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ALTERNATE REALITY
COMICS WISH LIST
You find yourself stranded in an
alternate universe.
Your only hope for survival is that your favorite comic books still exist in this strange, but sometimes familiar, place.
Tell us the titles you can't live
without (up to 10)
and why. Send to
batweb@batcomics.com.
Make sure they're current titles that still publish.
Pics will generally only be included if you
obtain them yourself and attach them to the E-mail -- make sure they're already
small in size or the E-mail will be rejected (no more than 2MB total for
attachments).
(Let us know if it's ok to include your name)
Teresa Walsh's ARC Wish List
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FABLES
(w-Bill Willingham, a-Mark Buckingham)
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Fables is a universe where characters from fairy tales and folklore
really exist and refer to themselves as "Fables". They've come to our
neck of the woods to escape an evil tyrant who has taken over their
homeland. This book is AMAZING! You can't wait to see who will
pop up and what they'll be like -- at the start, Snow White is a
control-freak/City Manager, the Big Bad Wolf (Bigby) is in human form and
the sheriff, Prince Charming is a total self-centered, conceited jerk (he's
wooed and disappointed Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty,
etc.)... and what they've become -- Cinderella is a super spy ala James
Bond, Bigby becomes a dad, Goldilocks is a psycho and abuser of the Three
Bears,...
IF YOU DON'T READ THIS BOOK, YOU'RE REALLY MISSING OUT! |
ELEPHANTMEN
(w-Richard Starkings, a-Moritat)
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Elephantmen is a spin-off of the fantastic series, Hip Flask,
which focused on Heironymous "Hip" Flask, a hippo-man hybrid. All the
elephantmen are the creation of a crazed genius who created these
animal-human hybrids to be the ultimate soldiers. All they knew was
war but now they're free and trying to incorporate into normal society.
Hip Flask works as a detective. Obadiah Horn (rhino-man) has become a
corporate giant. This is an intense, original, fantastic series.
What the elephantmen experienced and did during the course of war is truly
horrific but whose to blame? And how do they put that behind them
(including internal rivalries) and join society? |
PUNISHER (w-Garth Ennis, a-varies)
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Most people know the history of the Punisher. Frank Castle's family is
killed by the mob while they're having a picnic in the park so
former-marine-Frank decides to begin a one-man crusade to eliminate anyone
associated with the mob... or anyone whose a nasty person in general.
This is the best there is for vigilante justice. No one gets away from
The Punisher. |
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA
w-Alan Burnett, a-Ed Benes)
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The members of the Justice League change. What really matters to me is
that Batman is a member and Batman is the MOST fun to read when there are
other superheroes in awe of him, even though he's just a human.
Their hero worship of him (or fear of him, in the younger members) is ALWAYS
entertaining. If you can't tell, Batman is my favorite and he's why I
read and love this book... but it's a fun read for the other characters
too. And the art is amazing on top of it. |
CRIMINAL MACABRE (starring Cal
MacDonald)
w-Steve Niles, artist vary depending on mini-series/story arc)
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Some Cal MacDonald stories are better than others but they're all fun (in a
sick way). Cal is cursed by having a knack for dealing with the
strange and scary (like zombies, vampires, etc.). Or maybe it's not so
much a knack as a tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ALL
time time. So consequently he drinks and smokes entirely too much but
he still tries to do the right thing, whatever that may seem like at the
time. And his best friend is a ghoul named Molock. Let's just
say he's got an 'interesting' life. |
X-FACTOR (the new one started in 2005)
(w-Peter Allen David, a-varies)
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This is one "X" title that doesn't always feel like an "X" title, and that's
why I love it. These mutants aren't always on the same page as the
X-Men -- they march to their own drummer. Hard to describe but
definitely worth reading. |
STAR TREK: YEAR FOUR (Aliens Spotlight
was even better but it's over)
(w-David Tischman, a-varies)
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I admit it... I love Star Trek. And reading Year Four is like
getting more episodes of the original series. Alien Spotlight
was as good or better but it's completed. It was like it was revealing secrets about
aliens and situations we thought we knew but really didn't (at least not
everything). |
PROOF (w-Alex Grecian, a-Riley Rossmo)
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This is an undiscovered treasure. It's a small book from a large
company (Image Comics). It's about a collection of misfits that are
out to protect us from mysterious beings and to protect them from us.
John Prufrock (Proof) is Bigfoot and he's an 'agent' of a secret government
agency that looks for 'cryptids'. Most are brought back to 'The Lodge'
to live out their lives in peace. This book's take on fairies is...
you gotta read it. It's filled with little factoids (called 'cryptoids')
and includes actual articles that were pulled from various sources
(newspapers, magazines, etc.) from all eras about bigfoot sightings and the
like. This is one I'm glad I discovered. |
UNCANNY X-MEN (w-Ed
Brubaker, a-Michael Choi)
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I must confess, I love the X-Men. I read most of their titles and
story arcs. I read Uncanny X-Men (and X-Men and Astonishing X-Men
and...) even when an arc isn't great because they're like family - I have to
know what happens to them no matter what. If I'm only going to read
one though, it's Uncanny X-Men. This is what started it all and is
sort of like an X-bearing wall - gotta have it. |
COURTNEY CRUMRIN
(w/a-Ted Naifeh)
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There just aren't enough Courtney Crumrin books out. Courtney comes
from a mystical family, is awkward, rambunctious, overly curious, fearless
and just amazingly fun to follow around on her adventures. Ted Naifeh
promised us when last we saw him that there were more Courtney books coming
(after he finishes his current project, The Good Neighbors - a book
project with the writer of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Holly
Black, which looks great, I might add). |
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