The Comic Geek Speak "Best of 2022" Awards: The Final Vote (Ballots due 4/2/23!)

Adam_Murdough

Let the final listener voting for the "Best of 2022" Awards commence! Who will win a "Jamie" this year? Below is the final slate of nominees, broken down by category: 

BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2022)

Boy Thunder

Lona Steelrose

the “Lost Children” of DC’s Golden Age

Syd Dallas (Public Domain)

Zayn Asghar, Ant-Man of the 26th Century

 

BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2022)

Failsafe

Mickey Mxyzptlk

Pariah

Playtime (Minor Threats)

 

BEST NEW ONGOING COMIC (first issue shipped in 2022)

Avengers Forever

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest

Public Domain

She-Hulk

 

BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2022)

Batman/Catwoman

The Lion and the Eagle

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

X-Men: House of XCII

 

BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT

Astro City: That Was Then...

Batman: One Bad Day—The Riddler

Tales of the Human Target

Thanos: Death Notes

 

BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT

Jack of Hearts lives! (She-Hulk #1)

One Punch. (Human Target #6)

ZUR-EN-ARRH!! (Batman #126)

 

BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series)

A.X.E.: Judgment Day

Batman: Failsafe

The Crystal Run (Han Solo & Chewbacca)

Nightwing cleans up Blüdhaven

"What did Peter do?" (Amazing Spider-Man)

 

BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT

Eight Billion Genies

Giant-Size Gwen Stacy

Ghost Rider

The Nice House on the Lake

Poison Ivy

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

 

BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2022)

Amazing Spider-Man

The Flash

Nightwing

Saga

 

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION)

Fantastic Four: Full Circle

Friday, Book 2: On a Cold Winter’s Night

The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic

Saga, Vol. 10

 

BEST WRITER

Christopher Cantwell

Tom King

Tom Taylor

Mark Waid

Chip Zdarsky

 

BEST ARTIST

Dan Mora

Bruno Redondo

Daniel Sampere

Greg Smallwood

 

BEST WRITER/ARTIST

Jeremy Bastian

Cliff Chiang

Daniel Warren Johnson

Chip Zdarsky

 

BEST COLOR ARTIST

Jordie Bellaire

Tamra Bonvillain

Greg Smallwood

Jose Villarubia

 

BEST LETTERER

Joe Caramagna

Clayton Cowles

Todd Klein

Tom Napolitano

Joe Sabino

 

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2022

David Hazan

Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly

Dan Mora

Jacob Phillips

Rainbow Rowell

Greg Smallwood

Cody Ziglar

 

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 2nd. 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!!

nweathington

BEST NEW HERO or HERO TEAM (debut in 2022): Lona Steelrose

 

BEST NEW VILLAIN or VILLAIN TEAM (debut in 2022): pass

 

BEST NEW ONGOING COMIC (first issue shipped in 2022): pass

BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2022): Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

 

BEST SINGLE ISSUE/ONE-SHOT: Astro City: That Was Then...

 

BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: pass

 

BEST STORYLINE (within a series or across multiple series): pass

 

BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

 

BEST ONGOING COMIC (need not have begun publication in 2022): Saga

 

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or COLLECTION): Friday, Book 2: On a Cold Winter’s Night

 

BEST WRITER: Tom King

BEST ARTIST: Greg Smallwood

 

BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Daniel Warren Johnson

 

BEST COLOR ARTIST: Greg Smallwood

 

BEST LETTERER: Clayton Cowles

 

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2022: Greg Smallwood (though I feel he really broke through a couple of years ago)