 Aurochs  | 22 Jun 2018 9:54 a.m. PST |
Who is your favourite anti-hero? Mine is Hagen von Tronje who slew Siegfried. It could be a character from an old legend, but also from a comic-book or a novel. |
| cavcrazy | 22 Jun 2018 10:01 a.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 22 Jun 2018 10:10 a.m. PST |
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| mad monkey 1 | 22 Jun 2018 10:11 a.m. PST |
The Man With No Name.
Kane , by Karl Edward Wagner.
Elric of Melineabone. |
| Moonbeast | 22 Jun 2018 10:15 a.m. PST |
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| willthepiper | 22 Jun 2018 10:16 a.m. PST |
Bart Bandy, of the Bandy Papers. But only because I discovered Bandy before reading Fraser's Flashman Papers. |
| Daithi the Black | 22 Jun 2018 10:19 a.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 22 Jun 2018 10:20 a.m. PST |
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| dvyws9 | 22 Jun 2018 10:31 a.m. PST |
Bartholomew W Bandy.. Wow, now there is a character from the past – it's forty years since I read those books. He predates Flashman, for sure. Not sure I would call him an anti hero, though – he was a skilled Sopwith Dolphin pilot, with a good score of downed Dastardly Huns, it was only on the ground that his more "eccentriic" side emerged. I did love his interactions with his in-laws, though, particularly his initial encounter with his mother in law… |
| Pictors Studio | 22 Jun 2018 10:32 a.m. PST |
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| Wackmole9 | 22 Jun 2018 10:33 a.m. PST |
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| TNE2300 | 22 Jun 2018 10:54 a.m. PST |
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| JimDuncanUK | 22 Jun 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 22 Jun 2018 11:16 a.m. PST |
The Black Company
The Man With No Name (A Fistful of Dollars, etc.)
Josey Wales (a two-fer for Clint!)
Conan
Fafhrd
The Gray Mouser
Does Malcolm Reynold's count?
Jayne Cobb probably does. (Especially as "The Man They Called Jayne!") |
| Aurochs | 22 Jun 2018 11:48 a.m. PST |
Anyone for Mordred? Or Donald Duck? |
| Winston Smith | 22 Jun 2018 11:51 a.m. PST |
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| stephen m | 22 Jun 2018 11:59 a.m. PST |
Bandy +++ Fifty kills in WWI, lands on his CO, gets shot down in a Dolphin and nabs the hun's D.VII after he lands to say, gotcha. Off to Russia to help stop the revolution, returns to be a cabinet minister and booze smuggler, etc., etc.. What's not to love? |
| JimSelzer | 22 Jun 2018 12:08 p.m. PST |
Elric
Kane
Croaker and rest of the Black Company
Commissar Gaunt
Han Solo
Londo Molari |
| Glengarry5 | 22 Jun 2018 12:10 p.m. PST |
Shakespeare's Richard the 3rd…
Then Flashman,
Alex from Clockwork Orange. |
| Vigilant | 22 Jun 2018 12:38 p.m. PST |
More love for Bandy (author Donald Jack). The original WW1 stories were my father's favourite books.
For anti-heroes I'd go with Malcolm Reynolds, Clint Eastwood's western cowboys. Scott Mariani's Ben Hope is pretty cool too. |
| Frederick | 22 Jun 2018 1:00 p.m. PST |
Josey Wales (and most of the other Clint Eastwood roles) Sgt Steiner (Cross of Iron) Conan Malcolm Reynolds and Bandy are great as well |
| Gone Fishing | 22 Jun 2018 1:25 p.m. PST |
For serious choices I'd agree with those who listed Conan, Clint's Western roles and Flashman. I've never read the Elric stories. A more frolicsome list would include the classic Looney Tunes line-up of Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam – a distinctly nasty bunch. Strangely, I wouldn't include Bugs in that number, though I'd have to exercise some grey matter to explain why. |
| mghFond | 22 Jun 2018 2:10 p.m. PST |
Mindy MacCready (HitGirl)
Frank Castle (Punisher) |
| roving bandit | 22 Jun 2018 2:11 p.m. PST |
Rhett Butler, more of a rogue than an anti-hero. But with some of the other suggestions here he probably fits right in. |
| Daithi the Black | 22 Jun 2018 2:53 p.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 22 Jun 2018 3:14 p.m. PST |
Not much for anti-heroes. Still
Conan
Herman Koehler from the Koehler & St Cyr novels
Major Stanley Woolley from Derek Robinson's Goshawk Squadron.
