I'm bored so I've decided to make a list of my favorite series from certain comic book writers and what I think is their most underrated.
This is just for my own entertainment. If you like these writers and have a different series you believe is their most underrated or you have a different favorite of theirs let me know. I really like hearing these kinds of things!
Brian K Vaughan
Favorite series: (oof this is a hard one, so I'm already going to cheat) Y the last man and Saga are both top 5 series for me for different reasons. But both will absolutely emotionally destroy you in the best way and stick with you long after you finish them. I truly believe everyone should try reading both of these series.
Most underrated: Ex Machina easily. This is one of my favorite series ever and one of Brian K Vaughan's most nuanced stories and protagonist, but it rarely gets talked about. I really hope more people discover it.
Robert Kirkman
Favorite series: Invincible. I know I'm not unique with this opinion, but I adore Invincible. I have the compendiums sitting on my desk to read whenever I get bored or want to revisit a certain storyline. I am so glad it has such an amazing animated adaptation! (season 3 is going to be amazing.)
Most underrated: Outcast. This series is one of the most hard hitting of all Robert Kirkman's comics. The first 4 volumes are some of the most consistent and emotionally raw that Kirkman has ever written in my opinion and it covers topics of abuse and healing in a way that really resonated with me.
Alan Moore
Favorite: Watchmen. Another basic choice, but hey this is one of the most influential comic books of all time for a reason. If you don't know what Watchmen is all I have to say is: Read it. You won't regret it.
Most underrated: Miracleman. Another easy choice. I adore this series. This is Alan Moore's first foray into superhero deconstruction and one of his most harrowing. This was the precursor to Watchmen and deals with a lot of the same themes and points of deconstruction that story does. The third volume Olympus is absolutely incredible and I think stands among Moore's best work.
Tom King
Favorite series: Mister Miracle. This is another series that absolutely gut-punches me. It's a fantastic character study of Scott Free that takes a deeper look into his life, past, and the realistic trauma that comes with everything he's experienced than any other series centered around the character with an ending that cements it among my favorite mini-series.
Most underrated: I'm not sure which of his series are considered underrated, but one that I feel people rarely talk about now that deserves a new wave of readers is the Omega Men. This twelve issue comic is another of King's fantastic mini-series. It's one of the most complicated looks at oppression, revolution, and war that I've seen in a superhero comic.
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