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Who are your top 25 writers of comics?

mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
edited August 2012 in Comics Talk Community - The On Topic Forum
Who are your top 25 writers of comics?

1. Yes you can a few writer/artists to the list.
2. Add a few titles by the writers name that you enjoy
3. Have fun!

Matthew
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  • dubbat138dubbat138 Posts: 3,200
    edited August 2012
    Not in any kind of order.

    1.Peter Bagge-Hate,YEAH!
    2.Frank Miller-Dark Knight Returns,Sin City
    3.Steve Gerber-Howard the Duck,Man-thing
    4.Steve Englehart-Defenders
    5.Alan Moore-Miracleman,From hell
    6.Garth Ennis-Preacher,The Boys
    7.Rick Veitch-Maximortal,Brat Pack
    8.Ben Edlund-The Tick
    9.David Kraft-Defenders
    10.Mike Baron-Badger
    11.Steve Ditko-The Question
    12.Dan Clowes_Ghost World,Like a velvet glove cast in Iron
    13.Doug Monch-Master of Kung Fu,Moon Knight
    14.Bill Willingham-Fables
    15.Jamie Delano-Hellblazer,Animal Man
    16.Grant Morrison-Animal Man
    17.Robert Kirkman-Walking Dead
    18.XCharles Burns-Black Hole
    19.Chris Claremont-Uncanny X-men
    20.Kurt Busick-Astro City
    21.Los Brothers Hernandez-Love and Rockets
    22.Don Rosa-Uncle Scrooge
    23.Peter MilliganShade the Changing Man,Human Target
    24.Don McGregor-Black Panther,Killraven
    25.Robin Bougie-Super Maximum Excitement,Sleazy Slice
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  • mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    edited August 2012
    1. John Byrne (Superman, Action Comics, Man of Steel miniseries. FF, Sensational She Hulk)
    2. Alan Moore (Swamp Thing, Top Ten, Watchmen, DCU Stories of Alan Moore various DC heroes, Lost Girls)
    3. Jeph Loeb (Superman/Batman, Long Halloween, Dark Victory)
    4. J.M. Dematteis (JLI & Spider-Man Kraven's Last Hunt)
    5. Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men & X-Men Forever)
    6. Geoff Johns (Action Comics run, Green Lantern, Blackest Night & his 2nd run on JSA + JSA/JLA Virtue & Vice OGN)
    7. Bill Willingham (Ironwood, Fables)
    8. Brian Wood (Local)
    9. Frank Miller (Batman Year One & Daredevil)
    10. Brian Michael Bendis (Daredevil, Ult. Spider-Man)
    11. Marv Wolfman (COIE, Batman)
    12. Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (Power Girl, Jonah Hex & Jonah Hex No Way Back OGN)
    13. Gerry Conway (the Death of Gwen Stacy from Amazing Spider-Man)
    14. Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern, Jerry Ordway, Karl Kesel, etc (The Death, World without & Return of Superman) & Jurgens, Stern, Kesel, Louise Simonson, David Michelinie (Superman The Wedding Album)
    15.Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo)
    16. Peter David (X-Factor & Death of Jean DeWolffe)
    17. Jeff Lemire (Essex Country Trilogy & Superboy)
    18. Jim Starlin (Batman & Cosmic Odyssey)
    19. Brad Meltzer (Identity Crisis)
    20. Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Criminal, Fatale)
    21. Greg Rucka (Stumptown, Batwoman, Punisher, Action Comics)
    22. Rucka, Morrison, Waid & Johns (52)
    23. Judd Winnick (Batman, Catwoman, Barry Ween Boy Genius & Power Girl)
    24. Brian K Vaughn (Pride of Baghdad & Saga)
    25. Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead)

    Honorable Mention
    David Petersen (Mouseguard)


    Matthew
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  • random73random73 Posts: 2,318
    top 25!? whew thats rough. let me start with top 5 i think i can handle that.

    5) J. Michael Strazinski (Supreme Power)
    4) Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible)
    3) Warren Ellis (Pleanetary)
    2) Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vandetta)
    1) Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Daredevil)

    Thats not a prefect group but i think those guys all have more hits than misses.
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  • ThreadKillerThreadKiller Posts: 55
    edited August 2012
    Gonna start my list too...and try to get to 25...

