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It's getting around that time of year when John & I start thinking about the best of comics in 2011 for our "Year in Review" episode. We'll start putting our thoughts down and would love to see what you folks consider to be your favorites of the year too.

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 2011 that made you put them down as one of your favorites.

FAVORITES OF 2011

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

BOB'S FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Scott Snyder (Batman, Swamp Thing, American Vampire)
Art - JH Williams III (Batwoman)
Character/Team - Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Storyline/Title - Flashpoint

Marvel:
Writing - Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-Man)
Art - Steve Epting (Fantastic Four / FF)
Character/Team - Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Storyline/Title - Amazing Spider-Man

Indie:
Writing - Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Infinite Vacation - Image)
Art - Nate Simpson (Nonplayer - Image)
Character/Team - Atomic Robo (Red 5)
Storyline/Title - Elephantmen (Richard Starkings - Image)
Web-comic- Battlepug by Mike Norton (http://battlepug.com/)
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo - Dark Horse)

Favorite Overall Publisher - Image

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing -Scott Synder [Detective Comics]
Art - J.H. Williams III (Batwoman)
Character/Team - Batman
Storyline/Title - Black Mirror [I think that's what Synder's run was called, if not, his entire storyline in Detective]

Marvel: [i really only read Spider-related titles for most of the year, so my opinions here aren't really great.

Writing - Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-man)
Art - Stefano Caselli (Amazing Spider-Man)
Character/Team - Spider-Man
Storyline/Title - Spider-Island Epilogue

Indie:
Writing - Nick Spencer (Morning Glories)
Art - Joe Benitez (Lady Mechanika)
Character/Team - Skullkickers
Storyline/Title - Echoes (Joshua Hale Fialkov) ..... I think it started at the end of 2010 though, so if that doesn't count:

Hit-List Agenda (Executive Assistant crossover story from Aspen)

Web-comic- N/A
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Marine Man (Ian Churchill)

Favorite Overall Publisher - Image

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Scott Snyder (Detective Comics, Batman, Swamp Thing)
Art - Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman)
Character/Team - Batgirl (Stephanie Brown)
Storyline/Title - Detective Comics (vol. 1)

Marvel:
Writing - Peter David (X-Factor)
Art - Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force)
Character/Team - Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Storyline/Title - X-Factor

Indie:
Writing - Nick Spencer (Morning Glories)
Art - Marcelo Mueller (Lady Death)
Character/Team - Atom Eve
Storyline/Title - Pigs
Web-comic- N/A
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Marineman (Ian Churchill)

Favorite Overall Publisher - DC

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing Scott Snyder (Detective, American Vampire, Swamp Thing)
Art TBD
Character/Team Batman
Storyline/Title Scalped

Marvel:
Writing Mark Waid (Daredevil)
Art Paco Medina (Ultimate Comics X-men)
Character/Team Spider-man
Storyline/Title FF/Fantastic Four

Indie:
Writing David Lapham (Crossed Psychopath, Caligula)
Art Brian Hurtt (Sixth Gun)
Character/Team TBD
Storyline/Title Chew
Web-comic Never followed any web comics. Something new for me to look into next year, maybe.
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator Habibi- Craig Thompson. My favorite book overall for the year

Favorite Overall Publisher Marvel

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Grant Morrison (Action Comics)
Art - Jim Lee (Justice League)
Character/Team - Aquaman
Storyline/Title - Action Comics (NuDC)

Marvel:
Writing - Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men)
Art - Humberto Ramos (Avenging Spider-Man)
Character/Team - X-Men
Storyline/Title - Uncanny X-Men (Fear Itself arc)

Indie:
Writing - Garth Ennis (The Boys)
Art - Ryan Ottley (Invincible)
Character/Team - The Boys
Storyline/Title - The Boys
Web-comic- N/A
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Someone who does it all

Favorite Overall Publisher - Image

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Brian Azzarello - Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance, Wonder Woman
Art - Kenneth Roccafort - Red Hood & The Outlaws
Character/Team - Batman
Storyline/Title - Flashpoint

