[atomic99]

Well, we are half way through the new year and perhaps it is time to start thinking about Peter and the crew's Best of 2009 poll at the end of the year. Six months in, what are your contenders?

BEST WRITER
Blackest Night is just starting so we'll see how the Johns vote goes but I'm still digging what Abnett and Lanning are doing. Nova, Guardians, and now War of the Kings to the list.

BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009
It's finally here! Cursed Pirate Girl! Jeremy Bastian delivers some incredible work.

BEST PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS (print only)
Comics Now and Rough Stuff have folded. The Modern Masters series is excellent but Back Issue might steal this one away.

BEST EDITOR
Still early but Mark Chiarello has put together a stellar line up with Wednesday Comics.

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010
Iron Man 2.


Here is a list of the categories...

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2009)

BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM (debut in 2009)

BEST NEW COMIC (#1 shipped in 2009)

BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2009)

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONESHOT

BEST CLIFFHANGER OR MOMENT

BEST STORYLINE WITHIN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics)

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2009)

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.)

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL

BEST PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS (print only)

BEST WRITER

BEST ARTIST

BEST WRITER/ARTIST (individual that does both)

BEST INKER

BEST COLOR ARTIST

BEST LETTERER

BEST EDITOR

BEST COVER ARTIST

BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009 (doesn't have to have their first work in 2009)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009

BEST COMIC PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM (movie, TV, toys, novels, etc.)

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2009

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010

This post has been edited by Peter: 30 December 2009 - 05:10 PM

[max headroom]

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2009)

Kenji of 20th Century Boys (even though they are reprinted from Japan)

BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM (debut in 2009)

Friend (20th Century Boys)

BEST NEW COMIC (#1 shipped in 2009)

GI Joe Origins (this is going to be an ongoing now)

BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2008)

GI Joe Cobra by IDW

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONESHOT

Athena Voltaire / Blackcoat

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics)

GI Joe series of books

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2009)

Sonic the Hedgehog

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.)

Tales from Beanworld by Larry Marder

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1910

BEST WRITERs

Joe Casey

BEST ARTIST

Gabriel Ba

BEST WRITER/ARTIST (individual that does both)

David Peterson

BEST LETTERER

J Matthew Crawley

BEST COVER ARTIST

Steve Epting

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009

Watchmen movie

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2009

More comics on the iPhone ; first comic on the Kindle

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010

All those Marvel movies

[Nathan P. Mahney]

BEST NEW COMIC

X-Men Forever!

BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2008)

Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye. Bring on the finale!

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONESHOT

It's hard to remember everything I've read, to be honest. I might have to go with Seaguy #3. Or maybe an issue of X-Men: Legacy, which I've really enjoyed.

BEST CLIFFHANGER OR MOMENT

The one that immediately springs to mind is SPOILER: when Xavier finally cure Rogue in Legacy #224.

BEST STORYLINE WITHIN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES

I'll go with Seaguy, since it's the middle chapter of a three part series of minis.

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics)

G.I. Joe: Cobra. I was almost going to pass on this one, but I'm glad I didn't. It's totally awesome.

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2008)

X-Men: Legacy.

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.)

I'm going with Marvel putting out their Masterworks in paperback. If only DC would follow suit with the Archives. Of those, I'll go with Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1.

BEST WRITERs

Mike Carey - the one guy doing universally great work on the X-franchise at the moment.

BEST ARTIST

Cameron Stewart. Gorgeous stuff.

BEST COVER ARTIST

Whoever did those awesome variant covers on Transformers: All Hail Megatron. Really striking stuff.

BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009

Probably Matt Fraction.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009

The core G.I. Joe book. So Chuck Dixony...

Oh! Or Warren Ellis on Astonishing X-Men. Such an awesome writer, but that book is dreadful.

BEST COMIC PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM (movie, TV, toys, novels, etc.)

For want of a better candidate, the Watchmen movie.

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2009

X-Men Forever. A decade of me asking for it, and it's finally here.

