Top 50 Greatest Things: #18

My top 50 greatest things.

Number 18: Steve Gerber- Howard the Duck

Okay, so this is one of two entries that include a person and a specific work from them. I enjoy a lot of work from Gerber, such as his Man-Thing run, Omega the Unknown, the Defenders runs, Foolkiller, and even Avengers #178. However, first run of Howard the Duck had a very deep impact on me. I had started with Howard the Duck #9, a random selection from the dollar bin years ago when I was skipping class in high school. It had been up to that point, and probably even now, one of the more bizarre things I've ever read. I'd like you to read the beginning of the synopsis of this issue:

"With headlines featuring a doctored photo of Howard and Beverly in a bathtub together (an obvious phony) ruins Howard's chance at winning the election to become President of the USA. The Bellhop at their hotel has traveled up to Canada to tell his employer, Le Beaver, that his mission is a success."

What in the hell? So I seek out a way to read all of these issues and what I find are these stories that comment on society by absurd means and through the lens of the one character in all of fiction I relate to the most, a depressed duck. Howard's journey is the reflection of our own struggle to find meaning in a world we never made. Beyond Howard, Gerber's writing style is one that isn't afraid of the weird and contains layers of satire and profundity. He'd write about alienation and existentialism carried by characters with flaws and frustrations. Reading his work helps me burn off a lot of my more cynical convictions.

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