10 Non-Superhero Comic Series That Would Make Great TV Shows

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Earlier this week, Carl Jansson at WhatCulture posted his choices for 10 Non-Superhero Comic Series That Would Make Great TV Shows.  Here are Carl’s Choices and my thoughts…

10. Drafted by Mark Powers and Chris Lie
My thoughts: This could work… but so much would depend on the budget for special effects. It wouldn’t be my first choice and it wasn’t Jansson’s either.

09. DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli
My thoughts: This series has run for years and with recent news events, is more relevant than ever.  I’d tune in.

08.  Queen & Country by Greg Rucka and various artists
My thoughts: This has a lot of potential.  My biggest worry would there be an audience for a British spy that wasn’t 007.

07.  Criminal Macabre by Steve Niles and various artists
My thoughts: If I had the power to get a show made, I’d be all over this one.  Steve Niles has created a world that would be fun to visit.

06.  100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
My thoughts: This would be my first choice to bring to tv.  It’s a crime drama that has the potential to breakout on the level of The Sopranos.  Man, I wish someone would make this!

05.  Northlanders by Brian Wood and various artists
My thoughts: With the popularity of Game of Thrones and Vikings, this might be seen as an effort to cash in, and maybe it would be… but if it produces a great tv show, who cares?

04.  Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory
My thoughts: I think the premise (“Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he’s a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn’t mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why.”)  would turn people off before they tried the first episode.

03.  Skinwalker by Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir (writers) and Brian Hurtt & Arthur Dela Cruz (artists)
My thoughts: This one could work.  I’d tune in, but I wonder if this, like Chew, would turn people off before they even gave it a shot.

02.  Gotham Central by Various
My thoughts: I’d like to think this would work.  I just wonder if the viewing public would want Batman more than he’d be seen.

01.  Damage Control by Various
My thoughts: Do we really want a tv series about a group that has to clean up the mess left by battles between superheroes and villains?  Yeah, I didn’t think so either.

Jansson’s article got me thinking.  So this week, I’ll post my choices for non-superhero comics that should get a shot as a tv series.