Who Are Your Top Five Favourite WRITERS (Any And All Eras)? 1 1

[Cat]

Same question as the artists thread, just with writers. Who are your five favourite writers, from any and all eras of your choice. 

Here are mine, to start the show. Numbers 1 and 2 are tied for my favourite, the other 3 are in no particular order:

1. Jonathon Hickman 

2. Geoff Johns

3. Stan Lee

4. Simon Furman

5. James Robinson

Edited July 14, 2021 by Mecha_Fantastic
Changed my number 5 choice because my thunking skills ain't great

[ADAMANTIUM]

Stan

Claremont 

Wein

Conway

And stuck in the circle of fifths and cant escape the moderns so maybe CRAIN? Or such? Cates?

[KirbyJack]

Alan Moore

Stan Lee

Peter David 

Al Feldstein

Walt Simonson

[kav]

Stan Lee 
Edmond Hamilton
Roy Thomas (cause of Conan)
Ed Brew Baker
Denny O Neil (cause of GL/GA)

[Bird]

Alan Moore

 

 

Roy Thomas

Jonathan Hickman - the last guy keeping me in comics, loved loved loved Secret Warriors and Fantastic Four

James Robinson

Claremont

Edited July 14, 2021 by Bird
smacks head: DAVE SIM

[catman76]

I couldn't care less about people that are just writers for comics and draw nothing so mine are artists who write their own work...

Kim Deitch

Robert Crumb

Chris Ware

and the last two aren't "comic book" artist/writers, but oh well...

Gary Larson

Kaz

 

 

[kav]

2 hours ago, catman76 said:

I couldn't care less about people that are just writers for comics and draw nothing so mine are artists who write their own work...

Kim Deitch

Robert Crumb

Chris Ware

and the last two aren't "comic book" artist/writers, but oh well...

Gary Larson

Kaz

 

 

daniel clowes
charles burns
adrian tomine
craig thompson
Lynda Barry

[Turnando]

2 hours ago, catman76 said:

I couldn't care less about people that are just writers for comics and draw nothing so mine are artists who write their own work...

Amen

[Cat]

3 hours ago, Bird said:

Alan Moore

 

 

Roy Thomas

Jonathan Hickman - the last guy keeping me in comics, loved loved loved Secret Warriors and Fantastic Four

James Robinson

Claremont

Aaaaargh I should have put James Robinson over Warren Ellis. 

Oh, to hell with it, I'm changing mine.  thanks Bird. I was stuck on my fifth and totally blanked on Robinson. 

Edited July 14, 2021 by Mecha_Fantastic

[KickHimPedro]

Alan Moore and Garth Ennis 

[eee91]

1. Stan Lee
2. Len Wein
3. Chris Claremont
4. Alan Moore
5. Coin-flip between Denny O'Neil and Grant Morrison

 

[jdandns]

Alan Moore

Garth Ennis

Neil Gaiman

Brian K. Vaughan

Chris Ware

(Bubbling under are Rick Veitch, Mark Millar, Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, and Peter David)

[Larryw7]

1. Denny O'Neill

2. Stan Lee in collaboration with Kirby and Ditko

3. Gerry Conway

4. Eisner

5. Bill Finger

Edited July 14, 2021 by Larryw7
dam spell check

[jjonahjameson11]

This was more difficult than anticipated, but here are my favs, in no particular order:

Stan Lee

Will Eisner

Terry Moore

Dave Sim (never gets the credit he deserves as a writer)

Neil Gaiman

Honourable mention: Archie Goodwin (he was so good at so many things, but his stories for Warren and on Secret Agent X-9 were great)

[D84]

1. Bill Finger
2. Ed Brubaker 
3. Denny O'Neil
4. Greg Rucka
5. Alan Grant

[Bird]

no love for Bendis? I considered him, for those do-it-all creator fans his early stuff that he draws & writes is wonderful. 

Another do-it-all guy I love is Eddie Campbell. All his solo work is crazy cool...funny, silly, heartwarming. Then the Bacchus Eyeball Kid stuff is insane.

 

[Bird]

1 hour ago, D84 said:

Ed Brubaker

Gotham Central with him & Rucka cowriting, or alternately writing or whatever it was, is an all time great. 

[djpinkpanther67]

Stan

Starlin

Clairemont

O’Neil

Moore

[THE_BEYONDER]

John Byrne & Chris Claremont 

[OuterBanks]

1. Alan Moore
2. Brian K Vaughan
3. Jason Aaron (minus the Avengers run) 
4. Donny Cates
5. Robert Kirkman 
6. Chip Zdarksy / Matt Fraction 
7. Chris Claremont 

I could go on - I tend to like the writers more than even the artists.