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So, I just recently finished up my copy of XNOO #1 that I backed from Merry Mushmen, and in addition to being filled with great fantasy comics itself (I highly recommend it), it had a nice article on other great fantasy comics, which had me looking into Mike Grell’s Warlord, and lo and behold, this enormous tome was 50 dollars off 100 dollar, so I had to grab it (It’s about the size of an old phone book).
So this has me thinking about swords and sorcery comics I have enjoyed, and I’m curious what other people love and recommend.
Some of my favorites:
Elric of Melnibone - The one with P. Craig Russell on art, and where I learned to love his work. Apparently there was a new series in the late 90s that I never read. I was already familiar with the original six books when I got to these and somehow Russell’s dreamlike art seemed perfect for it.
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser - The Mike Mignola ones (with Howard Chaykin writing). Again I think the art really meshes with the material here, but I may already have had a pro-Mignola bias since I got to this after Hellboy and some other stuff he did.
Slaine - I remember reading quite a bit of them when the mysterious 2000AD came over from the mystical isle of England. Really classic and cynical and kinda gross in a fun way as well. His warp spasms were especially fun and weird.
Hunter - A weird post-apocalyptic science fantasy recurring character in Eerie comics. Great black and white art, to be expected of Eerie.
Weirdworld - Not the original 70s one (although I should read that too, because Mike Ploog). But the more recent one. I have read the miniseries that debuted during the most recent Secret Wars and a few issues of the follow-on. Gorgeous gonzo visuals, a plot that is silly but doesn’t make too much fun of itself, and lots of throwbacks to things from Marvel’s past like the Crystar comics.
There’s obviously a ton of stuff I haven’t read or forgotten, or one shots (the 70s Chilling Adventures in Sorcery had a great science fantasy barbarian story I still love). And I will let other people enumerate stuff like the various D&D and Pathfinder comics (which I read and liked but didn’t have a huge lasting impression on me). I haven’t read the Kurt Busiek Conan and that should probably be corrected soon, and P. Craig Russell’s Killraven is weird science fantasy but I think that fits here and I need to read more of it.
Anyhoo, what swords and sorcery comics do people love and remember? It’s not like I need more to read but I always look for it regardless.
So this has me thinking about swords and sorcery comics I have enjoyed, and I’m curious what other people love and recommend.
Some of my favorites:
Elric of Melnibone - The one with P. Craig Russell on art, and where I learned to love his work. Apparently there was a new series in the late 90s that I never read. I was already familiar with the original six books when I got to these and somehow Russell’s dreamlike art seemed perfect for it.
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser - The Mike Mignola ones (with Howard Chaykin writing). Again I think the art really meshes with the material here, but I may already have had a pro-Mignola bias since I got to this after Hellboy and some other stuff he did.
Slaine - I remember reading quite a bit of them when the mysterious 2000AD came over from the mystical isle of England. Really classic and cynical and kinda gross in a fun way as well. His warp spasms were especially fun and weird.
Hunter - A weird post-apocalyptic science fantasy recurring character in Eerie comics. Great black and white art, to be expected of Eerie.
Weirdworld - Not the original 70s one (although I should read that too, because Mike Ploog). But the more recent one. I have read the miniseries that debuted during the most recent Secret Wars and a few issues of the follow-on. Gorgeous gonzo visuals, a plot that is silly but doesn’t make too much fun of itself, and lots of throwbacks to things from Marvel’s past like the Crystar comics.
There’s obviously a ton of stuff I haven’t read or forgotten, or one shots (the 70s Chilling Adventures in Sorcery had a great science fantasy barbarian story I still love). And I will let other people enumerate stuff like the various D&D and Pathfinder comics (which I read and liked but didn’t have a huge lasting impression on me). I haven’t read the Kurt Busiek Conan and that should probably be corrected soon, and P. Craig Russell’s Killraven is weird science fantasy but I think that fits here and I need to read more of it.
Anyhoo, what swords and sorcery comics do people love and remember? It’s not like I need more to read but I always look for it regardless.
