Favourite Forgotten Vertigo Series

[Farrell]

Peter Milligan's Vertigo work in the late '90's is some of my all-time favorite comics:

Enigma - 8-issue mini-series with art by Duncan Fegredo. Shows Fegredo's progress as a young artist - with covers to die for.

It was followed by Milligan/Fegredo collaborations Face and Girl which were great as well.

Minx - I think it was supposed to be an on-going series, but was cut after 8 issues. Art by Sean Phillips.

Extremist - mini-series with art by Ted McKeever, my favorite work of his. This one delves into the strange world of s/m.

Peter Milligan and Vertigo was a match made in comics heaven.  If I think too much about what he does these days, I'll get depressed. 

If you haven't, try to find Skin by Milligan and Brendan McCarthy.  It's one of the best things he's done outside of Vertigo.

[S. Earl]

Peter Milligan and Vertigo was a match made in comics heaven.  If I think too much about what he does these days, I'll get depressed. 

Well I hope you are at least reading Hellblazer currently, considering it's Milligan - from Vertigo. And it's ACES.

[Farrell]

Well I hope you are at least reading Hellblazer currently, considering it's Milligan - from Vertigo. And it's ACES.

There is that, you're right.  Duh.  I probably forgot because I'm waaay behind, stockpiling as usual.   

[S. Earl]

There is that, you're right.  Duh.  I probably forgot because I'm waaay behind, stockpiling as usual.   

Ha, I'm probably a year behind to. When I typed that I was thinking "Man I hope it's still as good as it was last November... of 2010."

[slurmo]

  re:Hellblazer I have the two latest trades sitting


The Annual (suicide bridge) was pretty awesome. Milligan and an extra long story drawn by Bisley.

I like Milligan on Secret 7 and now JLDark. too bad that he's leaving the title. 

[David]

I know i'm in a minority here, but i LOVED Loveless by Brian Azzarrello.  i'm a huge fan of modern westerns and that book was totally engrossing to me.  I told him once how much i loved it and he replied with "yeah, you and 6 other people."

I have an almost complete run of that.  I'm not sure if I finished the first arc.  Sure was pretty at the start.

[Dashboard]

I know i'm in a minority here, but i LOVED Loveless by Brian Azzarrello.  i'm a huge fan of modern westerns and that book was totally engrossing to me.  I told him once how much i loved it and he replied with "yeah, you and 6 other people."  

You may be in the minority but you're definitely not alone, it's one of my favorite series ever.  I got it bound a couple weeks ago and can't wait to re-read it from beginning to end.

[Jeppe]

Oh, I don't know if it's forgotten per se, but Lucifer is one of my all-time favorite comic book titles bar none.

[S. Earl]

Oh, I don't know if it's forgotten per se, but Lucifer is one of my all-time favorite comic book titles bar none.

I'd hope it's not forgotten. Once that series gets going it is untouchable. And beautiful.

Hell, it's one of my favorites and I've never even read Sandman.

[slurmo]

I got much love for Loveless. Might be missing an issue or two.

[RickV]

Lucifer to me was all the problems I have with Vertigo in general and Mike Carey comics in general all in one package.

To me the one that doesn't get enough talk is Kyle Baker's Why I Hate Saturn and Paul Pope's 100% & Heavy Liquid

Since they are books that are so outside of what is usually considered Vertigo and they are comics that are so so fantastic.

[Jeppe]

Lucifer to me was all the problems I have with Vertigo in general and Mike Carey comics in general all in one package.

 

[Feedback]

Blood and Water Written by Judd Winick Art by Tomm Cooker, I really enjoyed but no one ever talks about same with Bite Club by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman.

Pride and Joy by Garth Ennis and John Higgins which will always be over-shadowed by Preacher but anyone who likes a History of Violence would like this as well.

Last JAMIE DELANO's Animal Man run which is a shame the DC stopped collecting the title after Morrison left since Lemire's run is closer to Delano's run.

Then my unsure if forgotten by Matt Wagners and Scott Seagle Sandman: Mystery Theatre my fav Vertigo series

[S. Earl]

Pride and Joy by Garth Ennis and John Higgins which will always be over-shadowed by Preacher but anyone who likes a History of Violence would like this as well.

Great little read, and can be found quite easily on the cheap.

Then my unsure if forgotten by Matt Wagners and Scott Seagle Sandman: Mystery Theatre my fav Vertigo series

I really, really, really need to finally read this.

Lucifer to me was all the problems I have with Vertigo in general and Mike Carey comics in general all in one package.

I could maybe consider half of this because on the surface the book might come across as your early vertigo Sandman-esque faeries and magic stuff (which it grows away from quit quick.) but I wouldn't say that it sums up Mike Carey at all. As a matter of fact, it's pretty fascinating to me the same guy wrote Lucifer, X-Men (his first 2-3 years on the X-men, up to when it switched to Legacy was THE JAM) and Unwritten. I have a hard time placing him in any one pigeon hole.

[RickV]

I could maybe consider half of this because on the surface the book might come across as your early vertigo Sandman-esque faeries and magic stuff (which it grows away from quit quick.) but I wouldn't say that it sums up Mike Carey at all. As a matter of fact, it's pretty fascinating to me the same guy wrote Lucifer, X-Men (his first 2-3 years on the X-men, up to when it switched to Legacy was THE JAM) and Unwritten. I have a hard time placing him in any one pigeon hole.

It is more that the book is way to text heavy. There are issues of it I enjoyed quite a bit but that series has no business being that long. Carey has always come off to me as a second rate Gaiman and if I am being perfectly honestly I don't enjoy Gaiman's comics all that much (I like parts of Sandman ALOT but a lot of it I could take or leave and his Batman thing was so bad)

[S. Earl]

It is more that the book is way to text heavy. There are issues of it I enjoyed quite a bit but that series has no business being that long. Carey has always come off to me as a second rate Gaiman and if I am being perfectly honestly I don't enjoy Gaiman's comics all that much (I like parts of Sandman ALOT but a lot of it I could take or leave and his Batman thing was so bad)

Got ya. Text Heavy, can't argue with that. It's right there on the page, and lot's of it.

[Jeppe]

It is more that the book is way to text heavy. There are issues of it I enjoyed quite a bit but that series has no business being that long. Carey has always come off to me as a second rate Gaiman and if I am being perfectly honestly I don't enjoy Gaiman's comics all that much (I like parts of Sandman ALOT but a lot of it I could take or leave and his Batman thing was so bad)

Woah. I can understand that you think it's text heavy, but Carey being a second rate Gaiman? Seriously?

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, and sure, they both write genre fiction. But between The Unwritten, Lucifer, Crossing Midnight, and his prose stuff (namely the Felix Castor novels) I really can't see Carey as being a cheap Gaiman knock-off.

[slurmo]

I didn't like Heavy liquid so I skipped 100%

I need to reread all the themed anthologies that they did for a while Gangland, the love & horror ones...

[Greg Leclair (greg1ca)]

I quite enjoyed the early run on The Books of Magic (ongoing) starring Tim Hunter.

but the Vertigo I flat out miss the most is Sandman Mystery Theatre

[bean6344]

I never read The Deadenders but always wanted to check it out.  I have been holding out for an all in one omnibus.  

Looks like a will be getting it in paperback.   Close enough.

http://www.amazon.com/Deadenders-Ed-Brubaker/dp/1401234801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330035114&sr=8-1

Bean