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angelus104
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 1:27:46 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App

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Post by angelus104 on Dec 2, 2014 1:27:46 GMT -5

Hey all!

So, we are coming up quickly on end of the year awards. We want to know what books you want us to seriously consider for our deliberations. Below are the categories.

Best Overall Comic

Best Ongoing Series

Best Writer

Best Artist

Best New Series

Best Story Arc

Best Mini-Series

Best Graphic Novel

Best One Shot/Single Issue

Best Breakthrough Writer

Best Breakthrough Artist

Best Cover

Best Web/Digital Comic

Best Publisher

tundra
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 7:41:14 GMT -5

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Post by tundra on Dec 2, 2014 7:41:14 GMT -5

Great, I'll join in with this and get the ball rolling:

Best Overall Comic
Velvet (Fatale and the Fade Out would also feature in a short-list, so a good year for Brubaker)

Best Ongoing Series
Injustice - Gods Among Us

Best Writer
Ed Brubaker

Best Artist
Jamie McKelvie

Best New Series
Velvet

Best Story Arc
Southern Bastards #1-4

Best Mini-Series
Starlight

Best Graphic Novel
El Nino (Christian Perrissin & Boro Pavlovic, published by Humanoids)

Best One Shot/Single Issue
Multiversity: Pax Americana
or...
Marvel 100th Anniversary Special: Avengers #1 (for the sheer insanity of James Stokoe's Avengers)

Best Breakthrough Writer
Joshua Williamson

Best Breakthrough Artist
Tula Lotay

Best Cover
The Sandman: Overture #2

Best Web/Digital Comic
Injustice: Gods Among Us (oddly, this is the only thing DC is publishing which feels like the DC characters I know (with the obvious exception of Superman )...)

Best Publisher
Image

Honourable mentions:
Uber & Silver Surfer didn't quite win out in any one category for me, but were consistently great
Wytches and Wild's End are looking fantastic but it's too early to give it even a best new book (for me, at least)
Blacksad: Amarillo would have made it to best graphic novel if the translated text was nearly as good as the art (which is gorgeous)

Tony
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 7:47:05 GMT -5

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Post by Tony on Dec 2, 2014 7:47:05 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic:

* Saga
* East of West
* Rat Queens
* Rocket Raccoon
* The Private Eye
* Shutter
* Sex Criminals
* Black Science
* The Wake

Best Ongoing Series:

* Saga
* East of West
* Rat Queens
* Rocket Raccoon
* Shutter
* Sex Criminals
* Black Science

Best Writer:

* Kurtis Wiebe (Rat Queens)
* Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon)
* Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, Hawkeye, Ody-C)
* Kelly Sue Deconnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel)
* Gail Simone (Red Sonja)
* Joe Keatinge (Shutter)
* Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine)
* Scott Snyder (The Wake, Batman, Superman Unchained)
* Brian K Vaughan (Saga, The Private Eye)
* Charles Soule (She Hulk, Death of Wolverine)
* Jason Aaron (Thor: God of Thunder, Thor)
* Jonathan Hickman (East of West)
* Rick Remender (Black Science, Low)

Best Artist:

* J.H. Williams III (Sandman: Overture)
* Mike Del Mundo (Elektra)
* Phil Noto (Black Widow)
* Marcos Martin (The Private Eye)
* Fiona Staples (Saga)
* Emma Rios (Pretty Deadly)
* Declan Shalvey (Moon Knight)
* Sean Murphy (The Wake)
* Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon)
* Nick Dragotta (East of West)
* Matteo Scalera (Black Science)
* Roc Upchurch (Rat Queens)
* Sean Phillips (Fatale)
* Mathew Reynolds (The Mercenary Sea)
* Greg Tocchini (Low)
* Goran Parlov (Starlight)
* Steve Cummings (Wayward)

Best New Series:

* Rocket Raccoon
* Shutter
* She Hulk
* Copperhead
* The Wicked + The Divine
* Moon Knight
* Rat Queens
* Sex Criminals
* Zero
* Pretty Deadly
* Black Science
* The Private Eye

Best Story Arc:

* Saga (#18-#24)
* East of West (#11-#15)
* The Private Eye (#1-#9)
* Red Sonja (#7-#12)
* Rocket Raccoon (#1-#4)
* Fatale (#20-#24)
* Black Science (#1-#6)
* Shutter (#1-#6)
* Starlight (#1-#6)

Best Mini-Series:

* Starlight
* Serenity: Leaves on The Wind
* The Private Eye
* The Wake

Best Graphic Novel:

* Seconds - by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Best One Shot/Single Issue:

