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CGS "Best of 2013": We Need Your Nominations!

Adam_MurdoughAdam_Murdough Posts: 506
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The CGS "Best of" Awards are returning to put the final stamp on another year in comics, and YOU can be a part of the excitement! Here's this year's revised and reduced list of categories:


BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013):

BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013):

BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013):

BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013):

BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT:

BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES:

BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT:

BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013):

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection):

BEST WRITER:

BEST ARTIST:

BEST WRITER/ARTIST:

BEST INKER:

BEST COLOR ARTIST:

BEST LETTERER:

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013:


To participate in our political process, just e-mail your nominations for the above-listed categories to bestof@comicgeekspeak.com by 5:00 pm on Monday, January 27. The person/character/publication/etc. that receives the most listener votes in each category, and that has not already been nominated by one of the Geeks, will become the official "Listeners' Nominee" in that category on the final ballot.

Remember, to be considered complete and valid, your entry must include nominations for NO FEWER THAN EIGHT of the sixteen categories, and no more than ONE nomination per category, please!
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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    and that has not already been nominated by one of the Geeks, will become the official "Listeners' Nominee" in that category on the final ballot.
    so we better await YOUR nominations first then
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  • Adam_MurdoughAdam_Murdough Posts: 506
    John_Steed said:

    and that has not already been nominated by one of the Geeks, will become the official "Listeners' Nominee" in that category on the final ballot.
    so we better await YOUR nominations first then

    What this means is, if the top listener-vote-getter in a certain category has also been nominated by one of the Geeks, then the nominee with the SECOND-MOST listener votes will automatically become the Listeners' Nominee in that category--unless that nominee has also been nominated by a Geek, in which case the nod goes to the nominee with the THIRD-MOST votes, etc.

    So don't worry about our nominations; the listeners' voices shall be heard no matter what! Besides, if you wait until you hear our nominations, it'll already be too late to submit your own, so go ahead and vote now!
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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    Thank you, Sir. Elucidation understood. :D
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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    A last question before I hit that send button

    May we share our nominations in this very thread? Or might that provoke some form of collusive behaviour?
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  • David_DDavid_D Posts: 3,884
    John_Steed said:

    A last question before I hit that send button

    May we share our nominations in this very thread? Or might that provoke some form of collusive behaviour?

    Unless @Adam_Murdough would rather we didn't, I would say go for it. I suppose there is a risk of groupthink, but in years past I have relied on discussion to remind me of great things I forgot I read this year (or that I forgot came out this year!)
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  • Adam_MurdoughAdam_Murdough Posts: 506
    John_Steed said:

    A last question before I hit that send button

    May we share our nominations in this very thread? Or might that provoke some form of collusive behaviour?

    By all means, share your nomination lists here, if you feel so inclined. It's tradition! :)>-
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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    BEST NEW HERO : D4VE (D4VE, Monkeybrain)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN : The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (East of West, Image)

    BEST NEW COMIC : Sex Criminals (Image)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES : Six Gun Gorilla (BOOM! Studios)

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: Introduction of The Goat! (Quantum and Woody# 4, Valiant)

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: "Sect Civil War" (Archer & Armstrong, Valiant)

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray (Image)

    BEST ONGOING COMIC : SAGA (Image)

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM : Sabertooth Swordsman (Dark Horse)

    BEST WRITER: Scott Snyder (The Wake, Batman)

    BEST ARTIST: Andrea Sorrentino (Green Arrow, DC)

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Jeff Lemire (Trillium, Vertigo)

    BEST INKER: Piotr Kowolski (Sex, Image)

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Marcelo Maialo (Green Arrow, DC)

    BEST LETTERER: Rus Wooton (Sex, Image)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Aaron Conley (Sabertooth Swordsman, Prophet)
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  • BrackBrack Posts: 868
    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Bartolomeo the Cannibal (One Piece)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): Cavendish of the White Horse (One Piece)

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Private Eye

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: The return of Sabo (One Piece)

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: Dressrosa (One Piece)

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): One Piece

    BEST WRITER: ONE (One Punch Man)

    BEST ARTIST: Murata Yuusuke (One Punch Man)

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
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  • Mr_CosmicMr_Cosmic Posts: 3,200
    edited January 2014
    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Fabio Medina aka GOLDBALLS (Uncanny X-Men)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): THE BUILDERS (from Avengers, Infinity, etc)

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): EAST OF WEST (Image)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): PLANETOID (Image)

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: HAWKEYE #9 "Grills is shot"

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: BATTLE OF THE ATOM

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): SAGA

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): SMURFS ANTHOLOGY HC VOL 01

