The CGS "Best of 2017" Awards: The Final Vote (Deadline: Sunday, 4/15/18!)

Adam_Murdough

Here it is, ye Keepers of the Flame: the official opening of the polls to determine the winners of the CGS "Best of 2017" Awards! Below is the final slate of nominees, broken down by category:

BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2017)
Deathstroke & Co.
Jimmy Regent
Superman/Booster Gold
Prehistoric Avengers

BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2017)
Blackbird
Dark Multiverse Batmen
Marionette & Mime
Orion
Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil

BEST NEW ONGOING COMIC (first issue shipped in 2017)
Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider
Marvel Two-in-One (Vol. 3)
Royal City

BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2017)
Bug!: The Adventures of Forager
The Flintstones
Motor Girl
The Old Guard

BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT
Batman #37 ("Double Date")
Batman Annual #2
Batman/Elmer Fudd
Immortal Bros.: The Tale of the Green Knight

BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT
Batman's proposal to Catwoman
Doomsday Clock #2
Motor Girl's traumatic experience in Iraq (Motor Girl #7)
Purple Man possesses Dani Cage (Jessica Jones #13)
Silver Surfer #14

BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series)
Avengers "decimal" issues
"The Button" (Batman/Flash)
Doomsday Clock
Jane Foster's battle with cancer (Mighty Thor)
"A Power Greater Than Cosmic" (Silver Surfer)
Secret Empire
"The War of Jokes and Riddles" (Batman)

BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT
Curse Words
The Flintstones
Marvel Two-in-One (Vol. 3)
Mr. Miracle
Star Trek: TNG--Mirror Broken

BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2017)
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
Batman
Kill or Be Killed
Silver Surfer
Star Wars

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION)
ANNUAL (Joe Casey/Image)
JLI Omnibus, Vol. 1
The Killer, Vol. 5
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Roughneck

BEST WRITER
Jason Aaron
Dan Abnett
Tom King
Jeff Lemire
Greg Rucka
Dan Slott

BEST ARTIST
Mike Allred
Greg Capullo
Russell Dauterman
Mitch Gerads
Scott Kolins
Sean Phillips

BEST WRITER/ARTIST
Jeff Lemire
Terry Moore
Sean Gordon Murphy
Ed Piskor

BEST COLOR ARTIST
Laura Allred
Jordie Bellaire
Elizabeth Breitweiser
Laura Martin
Matt Wilson

BEST LETTERER
Joe Caramagna
Clayton Cowles
Todd Klein
Rus Wooton

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2017
Donny Cates
Mitch Gerads
Marty LeGrow
Matt Rosenberg

The candidates are arrayed before you--now, make your choices and raise your voices! Submit your ballots via e-mail to bestof@comicgeekspeak.com, anytime before 11:59 pm (EST) on Sunday, April 15th. Please vote for only ONE candidate in each category; no dual votes or "ties" allowed! Also, please vote in every category, if possible. Ballots containing votes in fewer than 12 of the 16 categories will be considered incomplete and disqualified! If you'd like to share your ballot publicly, please feel free to do it here in this thread, but be aware that posting here DOES NOT COUNT as voting; you must submit your ballot via e-mail for it to be counted!

May the best comics/creators/etc. win!!

BionicDave

Feel better, @ShaneKelly!

Another fun time listening to these nominations. Happy Easter and/or Passover to the entire CGS community.

KellenThunder

Here's my ballot

BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2017)
Superman/Booster Gold

BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2017)
Dark Multiverse Batmen

BEST NEW ONGOING COMIC (first issue shipped in 2017)
Marvel Two-in-One (Vol. 3)

BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2017)
Motor Girl

BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT
Batman Annual #2

BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT
Batman's proposal to Catwoman

BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series)
"The Button" (Batman/Flash)

BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT
Mr. Miracle

BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2016)
Batman

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION)
ANNUAL (Joe Casey/Image)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

BEST WRITER
Tom King

BEST ARTIST
Mitch Gerads

BEST WRITER/ARTIST
Jeff Lemire

BEST COLOR ARTIST
Jordie Bellaire

BEST LETTERER

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2016
Donny Cates

BionicDave

Fyi - in the category headings, there are a couple of 2016s which should read 2017 :joy: Spot them all and win a BionicBaldy!

David_D

40 MINUTES TO DEADLINE!