Jim Zub kicked it off:
Tweet four comics that influenced you when you were growing up. #fourcomics pic.twitter.com/qAqfLLOfst
— Jim Zub (@JimZub) January 22, 2015
And then the hashtag spread like wildfire. What four comics would you pick as the ones that influenced you? While I’m often preoccupied with the business machinations of the industry it is, in the end, something we read that moves us, entertains us. Or sometimes we simply to sit back and enjoy the beauty. The hashtag didn’t really spread to the indie cartoonists I follow, so while there’s a lot of Love & Rockets, there’s also a lot of Swamp Thing, a lot of Frank Miller, a lot of X-Men and Spidey, and a lot of Love & Rockets, but in the end, all that really matters is that comics are so cool. That’s why I’m here and you’re here. A selection:
Wish my #fourcomics were less obvious, but they're true. Encountered all at same formative time-made me want to write pic.twitter.com/xbMKdvXHxj
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 22, 2015
These were my #fourcomics that rocked my world in high school. pic.twitter.com/P0LqC0xyn5
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) January 23, 2015
These #fourcomics had the greatest impact on me as a youth:
Elf Quest
Usagi Yojimbo
Battle Angel Alita
Hellboy pic.twitter.com/aE0leL7j43— Jake Parker (@mrjakeparker) January 23, 2015
These #fourcomics are four big reasons why I do what I do. pic.twitter.com/CBpMK8yZ7z
— Chris Ryall (@chris_ryall) January 23, 2015
#fourcomics that made an impression on me. pic.twitter.com/SuvU0UcvJa
— Gabriel Hardman (@gabrielhardman) January 23, 2015
#fourcomics that cracked wide the celestial vault pic.twitter.com/HUT7hrfZBu
— Adam Hughes (@AH_AdamHughes) January 23, 2015
My #fourcomics for various reasons I may get into with future tweets. Or next week's Pipeline. =) pic.twitter.com/ASVpuRubZB
— Augie De Blieck Jr. (@augiedb) January 23, 2015
#fourcomics that changed my life. One, literally… pic.twitter.com/z80lq7CBaE
— Jill Thompson (@thejillthompson) January 23, 2015
#fourcomics of many that got me started making comics. pic.twitter.com/wpK9SPOq9I
— Eric Comeau (@Inkybat) January 23, 2015
#fourcomics Individual issues I musta read a 100 times each as a kid: pic.twitter.com/PWBjuOUO7C
— Tim Seeley (@HackinTimSeeley) January 23, 2015
Here are the #fourcomics that have had immense influence at early points in my comic reading and subsequent career. pic.twitter.com/Arfh9xkhKP
— Jim Demonakos (@jimdemonakos) January 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/thalestral/status/558392768046059521
The #fourcomics that inspired me to make comics of my own. pic.twitter.com/DQazGwSlA4
— Dresden Codak (@dresdencodak) January 22, 2015
Because everyone else is doing it… #FourComics that made me rethink what comics can do (and how they can do it). pic.twitter.com/dtok7cueae
— Graeme (@graemem) January 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/alex_segura/status/558384662188683264
#FourComics that got their hooks into me before American newsstand comics ever got the chance… pic.twitter.com/FY5PgCOoB1
— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) January 22, 2015
#FourComics There were plenty of others, but these ones rose to the top. pic.twitter.com/acYc7Cdu7a
— Roger Langridge (@hotelfred) January 22, 2015
how on Earth can i possibly choose only #fourcomics? at the urging of my homeboy @ValiantJosh16, I gave it a shot pic.twitter.com/sCDgB1efMt
— Warren Simons (@warrensimons) January 22, 2015
#fourcomics
(these are not the very first issues I read, but the first four titles that got me into loving comics :) pic.twitter.com/gXxMUP1goE— Francesco Francavilla (@f_francavilla) January 22, 2015
Sure, I'll play. The #fourcomics that influenced me/rocked my young world the most: pic.twitter.com/R75u1D8B3G
— Mark Waid (@MarkWaid) January 22, 2015
These are the comics I look at a lot as an artist to stay hungry.#fourcomics pic.twitter.com/0TrTFKQXgm
— Sarah Horrocks (@mercurialblonde) January 22, 2015
My first #fourcomics – summer of 1983, roadtrip to Florida. Funny seeing this; it's a big part of my drawing DNA. pic.twitter.com/HUgAflFoT1
— Cliff Chiang (@cliffchiang) January 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/van_jensen/status/558256234646601728
#fourcomics I read growing up, whose influences I still wear on my sleeve: pic.twitter.com/HxUbqQXBwe
— Becky CloOOoOoOonan 👻 (@beckycloonan) January 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/joeharris/status/558237958575505408
https://twitter.com/comicsandcola/status/558229073223483392
I'll do a #fourcomics I guess. This is hard. I had way more than four. pic.twitter.com/BTEsSGiJAp
— A. Koford (@apelad) January 22, 2015
Here are #fourcomics that profoundly changed me as a kid. @JimZub pic.twitter.com/mcLYvuS3nL
— Zachary Clemente (@clementeworks) January 22, 2015
#fourcomics @JimZub I was technically an adult when GloomCookie came out, but I was still "growing up." pic.twitter.com/PArx04xlsJ
— Jennifer de Guzman Strikes Again (@Jennifer_deG) January 22, 2015
I’ll do this, #fourcomics that made me love them. pic.twitter.com/8K7kFQELMg
— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) January 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/royalboiler/status/558122989783642115
Tweet four comics that influenced you when you were growing up. #fourcomics pic.twitter.com/8E6ogUfFQY
— J. Torres (@jtorrescomics) January 22, 2015
