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can you help me create a list of the top 10 indy comic titles from 1975 to now?

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I was just sorta googling around for a list of the top 10 indy comic titles from recent decades and

nothing really struck me as a fair shot at it. The lists always discussed a certain year or what have

you. I am just curious what people here think. What indy title(s) do you think should be on a top

10 list based on art, story, long term affect on the medium, etc..?

 

 

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i am biased but I will throw in the flaming carrot.

 

So far we have nailed the easy ones. I am trying to recall the ones from left field that might have

been created in the late 1970s that people forget about or others which really changed the medium

but were more a flash in the pan due to circumstances like the direct market crashing.

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Should magazines created during the late 1970s count like RAW or Wierdo?

After all, RAW, for example, had Maus in it.

 

What about convention magazines like Visions where the flaming carrot was first introduced?

 

How should those play into a list?

 

edited to add:

Ken is quick on the draw. He beat me to it. But my points above.. i am curious what others think

how they should play into a list.

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This is what we have so far. Quickly thrown into a rough ordering which I put 30 seconds of thought

into.

 

What should go up and what should go down?

 

 

Cerebus

TMNT

ElfQuest

Usagi Yojimbo

Ralph Snart

Love and Rockets

RAW

Eightball #1

Ralph Snart

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Milk & Cheese

Tank Girl

Flaming Carrot

Bone

Strangers In Paradise

Star Reach

Tank Girl

Neat Stuff/Hate

Fade From Blue

Optic Nerve

Black Hole

Omaha: The Cat Dancer

Acme Novelty Library

 

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I think f it's a magazine sized comic, where the only difference is the size of the page, it's a comic. I think if it's a text magazine about comics like the Comics Journal or whatever, it's not a comic.

 

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This is what we have so far. Quickly thrown into a rough ordering which I put 30 seconds of thought

into.

 

What should go up and what should go down?

 

 

Cerebus

TMNT

ElfQuest

Usagi Yojimbo

Ralph Snart

Love and Rockets

RAW

Eightball #1

Ralph Snart

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Milk & Cheese

Tank Girl

Flaming Carrot

Bone

Strangers In Paradise

Star Reach

Tank Girl

Neat Stuff/Hate

Fade From Blue

Optic Nerve

Black Hole

Omaha: The Cat Dancer

Acme Novelty Library

Eightball should be on there as a series and not a single issue IMO.
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I rarely see them but issues of RAW from the mid 1980s sell for stupid money in NYC., as do copies of How to commit suicide in South Africa and The scum also rises

 

This is the first time I have heard of The scum also rises.

 

The how to commit suicide in south africa is a RAW one shot.. so I figure by putting RAW on the

list it sorta covers that.

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Slightly adjusted list.

 

Cerebus

TMNT

ElfQuest

Usagi Yojimbo

Ralph Snart

Love and Rockets

RAW

Flaming Carrot

Bone

Eightball

Ralph Snart

Wierdo

Omaha: The Cat Dancer

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Milk & Cheese

Strangers In Paradise

Star Reach

Tank Girl

Neat Stuff/Hate

Fade From Blue

Optic Nerve

Black Hole

Acme Novelty Library

 

 

Now it is time for us to poke and stab at the list.

 

I do not think Tank Girl should be on a top 10 list. Sure it was a fun read but I did not get anything

more from it.

 

Do you have an opinion on what would never make it to the top 10 from the above?

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Maus should be high up on there. It's classic material.

 

The format doesn't need to conform to standard, mainstream comic book dimensions.  These are indies, after all.

 

Acme Novelty Library should be a lot higher in the rankings. Chris Ware is an amazing talent.

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