Geekscape’s Best Comics of 2010!
<p>Excelsior, Geekscapists (or should I say Dickscapists in the words of Stan “The Man” Lee?)! As 2010 comes to a close, here are the top reads from the comic fiends at Geekscape.net! But first, a Geekscape message from Stan himself!</p>
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<h2>Jonathan London</h2>
<h2>5. Secret Avengers</h2>
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<p>The writing of Ed Brubaker and the artwork of Mike Deodato bring you a black ops Avengers team of mismatched members? Yes, please! Like Dan Slott’s Mighty Avengers before it, Secret Avengers gives readers a fun and fast moving Avengers book in which every character has their own voice and we can finally be shaken free of the slower, more meandering Avengers titles. Thank you for not making everything a smart-ass comment and drowning your narratives in word balloons, Mr. Brubaker!</p>
<h2>4. Usagi Yojimbo</h2>
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<p>Aspiring film directors… this is the most important book you can read! It might be an easily overlooked option when thinking of a top comics list. There are no superstar creators or overcomplicated and exciting concepts. Usagi Yojimbo is just pure storytelling. Nothing in this book is a wasted effort and that’s the way it has been for years. Like clockwork, I’ve read every issue that Dark Horse (and a few previous collections) has released and have never failed to be inspired with how expertly Stan Sakai tells a story. This is graphic storytelling at its best.</p>
<h2>3. X-Men: Second Coming</h2>
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<p>2 major X-Man die. An army of Nimrods sent from the future hellbent on mutant extinction. The arrival of a new mutant savior. Scott Summers making some hard decisions and having to pay the price for them. Nothing came easy during this X-Crossover event… except the entertainment! The writing was engaging, the artwork was solid throughout and readers finally had a reason to buy almost every X-book on the rack!</p>
<h2>2. Brightest Day #15: The Manhunter From Mars?</h2>
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<p>Geoff Johns, Peter Tomasi and artists Patrick Gleason and Scott Clark do a better murder mystery and riff on the recent history of the DCU than we ever got in Final Crisis! In this story, which takes place when J’onn J’onzz is under the hypnosis of fellow Martian D’Kay D’Razz, J’onn and the JLA have finally achieved a future of peace in the galaxy and life on Mars. It all begins to slip through their fingers though as J’onn discovers each of the JLA elder members murdered one after another (and each one attempting to deliver him a message of warning). The Batman murder scene is worth seeking out this book alone! </p>
<h2>1. Sweet Tooth</h2>
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<p>There’s a standard I have for outstanding monthly storytelling. A lot happens for all of us in a month. Do you ever spend the first few pages of a comic book trying to shake off the cobwebs and remember what took place in the book the month before? Really well told stories never leave us with those cobwebs. Even after 30 days have passed (and sometimes more), Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth, month in and month out, starts with the same desperate and jagged energy that remained from the last issue. Described as a post-Apocalyptic journey in the spirit of “The Road” (but with mutant animal hybrids), Lemire’s artwork and economic storytelling paint a pretty engaging picture as it walks along a clear narrative of survival that leaves plenty of room for surprises and revelations.</p>
<h2>Matt “Saint Mort” Kelly</h2>
<h2>10. Ultimate Spiderman</h2>
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<p>Ultimate Spiderman has never been a great comic series; but I’ve always been a fan of the art and I do enjoy the high school years of Peter Parker. However, they recently restarted the series back at issue 1 and so far, so good. Peter and Aunt May now have multiple mutants (including Shadowcat, Human Torch and Iceman) all living under one roof, it’s been funny and interesting to see the new dynamic.</p>
<h2>9. Batman & Robin</h2>
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<p>The Batman Vs. Robin story-arc that tied into the Blackest Night was very entertainingly dark. Grant Morrison is very hit or miss (as the current story arc is presenting his ‘miss’ abilities) but when he hits… he hits it out of the park</p>
<h2>8. Walking Dead</h2>
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<p>Walking Dead is a great series. I can’t deny sometimes it can drag, but most of the time it’s necessary for the commentary that Kirkman is trying to make. Our cast of heroes has finally found a stable community, but their years of dealing with the “walkers” (fuck it, they’re fucking zombies just say it!) leads them to distrust, it’s been thrilling watching Rick & Company uncover the dark secrets of this otherwise happy and functional community.</p>
