Exactly - at various points I either hated or was completely indifferent to Marvel and mainstream DC during the 80s and 90s, but almost picked oh, around 1986-96 as my favourite 10-year period because of all the other fantastic stuff on the go in that time.

To tell the truth, the last 10 years or so has probably been the weakest for me in that there hasn't been a whole lot of things that I've really loved. A lot of very solid, enjoyable stuff, but not much I'd rate with my all-time favourites. And much of what I have been most impressed by during that period has been books from slightly earlier that I'd missed when they actually came out - Morrison's Invisibles and The Filth, for example. Or European BD like Quai d'Orsay, that I think of as totally separate from the American scene I think we're mostly talking about in this thread.

Maybe I'll start a "best comics of the last 10 years thread" so I can find out what I've been missing, if anything.

I can't narrow it down. I prefer 1970-1989.  Avenger, FF, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Watchmen, Michelinie/Layton Ironman, Byrne FF, Miller Daredevil etc. Everything after that was just a copy.

And there lies the crux of where you and I differ on the 2000 to 2010 era.

Grant Morrison...!!

I liked Geoff Johns' work on Green Lantern for the first story arc, but after that, I just found his work profoundly overrated.

Morrison, on the other hand, is a pretentious pretender who convinces people he must be a brilliant writer because he's managed to confuse them. And, while I ended up liking Damion Wayne, giving Batman a son, which then pretty much trivialized every Robins' relationship to him on contrast, was a terrible move that never should have been approved.

Funny thing. When Max Allan Collins gave Jason Todd an attitude, everyone freaked.

When Grant Morrison gave Damion Wayne the EXACT same personality, everyone praised the mofo.

I read a few Ultimate stories and generally found them to be well done, but the whole alternate universe reboot thing bugged me in principal. I've always appreciated most those runs that allow you to grow alongside your favorite character for the long-haul, so reboots and alternate takes rub me the wrong way unless they're one-shots.



Yes



Liked it, and Gotham City Sirens, but it wasn't the same level of amazing.



Never read it.



You and I have had this conversation



I actually LIKED Batman and Robin for the pure, unbridled fun factor, and the growing relationship between Dick and Damion was pretty rewarding, but it wasn't Top 100 material for me. I wouldn't cry foul if the Anti Monitor ate it up tomorrow and it suddenly had never existed.



Loved the potential of it, but I'll take the animated version of it over the published one any day. Infinite Crisis and One Year Later played hell with Winnick's intentions.



I've yet to read any of these, though Astro City is high on my To Read List, and Northlander has been on my radar.

If I ever get through the boxes of Conan stuff I already own, I'll try Busiek's run. As it stands, I have about six trades left to read, the REH non-Conan fiction to read, and the first 75 issues of Savage Tales. Gonna be a while

I see your point. It's the same reason some people jumped on after Crisis on Infinite Earths, and again with the Nu52, but in each case, there were also fans of the old guard who walked away. Those weren't their characters anymore.



I think I'm mostly intrigued by the idea of a Big Two comic in the modern age that isn't about superheroes. I've considered checking it out. I like Greg Rucka a whole lot.



I just felt there was too much left unsaid. The climax was utterly interrupted and forgotten.



Fair enough.

Maybe, in a few more years, when there aren't leagues of fanboys espousing Morrison as the second coming anymore, I'll be able to be more open-minded and excuse it its faults.