Another year in comics has come and gone, and once again the CGS Geeks are asking YOU, podcast listeners and forum members, to help them pay homage to those comics, characters, and creators that helped make 2015 great!
If you'd like to make your voice heard in our podcast's annual "Best of" honors, here's a list of the categories in which we're seeking listener nominees:
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015)
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015)
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015)
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015)
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series)
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION)
BEST WRITER
BEST ARTIST
BEST WRITER/ARTIST
BEST INKER
BEST COLOR ARTIST
BEST LETTERER
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015
To participate, submit your ballot via e-mail to bestof@comicgeekspeak.com by (**NEW DEADLINE!) 4:59 pm (EST), Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Please make a nomination in AT LEAST EIGHT of the above-listed categories, and select only ONE nominee per category!
If you'd like to share your list of nominees publicly, please feel free to do it here in this thread, but be aware that posting such lists here DOES NOT COUNT as voting; you must submit your ballot via e-mail for it to be counted as part of the official listeners' nomination process!
Thanks in advance for your input, everyone! If you have any questions, send me a PM or just ask 'em here.
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BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015) - "Ant-Man Security Solutions" (Ant-Man, Grizzly, and Machine Man)
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015) - God Doom
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015) - Airboy
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015) - Secret Wars
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT - Squadron Supreme decapitates (REDACTED)
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series) - Secret Wars
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT - Dr. Strange
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015) - Lazarus
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION) - N/A
BEST WRITER - Jonathon Hickman (Secret Wars, East of West, The Dying & the Dead)
BEST ARTIST - Marco Checchetto (Avengers World)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST - Walt Simonson (Ragnarok)
BEST INKER - N/A
BEST COLOR ARTIST - Greg Hinkle (Airboy)
BEST LETTERER - Clayton Cowles (Secret Wars - The dude had to go lower case for Ultimate characters and upper for Marvel!)
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015 - Charles Soule (She-Hulk, Inhumans)
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015) - Robins (We Are . . . Robin)
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015) - Mr. Bloom (Batman 43)
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015) - Darth Vader
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015) - The Fade Out
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT - Silver Surfer #11 as best moment. Taking the medium to a new place, so cool.
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series) - Batman and Robin Eternal
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT - Dr. Strange
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015) - Silver Surfer
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION) - The Private Eye
BEST WRITER - Ed Brubaker
BEST ARTIST - Michael Allred
BEST WRITER/ARTIST - Skottie Young
BEST INKER - Salvador Larroca
BEST COLOR ARTIST - Laura Allred
BEST LETTERER - Jared K Fletcher (Paper Girls, The Goddamned, Rebels, We Are Robin)
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015 - Chip Zdarsky
Anyway... Issue 8 came out in 2015, but issue 9 came out about a couple of weeks ago (1/6/16). Although it was originally scheduled to be released in the last week of December, it got bumped back a week and into 2016. So I don't know how the Geeks will handle this?
I don't know why I care so much. I'm not trying to call you out or anything. I probably just need to go to bed. It's late. Uh, cheers! ;)
Best New Villain - Roku - Ninjak by Matt Kindt
Best New Comic - Black Magick by Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott
Best Limited Series - We Stand on Guard - Brian K Vaughn & Steve Skroce
Best Moment - Batman climbs into Moebius Chair
Best Storyline - Omega Hulk - Hulk By Gerry Duggan & Mark Bagley #5-16
Best Sleeper - Suiciders - Lee Bermejo
Best Ongoing Comic - Letter 44 by Charles Soule and Alberto Alberquerque
Best Graphic Album - Batman Earth One Vol 2 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
Best Writer - Matt Hawkins - Postal, The Tithe, IXth Generation, Tales of Honor
Best Artist - Nicola Scot - Black Magick
Best Writer/Artist - Lee Bermejo - Suiciders
Best Inker - Drew Hennessey - Sinestro
Best Color Artist - Andrew Dalhouse - Flash
Best Letterer - Crank! - Letter 44
Breakthrough Talent 2015 - V. Ken Marion - Jirni Vol 2
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015) Aliens from Paper Girls
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015) Paper Girls
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015) Tet
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT Ha tells Eugene she meant to hurt him in Tet.
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series) The arc ending Waid/Samnee's Daredevil
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT Bizarro
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015) Copperhead
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION) Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition
BEST WRITER Mark Waid
BEST ARTIST Scotty Godlewski
BEST WRITER/ARTIST Joelle Jones
BEST INKER Danny Miki
BEST COLOR ARTIST Trish Mulvihill
BEST LETTERER Joe Caramagna
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015 Tom King
I emailed the Geeks changing my pick to "Airboy."
Best New Hero - Huck (Image)
Best New Villain - Mr. Bloom (DC, Batman)
Best New Comic - Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant)
Best Limited Series - Divinity (Valiant)
Best Moment - Darth Vader #6: "I have a son. He will be mine. It will all be mine".
Best Storyline - Vader Down (Marvel crossover)
Best Sleeper - Descender (J. Lemire, Image)
Best Ongoing Comic - Darth Vader
Best Graphic Album - Thanos: The Infinity Relativity
Best Writer - Jonathan Hickman (Secret Wars)
Best Artist - Esad Ribik (Secret Wars)
Best Writer/Artist - Walt Simonson (IDW, Ragnarok)
Best Inker - David Aja (Hawkeye)
Best Color Artist - Matthew Wilson (Adventures of Superman; Wicked + Divine, Daredevil, & Thor)
Best Letterer - Todd Klein (Fables, Sandman: Overture)
Breakthrough Talent 2015 - Babs Tarr (Batgirl)
Some added categories:
Best Single Issue or One-Shot: The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1
Best crossover event: Secret Wars
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015) London Legion of Superheroes (Big Bad Ben, Double Decker, Pub Crawler, and Tiffany Terror) from Harley's Little Black Book #1
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015) The mysterious guy gang (time travelers?) from Paper Girls.
