>> From: "Alan Haber" <zoogang@cox.net>
>> > Alan,
>> > who shall forever be grateful to the New York Comicon for
>> > introducing me to Winsor McKay, creator of the greatest newspaper
>> > comic strip that ever was, Little Nemo in Slumberland
>>
>> Nah.  Tales of the Rarebit Fiend was better.  And frankly, Krazy Kat
>> shreds 'em both.
>
> True. And if you count The Spirit as a newspaper strip, then that's
> head and shoulders in the lead. But McKay also did some of the most
> important early animation, so he still wins over Herriman.
> BTW, anyone who's not reading Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's
> All-Star Superman has no soul.
>
But nnone of those guys would have gotten there without Milton Caniff's 
trail-blazing work with Terry & The Pirates. His art still stands head and 
shoulders above the rest. And I say that as a hardcore Eisner fan.
I've got plenty of soul. But Morrison's work on All-Star Superman pissed me 
off.
For my money, the best mainstream comic being written today is Mark 
Andreyko's "Manhunter" series for DC.

jlm.