Marvel:
Writing - Jeff Parker - Thunderbolts
Art - Leinil Yu - Superior
Character/Team - Thunderbolts
Storyline/Title - Venom

Indie:
Writing - Mike Mignola - B.P.R.D. and related titles
Art - Eric Powell - The Goon
Character/Team - Halcyon
Storyline/Title - Atomic Robo
Web-comic- alas, I don't read webcomics
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Eric Powell - The Goon
Favorite Overall Publisher - Dark Horse

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Jeff Lemire (Animal Man, Frankenstein Agent of SHADE, Sweet Tooth)
Art - JH Williams III (Batwoman)
Character/Team - Animal Man Buddy Baker
Storyline/Title - Xombi "The Green House" (John Rozum writer, Frazer Irving art)

Marvel:
Writing - Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force, Venom)
Art - Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force)
Character/Team - Fantastic Four (then FF, then Fantastic Four and FF [WebWiz29])
Storyline/Title - Daredevil (Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, Marcos Martin)

Indie:
Writing - Joe Hill (Locke & Key)
Art - Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun)
Character/Team - BPRD (Dark Horse)
Storyline/Title - Severed (Scott Snyder and Attila Futaki)
Web-comic - Gutters (Ryan Sohmer writer)
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Rachel Rising (Terry Moore)

Favorite Overall Publisher - Image

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Paul Cornell (Demon Knights)
Art - Ken Rocafort (Red Hood & the Outsiders)
Character/Team - I'm actually digging the way the current Teen Titans group is shaping up
Storyline/Title - Demon Knights

Marvel: I can't honestly say I've picked up enough Marvel in 2011 to have a right to vote

Indie:
Writing - Joe Hill (Locke & Key) (IDW)
Art - Barbara Ciardo (Route Des Maisons Rouge) (GG Studios)
Character/Team - John Carter (Dynamite)
Storyline/Title - Gore (GG Studios)
Web-comic- Our Valued Customers http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.com/
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Dorohedoro, Q Hayashida (Viz Manga)

Favorite Overall Publisher - DC owned it for mainstream books, but I also love GG Studios for bringing everything I love about Heavy Metal magazine in a handy comic format. I'll give the nod to DC if I have to pick just one.

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Bill Willingham (Fables)
Art - Kenneth Roccafort (Red Hood & The Outlaws)
Character/Team - O.M.A.C.
Storyline/Title - O.M.A.C.

Marvel:
Writing - Fred Van Lente (Alpha Flight, Herc, Power Man & Iron Fist, Chaos War, Comic Book Comics, oops, one of those is for the wrong publisher)
Art - Kyle Hotz (Heroes for Hire Fear Itself issues, Heroes for Hire Spider Island 1 shot)
Character/Team - Spider-Girl
Storyline/Title - Heroes for Hire (I am going to say the whole run as it is now defunct)

Indie:
Writing - Fred Van Lente (Comic Book Comics)
Art - Ryan Dunlavey (Comic Book Comics)
Character/Team - Reed Gunther and Sterling
Storyline/Title - Comic Book Comics
Web-comic- name strip & creator(s) - FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield (http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23) however it ended in August
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Sergio Aragones (Funnies)

Favorite Overall Publisher - Evil Twin Comics

DC:
Writing - Bryan Q. Miller (Batgirl)
Art - J.H. Williams III - (Batwoman)
Character/Team - Batwoman
Storyline/Title - Thunder Agents

Marvel:
Writing - Johnathan Hickman (Fantastic Four)
Art - Sana Takeda (X-23)
Character/Team - X-23
Storyline/Title - Avengers - The Childrens Crusade

Indie:
Writing - Nick Spencer (Morning Glories)
Art - David Hahn (All Nighter)
Character/Team - Twilight Guardian
Storyline/Title - Morning Glories
Web-comic- Awesome Hospital (Chris Sims, Chad Bowers & others) www.awesomehospital.com
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Rachel Rising - Terry Moore