<h2>7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8</h2>
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<p>The Twilight story arc could have ended it really badly, but it turned out all right. Part III of the Four-Part series was the highlight. The comic was simply named “They Fuck” and the entire issue was various drawings of Buffy and Angel boning. In true Whedon fashion, what should have been a throwaway fetish-y issue is a turning point in the series filling in plot holes, catching the reader up and setting us up perfectly for the conclusion of the story</p>
<h2>6. Haunt</h2>
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<p>McFarlane and Kirkman are two comic Gods; McFarlane represents the age of comics in the 90’s while Kirkman represents the current run of indie comics. When they joined forces they created a character that will never be the most popular character in comic history, but it’s an interesting story. Is it trending new ground? No. Is it just mindless fun and gore? For the most part and that’s why I love it.</p>
<h2>5. Batman Confidential</h2>
<p>Batman Confidential has always been one of my favorite comic series. It was this comic that really got me back into reading comics and got me reading more DC titles. Last year it was one of the best titles out there with The Riddler and Joker story arcs. This year has had two of the strangest stories; while Batman vs. the Undead was mostly weak; the story Ghosts was extremely interesting and dark (although the fully-painted art of Sam Keith just doesn’t mesh well with Batman).</p>
<h2>4. Scott Pilgrim 6</h2>
<p>The Scott Pilgrim series has finally concluded (just in time for the movie release). It wasn’t the best Scott Pilgrim comic but over the last few years we’ve learned to love these characters, seeing everything wrap up nicely. Not a great comic, but a very fitting conclusion.</p>
<h2>3. Morning Glories</h2>
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<p>The newest Image series is only 3 issues in but each issue keeps your attention. Things aren’t normal at this school for special students and we don’t now why but there’s something sinister going on. Every issue ends with a holy shit moment that will be in your mind until the next issue. This is what comic books should be.</p>
<h2>2. Amazing Spiderman</h2>
<p>Brand New Day was pretty unanimously disliked. But Amazing Spiderman still produces GREAT story arcs, the best story arc of the year was hands down the Lizard-driven “Shed.” It was dark and hopeless. It concluded in one of the most shocking Spiderman moments in recent memory. To paraphrase Jonathan London, if they used this story arc for the Spiderman reboot you’d have one hell of a movie!</p>
<h2>1. Chew</h2>
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<p>This year Chew won the Eisner for best new series and rightfully so. The Comic is brilliant and hilarious. Rob Guillory’s art is top notch and John Layman has crafted a world that has the right blend of outrageous without ever pushing it to the point of disbelief. Things happen and you accept it because the writing is so tight that you simply can’t not enjoy it. Chew tells the story of Tony Chu who is a cibopath, this means that anything he eats givens him a psychic connection to the foods short life. This makes him the perfect person to solve cold-case murders, all he has to do is eat the corpse. This is a premise that should only work for an issue or two but the comic’s loveable characters and layers of stories have made it a page-turner for 15 perfect issues.</p>
<h2>WORST COMIC OF THE YEAR: Deadpool Corps</h2>
<p>I love Deadpool. I know people consider him a lame-duck character, and even I can admit that well perhaps they started making too many titles for the character; but most of them were enjoyable.. that was until the Deadpool Corps, which became the first comic I ever had removed from my pull-list. Its overly complicated attempts at slapstick comedy do nothing but hurt the title and make it feel like one long, unfunny joke.</p>
<h2>Brian Walton</h2>
<h2>5. Night and Fog</h2>
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<p>The first 20 pages of this book are hard to get through, trust me, I stopped a couple of times. But, when I finally got into the main thrust of the book Night and Fog is a fun monster movie in print. This is definitely an ode to 80’s monster movies and I’m all for it. While the art isn’t great(the artist draws better monsters than people) the writing makes up for it. Definitely worth the read.</p>
<h2>4. Red Robin</h2>
