90s kids were the kids who lived through tons of changes including millennia! However, in the comic section, 90's comics are not considered one of the best.
As a matter of fact, they say it was pretty bad because in the 80s, comic books were so great, they could really bring that game into the 90s.
Though the writers like Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller and others brought revolution in the industry with comics like "Batman: Year One", "The Dark Knight Returns", "Watchmen" and "Sandmen" etc, but mostly the beautifully presented comics in the previous decade started being replaced with trashy art and over sexualized drawings with heroes being thrown into idiotic storylines. These mindless comics were created by the greedy publishers but all it did was it left a burning taste with the readers.
Well, for the sake of the love for comics and being a 90s kid, let's not get into the hating bits rather talk about the good ones we got in the 90s.
Hellboy
Our familiar hero who looks like the red devil with horns made his entry in the hands of Mike Mignola in the 90s. On first look, who might have suspected that a super powered investigator that looks like a demon who can't even shoot straight would bring forth turn offs, and have a movie made on him? Mike probably was trying to make one of the best damn comic books in anybody's memory and did succeed. The storyline of "Hellboy" swooped the audience and because of its rapid popularity, it was made into a movie in 2004 and a sequel came after it!
Preacher
You really don't know what to expect next with "Preacher"! It is a silly yet brilliant comic that made fun of everything in between suicidal heroes to thoughts of Christianity. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's dropped this hit in 1995. The story line has elements of religion, vampire, alcohol, star crossed lovers, people with powers and bad ass characters to portray them. The characters can be acknowledged with frantic imagination and deft aesthetic aptitude. When it is over, you realize that you'd never read or feel the thrill of anything like it again.
If you are a fan of the comic you'd know that AMC already turned it into a TV series and the first season aired this year.
Marvels & Kingdom Come
This one-two punch from Alex Ross brought back a portion of the enchantment of those early comic books. In "Marvels &Kingdom Come", Waid and Ross took a perspective of the end of the world, DC-style. With Superman as the focal figure in a super-fueled enthusiasm play, we saw Biblical moral story mix easily with a scrutiny of the very course of that decade's standard comic books.
Whether you were a fan of these comics or hated them, Ross came out as an extraordinary artist.
Maus II
1986 is considered to be one of the best years in comic industry by many. And as a part of it, "Maus" made the cut. Art Spiegelman's "Maus I: My Father Bleeds History", which is part one, came out in the 80s. The second half, "Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began" turned out in 1991.
Additionally, "Maus" left a permanent stamp on the 90s by bringing home the Pulitzer Prize Special Award in 1992. The other winners of this prize includes, Alex Haley for Roots, Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan, Ray Bradbury, and Carl Sandburg. So you get the depth of how "Maus" did so great critically. It was a well deserved award.
Sin City
"Sin City" is a comic that is not about the superheroes, rather the corruption of an alternative world. The creator Frank Miller showed a universe where the Church is corrupted, the police are paid, and brutal deaths are given without any mercy.
Miller showed us a world that is not much different than ours but the comic will reach your sensibilities and it speaks about the gender roles and put front the hidden images of the society.
In spite of the bad name of 90s in the comic genre, we still got some good ones to remember. These cherished ones are totally worth reading again and again.
"If anything I was utterly obsessed with in my childhood that would be 'Hellboy'. I remember nagging to mom about buying me the action figures. It was awesome. But I fell in love with him through the movies first, then I went on to read the comics and loved him even more. He is still
a childhood hero to me."
Annas Nazim, student,
Commerce College
"'Preacher' would be among the ones that I loved. The V series seemed interesting and so I started the comics and oh boy, the comic was a blast!"
Muhit Raihan, student,
Mohammadpur Preparatory College
