Best of 2014 Podcast – Part Two!

We put together our lists of the best of 2014! We have several different categories, and everything on these lists below are the best things that came out this year.

On our podcast we discuss them all to arrive at the top of each category.

Best Writer

Best All-Ages Comic/Graphic Novel

Best Colorist

Best Ongoing Series

Best Book

2014 was a great and interesting year for comics! We’ve compiled all of our records to list Big Planet Comics’ best selling comics and graphic novels of the year. We’ve also listed each of our four store’s best sellers separately too, so you can see the interesting variations from store to store.

Comics are awesome. And some of the most awesome comics are the ones you create yourself, and then print and sell yourself. (We’re calling these sort of comics “minicomics” for short.) And we love seeing an amazing new minicomic, whether it’s someone’s first work or an established “professional” who is doing something personal for themselves. As a store, we love selling minicomics! They are far more diverse than comics put out by big publishers and showcase an amazing array of talent. But, as a comics retailer, we’ve also noticed a lot of things that make it hard for minicomic creators to sell us comics, and for us to sell minicomics to...

Big Planet Comics is proud to have a brand-new mural on the front of our Washington, DC store by local artist Juan Pineda!

Big Planet Comics was proud to host Nathan Edmondson for a signing of his hit new series, The Dream Merchant!

This week: Micro Machines!

Big Planet Comics was excited to host a twelve person signing for the new District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington D.C. anthology, a collection of true stories about the history of DC

Big Planet Comics was excited and proud to present Raina Telgemeier at two signings at our stores, September 22!

New York Times bestselling author Mike Rex appeared at our stores for his new comic, Fangbone!

“If I want to catch up on current X-Men continuity, where do I start?”
Here is a comprehensive guide to the Hope Era of X-Men comics.

Big Planet Comics was proud to host another fun signing on May 26 when Jerry Gaylord and his wife Penelope came to Big Planet Comics in College Park to promote their new Boom! comic, Fanboys vs. Zombies (written by Sam Humphries). Jerry is the penciller and Penelope is the inker on the book. Jerry brought a huge selection of art for the book with him. Not only does Penelope do the inking on Fanboys vs. Zombies but she also does a lot of her own art. Jerry and Penelope live over on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and do a lot of local shows (try to catch them if you can!) They both said they would love to come back to Big Planet in the fall...