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<p>When Tim Drake was ousted as Robin, I was pissed. I didn’t know if I could follow Damian Wayne as Robin, and I didn’t know where it left Tim Drake as a hero. This book fills the void nicely. Red Robin’s first year has shown a much edgier Tim. Someone who’s willing to do whatever he has to in order to complete his mission. Ra’s Al Guhl taking an interest doesn’t seem forced and nothing that Tim does feels out of character. He is still written as the most human character in the DC universe.</p>
<h2>3. Walking Dead</h2>
<p>The Walking Dead has put me through the wringer this year. Kirkman’s presentation of the survivors as people starting to near the edge of sanity is really getting into my brain. I keep wondering, how much longer until Rick snaps? The current story in the walled town is impressive for it’s confrontational approach to going “back to normal.” The eb and flow of the books action, giving us luls to catch our breath, can put you on edge wondering, what now? Here’s hoping the show can maintain this level of intensity this far in.</p>
<h2>2. Blackest Night/Brightest Day/Green Lantern/Green Lantern Corps</h2>
<p>Throughout Blackest Night I happily bought every single side story and event tie in, because this was the first “event book” in a long time where I actually wanted to know the side details of what was happening. The Green Lantern books have been the most consistently well written books for the last couple of years. Finally getting to see the adventures of Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner in settings where they work has been a treat. While it does feel like the promise of Geoff Johns original take on Hal jordan has been sacrificed to further the DC universe as a whole (the almost complete abandonment of “Cowgirl”), I appreciate the narrative that the books are pushing through.</p>
<h2>1. Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour</h2>
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<p>Thoroughly tying up every loose end from the previous books, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest hour does an amazing job of properly ending the the comics in the most logical and fun way possible. *Spoiler* While I appreciate how the film ended, the books ending allows Ramona Flowers to deal with her issues herself, making her less a damsel in distress and more a partner for Scott. An amazing finale for a comic that people will continue to talk about for years to come. It is my firm belief that an entire gender studies syllabus could be covered by this series of books.</p>
<h2>Worst Comic: The Return of Bruce Wayne</h2>
<p>Where did the bad man touch you? My heart, the bad man broke my heart. Grant Morrsion continues his stunning fall from grace. Return of Bruce Wayne was a quagmire of awful, and I stopped at issue 3.Pilgrim Batman? Really?!</p>
<h2>Eric Diaz</h2>
<h2>#5.Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8</h2>
<p>When Joss Whedon returned to Buffy for Season 8 in comic book form back in 2007, geekdom was downright elated. But four years is waaaay too long for a “season” of anything, and somewhere around the middle the story became a slog to get through and fandom lost interest. Well, their loss, because as the story came to its conclusion this year in spectacular fashion. I mean, Buffy and Angel had cosmic marathon sex, spawned a new universe, Spike came back captaining a steampunk ship manned by giant insects, and a major core character dies at the hands of another major core character, and Buffy’s universe changes WAY more here than in did at the end of the tv series. Bring on Season 9 Joss.</p>
<h2>#4.Justice League: Generation Lost</h2>
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<p>Ever since DC struck gold with a year long weekly event in 52, they have tried and failed to duplicate the magic with series like the atrocious Countdown and later, Trinity. The Bi weekly Brightest Day is only marginally better than those series, but it is DC’s other Bi weekly year long event book that has the addictive quality and fun cliffhangers that made 52 such a fun read. Focusing on the late 80’s/early 90’s Justice League International characters as fugitives on the run from a recently returned to life villain Maxwell Lord, a man who has erased himself from all knowledge and memory. All but the memories of a hadful of second stringers. Fun stuff that always leaves you wanting more.</p>
<h2>#3.Legion of Super Heroes</h2>