    1. Bendis
    2. Waid
    3. Gage
    4. Casey
    5. Lapham
    6. Seeley
    7. Slott
    8. Abnett & Lanning
    9. Joe Kelly
    10. David
    11. Straczynski
    12. Vaughan
    13. Ennis
    14. Ellis (Indie only)
    15. Brubaker
    16. Millar
    17. Willingham
    18. Aaron
    19. Remender
    20. Jay Faerber
    21. Moore
    22. Kirkman
    23. Fraction
    24. Way (Deadpool run)
    25. Marz
    26. Busiek (13-14 years ago he is number 1 on this list)
    27. Pak
    28. Jenkins
    29. Steven T. Seagal

    These are in order of my current favorites.
    Need to come back after looking through my stacks!

    2012-08-17 Edit: I can't believe it but I made it to 25, and went beyond. I know there are probably still a write or two I am forgetting. Can't believe I didn't think of Slott and Fraction until today.

    ...dammit...just remembered Mark Millar.
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  • mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    edited August 2012
    @ThreadKiller For #13 do you mean Alan Moore (Watchmen) or Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise)?

    Matthew
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    My list, with a few qualifiers. If no qualifiers, then pretty much anything they do. No particular order.

    Waid
    Busiek
    Dini (the Alex Ross treasuries)
    Gaiman
    Johns ("old DC" JSA, period)
    Willingham (Fables and Shadow Pact)
    Miller (Batman DKR and Year 1)
    Moore
    Bendis (Ultimate Spidey)
    Ellis (Planetary)
    Wolfman (New Teen Titans)
    Loeb (for his Batman series' and the "color" themed marvel books)
    Morrison (for All Star Superman 1-11, and Marvel Boy)
    Casey (Mr. Majestic)
    Richard E. Hughes (aka Shane O'Shea, writer of Herbie the Fat Fury)
    Baron (Nexus)
    Claremont (80's X-Men and Excalibur)
    Byrne (FF, Alpha Flight)
    Otto Binder (Captain Marvel)
    Kanigher (Sgt. Rock)
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  • BetaRayBenBetaRayBen Posts: 50
    An imperfect list, in no order (still took awhile!):

    Brian K. Vaughan (Y, Pride of Baghdad)
    Alan Moore (Killing Joke, Watchmen)
    Grant Morrison (New X-Men, All-Star Superman, Doom Patrol)
    J.M. Dematteis (Spider-Man, JLI)
    Roger Stern (Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers)
    Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Books of Magic)
    Kurt Busiek (Astro City, Marvels)
    Steve Englehart (Detective, Silver Surfer)
    Chris Claremont (X-Men, Excalibur)
    Straczynski (ASM, Supreme Power)
    Frank Miller (Daredevil, Batman)
    Peter Milligan (X-Force/Statix, Shade)
    Stan Lee (Amazing Spider-Man)
    Jason Aaron (Scalped)
    Keith Giffen (Justice League, Legion)
    Denny O'Neil (GL/GA, Batman, World's Finest)
    Len Wein (Swamp Thing)
    David Michelinie (Iron Man, Spider-Man titles)
    Marv Wolfman (New Teen Titans, Crisis)
    Gerry Conway (Spider-Man titles, JLA)
    Paul Levitz (Legion)
    Roy Thomas (Avengers, All-Star Squadron, Infinity, Inc.)
    Mark Millar (Ultimates)
    Walt Simonson (Thor)
    Mark Waid (Kingdom Come)
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  • TorchsongTorchsong Posts: 2,794
    Here's a bunch.

    Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys, Monster, Pluto)
    Mark Waid (Pretty much anything the man does)
    Akira Toriyama (Dragonball, Cowa!)
    Alan Moore (Watchmen, Lost Girls)
    Kiyohiko Azuma (Yotsuba@!, Azumanga Daioh)
    Garth "I'm Oirish!" Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, Goddess)
    Koshi Rikdo (Excel Saga)
    Grant "The Starchild" Morrison (The good stuff, not the bad stuff! :) )
    Q Hayashida (Dorohedoro)
    Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan)
    Rei Hiroe (Black Lagoon)
    Osamu Tezuka (Phoenix, Astro Boy)
    Gail Simone (Secret Six, Batgirl)
    Ohbata (Death Note)
    Paul Cornell (Demon Knights)
    Paul Levitz (Legion of Superheroes)
    John Wagner (Judge Dredd) (this one's for my buddy Flint!)
    Keith Giffen (Ambush Bug)
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  • dubbat138dubbat138 Posts: 3,200
    It is interesting to see that 1 or 2 names have popped up on pretty much every list so far.
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  • ThreadKillerThreadKiller Posts: 55
    edited August 2012
    mguy1977 said:

    @ThreadKiller For #13 do you mean Alan Moore (Watchmen) or Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise)?

    Matthew

    Alan...for sure.

    **covering own head to avoid the things people are about to throw at me**
    - I've never read anything by Terry Moore.
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  • WetRatsWetRats Posts: 6,314
    Off the top of my head, no particular order:

    Kurt Busiek
    Mark Waid
    Walt Simonson
    Archie Goodwin
    Bill Mantlo
    Paul Levitz
    Keith Giffen
    Howard Chaykin
    Darwyn Cooke
    Denny O'Neil
    Marv Wolfman
    Dave Sim
    Terry Moore
    Paul Smith
    Neil Gaiman
    Steve Englehart
    Jaime Hernandez
    Gilbert Hernandez
    Robert Kanigher
    James Robinson
    Matt Wagner
    Steven T. Seagle
    Mike Baron
    Sergio Aragones
    And the undisputed* Greatest Comics Writer Ever:
    Carl Barks!


    *In WetRatsLand, at least.
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  • random73random73 Posts: 2,318
    10) Jason Aaron (scalped)
    9) Judd Winnick (Outsiders)
    8) Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist)
    7) Brian K. Vaughn (Saga)
    6) Brad Meltzer (Identity Crisis)
    5) J. Michael Strazinski (Supreme Power)
    4) Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible)
    3) Warren Ellis (Pleanetary)
    2) Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vandetta)
    1) Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Daredevil)

    okay upon reflection ive knocked out the top 10. beyond this *shrugs*...
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  • mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    I have to read the remaining trades of Scalped to possibly add Jason Aaron in the future.

    Matthew
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  • mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    ThreadKiller said:

    mguy1977 said:

    @ThreadKiller For #13 do you mean Alan Moore (Watchmen) or Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise)?

    Matthew

    Alan...for sure.

    **covering own head to avoid the things people are about to throw at me**
    - I've never read anything by Terry Moore.
    Jamie D. enjoys work from both Alan & Terry Moore both writers bunches & bunches. Strangers in Paradise is available in six digests he also worked on Echo & Rachel Rising as his indie works. Strangers in Paradise is weird triangles w/ suspense always around the corner & danger. ThreadKiller every comics reader can't read everything so don't sweat it.

    Matthew
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  • Chuck_MelvilleChuck_Melville Posts: 3,003
    In no particular order:

    Steve Gerber
    Steve Englehart
    Len Wein
    Alan Moore
    Archie Goodwin
    Geoff Johns
    Carl Barks
    Don Rosa
    Brian Bendis
    Denny O'Neil
    Donna Barr
    John Broome
    Gardner Fox
    Ed Brubaker
    Neil Gaiman
    Sergio Aragones
    Mark Waid
    Kurt Busiek
    Phil Foglio
    J Michael Straczynski
    Jim Starlin
    Bill Willingham
    J P Morgan
    Stan Sakai
    Roy Thomas
    Peter David

    Argh! That was 26!!!

    I'll have to get rid of somebody!!
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  • mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    @Chuck_Melville List one writer as an honorable mention problem solved.