    BEST WRITER: JONATHAN HICKMAN

    BEST ARTIST: OLIVIER COIPEL

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: JEFF LEMIRE

    BEST INKER: MARK MORALES

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: LAURA MARTIN

    BEST LETTERER: CHRIS ELIOPOULOS

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: CHARLES SOULE
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  • bralinatorbralinator Posts: 5,967
    BEST NEW HERO(?): Superior Spider-Man, Marvel
    BEST NEW VILLAIN: Cyclops, Uncanny X-Men, Marvel
    BEST NEW COMIC: Star Wars (ongoing), Dark Horse
    BEST LIMITED SERIES: Infinity, Marvel
    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: Justice League of America #4, DC - Catwoman killed?
    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: The God Butcher, Thor
    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Afterlife with Archie
    BEST ONGOING COMIC: Hawkeye
    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, Dark Horse ~ a masterpiece
    BEST WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
    BEST ARTIST: Esad Ribic, Thor God of Thunder
    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Jonathan Hickman
    BEST INKER: Joe Rivera
    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Rachelle Rosenberg
    BEST LETTERER: Todd Klein, Fables, DC
    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Dennis Hopeless
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  • bralinatorbralinator Posts: 5,967
    How did I overlook Trillium from Vertigo? I'm loving that series!
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  • LibraryBoyLibraryBoy Posts: 1,803
    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Velvet Templeton (Velvet by Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting, Image)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): The current (five person!) iteration of the Sinister Six (Superior Foes of Spider-Man)

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Superior Foes of Spider-Man

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: The point where the 2 narratives meet in Trillium #1

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: “West Coast Avenger,” Hawkeye Annual #1

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Afterlife with Archie

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): Bandette (by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover , Monkeybrain Comics)

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): Relish – My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

    BEST WRITER: Matt Fraction

    BEST ARTIST: Chris Samnee

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Jeff Lemire

    BEST INKER: Steve Epting (inking himself on Velvet)

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Matt Hollingsworth (Hawkeye)

    BEST LETTERER: Virtual Calligraphy / Joe Caramagna (Superior Foes of Spider-Man)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Lucy Knisley (who I think should win an Eisner AND a James Beard Award for Relish!)
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  • John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    We need more variety. Don't hold back, folks!
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  • ChrisMurrinChrisMurrin Posts: 256
    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Velvet Templeton

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): General Redacted

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Batman '66

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): Breath of Bones

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: Kris kills Torque in Harbinger

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: Hell on Earth War from X-Factor

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Todd, the Ugliest Kid on Earth

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): Daredevil

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): Johnny Hiro: Skills to Pay the Bills

    BEST WRITER: Mark Waid

    BEST ARTIST: Pere Perez

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Ken Krekeler

    BEST INKER: Steve Leialoha

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Trish Mulvihill

    BEST LETTERER: Joe Caramagna

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Kelly Sue Deconnick
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  • luke52luke52 Posts: 1,392
    Here's my nominations...

    Hey Murd,

    Here are my nominations...


    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Vibe

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): The Seeder

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Sex Criminals

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): Vibe

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: The Will getting stabbed in the neck!

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: The Seeder (Swamp Thing)

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Vibe

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): Saga

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): The Fifth Beatle

    BEST WRITER: Charles Soule

    BEST ARTIST: Raphael Albuquerque

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST:

    BEST INKER:

    BEST COLOR ARTIST:

    BEST LETTERER: Chip zdarsky (sex criminals)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Charles Soule
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  • i_am_scifii_am_scifi Posts: 784
    edited January 2014
    Voila!

    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Miss America Chavez (Such a complex character, and she fit in perfectly to the Young Avengers dynamic.)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): The Builders (They are much more menacing than I initially thought they would be)

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Young Avengers (SO MUCH FUN)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): Avatar The Last Airbender: The Search (a series of trade paperbacks, but a limited series of them at that. I'm constantly impressed by how well Gene Yang grasped the characters of the animated series with his work. I can literally hear his words coming out of the mouths of the voice actors with each page.)

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: The X-Men of the future's arrival in X-Men: Battle of the Atom

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: X-Men: Battle of the Atom (The Best X-crossover of the last ten years, EASY)

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: X-Men (I'm not a big Brian Wood fan, but this series continues to surprise me as to how good the story, character development and overall flow is. And the art by Coipel and David Lopez certainly helps that.)

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): Saga

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Gotta pick it, bro. Know what I mean, bro?)