[Chris Murrin]

Just a reminder: don't forget X-Factor #39. So far that's got my vote for best moment and best single issue (though I did like Wolverine 70 quite a bit too).

[BillDoughty]

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2009) - Mysterius and Delfi

BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM (debut in 2009) - Dr. Pyg. Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy!

BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2008) - Mysterius the Unfathomable

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics) - Batman and Robin #1

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2009) - Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.) - Johnny Hiro Vol. 1

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL - Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe

BEST WRITERs - Jeff Parker

BEST ARTIST - J.H. Williams III

BEST WRITER/ARTIST (individual that does both) - Bryan Lee O'Malley

BEST COMIC PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM (movie, TV, toys, novels, etc.) - Does Star Trek count?

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010 - Matt Smith as the new Doctor Who

[Peter]

Thanks for posting this! I was going to do it once July rolls around. Good way to start thinking about the end of year!

[spid]

BEST WRITER
Abnett/Lanning just the sheer volume of awesome they are creating over this half of the year makes them the early favorites.

BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009


BEST PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS (print only)
N/A

BEST EDITOR
Michael Horwitz and Bill Rosemann for their work on War of Kings/Nova/Guardians.

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010



BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2009)


BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM (debut in 2009)
War Chest in the pages of Dynamo 5

BEST NEW COMIC (#1 shipped in 2009)


BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2009)
War of Kings

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONESHOT
Wolverine 70 I do not see this issue being lodge from this position.

BEST CLIFFHANGER OR MOMENT
Wolverine 70 I am not going to spoil it, but it is awesome

BEST STORYLINE WITHIN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES
War Of Kings

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics)
G.I. Joe Origins

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2009)
Captain America

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.)
I Kill Giants because I could not give it Sleeper hit

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
N/A


BEST ARTIST
Steve McNiven and Crew

BEST WRITER/ARTIST (individual that does both)
Fred Chao

BEST INKER

BEST COLOR ARTIST
See Wolverine love fest

BEST LETTERER
N/A

BEST COVER ARTIST
Daniel Acuna (Love the Nova covers)

BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009 (doesn't have to have their first work in 2009)
N/A

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009
N/A

BEST COMIC PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM (movie, TV, toys, novels, etc.)
Transformers 2

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2009
Longbox announced for its potential.

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010
N/A

[torchsong]

Some of mine may be late 2008ers...this is a prelim list anyhow...

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2009) - Goldstar! They better not kill off Booster's sis!
BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM (debut in 2009) - Dex-Starr! "Meow" (He might actually be a 2008'er, now that I think of it)
BEST NEW COMIC (#1 shipped in 2009) - Power Girl. Haven't picked up many #1's this year so far.
BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2009) - Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers
BEST CLIFFHANGER OR MOMENT - "Go get 'em...Dad." (If you read it you know the issue in question)
BEST STORYLINE WITHIN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES - Agent Orange - Green Lantern
BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2009) - Booster Gold
BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.) - Showcase Doom Patrol
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL - 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa
BEST WRITER - Mark Waid
BEST ARTIST - Amanda Conner
BEST WRITER/ARTIST (individual that does both) - Rei Hiroe (Black Lagoon)
BEST EDITOR - Giffen, when he edits
BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009 (doesn't have to have their first work in 2009) - Kenneth Rocafort needs to be a household word
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009 - relaunch of BlueWater's Legend of Isis. Hell *I* draw (and write) better...
BEST COMIC PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM (movie, TV, toys, novels, etc.) - The Watchmen Movie for doing what couldn't be done
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2009 - Yen Press to resume publication of Yotsuba manga
MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010 - THOR MOVIE!!!

[Peter]

It's coming! Get your pens and papers ready!

[Gargoyle]

I think I've missed every one of these (usually as I can't find time to work out what trades were published when) but I'm determined to give it the full beans this time around.

[Mister Blisterfists]

I'm working on mine, but it'll take a day or two.

[BillDoughty]

It's always fun to re-read what I said at the halfway point and see how it measures up to the end of the year. Some have stayed the same, but there are some definite changes that will be made!