    Matthew
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  • davefaustdavefaust Posts: 24
    edited August 2012
    In order:

    1. Alan Moore (everything)
    2. Grant Morrison (everything)
    3. Warren Ellis (everything)
    4. Charles Burns (everything)
    5. Jack Kirby (DC work+The Eternals)
    6. Jim Starlin (Batman: The Cult, Adam Warlock)
    7. Jonathan Hickman (everything)
    8. Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Saga)
    9. Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys)
    10. Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
    11. James Robinson (Starman)
    12. Matt Fraction (Casanova)
    13. Dan Clowes (everything)
    14. Rick Veitch (Abraxas and the Earthman)
    15. Kurt Busiek (Astro City)
    16. Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, Year One)
    17. Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT)
    18. Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Black Kiss)
    19. Alejandro Jodorowsky (Incal)
    20. Mark Waid (The Kingdom)
    21. Mark Millar (Ultimates, Superman: Red Son)
    22. Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira)
    23. Garth Ennis (Preacher,The Boys)
    24. Jason Aaron (Scalped)
    25. Jeff Lemire (everything)
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  • dubbat138dubbat138 Posts: 3,200
    WetRats said:

    Off the top of my head, no particular order:


    And the undisputed* Greatest Comics Writer Ever:
    Carl Barks!


    *In WetRatsLand, at least.

    Can't believe I forgot to include Barks on my list.

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  • KrescanKrescan Posts: 623
    edited August 2012
    1. Fabian Nicieza
    2. Mark Millar
    3. Brian Michael Bendis
    4. Mark Waid
    5. Garth Ennis
    6. Brian K. Vaughn
    7. Christos Gage
    8. Kerion Gillen
    9. Robert Kirkman
    10. Neil Gaiman
    11. Greg Rucka
    12. Gail Simone
    13. Joss Whedon
    14. Frank Miller
    15. Dan Slott
    16. Larry Hama
    17. Andrew Chambliss
    18. Fred Van Lente
    19. Scott Lobdell
    20. Brian Azzarello


    Well you get 20 from me, I could name some of the other big names that I'm marginally familiar with their work but these are the ones that I could think of off the top of my head.
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  • ctowner1ctowner1 Posts: 481
    Here's 30, with my favorite of their works listed:

    1. Azzarello, Brian - 100 Bullets
    2. Bagge, Peter - Hate
    3. Baker, Kyle - Cowboy Wally Show
    4. Bendis, Brian –Jinx, Goldfish
    5. Brubaker, Ed -Criminal, Cap, Fatale
    6. Chadwick, Paul – Concrete
    7. Chaykin, Howard - American Flagg
    8. Cooke, Darwyn – Parker, New Frontier
    9. Dave Sim (Cerebus)
    10. Eisner - The Spirit
    11. Ellis – Planetary
    12. Ennis, Garth - Preacher
    13. Gaiman, Neil – Sandman
    14. Kindt, Matt – Super Spy, Three Story
    15. Kirkman- Walking Dead, Invincible
    16. Lapham, Dave - Stray Bullets
    17. Lutes, Jason – Berlin
    18. Miller, Frank – DD, Batman: Dark Knight Returns
    19. Moore, Alan - V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Miracleman, Swamp Thing, Promethea
    20. Moore, Terry - Strangers in Paradise
    21. Morrison, Grant - Doom Patrol, The Invisibles
    22. Robinson, James – Starman
    23. Simonson, Walt – Thor
    24. Smith, Jeff - Bone
    25. Spiegelman, Art – Maus
    26. Sturm, James - James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems
    27. Vaughan, Brian K - Y, Ex Machina
    28. Wagner, Matt – Grendel, Mage
    29. Ware, Chris - Jimmy Corrigan
    30. Willingham, Bill – Fables

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  • dubbat138dubbat138 Posts: 3,200
    ctowner1 said:

    Here's 30, with my favorite of their works listed:


    2. Bagge, Peter - Hate



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    Nice to see Bagge and Hate getting some love.

