Podcast Special: Best of 2012 Part 2!
It’s part two of our two part Best of 2012 Podcast, and here are the nominees!
Best Reprint
The Amazing Spider-Man: The Graphic Novels – Susan K. Putney, Berni Wrightson, Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Charles Vess, Stan Lee, Ross Andru
Catwoman: Trail of the Catwoman – Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker, Cameron Stewart, Mike Allred, Brad Rader, Rick Burchett
Deadenders – Ed Brubaker, Warren Pleece
Donald Duck: A Christmas for Shacktown – Carl Barks
Everything Together – Sammy Harkham
Fallen Words – Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery – Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
Is That All There Is? – Joost Swarte
Journalism – Joe Sacco
King City – Brandon Graham
Message to Adolf – Osamu Tezuka
The Metabarons Ultimate Collection – Alexandro Jodorowsky, Juan Gimenez
Nancy Is Happy: The Complete Dailies 1943-1945 – Ernie Bushmiller
New York, Mon Amour – Jacques Tardi, Benjamin Legrand, Dominique Grange
NonNonBa – Shigeru Mizuki
Rio: The Complete Saga – Doug Wildey
Scene of the Crime – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips
Silver Surfer: Parable – Stan Lee, Moebius, Keith Pollard
Steve Canyon 1: 1947-1948 – Milton Caniff
Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man – Carl Barks
Wally Wood’s EC Stories Artist’s Edition – Wally Wood
Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents – Joshua Williamson, Victor Ibanez, Carla Speed McNeil, Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas, Richard Corben, Dara Naraghi, Phil Stanford, Patric Reynolds, Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Steve Lieber, Colin Lorimer, Mike Richardson, Ron Chan, David Chelsea, John Layman, Sam Kieth, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Tony Akins, Michael Avon Oeming, Victor Santos, Michael T. Gilbert, Erika Alexander, Tony Puryear, Nate Cosby, Evan Shaner, Bo Hampton, Robert Tinnell, Chad Lambert, Apri Kusbiantoro, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Phil Noto, Arvid Nelson, Juan Ferreyra, Mike Baron, Steve Rude, Kim W. Anderson, Mike Russell, Dean Motter, Mark Verheiden, Bryan Oh, Mark Nelson, Steve Niles, Christopher Mitten, Tim Seeley, Victor Drujiniu, Francesco Francavilla, Andrew Vachss, Geof Darrow, Steve Horton, Michael Dialynas, Evan Dorkin, Frank J. Barbiere, Mike Mignola, Andi Watson, M. J. Butler, Mark Wheatley, Stan Sakai, Brandon Graham, Filipe Melo, Juan Cavia
District Comics:An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C. – Gregory Robison, Brooke A. Allen, Chad Lambert, Kevin Czapiewski, Scott O. Brown, Mal Jones, Kevin Rawlings, Dale Rawlings, Max Ink, Michael Rhode, Kevin Rechlin, Jason Rodriguez, Charles Fetherolf, Tabitha Whissemore, Mike Freiheit, Michael Cowgill, Rand Arrington, Sean Fahey, Borja Peña, Art Haupt, Rafer Roberts, Rebecca Goldfield, Paul W. Zdepski, Andrew Cohen, Joe Carabeo, Carolyn Belefski, Matt Dembicki, Tom Williams, Jim Ottaviani, Nick Sousanis, Carol Dembicki, Michael Brace, Peter S. Conrad, Steve Loya, Grant Jeffrey Barrus, Jacob Warrenfeltz, Troy-Jeffrey Allen, Jeff McComsey
Ghosts #1 – Paul Pope, David Lapham, Joe Kubert, Gilbert Hernandez, Al Ewing, Rufus Dayglo, Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Victor Santos, Cecil Castellucci, Amy Reeder, Neil Kleid, John McCrea, Mary H.K. Choi, Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire
Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now – Jenni Rope, Rui Tenreiro, Bendik Kaltenborn, Emelie Östergren, Tommi Musturi, Peter Kielland, Amanda Vähämäki, Joanna Rubin Dranger, Johan F. Krarup, Joanna Hellgren, Aapo Rapi, Joakim Pirinen, Mari Ahokoivu, Mårdøn Smet, Mikkel Damsbo, Gitte Broeng, Signe Parkins, Kolbeinn Karlsson, Christopher Nielsen, Vanessa Baird, Tommi Musturi, Ville Ranta, Thomas Thorhauge
Kramers Ergot 8 – Robert Beatty, Gabrielle Bell, Chris Cilla, Anya Davidson, Ron Embleton, Frederic Mullalley, C.F., Sammy Harkham, Tim Hensley, Kevin Huizenga, Ben Jones, Takeshi Murata, Gary Panter, Johnny Ryan, Leon Sadler, Frank Santoro, Dash Shaw, Ian F. Svenonius