* Saga #24
* Rocket Raccoon #1
* Hawkeye #19
* Captain Marvel #1
* Black Science #6
* East of West #15
* Shutter #6
* Amazing X-Men #7

Best Breakthrough Writer:

* Charles Soule (She Hulk, Death of Wolverine)
* Ales Kot (Zero, Secret Avengers)
* Becky Cloonan (Gotham Academy)

Best Breakthrough Artist:

* Emma Rios (Pretty Deadly)
* Roc Upchurch (Rat Queens)
* Goran Parlov (Starlight)
* Mathew Reynolds (The Mercenary Sea)
* Greg Tocchini (Low)

Best Cover:

* Emma Rios (Pretty Deadly #4)

* Emma Rios (Pretty Deadly #5)

* Emma Rios (Shutter #1 variant)

* Jorge Molina (Wayward #3 variant)

* Roc Upchurch (Rat Queens #7)

* David Lopez (Captain Marvel #1)

* David Lopez (Captain Marvel #9)

* Greg Tocchini (Low #1)

* Goran Parlov (Starlight #4)

* Jae Lee (Batman/Superman #14)

* Alex Garner (Batgirl #32)

* Fiona Staples (Saga #19)

* Jenny Frison (Red Sonja #8)

* Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon #1)

* Adam Hughes (I don't even have a specific cover in mind, but if he did one this year, it should automatically make the list)

Best Web/Digital Comic:

* The Private Eye
* JL8

Best Publisher:

* Image
* The Panel Syndicate

Last Edit: Dec 8, 2014 1:59:07 GMT -5 by Tony

BarefootRoot
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 10:27:29 GMT -5 Tony likes this

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Post by BarefootRoot on Dec 2, 2014 10:27:29 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic: Rocket Raccoon

Best Ongoing Series: Saga

Best Writer: Dan Slott

Best Artist: Amy Reeder (Rocket Girl) or Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon)

Best New Series: Rocket Raccoon

Best Story Arc: Rocket Raccoon 1-4

Best Mini-Series: Edge of Spider-verse

Best Graphic Novel: Cleopatra in Space

Best One Shot/Single Issue: Amazing X-Men #7

Best Breakthrough Writer: Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon)

Best Breakthrough Artist: Amy Reeder (Rocket Girl) or Declan Shalvey (Moon Knight)

Best Cover: Miles Morales Ultimate Spider Man #2 (Amy Reeder Variant)

Best Web/Digital Comic: The Oatmeal

Best Publisher: Image (they keep publishing things that demand my money)

Last Edit: Dec 2, 2014 10:28:53 GMT -5 by BarefootRoot

CaptainSuperior
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 11:53:04 GMT -5

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Post by CaptainSuperior on Dec 2, 2014 11:53:04 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic - Thor: God of Thunder

Best Ongoing Series - Southern Bastards

Best Writer - Jason Aaron

Best Artist - Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie)

Best New Series - Deadly Class

Best Story Arc - Thor: God of Thunder "The Last Days of Midgard"

Best Mini-Series - Translucid

Best Graphic Novel - Seconds

Best One Shot/Single Issue - Southern Bastards #4

Best Breakthrough Writer - Cullen Bunn

Best Breakthrough Artist - I'm going with a colorist for this Jordie Bellaire

Best Web/Digital Comic - Sensation Comics

Best Publisher - Image

Best Cover - Elektra #6

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lennyreid
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 12:18:47 GMT -5

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Post by lennyreid on Dec 2, 2014 12:18:47 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic
Saga (Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples)

Best Ongoing Series
Lazarus (Greg Rucka and Michael Lark)

Best Writer
Scott Snyder (Batman / Wytches / American Vampire)

Best Artist
Matteo Scalera (Black Science)

Best New Series
Inhuman

Best Story Arc
Southern Bastards - Here Was A Man

Best Mini-Series
Transformers: Windblade *I never thought I'd be nominating a Transformers comic

Best Graphic Novel
Nemo - The Roses Of Berlin (Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill)

Best One Shot/Single Issue
American Vampire: Second Cycle #5

Best Breakthrough Writer
Charles Soule (All the books)
Ian Edginton (Brass Sun)
Tom Taylor (Injustice: Gods Among Us / Earth 2)
G Willow Wilson (Ms Marvel)

Best Breakthrough Artist
Robbi Rodriguez (FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics / Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 (Spider-Gwen))

Best Cover
Saga #23 (Fiona Staples)

Best Web/Digital Comic
The Private Eye (Brian K Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente)

Best Publisher
Image (Southern Bastards / Black Science / Lazarus / Manifest Destiny / Rat Queens / Saga)

Last Edit: Dec 3, 2014 9:38:07 GMT -5 by lennyreid

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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 12:44:06 GMT -5

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Post by IncredibleD on Dec 2, 2014 12:44:06 GMT -5

Aw yeah, been waiting for this!

