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We will be recording a Best of 2014 episode after the end of December. It loosely follows the Weekly Comic Spotlight Format in that it focuses on Marvel, DC and Other publisher's "best of" categories. We have expanded this year to add Image and additional miscellaneous categories. If you would like to vote, we would love to see what listeners to the show think about this year in comics. You don't have to have choices for each one (although that would be great) just the ones that stood out to you. Here are the categories we will be discussing:

DC:
Series -
New Series -
Single Issue-
Story Arc/MiniSeries-
Writer -
Artist -
Rising Star -
Book we wish more people read-

Marvel:
Series -
New Series -
Single Issue-
Story Arc/MiniSeries-
Writer -
Artist -
Rising Star -
Book we wish more people read-

Image:
Series -
New Series -
Single Issue-
Story Arc/MiniSeries-
Writer -
Artist -
Rising Star -
Book we wish more people read-

Other Publishers:
Series -
New Series -
Single Issue-
Story Arc/MiniSeries:
Writer -
Artist -
Rising Star –
Book we wish more people read-

Miscellaneous:
Best Collected Edition (trade or hardcover)-
Best Comic-Related Publication (periodical or book)-
Best Comic Related Website-
Best Comic Podcast-
Best Digital First/Only-
Best Event-
Publisher to Watch-
Best All Ages title-

Thanks for Voting!

As if these decisions weren't hard enough, then you throw this one at us...

drew102e wrote:Miscellaneous:
Best Collected Edition (trade or hardcover)-
Best Comic-Related Publication (periodical or book)-
Best Comic Related Website-
Best Comic Podcast-
Best Digital First/Only-
Best Event-
Publisher to Watch-
Best All Ages title-

SpideySavestheDay wrote:As if these decisions weren't hard enough, then you throw this one at us...

drew102e wrote:Miscellaneous:
Best Collected Edition (trade or hardcover)-
Best Comic-Related Publication (periodical or book)-
Best Comic Related Website-
Best Comic Podcast-
Best Digital First/Only-
Best Event-
Publisher to Watch-
Best All Ages title-

present company excluded of course
of course comic book page would win all these but

I will add other categories later but here we go...

DC:
Series - Batman
New Series - Multiversity (technically)
Single Issue- Astro City 16 (so many good issues to choose from)
Story Arc/MiniSeries- The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy
Writer - Kirk Busiek for Astro City
Artist - Greg Capullo for Batman
Book we wish more people read- Astro City

Image:
Series - East of West
New Series - Low from Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini
Single Issue- Elephantmen #59. An homage to Alien designer HR Giger.
Story Arc/MiniSeries- The Faust Act from The Wicked + The Divine
Writer - Jonathon Hickman for East of West
Artist - Low's Greg Tocchini
Book we wish more people read- Elephantmen

Other Publishers:
Series - Harbinger
New Series - Transformers v. GI Joe
Single Issue- Transformers v. GI Joe FCBD issue.
Story Arc/MiniSeries:
Writer - Josh Dysart for Harbinger
Artist - Tom Scioli for Transformers v. GI Joe. He appears to be having an incredible amount of fun drawing toys from the '80s.
Book we wish more people read- Anything from Valiant. Can't go wrong with Kindt, Dysart, Van Lente, Lemiere.

Miscellaneous:
Best Comic Related Website- Bleeding Cool
Best Comic Podcast- 11 O'Clock Comics. I alternate between CBP and 11 o'clock for accurate views on comics.
Publisher to Watch- Image. As one comic shop owner told me, "Image has Marvel and DC on their heels."

Good choices... We may have some overlap I like all these

DC:
Series- Batman
Single Issue- Multiversity Society of Superheroes
Writer- Scott Snyder
Artist- Greg Capullo

Image:
Series, New Series, Single Issue (issue 3), writer (Brubaker) and artist (Phillips) for The Fade Out

Other:
Series- The Sixth Gun(bit more decompressed in last few months, but over last few years has been great and deserves last nom before ending next year)
New Series- The October Faction
Artist- Gabriel Rodriguez (Little Nemo)
Issue- Little Nemo Return to Slumberland #1
Miniseries- Witchfinder: Mysteries of the Unland

Additional Mention
Best Original Graphic Novel- Andre the Giant Life and Legend, by Box Brown

simonuk wrote: Additional Mention
Best Original Graphic Novel- Andre the Giant Life and Legend, by Box Brown

i thought this was great and a big surprise...

DC:
Series - Batgirl
New Series - Aquaman and the Others
Single Issue- Batman Eternal #14
Story Arc/MiniSeries- Batman Eternal
Writer - Scott Synder
Artist - Brett Booth
Book we wish more people read- Flash

Marvel:
Series - She-Hulk
Book we wish more people read- All-New Ghost Rider

Miscellaneous:
Best Collected Edition (trade or hardcover)- Andre the Giant
Best Digital First/Only- Batman '66
Best Event- Batman Eternal
Best All Ages title- Simpsons Comics

Hey guys, listened to the episode today, great job.

You asked why I chose Batgirl as my DC series. Was it the early part of the year, the reboot, both? I thought the year started off strong, coming out of Wanted with issues 27 that was fun and then the couple of issues with Strix, then that final arc with Ragdoll, Bone Breaker and the disgraced. While I did think the relaunch was abrupt and awkward on an issue-to-issue basis I have still really enjoyed it. I didn’t want to pick Batman for everything. For overall enjoyment of each issue I can’t think of an issue of Batgirl I didn’t enjoy even if it is very different series now then when the year started.

Flash also came up as book that is doing well so why did I list it as book I wish more people were reading. It is doing well, but to me this a top 5 maybe top 3 DC book and it certainly isn't doing that well.

I agree that the Batgirl issues before and after the retooling were great.

The Flash title just doesn't connect with me that well and I'm not entirely sure why. I love the character of Barry Allen. Either I haven't really adopted the New 52 version as the "real version" yet or there is something else missing from the title for me.

fudd71 wrote:Hey guys, listened to the episode today, great job.

Thanks, Sam, its a fun episode to do...

Love 'Year-End' episodes. I always find great comics I missed and look back on the great reads of the year.

Sam - I completely agree with you about The Flash. Venditti and Booth are definitely creating a fun spin on Barry, Iris, etc. The colorist, Andrew Dalhouse, is making the book 'pop'; it's been extremely vibrant of late, especially with the 'blue' Flash. It is one of the better books from the New52.

One recommendation to 2015's 'Year-End' is adding Chris and Sam to the discussion. Hearing all the contributors together would be fun.

SpideySavestheDay wrote:One recommendation to 2015's 'Year-End' is adding Chris and Sam to the discussion. Hearing all the contributors together would be fun.

Scheduling multiple people gets increasingly challenging with each person added. The other thing to consider is that adding more people would make the year end episode even longer than the marathon it is. All of that having been said, remind me about this at the end of the year.

Questions for Next Year's Yearly Comic Spotlight:

Add new categories?:
Best Cover Art or artist
Book Most Needing a Reboot/Relaunch/Retool
Comic Wildcard (something positive that stood out but doesn't fit elsewhere)

Other?

Keep or Remove these categories?:
Best Comic Related Website
Best Comic Podcast

Other?

drew102e wrote:Questions for Next Year's Yearly Comic Spotlight:

Add new categories?:
Best Cover Art or artist
Book Most Needing a Reboot/Relaunch/Retool
Comic Wildcard (something positive that stood out but doesn't fit elsewhere)

Other?

Keep or Remove these categories?:
Best Comic Related Website
Best Comic Podcast

Other?

How about "honorable mention" as the name of the comic wildcard category?