The Lovecraft Anthology 1 – Ian Edginton, D’Israeli, Dan Lockwood, Shane Ivan Oakley, Rob Davis, I.N.J. Culbard, David Hine, Mark Stafford, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Leigh Gallagher, David Hartman, Alice Duke
Mystery in Space #1 – Duane Swierczynski, Ramon Bachs, Andy Diggle, David Gianfelice, Ming Doyle, Ann Nocenti, Fred Harper, Nnedi Okarafor, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Steve Orlando, Francesco Trifogli, Robert Rodi, Sebastian Fiumura, Kevin McCarthy, Kyle Baker, Mike Allred
Nobrow 6: The Double – Luke Pearson, Joseph Lambert, Luc Melanson, Brecht Vandenbroucke, Richard Short, Matthew Forsythe, Michael Deforge, Till Hafenbrak, Jon McNaught, Kevin Huizenga, Roman Muradov, Mikkel Sommer, Julian Gough, John Martz, Martin Ernstsen, Herman Inclusus, Andy Rementer, Jesse Jacobs, Irkus M. Zeberio, Scott MacDonald, Blanquet, Liesbeth de Stercke, Bendik Kaltenborn, Josephin Ritschel, Alexis Deacon, Clayton Junior, Joe Villion, Malachi Ward, Ana Albero, Gemma Correll, Jack Teagle, Paul Paetzel, Anabel Buxton, Robert Hunter
Nobrow 7: Brave New World – Anders Nilsen, Andrew Rae, Domitille Collardey, Eleanor Davis, Ethan Rilly, Henry McCausland, Jillian Tamaki, Joose Swarte, Joseph Lambert, Louis Roskosch, Luke Pearson, Michael Deforge, Alex Spiro, Mikkel Sommer, Richard Short, Rob Hunter, Tom Gauld, Sam Vanalleheersch, Eda Akaltun
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
Secret Prison 7 – Ian Harker, Tom Hart, Mare Odomo, Zach Hazard Vaupen, Ryan Cecil Smith, Katie Skelly, Alex Schubert, Mickey Z, James Harvey, Pat Aulisio, Noel Freibert, Keenan Marshall Keller, Art Baxter, Charles Forsman, Luke Pearson, Benjamin Constantine, Lamar Abrams, Angie Wang, Box Brown, The Family Sohn
Team Cul De Sac – Bill Amend, Brian Anderson, Mark Anderson, Sergio Aragones, Steven Artley, Michael Auger, Brian Basset, Carolyn Belefski, Jeremy Billadeau, Ruben Bolling, Jim Borgman, Daniel Boris, Doug Bratton, Chance Browne, Jean Burns, Tony Carrillo, David Clark, Michael Cole, Tyson Cole, Steve Conley, John Conroy, Danielle Corsetto, Greg Cravens, Stacy Curtis, Barbara Dale, Nikki Davis, Derek Davis, Jim Davis, Matt Dembiecki, Rick Detorie, Nathan DiPerri, Jason Dodge, Evan Dorkin, Joe Duffy, Peter Dunlap-Stahl, Ken Eaton, Jan Eliot, Greg Evans, Andrew Farago, Craig Faust, Ron Ferdinand, Norm Feuti, Brian Fies, Tom Fishburne, Jay Fosgitt, Nick Galifianakis, S. L. Gallant, Tom Gammill, Shaenon K. Garrity, Paul Gilligan, Caanan Grall, Dawn Griffin, Brad Guigar, Cathy Guisewite, David Hagen, Alex Hallatt, John Hambrock, Frank Hansen, Dustin Harbin, Rob Harrell, Rob Hatem, Edward Held, Bill Hinds, Bill Holbrook, Matt Holm, Bill Janocha, Collette Jantze, Michael Jantze, Sandy Jarrell, Aaron Johnson, Ian Johnson, Kerry G. Johnson, Lynn Johnston, Doug Jones, Phil Juliano, Birgit Keil, Dave Kellett, Karl Kesel, Jaime King, Rick Kirkman, Adam Koford, Susan Camilleri Konar, Constantine Koustsoutis, Peter Krause, Roger Langridge, Bill LaRocque, Mell Lazarus, “Tiki” Carol Leach, J. Lemon, Donna A. Lewis, Terri Libensen, Samuli Lintula, Rene Lopez, John Lotshaw, Annie Lunsford, Jonathan Mahood, David Malki, Jef Mallett, Mason Mastronianni, Don Mathias, Dave McDonald, Patrick McDonald, Kelly McNutt, Bill Mitchell, Bono Mitchell, Dan Moynihan, Patrick Oliphant, Mark Parisi, Stephan Pastis, Lincoln Peirce, Charles Perry, Rina Piccolo, Stephanie Piro, Eddie Pittman, Jerrard K. Polk, Hilary Price, Eric Reaves, Scott Rempe, Tom Richmond, D. M. Rolfe, John Rose, Crowden Satz, Chris Schechner, Chris Schweizer, Jerry Scott, R. Sikoryak, Adrian C. Sinnott, John K. Snyder III, Kean Soo, Jen Sorensen, Chris Sparks, Robert Steibel, Jay Stephens, Joe Sutliff, Sarah Tallon, Mark Tatulli, Don Thompson, David Tomaselli, Paul Trap, G. B. Trudeau, Lucas Turnbloom, Jose Villena, Brian Walker, James Tim Walker, Mort Walker, Tim Warnes, Bill Watterson, Mo Willems, Emily Wilson, Matt Wuerker, Craig Yoe, Steve York, David Zinn
Best Ongoing Series
The Amazing Spider-Man
Animal Man
Batman
Batman Inc.