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015) Paper Girls from Image
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015) The Rook from Dark Horse (a time travel machine and H.G. Wells!)
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT Lazarus #21 (injured Forever and new young Forever?)
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series) Lazarus #17 to 21 ('Poison")
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT Superman Lois and Clark
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015) Lazarus
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION) Love & Rockets #7
BEST WRITER Greg Rucka (Lazarus, Black Magic, The Journey to Star Wars The Force Awakens: Shatterered Empire
BEST ARTIST Chris Bachalo (Dr. Strange)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets
BEST INKER Tyler Boss (Lazarus)
BEST COLOR ARTIST Santi Arcas (Lazarus)
BEST LETTERER Jodi Wynne (Lazarus)
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015 Andrea Mutti (artist on Rebels) (I think he's actually been around awhile, but I think Rebels is his best stuff thus far).
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015) - Howling Commandos of Shield
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015) - Bloodsquirt
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015) - Papergirls
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015) - Book of Death (Valiant)
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT - the death of *no spoilers* in Secret Wars
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series) - Secret Wars
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT - Doctor Strange
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015) - Saga
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION) - Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder Deluxe Edition
BEST WRITER - Brian K Vaughn
BEST ARTIST - Fiona Staples
BEST WRITER/ARTIST - Jeff Lemire
BEST INKER - Dan Schoening
BEST COLOR ARTIST - Mathew Wilson (Thor)
BEST LETTERER - Fonografiks
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015 - Marguerite Bennet (DC Bombshells)
Here is my list, which is indicative of my limited reading of new series (which is Marvel Unlimited heavy with a does of Image and just a small amount of DC):
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015): Tim-21 (Descender)
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015): Aphra (Star Wars: Darth Vader)
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015): Star Wars: Darth Vader
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015): Multiversity
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: [****spoiler!!!**** Vader learns Luke is son (in both Star Wars and Darth Vader)
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series): Multiversity
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Paper Girls
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015): Saga
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION): Sandman: Overture
BEST WRITER: Jonathan Hickman
BEST ARTIST: Esad Ribic
BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Stan Sakai
BEST INKER: (seems to be a lost art)
BEST COLOR ARTIST: Ive Svorcina (Secret Wars)
BEST LETTERER: Clayton Cowles (Secret Wars)
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015: Russell Dauterman (Thor)
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015)
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015)
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015)
Paper Girls
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015)
The Private Eye (Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin)
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series)
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015)
Saga
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION)
Two Brothers (Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon)
BEST WRITER
Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Paper Girls)
BEST ARTIST
Darwyn Cooke (Twilight Children)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST
Mike Mignola (Hellboy in Hell)
BEST INKER
Kevin Nowlan (Dr. Strange, The Graveyard Book vol. 2)
BEST COLOR ARTIST
Tyler Crook (Harrow County)
BEST LETTERER
Ed Brisson (I like what he does with sound f/x, which you don't see very much of these days)
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015
Erica Henderson (Squirrel Girl, Jughead)
Personally, I'm having a hard time with filling out my list as I've read the least comics this past year than I ever have since I found out about CGS and these forums about 7 years ago.
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - My Hero Academia
BEST WRITER/ARTIST - Brian K Vaughn & Fiona Staples (SAGA)
BEST ARTIST - Sara Pichelli
BEST WRITER - Mark Waid
BEST LIMITED SERIES - Secret Wars
BEST COLOR ARTIST - Hi Fi Color
BEST NEW COMIC - Doctor Strange
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT - Black Clover
BEST STORYLINE - Sex Criminals
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015 - Mingle Chen - Gotham Academy
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT - Jem & The Holograms 7 Eric Raymond having a hacker dig up dirt on Jem & the Holograms.
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015): Huck (Image)
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015): Aphra, 000 and BT-1 (Star Wars: Darth Vader)
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015): Airboy (Image)
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015): Lady Killer (Dark Horse)
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: The last scene from Invicible "Reboot" (had me crying like baby)
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series): Waid & Samnee's end run on Daredevil (Marvel)
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Superman Lois and Clark (DC)
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015): Invincible (Image)(I forget how consistly good this book is)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION): The Private Eye
BEST WRITER: Jason Aaron (Southern Bastard, Thor, Dr. Strange, Star Wars, & The Goddamned)
BEST ARTIST: Sean Philips (The Fade Out, Criminal)
BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Terry Moore (Rachel Rising!)
BEST INKER: Tyler Boss (Lazarus)
BEST COLOR ARTIST: Matthew Wilson (Thor, Daredevil)
BEST LETTERER: Todd Klein
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015: Tom King (Grayson, Sheriff of Bagdad, Omega-Men, The Vision)
BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2015): DC Comics Bombshells
BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2015): Mr. Bloom ( Batman )
BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2015): Doctor Strange
BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2015): Airboy
BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: The Squadron Supreme kills ******* ( C’mon - they cut his freakin’ head clean off! )
BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series): Vader Down ( Star Wars / Darth Vader )
BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Hercules
BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2015): Darth Vader
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION): Orion Omnibus by Walter Simonson
BEST WRITER: James Robinson
BEST ARTIST: Stuart Immonen ( Star Wars )
BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Walter Simonson ( Ragnarok )
BEST INKER: Walter Simonson ( Ragnarok )
BEST COLOR ARTIST: Phil Noto ( Black Widow )
BEST LETTERER: John H. Hill ( Harley Quinn )
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2015: Jason Fabok ( Justice League Darkseid War )