I actually don't have a big problem with the top 10 on this list, though there's plenty of other stuff I'd have liked to see included.
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 13 April 2003 23:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also I don't understand Ghost World being so high up while Optic Nerve not being on there at all, especially since I feel they are very similar, except OPtic Nerve didn't get the star casting.
― Carey (Carey), Sunday, 13 April 2003 23:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 April 2003 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
But, then, all those old Warner Bros. cartoons (circa 1930-40) are peppered w/ oodles and oodles of pop cult references, and when the cartoon works, knowing who Peter Lorre is (for instance) doesn't make one bit of difference.
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 14 April 2003 00:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Monday, 14 April 2003 02:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
Christina Aguilera playing with Opus dolls in a wrestling ring = the FEAR.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 April 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Monday, 14 April 2003 02:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Far Side? Did I miss it?
― jm (jtm), Monday, 14 April 2003 02:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Overrated stuff in the top 10: 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. All of these are good, so I'm not terribly agitated, but none are in the same class as Segar's Popeye dailies.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 April 2003 11:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd agree that Pogo and Feiffer are overrated on that list; I haven't read enough Nemo to judge, and I don't know anything about 9. But you think Maus is overrated? Yes it's almost as obvious a chioce as Krazy Kat for top 10 inclusion but what's your specific beef with it? I'm curious.
― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 14 April 2003 14:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 14 April 2003 14:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
I do think Maus was very good, but I think people were overly impressed simply because a comic dealt with such issues. It's the old performing dog thing. That is unfair, but I don't think it has any of the formal and experimental interest of a lot of Spiegelman's best work. I may also react against it because when I interviewed him he was very inclined to use the "but it's the Holocaust! How dare you!" stratagem against any criticism. I think its use of animals has very severe problems. I would certainly have it in my 100, but far lower than fourth place.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 April 2003 17:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 08:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
but there are a number of single panel things up there, herblock's editorial cartoons, most of the New Yorker cartoons so don't understand the reason for leaving Larson out
― H (Heruy), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
For not unobvious reasons, I vote Tintin in Tibet.
― Captain Haddock (Captain Haddock), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 09:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 09:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kieran, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― H (Heruy), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 04:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Colin Saunders (csaunders), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 06:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 17:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave Fischer, Thursday, 17 April 2003 05:08 (twenty-one years ago) link