Best Overall Comic - Southern Bastards

Best Ongoing Series - Saga

Best Writer - Jason Aaron

Best Artist - Fiona Staples

Best New Series - Southern Bastards or Ms. Marvel

Best Story Arc - Southern Bastards #1-4

Best Mini-Series - Starlight

Best One Shot/Single Issue - Southern Bastards #4

Best Breakthrough Writer - G Willow Wilson

Best Breakthrough Artist - Russel Dauterman

Best Publisher - Image

Best Cover - Saga #24

Last Edit: Dec 2, 2014 12:55:42 GMT -5 by IncredibleD

captainsaxon
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 2, 2014 17:32:20 GMT -5

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Post by captainsaxon on Dec 2, 2014 17:32:20 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic

1.) Batman and Robin
2.) Batman
3.) Saga
4.) Magneto
5.) Walking Dead

Best Ongoing Series

1.) Batman and Robin
2.) Batman
3.) Saga
4.) New Avengers
5.) Action Comics

Best Writer

1.) Scott Snyder
2.) Cullen Bunn
3.) Gail Simone
4.) Geoff Johns
5.) Rick Remender

Best Artist

1.) J.H. Williams III
2.) Jason Fabok
3.) Jim Lee
4.) Greg Capulo
5.) Aaron Kuder

Best New Series

1.) Low
2.) Sabrina
3.) Wytches
4.) Magneto
5.) Star Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie

Best Story Arc

1.) Robin Rises
2.) Magneto First Arc
3.) Saga Most Recent Arc
4.) Batgirl End of Gail Simone's run
5.) Forever Evil

Best Mini-Series

1.) Forever Evil
2.) Annihilator

Best Graphic Novel

In Real Life

Best One Shot/Single Issue

1.) Robin Rises Omega
2.) Multiversity Pax Americana

Best Breakthrough Writer

1.) Joshua Williamson
2.) Cullen Bunn

Best Breakthrough Artist

1.) Greg Tochini

Best Cover

1.) Forever Evil 6

Best Web/Digital Comic

1.) InJustice

Best Publisher

1.) DC

pacino
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 3, 2014 14:09:08 GMT -5

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Post by pacino on Dec 3, 2014 14:09:08 GMT -5

Best Ongoing Series
Saga
East of West
She-Hulk
Daredevil
Thor: God of Thunder
The Unwritten
Captain Midnight
Wonder Woman

Best Writer
Charles Soule
G Willow Wilson
Jason Aaron
Jonathan Hickman
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Mike Carey

Best Artist
Goran Parlov
Fiona Staples
Michael Avon Oeming
Mike del Mundo
Phil Noto
Declan Shalvey
Skottie Young
Dave Stewart
Cliff Chiang
Mike Allred

Best New Series
Ms Marvel
US of Murder Inc
Southern Bastards
Nailbiter
Rocket Raccoon
She-Hulk
Inhuman

Best Mini-Series
Starlight
Wild's End

Best Graphic Novel
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Verhlmann
Ant Colony by Michael DeForge
Youth is Wasted by Noah van Sciver
Blacksad Amarillo by Juan Diaz Canales
The People Inside by Ray Fawkes

Best One Shot/Single Issue
Starlight #1
Multiversity and hte Secret Society of Super-heroes
The Unwritten #11
Moon Knight #6

Best Breakthrough Writer
Skottie Young
G Willow Wilson
Noelle Stevenson

Best Breakthrough Artist
Chris Visions on Dead Letters
Russell Dauterman

Best Web/Digital Comic
Demon by Jason Shiga
Insufferable by Mark Waid and Peter Krause
Beasts of Burden

Best Publisher
Image
Dark Horse
Valiant
Boom!
Drawn and Quarterly

Last Edit: Dec 3, 2014 14:20:52 GMT -5 by pacino

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henrythemorerecent
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 3, 2014 17:31:03 GMT -5

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Post by henrythemorerecent on Dec 3, 2014 17:31:03 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic
Batman - I can't remember if this was already nominated last year, but this book has done some crazy things this year and its all good

Best Ongoing Series
Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man - This book doesn't get as much love and attention as it should.

Best Writer
Scott Snyder

Best Artist
Jock for Wytches, Adventures of Superman and Savage Wolverine

Best New Series
Wytches

Best Story Arc
Zero Year

Best Mini-Series
Frankenstein Alive Alive

Best Graphic Novel
The Ring of Nibelung - new collection of old material, but one of the greatest fantasy adaptations of such an influential work. Tolkien-esque Fantasy isn't something you see a lot of in comics and I want more people to read this.

