What comic that went out in a blaze of glory have you no regrets about sticking with?
I nearly hate to say it, but seeing 'Cerebus' out was a profound experience. The end, when it finally came, was far from a blaze of glory, more an agonising death rattle drawn out over several years. However, if Sim's intention was indeed to depict "a single life", this drawn out decline and eventual senility was pretty convincing. I've just recently re-read all 6000+ pages (phew), and much of what the old loon says is borne out in hindsight - the *story* ended in issue 200, but the *life* continued for another 9 years, right up to 300. There were many times that I wish I'd bailed out (the Woody Allen sequences spring to mind), but I am really glad I stuck it out.
Does "Revolver" count?
Preacher. Although it caused a furore when re-printed in the Meg, it is a great story and re-read at least once a year by me.
Oh, and at the moment it is 100 Bullets
That is an easy one.
Preacher
Sandman
Doom Patrol (The Morrison run)
The Spectre (The Ostrander/Mandrake run)
Transmetropolitan
OUTLAW NATION.
and I know it's not dead yet, but: SLEEPER
It'll be a shame it's gone, but every indication is that Sleeper will be going out in style...
Fopr me it would be the Morrison runs on Doom Patrol and Animal Man.
Transmet is almost there, with a cracking last episode, but it got bogged down a little towards the end. I've really got to re-read the last few Transmets to see if it was Ellis writing for the trades or just slow.
Preacher and The Invisibles also very nearly make the list, but they both had their slow patches towards the end. And Preacher seemed to forget an entire subplot when it ended.
Gah! How could I forget Hitman! That was greast from start to finish. Why the hell was it never collected properly?
Yup, have to go along with Preacher, I loved the end but wasn't all all suprised at the too-cool comic nerd who slated it. I've just bought all the 100 Bullets GN's and am up to book 4, it's wonderful! Lucky me!
The other series I hope to stick with is of course Dredd. Lets hope the series doesn't go to pot in future, it's been part of most peoples lives here for decades.
Pete.
Suicide squad (Ostrander)
Mere words cannot describe my fondness for this series from the beginning right down to the end it was a true treat
All of Animal Man is currently available, collectd in three volumes - if you haven't read it go get it now - You won't regret it!
Can I put in a vote for The Establishment by Ian Edgington and Charlie Adlard. It needed more time for character development but the final scene of the team heading for certain death to the strains of the Thunderbirds theme covers the "blaze of glory" for me.
Another vote for Animal Man. I don't even mind that some of my best ideas turned up in it- Morrison undoubtedly put them to far better use than I ever would've done...
"And Preacher seemed to forget an entire subplot when it ended."
Not wanting to sound thick, though I undoubtedly will, but which subplot was that, then?
There's more than one... and it cheated like hell.
I'm curious too: can you extrapolate?
Well, the most noticible one was Genesis, which after being the Most Important Thing Ever at the start of the story took a vback seat more and more until the end, where it either got a casual mention or was forgotten about entirely.
Genesis is the main one but there's other major plot set ups along the way that are left hanging or forgotten about...
and SPOILER WARNING
He has his cake and eats it by having a character making a personal sacrifice then brings him back from the dead
Y'see, I figured that when [spoiler] was [spoliered] by [spolier], [spoiler] [spoilered] as well. Except that, of course, [spolier] [spoliered] [spolier], because of the agreement that [spoiler] made with him.
See now? It's as clear as day, people.
Another vote for Preacher, and while it may have caused controversy in the Megazine when they took the decision to run the story,it was actually having it reprinted in the Meg that got me reading it in the first place! Strange but true!
Rob.
You're not the only one Robbie, prior to Preacher running in the Meg I thought all Marvel and DC comics were pap and the only decent comics around were tooth and Meg boy did I cange my opinion after Preacher, its also the only Comic aside from Lazarus Churchyard that my non comic reading friends read(I give him the ocasional Tooth but he doesn't have the patience to wait weekly).
Liked the end run on Xman as well and stayed with that to the bitter end.
CU Krestel
Preacher.
Hellbrazer up to issue 100.
When I stopped reading comics Milligans Enigma was about half way through but I stuck with it till the end. That was a top read, anyone else remember it?
ENIGMA was excellent.
I miss the old Milligan. Why can't we have the old Milligan back?
Preacher
Hitman
The Spectre
Sandman
Starman
Heh.. nearly all british writers too! ;)
Alan!
"Gah! How could I forget Hitman! That was greast from start to finish. Why the hell was it never collected properly?"
Apparently because there was no demand for it.
No demand? For a Garth bloody Ennis series? My arse.
I missed the start of Hitman but I would've stuck with it to the end if they kept releasing the fecking books.
The only comic I really stuck with to the end was Toxic crusader so it has to be the best one.