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Comics Books 2011

Favorite comics in book form from the year of reading.
Manga 2011

My favorite manga for the year.
Minicomics and Short Stories 2011

My favorites from 2011.
Webcomics 2011

Some of my favorite webcomics from the year 2011.
Top 10 Comics circa June 1 2011
Best Online Comics Criticism 2010: Derik’s List

My selections from the judging.
Best Print Comics of 2010

A quick disclaimer: Like previous years, my list is a mix of comics first published this year, comics first translated this year, comics republished/collected this year, and comics from previous years that I first read this year. I haven’t read a lot of the big books of the year that I see appearing on other [...]
Best Webcomics of 2010
My Best Comics of 2009

I’m trying to stick to a list of ten, all of which actually came out in 2009 (if not necessarily made in 2009). I probably missed a couple things that might make this list had I gotten to read them. This might be my first best of list that doesn’t include Jaime Hernandez (not a [...]
5th Blogiversary

Today is the 5th anniversary of this blog. My first post was deleted awhile back, but you can see the very brief archives remaining for my first month of blogging in April of 2004. I’m going to repeat what I did for last year’s anniversary, by offering selections from the past year’s posts (in chronological [...]
Best Webcomics of 2008

I realized that I neglected to mention webcomics (with the exception of BodyWorld and Jason Overby’s work) on my best of list or its accompanying reading list. Most of the non-web comics I read are single works. I read very few serials at this point (and those I do read are generally a long way [...]
Best Comics of 2008

The year winds down, vacation comes and goes, and best of lists make their appearances. I’m usually pretty bad about remembering what I read each year. With the help of my (I think up-to-date) Library Thing account, I have a pretty good list of what comics I have from 2008 (that discounts minis and pamphlets, but I added them to my list below as much as I could). I tried to stick to comics published this year, either new, translated, collected, or, occasionally, new editions, though some might be a little off. This year, besides listing a best-of list of an arbitrary number of works, I’m also listing, as much as possible, all the “new” comics I read. I’m linking to my posts on same, though I only wrote about a tiny percentage.
4th Blogiversary

Today, after what seems like months of build up, is Primary day in Pennsylvania. It’s also my 4th blogiversary. Here are a few bits and pieces from the past year that might entice you to visit the archives: On American Elf: “Comics is often spoken of as an art of subtraction or omission. What is [...]
Best Comics Criticism of 2007

Chris Mautner asked a bunch of comics critics/reviewers/bloggers to select their favorite piece of comics criticism for his “Everyone’s A Critic” column at Newsarama. Once I started looking around, I found a few pieces that I enjoyed over the past year. They skew towards the longer or recent, as my memory fails me, and I [...]
Best Comics of 2007

It is time for my list of Best Comics I Read in 2007 (not necessarily published in 2007). Something like this is always hard as I tend to forget a lot of stuff. What did I read this year, what did I read last year? It’s easiest to go by what I reviewed or what [...]
My Best of 2006

Based on shaky recollection and searching blog archives, I offer my favorite comics of 2006. All links go to my reviews on this blog. 1. Ghost of Hoppers by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics): A contemporary master at the top of the form. The rich life of the characters and the depth of story is nicely augmented [...]
Best of 2005, It’s Unavoidable

(Edited 1/2/06 with review links) Shawn has a list of 365 Things he enjoyed in comics this year (this site is number 259), which is a wealth of new discoveries to explore. Chris and Alan just put up their Best of 2005 at CBG. Reminded me that I was working on a list too. I’m [...]
My Best of 2004

Alas, everyone else is doing it… I’m not usually very current with my consumption, so here is my very short list of favorites from 2004: New Novel: Vanishing Point, David Markson (Perhaps not as great as his previous This is Not a Novel, but still worth much more than most novels) New in Paperback: VAS: [...]