The Greatest Comic Tournament: Nomination Thread

Started by Pharass, November 15, 2016, 12:21:47 PM

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Pharass

Quote from: gunswordfist on November 20, 2016, 05:03:37 PM
Release the cap/limit, Pharass-sama, so that gunturkeyfist can open up his Summer Reading Club.

Sorry man, I'll have to agree with LumRanmaYasha that previous tournaments suffered from overcrowding and I'd like to keep this one a bit more manageable.
However, I have decided to extend the cap from 20 nominations per person to 30, so you should still have ten left. Choose wisely, or do you wish me to simply add the extra ones in your previous post to the list in the OP?

Speaking of which, here are a few more from me:

Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
The Walled City Trilogy by Anne Opotowsky and various artists
Habibi by Craig Thompson
Le Cri du Peuple by Jacques Tardi and Jean Vautrin
De Cape et De Crocs by Alain Ayroles & Jean-Luc Masbou
Sailor Twain or the Mermaid in Hudson by Mark Siegel
The Last Days of An Immortal by Fabien Vehlmann & Gwen de Bonnevall
Queen & Country by Greg Rucka and various artists

To be honest, I don't expect many of my choices to make it past the first round, but no matter; they are all excellent comics.
In every age
In every place
The deeds of men
Remain the same.

gunswordfist

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Pharass

Quote from: gunswordfist on November 21, 2016, 01:33:49 PM
Edited my list.

Understood, your new nominations have been added to the OP.

By the way, everybody; I've decided to make Friday the deadline for this thread. So, if you want your favorite comics to have a shot in the tournament, they need to be in by then.
In every age
In every place
The deeds of men
Remain the same.

gunswordfist

I will start getting some of these from my library today
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LumRanmaYasha

16. A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
17. Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi
18. Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura
19. Showa: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki
20. Skip Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura

VLordGTZ

I probably won't nominate much, but here's what I can think of:
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama
Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi
Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
One Punch-Man by ONE & Yusuke Murata

Avaitor

You can strike out everything that's been nominated.

Y the Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
Scott Pilgrim by Brian Lee O'Malley
DMZ by Brian Wood
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman
Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman
Avengers: Under Siege by Roger Stern
Avengers: Assault on Olympus by Roger Stern
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt by JM DeMatteis
Silver Surfer: Parable by Stan Lee
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont
X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont
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gunswordfist

A cheap excuse for me to read One Punch Man and Jojo, instead of waiting 30 years until their anime are completed.
Good to see DMZ get some love. I might reread the Decade Later issues.
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Pharass

The new nominations have been added to the list.
While I'm at it, might as well post my final ten:

Monster by Naoki Urasawa
Rebecca by Renato Queirolo & Anna Brandoli
The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuchelli
Peplum by Blutch
Les Passagers du Vent by Francois Bourgeon
Il Etait Une Fois en France by Fabien Nury & Sylvain Vallée
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt

OK, so that's only nine, but I'll leave it at that, since I have serious trouble deciding what my final nomination should be.
By the way, as you noticed, I decided to nominate Monster anyway, just to be on the safe side.
In every age
In every place
The deeds of men
Remain the same.

LumRanmaYasha

21. A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori
22. Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama
23. Excel Saga by Koshi Rikdo
24. Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi
25. Lone Wolf & Cub by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima
26. Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro by Yusei Matsui
27. Pokemon Adventures by Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto
28. Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
29. Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
30. Toriko by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

Yeah, I know most of what I've nominated has been manga, but there's not many other western comics not already nominated that I've read and feel strongly enough to nominate in comparison. I was also debating for a bit on what I wanted my final nomination would be, but I ultimately decided to choose Toriko to honor the series' recent conclusion.

Pharass

The tournament now includes 117 comics, which I believe is a sufficient number. Nominations are now closed and I'll try to have the actual tournament up and running shortly. However, If there's anyone who wants to change one of their previous nominations, there's still time for that.
In every age
In every place
The deeds of men
Remain the same.