Best of 2012

[BobBretall]

John & I are recording our "Year in Review" episode for 2012 on Saturday.

Keep in mind that there are a lot of creators out there and they often do many different projects over the course of the year. When putting down a creator's name, please indicate what project(s) they did in 2012 that made you put them down as one of your favorites.

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - your choice (note what they are writing)
Art - your choice (note what they are drawing)
Character/Team - your choice
Storyline/Title - your choice

Marvel:
Writing - your choice (note what they are writing)
Art - your choice (note what they are drawing)
Character/Team - your choice
Storyline/Title - your choice

Indie:
Writing - your choice (note what they are writing)
Art - your choice (note what they are drawing)
Character/Team - your choice
Storyline/Title - your choice
Web-comic- name strip & creator(s) (provide URL)
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Someone who does it all

Favorite Overall Publisher - your choice

[BobBretall]

BOB'S FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth)
Art - Kevin Maguire (Tanga in My Greatest Adventure + World's Finest)
Character/Team - GL Corps
Storyline/Title - World's Finest

Marvel:
Writing - Mark Waid (Daredevil + Indestructible Hulk)
Art - Esad Ribic (Thor: God of Thunder)
Character/Team - Daredevil
Storyline/Title - Thor: God of Thunder

Indie:
Writing - Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead)
Art - Axel Medellin (Elephantmen)
Character/Team - Elephantmen (Hip Flask, Ebony Hide, Vanity Case, Miki, Obadiah Horn, Sahara)
Storyline/Title - Harbinger
Web-comic- Battlepug by Mike Norton - http://battlepug.com/
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Rachel Rising by Terry Moore

Favorite Overall Publisher - Valiant

[Perry]

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Scott Snyder (BATMAN, AMERICAN VAMPIRE, *TALON)
Art - Greg Capullo (BATMAN)
Character/Team - Batman
Storyline/Title - WONDER WOMAN

Marvel:
Writing - Mark Waid (DAREDEVIL, INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK)
Art - Steve Epting (WINTER SOLDIER)
Character/Team - FANTASTIC FOUR
Storyline/Title - HAWKEYE

Indie:
Writing - Jonathan Hickman (MANHATTAN PROJECTS)
Art - Terry Moore (RACHEL RISING)
Character/Team - Ninjak
Storyline/Title - SAGA
Web-comic- PENNY ARCADE by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik (PENNY-ARCADE)
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - TERRY MOORE (RACHEL RISING)

Favorite Overall Publisher - Valiant!!!!

*TALON = co-writer/plot

[fudd71]

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Brian Azzarello (Wonder Woman)
Art - Amanda Conner (Before Watchmen Silk Spectre)
Character/Team - Nightwing
Storyline/Title - World's finest

[LA Rabbit]

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Bryan Azzarello (Wonder Woman)
Art - Kenneth Roccafort (was on Red Hood, now Superman)
Character/Team - Demon Knights (really liked art formerly by Diogenes Neves)
Storyline/Title - O.M.A.C. (One More Award Coming)

Marvel:
Writing - Christos Gage (Avengers Academy)
Art - Tom Fowler (Hulk: Season One)
Character/Team - Dark Avengers (who were Thunderbolts)
Storyline/Title - the new Daredevil

Indie:
Writing - Fred Van Lente (Archer & Armstrong, Hulk: Season One)
Art - Brandon Graham (Prophet, Multiple Warheads (reprint but new to me as I did not read it before Image))
Character/Team - Reed Gunther, Sterling & Starla
Storyline/Title - the new Popeye book
Web-comic- The World's Strongest Mailman http://www.strongestmailman.com/ Jon Westhoff, Bryan Boles, Ben Tiede and other artists
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Alan White on the Power Principle from Valhalla Comics Group (available through DCBS).

Favorite Overall Publisher - IDW - still with the Artist Editions, Portfolios and other nice art type books, smart licensed titles (My Little Pony, Transformers, Dr. Who, G.I. Joe, Popeye, Godzilla - I don't read them all but they are usually quality). Plus original ones like the John Byrne titles, Night of 1,000 Wolves, Smoke & Mirrors, TMNT etc. I think they have a nice diversity but still maintaining the quality.

If we are going with real independent publishers than I pick King Bone Press as I have every book they have ever published. http://kingbonepress.storenvy.com/
If you like anthologies, the Bandthology and the Low Concept (1 and 2) are great. You can also get The World's Strongest Mailman in print there (same as online).

[LA Rabbit]

It might just be the work software but the Penny Arcade link above made my computer give me a warning about some sort of attack. I don't know what sort of virus filter is on this machine but did want to warn people.

[BobBretall]

It might just be the work software but the Penny Arcade link above made my computer give me a warning about some sort of attack. I don't know what sort of virus filter is on this machine but did want to warn people.

Link worked fine for me....no warnings & nothing detected by my virus software or firewalls from work...

