anyhoo... anyone care to share their fave books, series, latest issue, characters, most inspiring artist/writer or, forgoing all that most turgid piece of crud ever (think, the dark knight returns!).
i'll kick off

fables: this series by vertigo (dc) really caught me by surprise. i only picked it up after reading a review in the comics journal - and usually the journal pours crap on anything not remotely to their standards of aloofness - but this was a fairly positive review. fables sets fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters of long ago (eg. snow white, the big bad wolf, boy blue, pinocchio, king cole, dragons, goblins... you name it) in a contemporary new york setting as they take refuge from wars in their fable homelands. sounded way dodgy to me, but it only took one issue to totally suck me in. well written, great art and completely well conceived. have bought a number of the trade paper backs to catch up on the back story.
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got a few others - some are indie titles and artists (dan clowes, joe sacco - anyone?) and others are total fan fare (... bats!

all opinions are the author's... and need not result in their fave title being offhandedly branded total shite by someone else juz cuz they hate it - try and at least say why it's total shite!