2019 Year in Review

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In Memoriam: Remembering Peter Mayhew

By | Dec 25, 2019 | Columns

As we close out the year, we are looking back on people who have passed away in 2019 who are directly connected to the world of comic books or are genre adjacent. It seems only fitting that with the release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker we should remember Peter Mayhew, who […]

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2019 in Review: Best Ongoing Series

By | Dec 20, 2019 | Columns

While we love OGNs, webcomics, weekly anthologies, and everything in between, when we think of comics, we still think of monthly (or twice monthly) floppies. Serialized storytelling, 20ish pages at a clip, continuing stories, issue after issue are how many of us grew up reading comics. We love the format, and we wanted to celebrate, […]

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2019 in Review: Best Artist

By | Dec 20, 2019 | Columns

Comics are a visual medium. Despite the industry’s focus on writing, without the art, we’re just reading novels (no disrespect was intended to novels, novelists, or those that enjoy them). Our list is chock full of illustrators who are doing innovative, exciting work, and we are thrilled to highlight them today. 10. Andrea Sorrentino Another […]

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2019 in Review: Best Writer

By | Dec 20, 2019 | Columns

Over the past 20 years, comics have become more and more of a writer’s medium. There are pros and cons to this, but the eleven writers we feature here have each found ways to tell their stories in interesting and creative ways. This list covers folks doing superhero work at the Big 2, creator owned […]

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2019 in Review: Best Limited Series

By | Dec 19, 2019 | Columns

In years past, Best Limited Series was limited to five entries. But this year was such a strong one for the category, we expanded it to ten. And then, through ties, we got even more in the final article. This is what is known as a good problem to have. 10. Spider-Man: Life Story “Spider-Man: […]

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2019 in Review: Best One-Shot

By | Dec 18, 2019 | Columns

Ah, the one-shot. A comic that is intended to be a standalone experience, unmoored by connection to an ongoing series. Those, true, one shots are hard to come by, but the batch of books we are featuring today are, by their very nature, stand alone experiences. Though some encourage further reading, each of these is […]

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2019 in Review: Best Single Issue

By | Dec 18, 2019 | Columns

Every comic is someone’s first comic. That’s a cliche, but there’s a lot if truth in it, and because of that, it is important that every comic has something for new and old to hold onto. The issues that we selected represent the starts of books, the ends of long-ongoings, and those special issues that […]

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2019 in Review: Best Cover Artist

By | Dec 17, 2019 | Columns

We all know that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but…it happens. More than we would care to admit. But that is why the three artists are so celebrated; they give accurate representation of tone to the books they cover. Their work draws the eye to itself, and gives folks a reason to […]

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2019 in Review: Best New Series

By | Dec 17, 2019 | Columns

Don’t tell the other categories, but this is my [Brian’s] favorite category of the year. There is no better gauge of comics comics are doing than the ‘Best New Series’ category each year. This year has a mix of horror, superheroes, crime, fantasy, and sci-fi, which sounds like a nice way to describe a big […]

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2019 in Review: Best Letterer

By | Dec 16, 2019 | Columns

Every year in our ‘Year in Review’ series, we try to spotlight how overlooked lettering is in the overall comics game. It is the way that we receive a ton of information in our comics, but rarely notice it. That is something we are trying to change, and noticing the work of our three spotlighted […]

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