Of all the titles currently being published by Marvel, DC, et al., whose body of ongoing work is the most impressive/entertaining for you at the moment?
My answer to this question for the last several years has been Ed Brubaker, mainly on account of his run on Captain America, which is approaching issue 50 and still going strong. After the 18-part "Death of Captain America" mega-arc wrapped up, the next 3-parter was a bit of a lull, but the new continuation that started last issue really seemed to boost momentum again. Daredevil has also revived lately; my interest in his run there waned after the first arc, when Matt got out of jail, but the Greg Rucka (another favourite) co-written arc and then "Lady Bullseye" were excellent, and the upcoming return of the Kingpin should be great. I regularly follow his creator-owned stuff; the current Incognito is pretty good, though I'm finding the mix of the tone of Criminal and superpowers a bit jarring starting out. They just announced a new eight-part miniseries focussing on the Golden Age characters in the 30s to 1941, The Marvels Project, which should be great too. I've been hoping for a while to see an extended 40s story from him, since the little glimpses we've gotten in his Cap run have been great.
Fred Van Lente and Paul Cornell are two guys whose work I discovered recently, and they've moving up my list of favourites pretty rapidly as well; Van Lente for Incredible Hercules and Cornell for Captain Britain and MI13 (as well as his little side-projects, like the upcoming Dark Reign: Young Avengers miniseries).
My answer to this question for the last several years has been Ed Brubaker, mainly on account of his run on Captain America, which is approaching issue 50 and still going strong. After the 18-part "Death of Captain America" mega-arc wrapped up, the next 3-parter was a bit of a lull, but the new continuation that started last issue really seemed to boost momentum again. Daredevil has also revived lately; my interest in his run there waned after the first arc, when Matt got out of jail, but the Greg Rucka (another favourite) co-written arc and then "Lady Bullseye" were excellent, and the upcoming return of the Kingpin should be great. I regularly follow his creator-owned stuff; the current Incognito is pretty good, though I'm finding the mix of the tone of Criminal and superpowers a bit jarring starting out. They just announced a new eight-part miniseries focussing on the Golden Age characters in the 30s to 1941, The Marvels Project, which should be great too. I've been hoping for a while to see an extended 40s story from him, since the little glimpses we've gotten in his Cap run have been great.
Fred Van Lente and Paul Cornell are two guys whose work I discovered recently, and they've moving up my list of favourites pretty rapidly as well; Van Lente for Incredible Hercules and Cornell for Captain Britain and MI13 (as well as his little side-projects, like the upcoming Dark Reign: Young Avengers miniseries).
