10 Comic Book Series That Deserve TV Shows

2. Hawkeye

Pizza Dog Hawkeye Listen bro. If you€™re interested in watching a television show chock full of tracksuits, dogs who like pizza, and bros who say the word €œbro€ a lot, then an episodic series adapted from Matt Fraction€™s quirky cult-fave Hawkeye should scratch that itch for you. Since the comic series launched in 2012, Hawkeye has been a surprise hit and a critical darling because of Fraction€™s unique dialogue and the rotating art team€™s revolutionary visual style. But ultimately, it€™s Hawkeye€™s very realistic take on its characters and its sense of humor that would make it a prime series for an hour-long serial television show that would ideally be part-sitcom and part-superhero action. Because the series focuses on what titular protagonist Clint Barton and the young Kate Bishop are doing when they€™re not busy saving the world as part of the Avengers and Young Avengers respectively, a television adaptation could easily be done on a modest budget. Given Clint€™s association with S.H.I.E.L.D., there would be ample opportunity to have crossover episodes with each of these shows, which would allow Marvel Studios to further connect its film and television universes. Marvel just has to make sure that whoever they hire to write the series is able to match Fraction€™s rapid-fire patter and snarky sense of humor. Ya feel me bro?
 
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Mark is a professional writer living in Brooklyn and is the founder of the Chasing Amazing Blog, which documents his quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and the Superior Spider-Talk podcast. He also pens the "Gimmick or Good?" column at Comics Should Be Good blog.