The Boys
Daredevil
Invincible
Justice League Dark
Scalped
Scarlet Spider
Sweet Tooth
Ultimate Spider-Man
Uncanny X-Force
The Walking Dead
Wolverine and the X-Men
Wonder Woman
Best Writer
Jason Aaron – Scalped, Thor: God of Thunder, Wolverine and the X-Men
Brian Azzarello – Spaceman, Wonder Woman
Brian Michael Bendis – All-New X-Men, Avengers, New Avengers, Spider-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man
Box Brown – The Survivalist
Glyn Dillon – The Nao of Brown
Garth Ennis – Battlefields, The Boys, Crossed, Fury: My War Gone By
Sean Ford – Only Skin: New Tales of the Slow Apocalypse
Charles Forsman – Snake Oil
Matt Fraction – Defenders, Fantastic Four, FF, Hawkeye, Invincible Iron Man
Brandon Graham – Multiple Warheads, Prophet
Jonathan Hickman – Avengers, Fantastic Four, FF, The Manhattan Projects, Secret
Joe Keatinge – Glory
Matt Kindt – Frankenstein Agent of SHADE, Mind Mgmt
Robert Kirkman – Invincible, Super Dinosaur, The Walking Dead
Jeff Lemire – Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Sweet Tooth, The Underwater Welder
Mark Long & Jim Demonakos – The Silence Of Our Friends
Sean Murphy – Punk Rock Jesus
Luke Pearson – Everything We Miss, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Wearing the Black Horns
Rick Remender – Captain America, Fear Agent, Secret Avengers, Uncanny Avengers, Uncanny X-Force
Scott Snyder – Batman, Severed, Swamp Thing
Brian K. Vaughan – Saga
Mark Waid – Daredevil, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom
Chris Ware – Building Stories
Pierre Wazem – Koma
Brian Wood – Conan the Barbarian, Mara, The Massive, Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega, X-Men
Best Graphic Novel
Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller – Joseph Lambert
The Art of War – Kelly Roman, Michael DeWeese
Batman: Death by Design – Chip Kidd, Dave Taylor
Birdseye Bristoe – Dan Zettwoch
Blacklung – Chris Wright
Blacksad: A Silent Hell – Juan Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido
Bloody Chester – JT Petty, Hilary Florido
Blue – Pat Grant
Building Stories – Chris Ware
Curse Of The Wendigo – Mathieu Missoffe, Charlie Adlard
Dinopopolous – Nick Edwards
Dr. Strange: Season One – Greg Pak and Emma Ríos
Drama – Raina Telgemeier
Everything We Miss – Luke Pearson
Fantastic Life – Kevin Mutch
Get Jiro! – Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, Langdon Foss
Goliath – Tom Gauld
Hector Umbra – Uli Oesterle
Hulk: Season One – Fred Van Lente, Tom Fowler
The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln – Noah van Sciver
Iron, or the War After – S. M. Vidaurri
Koma – Pierre Wazem, Frédérik Peeters
Marathon – Boaz Yakin, Joe Infurnari
The Moon Moth – Jack Vance, Humayoun Ibrahim
My Friend Dahmer – Derf Backderf
The Nao of Brown – Glyn Dillon
Obsolete – Mikkel Sommer
Only Skin: New Tales of the Slow Apocalypse – Sean Ford
Pandemonium – Christophe Bec, Stefano Raffaele
Ralph Azham 1: Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love? – Lewis Trondheim
Remake 3xtra – Lamar Abrams
Sailor Twain – Mark Siegel
Sharknife 2: Stage Second: Sharknife Double Z – Corey Lewis
Siegfried – Alex Alice
The Silence Of Our Friends – Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, Nate Powell
The Song of Roland – Michel Rabagliati
The Supernaturalist – Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Giovanni Rigano
The Survivalist – Box Brown
Undertow – Ellen Lindner
The Underwater Welder – Jeff Lemire
Whispers in the Walls – David Munoz, Tirso
X-Men: Season One – Dennis Hopeless, Jamie McKelvie
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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