
Osamu Tezuka is the best
@@ihatefanserviceanime364 I didn't say its not
Moon cop looks great, so does moon moth
They're both comics I 'evangelize' at every opportunity I get! =)
Ex machina great series it was crazy how the concept really went wild in the series that it's still felt extremely relevant is very crazy sci-fi either with the leading character this seems so complexion very well written.
Nice choice
I would also agree your statement about it being better than Saga and Y the Last man.
I'm always so happy to find people who love Ex Machina! Nothing against Saga and Y, both of which I really enjoy, but Ex Machina just grabbed me!
Try a manga called Eden. Highlly recommend it
I'll check it out, thank you! Are there many volumes?
@@ftloc here in Brazil It was release in 9 volumes. Big volumes
Phoebix is the best sci-fi manga of all time
I've heard so much about it but I just can't find affordable copies or even all the books there are. Is there a single standalone volume you would recommend that I may be able to get easily?
UA-cam offered me this video saying it was uploaded 15 hours ago although I watched it some years ago🤔You broke YT, I think.
They don't need any help from me!
I noticed the same phenomenon occurs now on other channels too. YT keeps sending me push notes that there is a new upload and all those vids are at least many months old.
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Almost forgot- so if I was fabulous wealthy I would eagerly produce a film version of Waters of Deadmoon. It takes place in distant future Paris I don’t say France because by then I surmise , though hope not, Nationalism and country designations will be extinct due to Homo Sapiens hubris greed and possession of thermonuclear weapons - a Pandora’s box of accelerated extinction.
Do you know of the Grandville series by Bryan Talbot?
Just added Talbot to my Amazon wishlist no doubt I’ll love it- haven’t heard of it yet but now I know thanks !
Transmetropolitan is one of the greatest comic, but I think as a science fiction I will choose first the invisibles or planetary :)
David Garcia Herrera Perfectly sensible and I’m sure many would agree with you. But even early on in Transmet, the three separate stories on the cryogenically frozen people, the reservations, and the foglet upload clearly established Transmetropolitan as brainy AND emotional AND ‘moral’ sci fi, and the mob/emergency police stuff later is firmly embedded in the very sci fi concepts established here.
Personally, I never quite enjoyed the Invisibles as much in my heart, and shamefully I have not yet read Planetary, in spite of getting the omnibus last year. But the teeming and seething sci fi of Transmet, of the crowds walking over pavement screens and tapping into feeds, ripe for a contraceptive bomb, are just indelible sci fi to me!
@@ftloc I understand perfectly that the invisibles didn't move you much. It is a comic with a high content of European culture and that maybe is the key that for some people is really high in their list and for others not :)
Also I have 2 recommendations to do in case that you don't know it. Both comics are from the same author J. Michael Straczynski and I know they are more superhero concept but for me they was really good and I want to hear your opinion about it :)
1 - Rising Starts
2 - Midnight nation
Thanks for the suggestions - I'm looking them up! I've enjoyed what little of JMS I have read in my life, and I think his TV stuff was good sci fi too!
I'm curious as to what you meant by 'European culture' in the Invisibles. I am sure I missed more than half of the allusions, but I usually enjoy European comics just as much as I do American or Asian comics, so I wouldn't have thought it would be a reason to not like something, but I'd be interested in your take on that .
What I mean by 'European culture' is:
Part of the aesthetic of the characters is what we could find in the streets of London or other big cities in Europe in the 80s. That punk looks was more common here than other part of the world, same as the look of the buildings or some of the rooms that are drawing in the pages. The culture from America is more spread and better understand for others than the European. But this is a really hard topic to express in just few lines because generalize that way is not bring the reality of the culture that we life. And some part of the understand of a comic is the feeling that invoke on the reader, and as you said it is a good comic but didn't move you as much as me :)
And when you say you think you miss some of the allusions, I think you understand then from the point of view that you read/learn about it in a book/comic or tv but some of that same allusions I lived it.
In other of your videos you spoke about some Indian comic (don't remember now the exact one) but I checked it and I though that it was ok but nothing truly remarkable just because some of the context of the story didn't make too much sense to me.
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Good listing, but man, no european comics? Where is Moebius, Druillet, Caza, Enki Bilal, Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, Christian Godard, Paolo Serpieri, Liberatore, just to name a few? Even classics such as Hergé and E.P.Jacobs wrote Sci.fi in their own way...
So much Moebius is completely unavailable/ unaffordable! I wish they would reprint some like they did with the Incal. The Incal did make my honourable mentions, but you're right - I really need to step up my game in reading more European sci-fi! Of course, this is such a personal list that I am not really talking about the most significant, influential or even 'best' scifi but just the personal favourites that have moved me the most. I am going to start working on this list of creators you have provided - any recommendations of where to start and with what? Thanks so much!
Oh, I just remembered that Frederik Peeters' Aama would definitely have been a contender if not for my 'I need to have finished it' caveat. As I said in my honourable mentions video, these lists are volatile! 😀
What would you recommend by European authors?
I've already read most of Moebius' available work and I really like his styles and stories but I haven't read anyone else (at least in the si-fi genre).
@@ftloc If you want to get into Franco-Belgian there's a guy doing a comprehensive reading list by genre on Reddit. Here's the Metal Hurlant recommendations post: www.reddit.com/r/graphicnovels/comments/glku3h/the_definitive_francobelgian_reading_list_part_4/?
The rest of his posts are linked at the beginning of this one.
Samuel Sánchez Hey Samuel, if you are in the US or read mainly english check these publishers: Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, Humanoids, NBM, they carry a lot of European authors... From the UK check Nobrow, Blank Slate Books, Rebellion, Self Made Hero, Avery Hill Publishing, Shortbox, Centrala (Swiss but operating from the UK...), among others. If you read french there’s an almost endless number of publishers in the french-Belgium-Swiss market - just google around. If you read Spanish, almost the same... a few suggestions: Norma Editorial,Aia Editorial, Aleta, Apa-Apa comics, Astiberri. There’s also a wide number of good authors in other countries, so you have to check if English versions are available. If you read Portuguese try some Brazilian authors (some translated in English...) - they have a huge amount of new wonderful artists and a lot of releases. Hope you found this helpfull. Cheers...