<p>Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, DC Comics couldn’t give away copies of Batman and Superman. Instead, DC’s biggest selling books were New Teen Titans and The Legion of Super Heroes. The latter was written for twelve years by future DC publisher Paul Levitz, who left the book in 1989. Since then, the book floundered, with reboot and even threeboots not taking off with the public. In 2010 Paul Levitz (now just a writer again) picked up right where he left off in ‘89, and Legion of Super Heroes is the kind of old school fun super team melodrama that modern comics forgot about. Paul Levitz picked up right where he left off with his beloved Legion, and proved that in comics anyway, you can go home again.</p>
<h2>#2.Avengers: The Children’s Crusade</h2>
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<p>Don’t let the title fool you; this book is really Young Avengers: Volume Two. Original YA writer/artist team of Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung reunite four years later to continue the saga they started. But even thought this story is centered around Young Avengers Wiccan and Speed as they search for their mother (the long missing Scarlet Witch) this story also features The Avengers, The X-Men, Magneto and Dr. Doom in prominent roles in what so far is an old school 70’s/80’s style Marvel story that they just don’t do enough of anymore.</p>
<h2>#1.Superman: Earth One</h2>
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<p>J. Michael Straczynski might have dropped the ball on his proposed year long runs on the Superman and Wonder Woman books, but his recreation of the Superman mythos with artist Gene Ha for the 21st Century should be THE template for any future Superman movie. Hear that David Goyer? Just when you think you’ve seen Superman’s origin retold too many times, along comes Earth One to show how there is always a cool new wrinkle to add to this already legendary origin story. Earth One is everything good superhero comics should be.</p>
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<h2>New Geekscape Contributor Dickson Chimes in with some last minute picks</h2>
<p>As one of my many jobs, I manage Facebook business pages (‘like’ pages) for several performers and businesses. This year I took on DJ’s Universal Comics in Studio City, CA as a client.</p>
<p>I get paid partially in credit. It was totally my choice and I’m glad I made it. As an extra-added bonus, my roommate actually works in the shop, so I go with her on Sundays to help around the place. As a side benefit, I read a ton of books to pass the time when things are slow.</p>
<p>This year-end list isn’t necessarily the best books of 2010. It also includes the best books I’ve read this year, even if they came out a while ago. I’ve tried to maintain some connection to the present in each case, though.</p>
<p>With that in mind, in the order in which I’ve remembered them, here we go.</p>
<h2>Hellboy: The Storm – Dark Horse:</h2>
<p>Holy crap! They bill this as “The story that began in “Darkness Calls”. Being a Mignola-verse noob, I had no idea what that meant. I wrangled up the majority of the Hellboy trades (except “Darkness Calls” of course) at Comic-Con and so was eager to catch up to the rest of the world with this new series.</p>
<p>Plus, I LOVED “The Wild Hunt” until I wore the cover off.</p>
<p>I was not disappointed with “The Storm”. Fans of the world’s greatest paranormal detective saw some world-shattering things take place. The crowning of Nimue as something greater than a Goddess of War; the assemblage of the Noble of Britain and the apparent arrival of the dormant (we hope) Ogdru Jahad on Earth! What!? Not to mention that whole thing with Baba Yaga’s eyeball.</p>
<p>Of course, if we can’t have Mike’s art, we have all grown to love Richard Corben. However, I think Duncan Fegredo is my go-to man. His art is so similar to Mignola’s, yet has such a rich depth of field and wealth of expression. There is no mistaking why he was chosen to tell the most compelling and important story of the Hellboy saga.</p>
<p>The three issues of this series went by far too quickly. I can’t wait for “The Fury”!</p>
<h2>The Chronicles of Wormwood – Avatar Press:</h2>
<p>Leave it to Avatar to put out one of the most F’d up books ever! Why wasn’t I surprised that Garth Ennis was the mad mind behind this tale of the Antichrist, his pal Jesus and a talking rabbit? I stopped reading Hellblazer after Garth left and I consider ‘Preacher’ to be the pinnacle of the medium – so, when I saw “Ennis” on the spine of the vol. 1 collection, I had to pick it up. I know- this came out, like, 3 years ago.</p>
<p>Ah-ha! There is also a current series, subtitled “The Last Battle” which is set to finish its run sometime in the next 10 years.</p>
<p>The first volume encompasses six issues of pure Ennis joy. It’s profane, timely, full of pop-culture references and exquisitely drawn by Jacen Burrows (currently working on Alan Moore’s Neonomicon”). You won’t be able to tear yourself away from the initial pages – and when God shows up, hoo boy!</p>
<p>I did my part and sold all of the copies the shop had.</p>
