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  1. Sent you a P.M. There's certainly some books I'm after here -- as well as Carl, Harry and quite a few others. I guess we can work things out. Thanks for your committment! Jeremy
  2. There can be no doubt that Moore is the all time best. Almost everything he's done has been groundbreaking. Miracleman, Swamp Thing, Watchmen, Killing Joke, League, Tomorrow Stories, V for Vendetta... the list goes on and on. What's more, without him, many of the British writers, including Gaiman, would have never even entered the field. Having said that, Stan Lee is the most important writer of all time. He (with Kirby, Ditko, Heck et al) simply changed what mainstream comics could do. His brand of melodrama might have been over the top sometimes but look at DC's simplistic strips in the 40's, 50's & 60's and tell me what's better. Those who say Kirby & Ditko deserve all the credit are wrong. Comics ARE indeed a visual medium but look at Kirby's New Gods epic. Great characters & visual concept but the dialog was just awful. It took me 'til my 20's to figure out what he was trying to do and, at the end of the day it failed. Kirby's return to Marvel in the 70's wasn't much better. Stan might not have come up with all the ideas but he knew how to make them work.
  3. WAY too many names omitted on this list - howzabout Will Eisner? His work on the Spirit was revolutionary. Robert Crumb anyone? We did get a Wally Wood vote but he was a key influence on many artists. Moebius -- holy cow! His work in the 70's was the best by any artist at the time but not far behind Barry Windsor Smith. Harvey Kurtzman, like Eisner also changed the standard 9 panel format into something much bigger. I think we're all spoiled with the great art produced by some of the artists today but I honestly don't think there is anyone out there now who's not using some of these guys techniques and styles.