The ILC Favourite Characters Of All Time

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Or just before his any-issue-now* stereotyping of feminists would have been disproved by her if she'd stayed, yeah. (Although y'know previously she had also been a sly manipulative liar and hypocrite constantly using pussy to gain/attempt to gain influence, and walked out of the series after she both started changing and was being shown in a broader and more nuanced manner...)

*6 months later?

― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 18 November 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

Or just before she would have started to insist on having a manicurist and hairdresser follow her everywhere, dyed her hair blonde, and broken down in fits of giggles during her speeches.

― Ray (Ray), Friday, 18 November 2005 09:31 (twenty years ago)

There was a hairdresser scene six months earlier dude!

― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 18 November 2005 10:45 (twenty years ago)

One hairdresser scene is fine.
New hairstyle every day = hello sucking void

― Ray (Ray), Friday, 18 November 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)

I love that bit in High Society where she tells Cerebus exactly what to say to get the Inquisition off his back. It's the first time you really see her cunning at work.

― chap who would dare to tell uninteresting celeb spotting stories (chap), Friday, 18 November 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

The ILC Favourite Characters Of All Time

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 5 December 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

"It'll be over by Christmas lads..."

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 5 December 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Haha, as slow polls go, this is soon gonna beat ILE's Favourite Movies of the Eighties.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 5 December 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

HI DERE

35. Emma Frost (X-Men)

(78 points)

http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/pictures/wedge/uploaded_images/efrost-731901.jpg

Being a bit of a hippie, and suffering – as many do – from excessive empathy with villains, I’ve always greeted bad guy redemption stories with a great deal of joy and anticipation. Emma Frost is one of the most convincing cases of this happening (because she was never a – ahem – black and white character to begin with), so I get a kick out of that. Also: rowr. (Daniel Rf)

Someone else in their comments called Emma Frost "Morrison's Kitty Pryde", which may explain why I always 'hear' her as British, and she's - for now at least - the most lasting legacy of his X-Men run. Witty, morally ambiguous, deadly sharp, passionately comitted to mutants in general, and part of one of the few emotionally convincing superhero romances, we should celebrate her while she's still relatively unspoiled. Morrison's greatest achievement may turn out to have been in making her so enormously fun for other people to write.

Finest Moment: "Riot At Xaviers"

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Any excuse to post some GREG HORN art.

Right, time to catch up on the last 3 weeks of ILC.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

YAY!

There's doubt about her citizenship? Crazy!

― Obsessing over the unobtainable and nonexistent. (Leee), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

BUMP

― Laura H. (laurah), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

GRIND

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Apparently Tom don't see nothin wrong with it.

― Laura H. (laurah), Thursday, 5 January 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

tom threw up his hands and abandoned the venture after realizing the top 5 would be andy capp, mr and mrs lockhorn, fred bassett, ziggy, and marmaduke.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

NO BRUTUS THORNAPPLE!??!?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 5 January 2006 23:02 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I'd just like to note that my "rowr" comment w/r/t Emma Frost does not apply when she's drawn by Greg Horn.

Well, really I'm just reviving this in the vain hope that Tom will let us know some more choices.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 03:23 (twenty years ago)

Tom you are lazy and pathetic. It is vital that you continue recording the opinions of people on the internet regarding comic book characters immediately.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 07:05 (twenty years ago)

I think there have been TWO Canadian elections since this poll started.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

haha i will poke him fiercely when next i see him

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Pervert.

― Dan (Obligatory) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

OMG

It's TOM 3WWWWWWWWING: THE OTHER!

He was diagnosed w/ the bird flu & killed by Tarkus! Now he must choose between The Business Professional and The Interweb Mentalist! And this choice will affect him FOREVER (because he'll be getting a new costume, and fancy new powers)!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Little did they know, he meant Christmas of 2006!

― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

I forgot we hadn't finished this.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:46 (twenty years ago)

I'm still not sure we actually started.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:28 (twenty years ago)

Only 34 more to go.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Where do I vote? Was Jerry Cornelius nominated?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

GET ONE TIME MACHINE.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

But I don't want to get beaten up by badly-costumed re-renderings of my favorite personages from 20 years in the future or 400 years in the past.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

34. Jerry Cornelius

One one person voted, but gave all his points to Jerry Cornelius before cryptically saying he was off to kill Hitler's grandparents. However he did not finish the sentence because his hand was fading away.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

So, um, could we at least find out who would have been number one?

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)

If it's not Charlie motherfuckin' Brown, I'm gonna cold get wild ill on some fool.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:59 (twenty years ago)

if calvin's dad isn't top 5 there's something wrong somewhere!!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 1 April 2006 23:08 (twenty years ago)

great thread...so far. but where is brother power the geek?

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 2 April 2006 00:49 (twenty years ago)

Don't fret, we'll be done by 2007.
-- chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (joe.goode...) (webmail), September 29th, 2005. (chap) (link)

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Looks like Chap was right here.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 2 April 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

I'm beginning to worry I might've been overly opyimistic.

― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Sunday, 2 April 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

Grebtings good ILC denizzens! I have come back in time to stop teh assassination of Maddoxx Jolie-Pitt-Aniston-Kutcher, who will grow up to become teh most respected elder statesman in American politix in the fight against Supreme Cyberlord A1ex Ross, circa 2047!

And seeing your current quagmire, I take pity and have communiqued with teh Time Variance Authority, and they have given me approval to reveal teh results!

34. Spawn

This beloved character ushered in teh OH NO TEH LIEFELD BOTS ARE HERE TO STOP MY MISSIO---BZZZZzzzzz.

― Kirby Tittor (Leee), Sunday, 2 April 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

33. Jing Lorean
http://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/images/IdentityCrisis7.jpg

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 6 April 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

NOT A DREAM! NOT A HOAX!

34. Robert Crumb (assorted comics by Robert Crumb)

78 points

http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/crumb/crumb_splash.jpg

Like a lot of great comics creators, Crumb is a mix of genius and crank in varying proportions. Unlike many, he's rarely sought to turn his obsessions into any kind of philosophy - in fact the niggling baseness of the stuff that "gets him going" seems to be what drives a lot of his work. Crumb's placing of his stylised self at the heart of his sex stories is often what stops him turning into just a fetish artist: the lack of distance gives his work a grubby vigour that's grotesque and sympathetic at the same time. And when the Crumb horn dies down his grumpy autobiog vignettes and nerd-joy blues obsessions can still trounce most 'personal' comics.

Greatest Moment: I'll leave that to the experts.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Greatest moment is definitely Kafka for Beginners. I'd call that a magnum opus of sorts for Crumb.

― Vic F (Vic Fluro), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Hooray!

Vic is OTM, although Mr. Natural's pretty great as well.

― chap who would dare to tell uninteresting celeb spotting stories (chap), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Well yeah but is Crumb the character in either of those? That's what we're talking about!

(I can forgive people for not remembering what this poll was about, I admit.)

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

So are Tom & I the Liefeld & McFarlane of ILC polls?

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

Who's Jing Lorean?

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

The Bizarro Mrs. Atom Who Has Brainprints On Her Shoes.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

How come no one nominated her?

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Because Identity Crisis #7 wasn't out during the nomination process!

― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

tom i could've sworn i sent you a comment on crumb! sadly it looks like i didn't keep a copy of it.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 21:37 (twenty years ago)

I did my usual quick search but I didn't see anything, maybe it was buried lower down in your email :( I will have another look and repost tomorrow.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 21:55 (twenty years ago)

JD on RC!!! (sorry JD)

"Crumb’s only real character was himself; only the
hilarious sharpster Mr Natural came close to having a
life apart from his creator. Crumb’s early attempts at
self-analysis now seem dated and self-indulgent, but
by the ‘80s he’d evolved into a great artist, fully
capable of stepping back to fully appreciate his own
nature – that of a rather unpleasant and neurotically
self-absorbed man."

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 13:40 (twenty years ago)

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