Top 10 Banshee characters

1. Kai Proctor

''Banshee'' has plenty of colourful characters, especially villains. Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen) is our favourite. Banished from his Pennsylvania Amish family, Proctor is a psychopathic businessman and Banshee's number one kingpin, who has a semi-incestuous relationship with his niece and is endowed with crazy survival skills. Proctor is a fully realized bad guy who is complex enough to verge on being nice, yet never fails to live up to his evil potential. Wears a huge crucifix tattoo on his back, which the directors of the show never waste an opportunity to show off. 









2. Burton

Clay Burton (Matthew Rauch) is Kai Proctor's bodyguard. Watch his hipster glasses; when they come off, he means business. Not much is known about his past, other than that Proctor found him in a torture dungeon, where he was apparently castrated, which makes him the perfect watchdog since it renders him irresistible to temptation. Hardly ever speaks and always dresses to the nines in a suit and a bow tie, he has shown on several occasions to be seemingly impervious to pain and unfazed by any injury, no matter how grievous.  





3. Chayton

Despite being a grown man in braids with a voice so deep it makes him sound like a cow, Chayton Littlestone (Geno Segers) is a formidable and charismatic enemy whose stand on racial purity makes the neo-nazis seem pale by comparison. He's the leader of the Kinaho gang the Redbones and has a personal vendetta against the Banshee police after the death of his brother. He's not alone in being heavily inked in "Banshee," and like Kai sports an impressive full-size tat on his back.

  
4. Job

Job (Hoon Lee) is the series' resident hacker, always handy and always in a bitchy mood. Job is at his most entertaining when he's butting heads with Sugar Bates. He's also the most machismo asian-american drag queen that has ever been on television. Anyone interested in a list of Job's top ten crazy outfits?
 












5. Brock

Brock Lotus (Matt Servitto) is Banshee Sheriff Department's deputy, a serious man who struggles with wanting to be a good by-the-numbers cop but leans more towards Lucas Hood's unconventional style of policing. Actor Servitto is a veteran when it comes to playing TV cops, which may be why he manages to imbue an otherwise grumpy and humourless character with enough charisma to merit him a place on our list.   










6. Nola

Nola Longshadow (Odette Annable) should have had a much bigger role in the series. A Kinaho warrior girl whose pride and fury is only matched by Chayton. We love her because of her stunning beauty, her combat skills and because she fights with a tomahawk. Killed by Burton in one of the show's many amazing fight scenes.







7. Colonel Stowe

Although his role in the show's third season wasn't very big, Colonel Douglas Stowe (Langley Kirkwood) was one of the show's most interesting antagonists. Introduced as Carrie's one night stand, he later became a main bad guy as he's targeted by our thieving heroes and grew more and more evil for each episode. Stowe was a U.S. Marine with a dirty business set-up involving millions of war dollars from Afghanistan, operating out of an army camp in Banshee. 









8. Anastasia / Carrie Hopewell

There is no shortage of strong female characters in "Banshee;" Nola, Siobhan Kelly, Rebecca Bowman, even Carrie's daughter Deva. But Carrie Hopewell (Ivana Milicevic) is the foremost of them all, much thanks to Milicevic's courage as an actress. She can kick some serious ass, she's ready to provide the show with some full frontal nudity at the drop of a hat, and she's not afraid to run around bloodied and bruised in an unglamorous hospital gown. Carrie is a former safe-cracker and girlfriend of Lucas Hood whose Serbian mafia roots is the driving force behind the first two seasons.   




9. Kurt Bunker

A reformed white supremacist with a very guilty conscience, Kurt Bunker (Tom Pelphrey) joins the show in the third season as the newest addition to the Banshee Sheriff's Department, but his swastika tattoos and his disreputable past are not going to leave him alone any time soon. 









10. Raymond Brantley

Brantley (Shuler Hensley) was a bureaucratic mobster who traveled across country to retrieve his stolen money, but instead ended up splattered across the interstate. Despite his brief appearance in only one episode, Brantley was interesting enough to make it on our list. We sure would've liked to ride around in his truck decorated like a mobile office a little while longer.   

Top 10 classical composers

1. Johann Sebastian Bach

1685-1750, the master of Baroque.













2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756-1791, the greatest and most influential of the First Viennese School era in classical music.











3. Georg Friedrich Handel

1685-1759, Baroque composer, famous for the oratorio ''Messiah'' and ''Water Music''.















4. Antonio Vivaldi

1678-1741, Baroque composer of "The Four Seasons" and much, much more. A virtuoso violinist.













5. Henry Purcell

1659-1695, the greatest English composer of early Baroque music.