    BEST WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis (I honestly wanted to pick someone else for variety, but the combination of Uncanny X-Men and All-New X-Men is too hard to pass over for him)

    BEST ARTIST: Jamie McKelvie/Mike Norton (Their combination on Young Avengers makes it one of the most unique titles around art-wise)

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Comfort Love and Adam Withers (Rainbow in the Dark, y'all!)

    BEST INKER: Steve Leialoha (Fables. 'Nuff said.)

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Rob Guillory (I had to put him in somewhere, since he does the colors, inking and pencils on CHEW and it always looks gorgeous)

    BEST LETTERER: John Layman (He has done the lettering on the entire series of CHEW along with the writing. The hidden gems in each issue are as much due to Layman's letters as they are to Guillory's art.)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Kris Anka (My favorite new artist. Period. His character designs, costumes and work ethic are top notch and I can't wait to see his X-Men on a regular basis.)
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  • David_DDavid_D Posts: 3,884
    @i_am_scifi this feels like me being the nerd police, but I bring it up more to make a recommendation: America Chavez actually first appeared a few years ago in the excellent and under-read miniseries Vengeance by Casey and Dragotta. She was part of a team of young heroes in that book, and the vibe and energy of that book is actually something like the recent (excellent) Young Avengers series. But it was a mini with a weird name and $4 price tag and I am not surprised most people missed it. Worth finding in a bin, online sale, or via Marvel Unlimited, though. Some great reading.
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  • mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    edited January 2014
    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Velvet Templeton (Velvet Image Comics)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): N/A

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Velvet (Image)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013):BPRD 1948 tpb (Dark Horse)

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: Superman & Wonder Woman relationship is made public in Superman/Wonder Woman 3

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: Fairest OGN

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: The Private Eye (self published webcomic)

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): Saga

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): Hellboy Midnight Circus OGN (Dark Horse)

    BEST WRITER: Brian K Vaughan (Saga & Private Eye)

    BEST ARTIST: Greg Capullo (Batman)

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: David Petersen (writing/art/cover) Mouse Guard The Black Axe (Archaia/Boom)

    BEST INKER: Rafael Albuquerque (Batman)

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Muntsa Vicente (Private Eye)

    BEST LETTERER: Todd Klein (Fables)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Charles Soule (Superman/Wonder Woman)

    Matthew
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  • alienalalienal Posts: 508
    My nominees are:

    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Forever Carlyle, Lazarus, (Image Comics)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): The TWINS, Jonah and Johanna in Lazarus, (Image Comics)

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Lazarus, (Image Comics)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): THE Star Wars (Adaptation of Lucas' Original Screenplay) (Dark Horse, Comics)

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: Velvet #1 (Image Comics)

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: "Family" Lazarus issues 1 to 4 (Image Comics)

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Afterlife With Archie, (Archie Comics)

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013):

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): Marble Season (Fantagraphics)

    BEST WRITER: Greg Rucka, Lazarus (Image)

    BEST ARTIST: Michael Lark, Lazarus (Image)

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Gilbert Hernandez, Marble Season (Fantagraphics)

    BEST INKER: Richard Friend, Forever Evil (DC Comics)

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Santiago Arcus, Lazarus (Image Comics)

    BEST LETTERER: Chip Zdarsky, Sex Criminals (Image)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Chip Zdarsky, Sex Criminals (Image)

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  • KurtKurt Posts: 2
    BEST NEW HERO (debut in 2013): Rocket Girl (Rocket Girl)

    BEST NEW VILLAIN (debut in 2013): The Builders (Avengers, Infinity)

    BEST NEW COMIC (first issue shipped in 2013): Batman 66’ (Digital)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES (last issue shipped in 2013): Six Gun Guerilla

    BEST CLIFFHANGER/MOMENT: X-Men: Battle of the Atom - The Future X-Men arrive

    BEST STORY IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES: X-Men: Battle of the Atom

    BEST SLEEPER/SURPRISE HIT: Superior Foes of Spider-Man

    BEST ONGOING COMIC (doesn't need to have started in 2013): Hawkeye

    BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM (OGN or reprint collection): The Fifth Beatle (Dark Horse)

    BEST WRITER: Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, FF, Satellite Sam, Sex Criminals)

    BEST ARTIST: Greg Capullo (Batman)

    BEST WRITER/ARTIST: Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)

    BEST INKER: Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)

    BEST COLOR ARTIST: Jordie Bellaire (Mara, Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel, and everything)

    BEST LETTERER: Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals)

    BREAKTHROUGH TALENT OF 2013: Charles Soule (Swamp Thing, Superman/Wonder Woman, Strange Attractors, Letter 44, Thunderbolts)
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