Favorite Overall Publisher - Marvel

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Nick Spencer (THUNDER Agents)
Art - Jesus Saiz (Birds of Prey)
Character/Team - OMAC
Storyline/Title - OMAC

Marvel:
Writing - Christos Gage (Avengers Academy)
Art - Emma Rios (SI: Cloak and Dagger)
Character/Team - Avengers Academy
Storyline/Title - Avengers Academy

Indie:
Writing - Jay Faerber (Near Death)
Art - Marcio Takara (Incorruptible)
Character/Team - Shinku
Storyline/Title - Kirby: Genesis
Web-comic- N/A
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Terry Moore - Rachel Rising

Favorite Overall Publisher - Image Comics

torchsong wrote: Web-comic- Our Valued Customers http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.com/

I read this one too..... Great single panel gags.

RadConsv wrote: Web-comic- Awesome Hospital (Chris Sims, Chad Bowers & others) www.awesomehospital.com

I'd never heard of this one before, but I just checked it out.....it's AWESOME. I read through the 1st 2 storylines.

FAVORITES OF 2011

DC:
Writing - Bryan Q. Miller(Batgirl)
Art - Keith Giffen (O.M.A.C. - Sorry, love the Kirby riff. At least for now.)
Character/Team - Doom Patrol (way fun while it lasted)
Storyline/Title - Cinderella : Fables are Forever

Marvel: Reading Nothing from this publisher

Indie:
Writing - Garth Ennis (The Boys, Butcher-Baker-Candlestick Maker )
Art - Jeff Moy (LSH & Star Trek by IDW : Making kirk and the boys look like themselves and doing solid storying telling.)
Character/Team - Paradigm (from irredeemable)
Storyline/Title - Walking Dead
Web-comic- Least I could Do - Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza ( http://leasticoulddo.com ) (Irreverent and NOT kid (and some adults) safe).
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - John Bryne (Next men)

Favorite Overall Publisher - D.C - They had the audacity to rework their universe and go day in date digital. They recognized the need for change and went for it big time.

FAVORITES OF 2011 (thru November I have NOT read DEC books DCBS monthly user)

DC:
Writing - Scott Synder (Batman/American Vampire)
Art - JH Williams III (Batwoman)
Character/Team - Fables (Yes Fables beat Superman I'm shocked too)
Storyline/Title - Reign of Doomsday (Action Comics 900-04)

Marvel:
Writing - Mark Waid (Daredevil)
Art - Sean Phillips (Criminal)
Character/Team - Fantastic Four regular 4 /FF 2.0 (3 of the 4 + Spidey)
Storyline/Title - The Last of the Innocent mini (Criminal/Icon)

Indie:
Writing - Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead)
Art - Gabriel Rodriguez (Keys to the Kingdom HC)
Character/Team - Rick's team
Storyline/Title - Walking Dead No Way Out

Web-comic- Katie Cook's Gronk http://www.gronkcomic.com/
Favorite creator-owned project by a solo creator - Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Favorite Overall Publisher - DC (getting slightly less for the $2.99 price (in the overwhelming majority of cases) I get 12 titles a month post DCnewU

Least Favorite Overall Publisher - Marvel

I had to fight back w/ their practices & stook up for change so I started by dropping Amazing Spider-Man in issues. I get SOME Amazing spidey arcs but not all of them these days. X-Men Forever 2 ended its run in January so they lost that money. I dropped Uncanny completely at the end of last year & still have not looked back. Now I just read FF/FF 2.0 & Daredevil regularly plus Criminal minis when they come out.

Indies -- I still love them but I buy thoses in HC or trades now. Usagi Yojimbo I get in issues + trades of older stuff . Walking Dead I ended the practice of getting in issues after reading issue #84 plus later only getting the HCs later on (aka double dipping) & now I ONLY get it in those 12 issue HCs. I get my regular Walking Dead fix from AMC. Next year, I will be getting Brubaker/Phillips's Fatale a chance from Image a chance for at least the first two issues.

Matthew