Fucking Possible Comic Best ✮ [ PRO ]

I’m here to argue the opposite. Not only is it possible to identify the single greatest comic ever published, but doing so is essential. We need a Mount Rushmore. We need a heavyweight champion. We need a book you can hand to a non-believer and say, “Read this. If you don’t get it, you don’t get comics.”

Now go read it. Bring tissues. And don’t say I didn’t warn you about the paper cut-out. fucking possible comic best

So, after 15,000 hours of reading, re-reading, and arguing, let’s answer the impossible question: Step One: Defining the Unreasonable Criteria Before we name the winner, we have to kill the idea that “best” means “my favorite.” Your favorite might be Bone (valid), Saga (respect), or The Dark Knight Returns (classic). But “best” requires a brutal, objective-ish framework. I’m here to argue the opposite

The fourth time, you cry at the ending where nothing is resolved. Because that’s the point. There’s a moment—no spoilers—in the 1893 sequence where a character experiences a horrific accident involving infrastructure. It’s drawn with cold, Victorian precision. You turn the page. And Chris Ware has drawn an insert of a paper cut-out toy of the same accident. Instructions: “Cut along dotted lines. Fold. Glue.” We need a heavyweight champion

You stare at the page. You say aloud: