Creator-Owned
In terms of quantity, it is much more common for characters to be creator-owned (or company-licensed) than owned by their publisher. However, in comics two of the biggest publishers worldwide (DC and Marvel) traditionally own all their characters. This page is meant to help distinguish characters that are owned by the creator from those owned by the publisher in cases where it's not immediately obvious.
Aztek's 2010 Vertigo Comics Round Up
I've always thought about giving Y the Last Man a try, so I'll probably get that too, even though you didn't directly suggest it to me, lol. What's the art situation like on these comics?
Alright, I'll look them and possibly blow my £30 Amazon voucher I got for Christmas on them, thanks for the suggestions :D
And...
Yeah, if the first guy had stuck around the series wouldn't be nearly as popular, probably would have been cancelled after the first year, LOL
Eclipse, check Morrison's Animal Man
if you wanna step a little outside the superhero. Try sweet tooth, I have a feeling you would like it considering your tastes
@aztek the lost: Yeah, you could argue that it's the colourist, but a) initially it was the same colorst, Crabtree stayed on for almost 50 issues, I think, and b) the colourist didn't add in all the details. Ottley has a good understanding of anatomy, whereas Walker just scribbled a few lines on the figure for some reason. He always did this weird thing to noses that I hated.
@Nighthunter: Sweet Tooth? I'll search for it, lol, I thought you were talking about Chew for a second
So far Morrison's Doom Patrol and Transmetropolitan are probably my favorite. After I finish those up, I plan to look into Hellblazer and The Invisibles.
" @Nighthunter: trying to upstage me? :P but yeah...both good books, although, I know I'm probably alone in this but I think Delano's Animal Man (#51-79) was better than Morrison's (#1-26) "
never even heard of Delano's run, also his name in spanish would mean "From the anus" so eeeeeew :P (yes, I'm immature sue me)
" @Silkcuts: is Gaiman even interested in comics anymore? I would have loved to have a Gaiman Swamp Thing to read...but did he actually have it already written or did he just refuse to write it and wrote that Brother Power story instead? but otherwise, seeing as I'm not a big continuity guy it's all okay to me...I wouldn't mind it if Swamp Thing was appearing under both publishers without any explanation...those concerned with continuity could follow the DC one...and those concerned with story could read the Vertigo one...but I will admit, Swamp Thing hasn't really had a successful run since Moore which is a shame...everyone so far that had talent has been ousted before they could finish "
I don't think Gaiman has a huge care for comics since he makes more money doing movies and stuff. I don't know the whole story since I never finished the dream king book, but what I know is that he plotted it and did not take the book after Veitch because of the drama. My understanding it was Gaiman and Delano next on Swampy, not Wheeler.
All I know is Swamp Thing is not handled right. Moore's was the only strong seller because it was a head of its time. Veitch's run is where the curse came....
Oh, it even has the Swamp Thing stuff, I didn't know that. Hopefully it ends up being everything from start to current, but sometimes the gaps Vertigo takes between printing trades of older stuff is a bit long, hope this doesn't potentially suffer from that.
I do enjoy Gaiman and you hit it on the nail why I think he is overrated. Even today his name has so much pull, but all he really wrote was Sandman. His Swamp Thing never really saw light, Marvelman was bad luck, but even his dabbles here and there never really were ground breaking.
Veitch's run has its moments, its not moore's of course. I think it picks up when Veitch and Delano team up (TEFE)... then that goes downhill after trade 9. The Time travel story had potential... but ends badly the way it currently is.
For the Gaiman fans: Think about it this way, Gaiman returns to comics every few years to do ONLY projects he has a great passion or ideas for.
Most recent example being his "Whatever happened to the caped crusader?"
I used to be a big Vertigo fan. I was overjoyed when the imprint started. After picking up The Unwritten #28 (see my latest review), I have to say, it doesn't seem to do much for me these days. The comics seem to be trying to do what indies do rather than what Vertigo used to do best - occupy that great middle zone between mainstream superhero and horror comics, and the wierd, off-beat and low-key independent comics world. It seems they've strayed too far toward the latter, and sacrificed the former, what with Animal Man and Swamp Thing returning to the mainstream DCU.
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