[spid]

It's always fun to re-read what I said at the halfway point and see how it measures up to the end of the year. Some have stayed the same, but there are some definite changes that will be made!

Yup, I already see a couple entries from earlier this year that I will have to change.

[mguy1977]

Can we have one more catagory Peter PLEASE!!!!

BEST CGS BOMC PICK OF THE YEAR (which CGS BOMC choice of the ones you read did you enjoy the most from this year).

Matthew

This post has been edited by mguy1977: 03 December 2009 - 05:31 AM

[atomic99]

Hard to believe that we are already at the end of another decade. Perhaps a couple months in, we can do the same for a BEST OF THE DECADE?


Agents of Atlas #1 was cover dated for April. Can Anyone confirm that it came out in January or later for me?

Also, I'm looking for suggestions for...
BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL (I haven't read too many here so I might have to give this a pass)
BEST COLORIST
BEST LETTERER


Also for your CGS consideration....
BEST WRITERS.....

Abnett and Lanning!!

Sure, many of you probably had Geoff Johns penciled in six months before BLACKEST NIGHT even came out but these guys have been knocking it out of the park with NOVA, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, and WAR OF THE KINGS. They've captured the Marvel Cosmic Corner and made it fun again and you never know what is around the corner. They wrote the more fun Marvel event book of 2009 and made two previously cancelled books in Nova and Guardians a joy to read each month.

[Peter]

By the way - since I've been asked a few times - for Best Writer it is totally cool to include a team such as Abnett and Lanning or Pamiotti and Gray, etc.

[Steve Bryant]

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONESHOT

Athena Voltaire / Blackcoat

There's a special place in heaven reserved just for you, sir! Karma!

[yodajones]

A99-Best New Team- Secret Warriors. Hickman is kicking much booty with the best Nick Fury story in years.

Best OGN_ Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuchelli. One of the best GNs I have ever read. Period.

For the LOD's pick on these categories and many more check out our obligatory 2nd Annual Dudie Awards coming soon!

[Jamie D]

A99-Best New Team- Secret Warriors. Hickman is kicking much booty with the best Nick Fury story in years.

Best OGN_ Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuchelli. One of the best GNs I have ever read. Period.

For the LOD's pick on these categories and many more check out our obligatory 2nd Annual Dudie Awards coming soon!

HEHEHE....Jim said Dudie.....HEHEHE

[Dave Faust]

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM (debut in 2009)
Gus, Sweet Tooth.

BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM (debut in 2009)
I want to say Professor Pyg, but we do see him very breifly in Batman #666. Verdict?

BEST NEW COMIC (#1 shipped in 2009)
Batman and Robin.

BEST LIMITED SERIES (At least half of the series must be in 2009)
Blackest Night.

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONESHOT
Planetary #27

BEST CLIFFHANGER OR MOMENT
Blackest Night #5.

BEST STORYLINE WITHIN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES
Batman Reborn: Batman and Robin 1-3

BEST SLEEPER HIT/SURPRISE (in comics)
Giffen's Doom Patrol, I guess.

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't have to start in 2009)
Detective Comics

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION (trade, hardcover, Absolute, Omnibus, Essential, Showcase, etc.)
Final Crisis.

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
Asterios Polyp.

BEST PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS (print only)
I got nothin'.

BEST WRITER
Grant Morrison.

BEST ARTIST
Frank Quitely.

BEST WRITER/ARTIST (individual that does both)
Jeff Lemire.

BEST INKER
Oclair Albert

BEST COLOR ARTIST
Alex Sinclair.

BEST LETTERER
Travis Lanham

BEST EDITOR
Eddie Berganza

BEST COVER ARTIST
Gianluca Pagliarani (Ignition City)

BREAKOUT TALENT OF 2009 (doesn't have to have their first work in 2009)
Ivan Reis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2009
Do Androids Dream of electric Sheep?

BEST COMIC PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM (movie, TV, toys, novels, etc.)
Watchmen.

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2009
The whole Marvel/Disney thing.

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2010
Multiverse.

This post has been edited by Dave Faust: 09 December 2009 - 12:42 AM