Here is the master list of the writers voted by you by your ballots (over one thousand ballots cast!) as your favorite writers of all-time! Here is the Top 125 Comic Book Artists Master List! Click on any name below for more information about the writer listed!
Enjoy!
NOTE: We're still filling in the list between #125 and #51, five writers every other day in April (with five artists being counted down the other day).
124 Pat Mills – 54 points
123 Tony Bedard – 55 points
122 Bryan Q. Miller – 57 points (1 first place vote)
121 Allan Heinberg – 59 points (1 first place vote)
119 William Messner-Loebs – 66 points (3 first place votes)
118 Andy Diggle – 67 points
117 Arnold Drake – 69 points
116 Kevin Smith – 70 points
114 Alan Grant – 73 points
113 Al Feldstein – 75 points (1 first place vote)
112 Howard Chaykin – 76 points
111 John Arcudi – 78 points (2 first place votes)
110 Evan Dorkin – 79 points (1 first place vote)
109 Ron Marz – 80 points
108 Bob Haney – 82 points
107 Brad Meltzer – 86 points
106 Joe Hill – 87 (3 first place votes)
105 Dwayne McDuffie – 88 points (1 first place vote)
104 David Michelinie – 89 points
103 Rick Remender – 91 points (1 first place votes)
102 Larry Hama – 92 points (3 first place votes)
101 John Broome – 93 points
100 Tom DeFalco – 95 points (1 first place vote)
99 Otto Binder – 97 points
98 John Wagner – 99 points (3 first place votes)
97 Christos Gage – 101 points
96 Christopher Priest – 102 points (1 first place vote)
95 Archie Goodwin – 104 points
94 Judd Winick – 106 points
93 Kieron Gillen – 107 points (1 first place vote)
92 Scott Lobdell – 109 points
91 David Lapham – 110 points (1 first place vote)
90 Peter Tomasi – 111 points (1 first place vote)
89 Kazuo Koike – 112 points
88 Jeff Lemire – 113 points (1 first place vote)
87 Robert Kanigher – 115 points
86 Harvey Pekar – 116 points
84 Darwyn Cooke – 119 points (1 first place vote)
83 Marjorie Liu – 121 points (5 first place votes)
82 Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray – 122 points (2 first place votes)
81 Terry Moore – 124 points (2 first place votes)
80 Alejandro Jodorowsky – 125 points (1 first place vote)
79 Gerry Conway – 127 points (1 first place vote)
78 Herge – 129 points
77 Greg Pak – 130 points (1 first place vote)
76 Mark Gruenwald – 132 points (1 first place vote)
75 Fred Van Lente – 133 points (1 first place vote)
74 Jeff Parker – 136 points (3 first place votes)
73 Harvey Kurtzman – 137 points (1 first place vote)
72 Bill Finger – 139 points (1 first place vote)
71 Doug Moench – 141 points
70 Chuck Dixon – 143 points (2 first place votes)
69 Chris Ware – 144 points
68 Joe Casey – 146 points (2 first place votes)
67 Matt Wagner – 148 points (1 first place vote)
66 art spiegelman – 149 points (1 first place vote)
65 Joe Kelly – 151 points (1 first place vote)
64 Carl Barks – 152 points (3 first place votes)
63 Len Wein – 154 points
62 Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost – 163 points (4 first place votes)
61 Bryan Lee O’Malley – 165 points (1 first place vote)
59 Gardner Fox – 169 points
58 Jaime Hernandez – 170 points (2 first place votes)
57 Jim Shooter – 171 points (1 first place vote)
56 Fabian Nicieza – 173 points
55 Jeff Smith – 175 points (1 first place vote)
54 Rene Goscinny – 177 points (1 first place vote)
53 Dave Sim – 178 points (2 first place votes)
52 Paul Levitz – 179 points (2 first place votes)
51 Paul Dini – 180 points (3 first place votes)
50 Walter Simonson – 181 points (2 first place votes)
49 Gilbert Hernandez – 182 points (3 first place votes)
48 Daniel Clowes – 185 points (1 first place vote)
47 James Robinson – 187 points (1 first place vote)
46 Jim Starlin – 221 points (2 first place votes)
45 Dan Slott – 224 points (1 first place vote)
44 Jeph Loeb – 230 points (3 first place votes)
43 John Ostrander – 240 points (2 first place votes)
42 Brian Azzarello – 275 points (3 first place votes)
41 Peter Milligan – 292 points (2 first place votes)
40 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning – 310 points (5 first place votes)
39 Brian Wood – 311 points (4 first place votes)
38 Will Eisner – 332 points (2 first place votes)
37 Mike Mignola – 357 points (3 first place votes)
36 Jonathan Hickman – 367 points (7 first place votes)
35. Gail Simone – 385 points (13 first place votes)
34. Steve Gerber – 388 points (10 first place votes)
33. Joss Whedon – 390 points (1 first place vote)
32. Bill Willingham – 392 points (3 first place votes)
31. Mike Carey – 396 points (7 first place votes)
30 Jack Kirby – 398 points (12 first place votes)
29 J.M. DeMatteis – 399 points (5 first place votes)
28 Denny O’Neil – 401 points (3 first place votes)
27 Keith Giffen – 403 points (3 first place votes)
26 J. Michael Straczynski – 420 points (2 first place votes)
25 Marv Wolfman – 425 points (4 first place votes)
24 John Byrne – 429 points (3 first place votes)
23 Steve Englehart – 442 points (7 first place votes)
22 Jason Aaron – 517 points (5 first place votes)
21 Roger Stern – 526 points (9 first place votes)
20 Roy Thomas – 540 points (8 first place votes)
19 Matt Fraction – 699 points (9 first place votes)
18 Greg Rucka – 808 points (16 first place votes)
17 Mark Millar – 822 points (11 first place votes)
16 Kurt Busiek – 834 points (11 first place votes)
15 Robert Kirkman – 854 points (14 first place votes)
14 Peter David – 1040 points (17 first place votes)
13 Brian K. Vaughan – 1069 points (21 first place votes)
12 Mark Waid – 1077 points (10 first place votes)
11 Chris Claremont – 1110 points (26 first place votes)
10 Geoff Johns – 1408 points (19 first place votes)
9 Ed Brubaker – 1437 points (18 first place votes)
8 Garth Ennis – 1442 points (23 first place votes)
7 Brian Michael Bendis – 1611 points (25 first place votes)
6 Frank Miller – 1628 points (21 first place votes)
5 Stan Lee – 1662 points (63 first place votes)
4 Warren Ellis – 2338 points (39 first place votes)
3 Neil Gaiman – 2395 points (40 first place votes)
2 Grant Morrison – 4102 points (163 first place votes)
1 Alan Moore – 4551 points (183 first place votes)
As a general note, do not use the comments here to bash creators. It seems that a lot of posters need to tone their rhetoric down about 150 notches. If you think a creator is too high or too low, feel free to say it, but just keep it civil. -BC