Quality American comics?

I need some good AMERICAN comics! Stat! Transmetro. is really good, what else? Any ideas? Series? Artist?

Here's a good list for starters...

Stickleback -Graham Annable
Never Ending Summer -Allison Cole
Rabbithead -Rebecca Dart
Cusp -Thomas Herpich
The Salon -Nick Bertozzi
Louis Riel -Chester Brown
Drawn and Quarterly Showcase -Various
Lift Up Your Leg, My Fish Is Dead! -Julie Doucet
Hicksville -Dylan Horrocks
5 Is The Perfect Number -Igort
Jar of Fools -Jason Lutes
The Fixer -Joe Sacco
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken -Seth
The Golem's Mighty Swing -James Sturm
The Complete Peanuts -Charles Schulz
The Frank Book -Jim Woodring
Mirror, Window: An Artbabe Collection -Jessica Abel
Hey, Buddy! -Peter Bagge
El Borbah -Charles Burns
Caricature -Dan Clowes
David Boring -Dan Clowes
Ripple -Dave Cooper
The Complete Crumb Comics -Robert Crumb
Meat Cake Compilation -Dame Darcy
Love and Rockets -Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez
Underworld -Kaz
The House At Maakies Corner -Tony Millionaire
The Acme Novelty Library -Chris Ware
Teratoid Heights -Matt Brinkmann
Shrimpy and Paul and Friends -Marc Bell
Climbing Out -Brian Ralph
Cave In -Brian Ralph
Skibber Bee Bye -Ron Rege Jr.
Kramer's Ergot #5 -Various
Blankets -Craig Thompson
Hutch Owen: Unmarketable -Tom Hart
Clumsy -Jeffrey Brown
From Hell -Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
American Elf -James Kolchalka

Planetary, and everything else by the Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan)
Everything by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith (like Criminal Macabre or 30 Days of Night)
Automatic Kafka by Joe Casey

>>2

He said good, not artfag bullshit.

Go to comicreaders.com, their opinions are usually on target.

>>4
Oh you did NOT just insult Maakies and Underworld.

I have aged this thread.
The comics >>2 lists are all comics of which people say, "these are good comics! true comics!"
I hate all of them. But I don't know why or how to state it. They're better than superhero comics, but there's something stupid about them too.
For example: Kolchalka is too childish and repeats himself, Blankets is okay but Goodbye Chunky Rice is not subtle enough, Clowes' characters and stories are actually predictable.
The biggest bad thing is that rarely do any comics on this list use the techniques of film. They are way too wordy.
I'd like to know more about the opinions of >>4 and people like her/him.

>>6

clowes is kind of misanthropist comfort food:

protagonist hates everybody because they are shallow useless wastes of flesh
AND THEN:
events reveal that it is the protagonist, in fact, who is a shallow useless waste of flesh

>>7
JtHM out loud.

100 Bullets

Garfield

>>10

die

Do the Metal Gear Comics count?

sandman by neil gaiman

>>13 3DG3 not

Yes, every single metal gear comic is a tribute to the american way of life. i havent seen a single comic that surpasses it.

Define good.  What is your idea of a good comic?  I haven't read much of Transmetropolitan, so that's not descriptive enough.  How do you feel about "heroes and villains", or gore?

lonewold 2100.

GORE

sparks: an urban fairytale by lawrence marvitt for the win. beats all, period. though blankets was pretty awesome too.
i also think yorue missing some classics that need to be spoken on. namley the watchmen by alan moore and kingdom come.

jthm is always good...but looses its edge after you turn 14.

a good up and comming guy you might want to keep an eye on is corey "rey" lewis. he writes sharknife (among other things)

I hate to say it, but superhero comics are usually the best of the english speaking comics world because 90% of that world is doing superhero comics.

Sin City
Superman:Red Son

Firestorm #14+

starwars tales

Most of the better non-jap comics are writen by Brits, try checking out the Vertigo line by DC comics, anything by Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, or Warren Ellis is usually pretty good.

Battle Chasers. If you like fantasy. Its the only comic I'v ever truly liked.

BoneYard by Richard Moore
Invincible by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore
Y: The Last Man By Brian Vaughn, Pia Guerra, & Jose Marzan
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso
Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore
Random Encounter by Nicc Balce
The Grimoire by Sebastian Caisse & Djief
Shanna, The She-Devil by Frank Cho
GLA: Misassembled by Dan Slott & Paul Pelletier
GunCandy by Doug Wanger & Brian Stelfreeze
Wake by Morvan & Buchet
The Authority: Kev by Garth Ennis & Glenn Fabry

For the most part, that's what I've read over the 12 months that I felt were good to me.  Your best bet would be to goto the various comicbook publishers websites and see if they've got anything worth your time.  A good bulk of them offer up samples of the titles they publish.

>>30

So you've only liked 9 issues in your entire life?

>>32
I guess it was good while it lasted for him.
I liked Battle Chasers, only the first three ones though... it was a bit pretentious while it was unclear if Mad could accomplish it or not.

I suggest you should give a chance to UK/European comics. Stuff from the 90s and 80s. Not Heavy Metal though. I don't know if that's available in the US, sorry...

Scott Pilgrim is good.

Any comic book whose penciler is Ed Benes is a good quality comic