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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    edited August 2012
    01. René Goscinny (Asterix,Iznogoud,Lucky Luke,Le petit Nicolas)
    02. Hergé (Les Aventures de Tintin)
    03. Alan Moore (From Hell, Watchmen,V for Vendetta,Promethea,Swamp Thing)
    04. Jean-Michel Charlier (Blueberry,Buck Danny)
    05. Carl Barks (Uncle Scrooge)
    06. André Franquin (Gaston, Spirou et Fantasio)
    07. George Herriman (Krazy Kat)
    08. Art Spiegelman (Maus)
    09. Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira)
    10. Jean Van Hamme (Largo Winch, XIII,Thorgal,Le grand pouvoir du Chninkel)
    11. Alejandro Jodorowsky (L'Incal,Juan Solo,La caste des méta-barons)
    12. Tsugumi Ohba (Death Note, Bakuman)
    13. Will Eisner (A Contract with God,The Spirit,New York)
    14. Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
    15. Garth Ennis (Preacher)
    16. Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon)
    17. Charles Burns (Black Hole)
    18. Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise)
    19. Stan Lee (Spider-Man,Silver Surfer,Fantastic Four)
    20. Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns)
    21. Moebius (Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius, Arzach)
    22. Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood)
    23. Cosey (A la recherche de Peter Pan, Le voyage en Italie,Jonathan)
    24. Jacques Tardi (Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec)
    25. Jim Woodring (Frank, Weathercraft, Jim)
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  • JCBJCB Posts: 51
    I feel I'm a bit green to go top 25, as some writers only have to one title or run I enjoy, but I will give this a shot. Besides Bru, Ellis, and Scott, there is no real order to them.

    Ed Brubaker (Sleeper, Criminal, Gotham Central, Daredevil, Bucky Cap, Fatale)
    Warren Ellis (Planetary, The Authority, Transmet, Ultimate Marvel titles)
    Scott Snyder (American Vampire, Batman, Detective Comics, Severed)
    Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force, Fear Agent)
    Jason Aaron (Scalped, which is my favorite series ever)
    Jeph Loeb (everything with Tim Sale, Supes/Bats: Public Enemies)
    Chuck Dixon (Nightwing and every other Bat book he laid his hands on)
    Darwyn Cooke (every. single. THING)
    Greg Rucka (Detective, Gotham Central, Q&C, probably everything in the end)
    Robert Kirkman (Invincible, which is the best superhero book ever)
    Grant Morrison (New X-Men, Batman, All-Star Supes, JLA, Doom Patrol)
    Joe Hill (Locke & Key)
    Paul Dini (Detective Comics, Streets of Gotham)
    Garth Ennis (everything, but majority votes to Preacher obviously)
    Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y:TLM, Saga, and Saga)
    Frank Miller (Year One, TDKR)

    I think that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Maybe not 25, but definitely my take. I'm super young, so my experience isn't in Bronze Age-y stuff as much as modern books.
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  • WetRatsWetRats Posts: 6,314
    JCB said:

    Darwyn Cooke (every. single. THING)

    :D :D :D
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  • JCBJCB Posts: 51
    WetRats said:

    JCB said:

    Darwyn Cooke (every. single. THING)

    :D :D :D
    Darwyn should draw all the comics in the world.
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  • ctowner1ctowner1 Posts: 481
    dubbat138 said:

    ctowner1 said:

    Here's 30, with my favorite of their works listed:


    2. Bagge, Peter - Hate



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    L nny

    Nice to see Bagge and Hate getting some love.

    great stuff...a shame we only get it once a year these days!

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  • Chuck_MelvilleChuck_Melville Posts: 3,003
    René Goscinny...

    I knew I forgot somebody!
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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    Chuck_Melville said:

    René Goscinny...

    I knew I forgot somebody!

    He will always be my #1 :x
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  • dubbat138dubbat138 Posts: 3,200
    edited August 2012
    ctowner1 said:

    dubbat138 said:

    ctowner1 said:

    Here's 30, with my favorite of their works listed:


    2. Bagge, Peter - Hate



    e
    L nny

    Nice to see Bagge and Hate getting some love.

    great stuff...a shame we only get it once a year these days!

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    L nny
    True,but I understand why he ended it when he did. Even back in the day what 4 issues came out each year?

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  • demonbeardemonbear Posts: 159
    hmm.. this too.

    Matt Fraction
    Peter David
    Ed Brubaker
    Warren Ellis
    Joss Whedon
    Brian Azzarello
    Kurt Busiek
    Rick Remender
    Frank Miller
    Alan Moore
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