6. John Dowland

1563-1626, a great English Renaissance composer of lute music and songs.














7. Francesco Canova de Milano

1497-1543, another great composer of lute music, from Italy.













8. Ludwig van Beethoven

1770-1827, one of the big three after Bach and Mozart.











9. Frederic Chopin

1810-1849, one of the greatest pianists and composers of the Romantic era.












10. Erik Satie

 
1866-1925, very influential French composer.

Top 10 guitarists

1. Jimi Hendrix

 For his innovation.








2. Robbie Krieger

For his personal style.









3. Mike Bloomfield

 Brilliant technique.









4. Paco de Lucia

 The flamenco legend.










5. Django Reinhardt

A big influence on all guitar players.









6. Richard Thompson

 Great song writer, great guitar player.













7. Frank Zappa

Incredible avantgarde guitarist and composer.











8. Peter Green

Great blues guitar player.










9. Georg 'Jojje' Wadenius

 A fantastic all-round player.









10. David Gilmour

Great expressionist on guitar!

Top 10 hottest women in comics

1. Axa

Post-apocalyptic super heroine created by Spanish artist Romero in the late 1970's for the sword-and-sorcery comic strip of the same name.















2. Jessica Rabbit

Usually ends up on first place on lists like this, but redheads aren't really our cup of tea.















3. Harley Quinn

A real badass in the DC canon, created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm in the 1990's, Harley Quinn is sometimes the Joker's sidekick and girlfriend. 















4. Paulette

A vulgar MILF created by Belgian erotic artist Georges Pichard in the 1970's.  














5. Tank Girl

British artist Jamie Hewlett's post-apocalyptic heroine Tank Girl is not intended to be a sex symbol, but her punky attitude makes her one.















6. Modesty Blaise

Classic comic strip heroine, created by Brits Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway in 1963. Later contributions to her classy beauty was made by Romero (see number one on our list above).














7. Veronica Lodge

Veronica, from the Archie comics, created by Bob Montana in 1942, is a spoiled rich girl who is Archie's on-off girlfriend.














8. Brandy Carter

Frank Cho's curvy lass is the main reason why we love to read Liberty Meadows, published in the late 1990's, in which she works at an animal sanctuary and has many comic adventures with her anthropomorphic animal friends. 











 

9. Judge Anderson

Judge Cassandra Anderson from Judge Dredd, created by John Wagner and Brian Bolland in 1980, grew so popular that she became the star of her own books. She is one of the first member of the Psi Division, made up of judges with telekinetic abilities.   














10. Tinkerbell

Legend has it Disney modelled their Tinkerbell in the 1953 adaptation of Peter Pan after Marilyn Monroe. Whether that's true or not, she has definitely become one of the foremost icons of the Disney brand.

Top 10 fictional bars

1. Moe's Tavern

From "The Simpsons." Location, Springfield. The birthplace of Flaming Moe's, a cocktail consisting of cough medicine and fire. Run by Moe Szyslak.








2. Mos Eisley Cantina

From "Star Wars IV: A New Hope." Location, Tatooine. Local water hole for space pirates, bounty hunters and Han Solo. Famous for its jazz band. No droids allowed!





3. The Titty Twister

From "From Dusk Till Dawn." Location, Mexico, near the border. Famous titty bar for bikers, truckers and fugitives. Just be sure to get out of there before Santánico Pandemónium's on!






4. Rick's Café Américain

From "Casablanca." Location, Morocco. On the surface, a nightclub and gambling den with a world-famous lounge pianist called Sam, but in reality a secret safe house for war refugees and expatriates on the run from Nazis or the law.  









5. Bada Bing!

From "The Sopranos." Location, New Jersey. Typical sleazy strip joint that provides Tony Soprano and his mafia colleagues with a safe place to talk business.







6. Korova Milkbar

From "A Clockwork Orange." Location, somewhere in a dystopian England. Gather your droogs and come down to the Korova for some milk-plus before you head out for a night of good old ultra-violence. 





7. The Last Resort

From "Total Recall." Location, Mars. Probably the only place in the galaxy where you can pick up a three-breasted hooker.








8. Cheers

From "Cheers." Location, Boston. A beautiful bar where everybody knows your name (as long as it's Norm). 








9. Bob's Country Bunker

From "The Blues Brothers." Location, Indiana. The chicken wire will keep the band safe, but they better play either country or western. Run by Bob. 








10. The Forge   

From "Banshee." Location, Pennsylvania. Run by Sugar Bates. When you need to lick your wounds there's always a glass of scotch waiting for you at The Forge after you've protected the town from neo-Nazis, Amish gangsters and Native American gangbangers.