Podcast Special: Best of 2012 Part 1!

Posted by Big Planet Comics on Jan 11, 2013 in Podcast | Comments Off on Podcast Special: Best of 2012 Part 1!

It’s part one of our two part Best of 2012 Podcast, and this week we take a look at:
Best New Series
Best Colorist
Best Artist
Best Single Issue
Best for Kids
Best Book About Comics
Best Mini-Series

We have picked our favorites of the year below, and then we argue it out to our top three on the podcast, then pick our #1 of 2012 from those three!

And the nominees are:

Best New Series
Adventure Time with Finn & Jake – Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, Braden Lamb, Aaron Renier
Archer & Armstrong – Fred Van Lente, Clayton Henry
Avengers – Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opena
Bravest Warriors – Joey Comeau, Mike Holmes, Ryan Pequin
Captain America – Rick Remender, John Romita Jr.
Conan the Barbarian – Brian Wood, Becky Cloonan, James Harren
Dial H – China Miéville, Mateus Santolouco
Fatale – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips
Glory – Joe Keatinge, Ross Campbell
Great Pacific – Joe Harris, Martín Morazzo
Hawkeye – Matt Fraction, David Aja, Javier Pulido
The Manhattan Projects – Jonathan Hickman, Nick Pitarra
The Massive – Brian Wood, Kristian Donaldson
Mind Mgmt – Matt Kindt
Mind the Gap – Jim McCann, Rodin Esquejo, Sonia Oback
No Place Like Home – Angelo Tirotto, Richard Jordan
The Phoenix – Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo Tangle, Jamie Smart, Sarwat Chadda, Patrice Aggs, Ben Haggerty, Garen Ewing, Simone Lia, Adam Murphy, James Turner, Lorenzo, The Etherington Brothers, Kate Brown
Prophet – Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Giannis Milonogiannis, Farel Dalrymple
Revival – Tim Seeley, Mike Norton
Saga – Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
Saucer Country – Paul Cornell, Ryan Kelly
Thor: God of Thunder – Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic
Uncanny Avengers – Rick Remender, John Cassaday
Whispers – Joshua Luna

 

Best Colorist
Jordie Bellaire – Journey Into Mystery, Mara, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom,
Matt Hollingsworth – Defenders, Hawkeye
Dean White – Avengers, Captain America

Best Artist
David Aja – Hawkeye
Alex Alice – Siegfried
David B. – Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations: Part One: 1783-1953
Cliff Chiang – Wonder Woman
Glyn Dillon – The Nao of Brown
Brandon Graham – Multiple Warheads, Prophet
Joseph Lambert – Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller
Kaoru Mori – A Bride’s Story
Jerome Opeña – Avengers
Luke Pearson – Everything We Miss, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Wearing the Black Horns
Frédérik Peeters – Koma, Sandcastle
Emma Ríos – Dr. Strange: Season One
Paolo Rivera – Daredevil
Simon Roy – Prophet
Johnny Ryan – Prison Pit
Chris Samnee – Daredevil, Rocketeer
Dave Taylor – Batman: Death by Design
Lewis Trondheim – Ralph Azham

Best Single Issue
1999 – Noah van Sciver
The Amazing Spider-Man #700 – Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, J.M. DeMatteis, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Jen Van Meter, Stephanie Buscema
Batman #12 – Scott Snyder, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Andy Clarke
Daddy Lightning – Tom Hart
Daredevil #9 – Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera
Fatale #1 – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips
Gangsta Rap Posse #2 – Benjamin Marra
Hawkeye #1 – Matt Fraction, David Aja
Hawkeye #3 – Matt Fraction, David Aja
Hyperspeed to Nowhere – Lale Westvind
The Manhattan Projects #1 – Jonathan Hickman, Nick Pitarra
Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Skeletor #1 – Joshua Hale Fialkov, Fraser Irving
Mind the Gap #1 – Jim McCann, Rodin Esquejo, Sonia Oback
National Comics Eternity #1 – Jeff Lemire, Cully Hamner
Neon Super Gladiator #1 – Andy Kettler
The Phoenix #1 – Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo Tangle, Jamie Smart, Sarwat Chadda, Patrice Aggs, Ben Haggerty, Garen Ewing, Simone Lia, Adam Murphy, James Turner, Lorenzo, The Etherington Brothers, Kate Brown
Prophet #21 – Brandon Graham, Simon Roy
Ramble On! #2 – Calvin Wong
Saga #1 – Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
Snake Oil #7: Witchzard – Charles Forsman
Spider-Men #4 – Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli
Thor: God of Thunder #2 – Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic
Untold Tales of Punishermax #2 – Jason LaTour, Connor Willumsen
The Walking Dead #100 – Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard

Best for Kids
Adventure Time – Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, Meredith Gran, Jen Wang
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise – Gene Yang, Gurihiru
Bird and Squirrel on the Run! – James Burks
Broxo – Zack Giallongo
Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse – Nate Cosby, Chris Eliopoulos, Roger Langridge, Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener, Mitch Gerads, Colleen Coover, Mike Maihack
Drama – Raina Telgemeier
Earthling! – Mark Fearing
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes – Kazu Kibuishi, Raina Telgemeier, Dave Roman, Jason Caffoe, Rad Sechrist, Stuart Livingston, Johane Matte, Emily Carroll, Stephanie Ramirez
Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian – Michael Rex
Giants Beware! – Jorge Aguirre, Rafael Rosado
Hilda and the Midnight Giant – Luke Pearson
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl – Ben Hatke
Pandemonium – Chris Wooding, Cassandra Diaz
The Phoenix – Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo Tangle, Jamie Smart, Sarwat Chadda, Patrice Aggs, Ben Haggerty, Garen Ewing, Simone Lia, Adam Murphy, James Turner, Lorenzo, The Etherington Brothers, Kate Brown
The Shark King – R. Kikuo Johnson

Best Book About Comics
Comic Book History of Comics – Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story – Sean Howe
Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human – Grant Morrison

Best Mini-Series
Axe Cop: President of the World – Malachai Nicolle, Ethan Nicolle
The Cape – Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, Zach Howard
Debris – Kurtis J. Wiebe, Riley Rossmo
Memorial – Chris Roberson, Rich Ellis
The New Deadwardians – Dan Abnett, I. N. J. Culbard
Punk Rock Jesus – Sean Murphy
The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom – Mark Waid, Chris Samnee
The Secret History of DB Cooper – Brian Churilla
Severed – Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Attila Futaki
Space Punisher – Frank Tieri, Mark Texeira
Spaceman – Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso
Spider-Men – Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli
The Strange Talent of Luther Strode – Justin Jordan, Tradd Moore
The Twelve – J. Michael Straczynski, Chris Weston
The Zaucer of Zilk – Al Ewing, Brendan McCarthy

Who won? You’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out!

Special thanks to Paulina Ganucheau for the amazing banner she drew for us!

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