Best One Shot/Single Issue
Adventures of Superman #14 by Max Landis and Jock

Best Breakthrough Writer
Becky Cloonan for Gotham Academy

Best Breakthrough Artist
Karl Kerschl for Gotham Academy

Best Cover
Batman #36 by Greg Capullo

Best Web/Digital Comic
Private Eye by B K Vaughan and Marcos Martin

Best Publisher
DC - With everything they've done editorially and putting out Gotham Academy, Batgirl, Gotham by Midnight, Arkham Manor and so on, it's amazing to see these changes happening to their books.

Last Edit: Dec 3, 2014 17:35:56 GMT -5 by henrythemorerecent

Czor
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 3, 2014 19:19:16 GMT -5

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Post by Czor on Dec 3, 2014 19:19:16 GMT -5

Let's see....

Best Overall Comic:
Batman

Best Ongoing Series:
Saga

Best Writer:
Matt Fraction

Best Artist:
Greg Capullo

Best New Series:
Sex Criminals

Best Story Arc:
Pretty Deadly Opening Arc

Best Mini-Series:
The Multiversity

Best One Shot/Single Issue:
The Multiversity: The Society of Superheroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World

Best Breakthrough Writer:
Charles Soule

Best Breakthrough Artist:
Kris Anka

Best Cover:
Any of Emma Rio's Pretty Deadly covers

Best Publisher:
Image Comics

Last Edit: Dec 3, 2014 19:20:29 GMT -5 by Czor

toxicsooner
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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 3, 2014 22:25:15 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by toxicsooner on Dec 3, 2014 22:25:15 GMT -5

Alright here we go, my 2014 picks.

Best Overall Comic
1A- Amazing Spider-Man
1B- Saga

Best Ongoing Series
1. Amazing Spider-man
2. Saga
3. Lazarus
Darkhorse picks: Deadly Class, All-New X-men, Dead Letters

Best Writer
1. Rick Remender
2. Charles Soule
3. Greg Rucka
Honorable Mention: Kieron Gillen, Joshua Williamson

Best Artist
1. Steve McNiven (I don't care how long it takes...)
2. Wes Craig
3. Chris Bachalo
Honorable mention: Matteo Scelara, Humberto Ramos, Bengal
Best New Series
1. Lazarus
2. Deadly Class
3. Dead Letters

Best Story Arc
1. Lazarus: "the lift" (5-9)
2. Deadly class 1-6
3. Amazing X-men 1-5

Best Mini-Series
1. Naja
2. Dead Body Road
3. Thomas Alsop
Needs to be mentioned: Last Days of American Crime (yeah I know it was published in 2010, but I just read it this year and it is awesome!!!!!)

Best Graphic Novel

Best One Shot/Single Issue
1. Superior Spider-man 31
2. Death of wolverine #3
3. Nightcrawler#7

Best Breakthrough Writer
1. Cullen Bunn
2. Justin Jordan
3. Jim Zub

Best Breakthrough Artist
1. Greg Tochinni
2. Chris Visions
3. Ryan Stegman

Best Cover

?
Best Web/Digital Comic

?
Best Publisher
1. Image
2. Marvel
3. Boom

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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 4, 2014 7:40:37 GMT -5

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Post by Bob Reyer on Dec 4, 2014 7:40:37 GMT -5

Dec 4, 2014 7:03:24 GMT -5 Simon said:

So what exactly are our parameters here? Does it just apply to this year/ last 12 months.

And what exactly constitutes breakthrough?

Simon,

It's for the calendar year 2014, and as to "Breakthrough", my rather liberal definition is someone whose work made readers take notice, either for the first time or through a marked leap forward in the case of a veteran.

Hope this helps,
Bob

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Best of 2014 Listener Input Dec 4, 2014 8:00:16 GMT -5

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Post by gbryantlucas on Dec 4, 2014 8:00:16 GMT -5

Best Overall Comic:
The Multiversity

Best Ongoing Series:
Afterlife with Archie

Best Writer:
Jeff Lemire

Best Artist:
Francis Manapul
Jae Lee
Aaron Kuder

Best New Series:
Justice League United

Best Story Arc:
Justice League United: Justice League Canada

Best Mini-Series:
Forever Evil

Best Graphic Novel:
Teen Titans Earth One

Best One Shot/Single Issue:
The Multiversity: Pax Americana

Best Breakthrough Writer:
Brenden Fletcher

Best Breakthrough Artist:
Francesco Francavilla

Best Cover:
Justice League United #7 (Darwin Cook Variant)

Best Web/Digital Comic:
Injustice: Gods Among Us

Best Publisher:
DC Comics

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