2018 Year in Review

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2018 in Review: Best Ongoing

By | Dec 21, 2018 | Columns

Here it is, the granddaddy of them all. The comics industry is built around ongoing series, and our staff thinks these are the best of the year. Let’s get to it! 10. Paper Girls (tie) ’80s nostalgia is still in full force in our popular culture. Some of our throwbacks are nominal, like a just […]

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2018 in Review: Best Writer

By | Dec 20, 2018 | Columns

The final individual category of the year is here! Who penned the best tales in sequential art this year? Our staff says these eleven take the cake. 10. Jason Aaron (tie) I was first introduced to Jason Aaron’s work a few years back when I picked up the first issue of “Wolverine and the X-Men” […]

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2018 in Review: Best Artist

By | Dec 20, 2018 | Columns

Simply put, comics wouldn’t be comics without the art. The single most important person in the production process is the interior artist, and we’ve highlighted some doozies. 10. Nick Derington “Doom Patrol” might’ve slowed down in 2018, but Nick Derington sure didn’t. In addition to wrapping up Young Animal’s premiere book (for now), Derington offered […]

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2018 in Review: Best Limited Series

By | Dec 19, 2018 | Columns

This category is all for books that were planned to exist for 12 issues or less; a sort of middle ground between the one and done graphic novel and the sprawling ongoing series. Our staff had some fun with their choices. 5. Assassinistas Tini Howard and Gilbert Hernandez’s “Assassinistas” is a delight, pure and simple. […]

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2018 in Review: Best One Shot

By | Dec 18, 2018 | Columns

The one shot, as we define it, is a a stand alone issue, not part of an ongoing series, that tells a stand-alone tale or, in two of the seven cases below, expand on a story point in a longer, more self-contained fashion. Let’s get on with the list: 5. The Mighty Thor: Gates of […]

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2018 in Review: Best Television Adaptation

By | Dec 17, 2018 | Columns

TV and comics, essentially, tell stories in the same way: through serialization. We are living in the golden age of comics TV, and our list reflects three very different types of comics on television. 3. Hilda Every frame of Hilda is filled with magic. From the creature designs to the character personalities, the calm animation and […]

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2018 in Review: Best New Series

By | Dec 17, 2018 | Columns

Ah, the new series! While not every series on this list will reach #1000 like “Action Comics,” all of these series have the potential to be important not just in the year ahead, but (hopefully) these titles will influence new creators to take risks and try new things, like all of these titles do. 5. […]

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2018 in Review: Best Digital First Series

By | Dec 14, 2018 | Columns

This year, we split off webcomics and digital first series, as they are quite different beasts, and wanted to give both their moment to shine. Check out our inaugural coverage of this delivery system. 3. The Stone King Kel McDonald and Tyler Crook’s “The Stone King” is the last sort of comic I’d expect to […]

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