[Perry]

It might just be the work software but the Penny Arcade link above made my computer give me a warning about some sort of attack. I don't know what sort of virus filter is on this machine but did want to warn people.

Whoa, that's not good. Yeah, I also checked (thanks, Bob) and all is fine. Sorry for the scare however.

[Trev]

Here's Mine -- NOTE: I did not read much Marvel in 2012 outside of Hickman/Brubaker.

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Darwyn Cooke -- Minutemen
Art - Amanda Conner -- Silk Spectre
Character/Team - Demon Knights
Storyline/Title - Minutemen

Marvel:
Writing - Jonathan Hickman -- Fantastic Four/FF
Art - Butch Guice -- Winter Soldier
Character/Team - Winter Soldier/Future Foundation
Storyline/Title - Final arc of Fantastic Four/FF

Indie:
Writing - Brian K. Vaughan -- Saga
Art - Ryan Ottley -- Invincible
Character/Team - Atomic Robo
Storyline/Title - Saga

Favorite Overall Publisher - Image

[HassanT]

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing -Scott Snyder (Batman)
Art - Greg Capullo (Batman)
Character/Team - Batman
Storyline/Title - Minutemen

Marvel:
Writing - Waid (Daredevil/Hulk)
Art - Aya (Hawkeye)
Character/Team - Daredevil
Storyline/Title - Daredevil

Indie:
Writing - Brian K. Vaughan (Saga)
Art - -Staples (Saga)
Character/Team - Crew of the Kapital (Massive)
Storyline/Title - Saga

Favorite Overall Publisher - Valiant

[SpideySavestheDay]

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Scott Snyder (Batman)
Art - Greg Capullo (Batman)
Character/Team - Hal Jordan & Sinestro
Storyline/Title - Batman

Indie:
Writing - Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead)
Character/Team - Shadowman
Storyline/Title - Walking Dead
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Ken Krekeler (Westward)

Favorite Overall Publisher - DC

[Gilgabob]

DC:
Writing - Azzarello (Wonder Woman)
Art - Jae Lee (Before Watchman:Ozymandias)
Character/Team - Batman
Storyline/Title - Wonder Woman

Marvel:
Writing - Waid (Daredevil)
Art - Kevin Walker (Thunderbolts)
Character/Team - Spider-Man
Storyline/Title - Daredevil

Indie:
Writing - Brian K. Vaughan (Saga)
Art - Eric Powell (The Goon)
Character/Team - Atomic Robo
Storyline/Title - Saga
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)

Favorite Overall Publisher - Dark Horse

[boshuda]

I don't know if I'm too late, but since you guys probably aren't awake yet I'll post.

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - your choice (note what they are writing)
Geoff Johns - Aquaman
Art - your choice (note what they are drawing)
Greg Capullo - Batman
Character/Team - your choice
Aquaman
Storyline/Title - your choice
Aquaman

Marvel:
I dropped all Marvel due to the business/marketing shenanigans.
Writing - your choice (note what they are writing)
Art - your choice (note what they are drawing)
Character/Team - your choice
Storyline/Title - your choice

Indie:
Writing - your choice (note what they are writing)
Garth Ennis on The Boys
Art - your choice (note what they are drawing)
Darrick Robertson - The Boys
Character/Team - your choice
The Boys
Storyline/Title - your choice
The Boys
Web-comic- name strip & creator(s) (provide URL)
Menage A 3 - [url=http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/room ... %28vol1%29]
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Someone who does it all
Epic Kill by Raff Ienco

Favorite Overall Publisher - your choice
Image

[ctowner1]

DC:
Writing - Darwyn Cooke (Before Watchmen:Minutemen)
Art - JHWilliams III (Batwoman)
Character/Team - Watchmen:Minutemen
Storyline/Title - Before Watchmen:Minutemen

Marvel:
Writing - Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, and ONLY Hawkeye)
Art - Javier Pulido (Hawkeye)
Character/Team - Hawkeye
Storyline/Title - The Tape

Indie:
Writing - Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible)
Art - Juanjo Guarnido (Blacksad: A Silent Hell)
Character/Team - Negan
Storyline/Title - Darwyn Cooke (Parker: The Score)
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - The Underwater Welder, by Jeff Lemire

Favorite Overall Publisher - Marvel (well, I bought the most books from them!).

[stardog]

FAVORITES OF 2012

DC:
Writing - Scott Snyder (Batman, Swamp Thing, American Vampire, Talon)
Art - Kenneth Rocafort (Red Hood and the Outlaws, Superman)
Character/Team - Aquaman
Storyline/Title - Batman

Marvel:
Writing - Mark Waid (Daredevil, Indestructible Hulk)
Art - Marco Checchetto (Punisher)
Character/Team - Hope Summers
Storyline/Title - Uncanny X-Force

Indie:
Writing - Joshua Dysart (Harbinger)
Art - Joe Eisma (Morning Glories)
Character/Team - Witchblade
Storyline/Title - The Walking Dead

Favorite Overall Publisher - Valiant