Maybe John Eric Stark counts? |
| Gear Pilot | 22 Jun 2018 3:31 p.m. PST |
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| Parzival | 22 Jun 2018 4:24 p.m. PST |
All of the Guardians of the Galaxy are anti-heroes, but Rocket Raccoon would be my favorite of that bunch. Logan (Wolverine) is at times an anti-hero. Loki (both the Norse god and the Marvel version) counts as an antihero. But remember, a villain is not an anti-hero, unless he is the protagonist of the story. Thus, Daffy by himself is sort of an anti-hero (though I'm not certain the term truly applies even then), but when appearing as a foil for Bugs, he's not one. The Dirty Dozen are anti-heroes. George Peppard's character in Blue Max is an anti-hero. Captain Jack Sparrow. |
| dBerczerk | 22 Jun 2018 5:20 p.m. PST |
Oberst Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine) in "The Eagle Has Landed" is my favorite anti-hero. |
| 21eRegt | 22 Jun 2018 5:43 p.m. PST |
Elric of Melnibone by far.
Thomas Covenant second. |
| Grimdark Future Fan | 22 Jun 2018 5:51 p.m. PST |
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| Coelacanth | 22 Jun 2018 6:10 p.m. PST |
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| skippy0001 | 22 Jun 2018 6:41 p.m. PST |
Steiner-Cross of Iron
Titus Andronicus
The entire cast of Gotham
Kaiser Sozey-he mostly killed bad guys…mostly, except for his wife, their children and the lawyer lady.
John Wick |
| USAFpilot | 22 Jun 2018 6:57 p.m. PST |
noun
noun: anti-hero
a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.
------------------------------------------ Some names mentioned so far are more hero than anti-hero. IMHO, Conan is a hero, so is Richard Sharpe. Both "good guys" at heart who use their physical prowess to defeat evil. Now Dr. Who on the other hand, a physical weakling or at most normal, uses unconventional methods to defeat evil. Anti-heros don't go in guns a blazing and swords a slashing. Even Elric, although cynical and moody, exhibits hero like behavior. |
 Saber6  | 22 Jun 2018 8:15 p.m. PST |
Elric or other incarnations of the Eternal Champion |
| Cyrus the Great | 22 Jun 2018 9:10 p.m. PST |
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| tkdguy | 22 Jun 2018 10:39 p.m. PST |
Gotta second Kerr Avon. Elric of Melnibone is another favorite. I consider Mordred and Richard III villains rather than anti-heroes. |
| RittervonBek | 23 Jun 2018 2:12 a.m. PST |
Bernie Gunther in Philip Kerr's novels. Commissar Caiphas Cane. |
| ZULUPAUL | 23 Jun 2018 2:36 a.m. PST |
Punisher
Almost any Clint Eastwood role
Sgt Steiner |
| Huscarle | 23 Jun 2018 5:36 a.m. PST |
Kerr Avon
Bernie Gunther
Kane
Flashman
Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe |
 Legion 4 | 23 Jun 2018 7:46 a.m. PST |
BILL ! BILL ! BILL !  |
| wrgmr1 | 23 Jun 2018 10:20 a.m. PST |
Bart Bandy for the win.
Deadpool second. |
| Gunfreak | 23 Jun 2018 2:22 p.m. PST |
Yeah Deadpool.
And Archer from well Archer. |
| abelp01 | 23 Jun 2018 7:01 p.m. PST |
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| willthepiper | 23 Jun 2018 7:27 p.m. PST |
Thrilled to see so much support for Bartholomew Wolfe Bandy. Three Cheers for Bandy! |
| Katzbalger | 24 Jun 2018 4:01 p.m. PST |
The Punisher and Deadpool--'cause they're in the comics, man, and neither follows the comic book hero code! Their on-screen versions aren't too bad, either. Conan was mostly a hero, though he does have some anti-hero attributes, I think. Man With No Name/Blondie/Josey Wales, great, too. Raymond Reddington makes a great one, too (though most episodes of Blacklist don't seem focus on him). Basically, I can't choose just one. Rob |
| Rogues1 | 25 Jun 2018 9:05 a.m. PST |
Would you consider the 7 from The Magnificent Seven as anti-hero's? Each of them had real flaws and struggled with their demons to do good. I would also agree that all of the Marvel anti-heroes (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, Punisher, Jessica Jones, etc) along with Archer (my fave) fall into that category as well. I don't know the DC universe as well, do they have similar types of characters? |
