6. They've Starred In Some Of The Best Comics Of The Decade
Marvel Comics/David Aja
If 2012's Avengers film introduced Hawkeye fans to a world of taunts, one thing they have to be thankful for is that the interest gave way to a fantastic comic book, written by Matt Fraction with art from David Aja.
The 2012 series lasted for about 22 issues and was a critical success, earning multiple Eisners by shining a light on what Clint Barton got up to when he wasn't with the Avengers. Turns out he gets up to quite a lot, protecting his apartment block from gangsters, adopting a pizza-loving dog called Lucky (an issue takes place entirely from the dog's perspective), and generally getting up to hijinks with longtime ally Kate Bishop as he recovers from his most recent divorce.
That may genuinely be the best Marvel have published this decade, but it isn't the only series where Hawkeye has made a big impression. Fraction and Aja's run would be followed a formidable stint form superstar writer Jeff Lemire and artist Ramon Perez, before heading west to focus on Kate Bishop, thanks to Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero.
Everywhere you look you can see quality Hawkeye stories, and though they'd starred in plenty before 2010, this decade has been the character's best.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