<p>A short-run miniseries and a one-shot follow the issues in Vol. 1. Then, there is “The Last Battle”.</p>
<p>All of the subsequent issues, I feel, suffer from Jacen Burrows’ absence. I suppose I just got used to his detailed and whimsical depictions of violence and naked women.</p>
<p>In any case, the story remains very provocative and strange. I have to admit that I doubt I will ever again feel the joy of discovering this story for the first time, but I’m in it for the duration.</p>
<p>Even in its current run, it’s only beat out by “Crossed” as the most twisted book on the racks and it’s far better than my other Ennis-impulse buy: ‘Only A Pilgrim’. Thank the maker I found that in a 60% off bin at Comic-Con. Just sayin’.</p>
<h2>Fables 100 – Vertigo/DC:</h2>
<p>On a rainy Sunday at the shop, I sat and read the first 10 trade paperbacks of Fables. I had read the first story arc when the series started, but chose not to invest my time or money in the second and then lost touch with the series altogether.</p>
<p>Then came that rainy day.</p>
<p>I picked up Fables 100 before I had caught myself up on the story, and I waited about 10 minutes after getting home with it before cracking it open and taking my chances. Despite the fact that it’s in what they used to call “prestige” format, one can tell by reading that something special is happening in the story. Why was Frau Totenkinder (excuse me, ma’am, Bellflower) young again? Who was this Dark Man? It didn’t matter. The story spoke for itself. The Fables were in trouble and their best efforts ended up amounting to a hill of beans – beans that eat your teeth and enslave your withered body. With its literally (no pun intended) fantastic battles with an impossible foe and that “Empire Strikes Back” feeling, this one issue packed all the punch of the entire “War and Pieces” saga.</p>
<p>It also has fun little extras like a puppet theater, more celebrity “burning questions” and a prose story. It makes me smile (and spend my precious credit) that the creative people behind a mainstream book make such an effort to give the fans a thrill in every issue. This is what a landmark issue should be. Like a “very special episode” of your favorite TV show, Fables 100 pulled no punches, delivered some doozies then faded to black with no applause.</p>
<h2>Hellblazer: India-Vertigo/DC:</h2>
<p>As sort of previously mentioned, when Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon left Hellblazer, I stopped reading. For all intents and purposes, “Rake at the Gates of Hell” was the “end” of Constantine’s story and that was that – then I moved onto “Preacher”.</p>
<p>I saw that Shade The Changing Man was making an appearance in a recent arc, so I jumped back in, tentatively. Being obsessive, I had to back track and find the pieces of the story I was missing and first ran into the “Hooked” trade paperback and then “India”.</p>
<p>Though “Hooked” was good, “India” was better. The story itself is preposterous in that Constantine is hunting for “purity” to use in an effort to raise a deceased lover. To get that purity, he travels to India and ends up getting involved in a classic Hellblazer piss-up with fake fakirs, the local police and a pissed-off imperialist demon.</p>
<p>I love a story that can weave mythology and culture into a tight story and “India” does that. The art is evocative and, despite its impressionistic bent, very expressive. The colors are deceptively bright and the lines are bold. The infusion of Indian culture is authentic and the humor is vintage Constantine. The bastard came back! I never thought I’d buy Hellblazer again, but I’m back on the train. I don’t restrict that the return of Simon Bisely has a lot to do with my affection for this “new” Constantine. The Bisley-drawn story at the end of the “India” trade is gold.</p>
<h2>Siege – Marvel:</h2>
<p>Again I came late to the game on this one. I don’t read much Marvel, I’ll admit. I learn about the goings-on in the Marvel-U by attending most of the Marvel panels at the various conventions. Joe Q. tells us what’s coming up and the fans ask all the questions that lead to answers that fill me in. I learned about “Secret Invasion” and “War of Kings” and “Dark Reign” this way. I was anxious to learn the ultimate fate of Norman Osborne and his “Dark Avengers”, so I picked up “Siege” and went into it knowing enough to get by, but little else.</p>
<p>Once again, this was a story worthy of a cross-over event! Massive armies are rallied and they march on no less than Asgard itself, by Odin’s Eye! I only read the issues comprising the main story and not the crossovers, but from the initial tremors, to the “told ya” moment, to the final cataclysm, this story is what we used to call a “ripping yarn”. It doesn’t quite match the scope of “Blackest Night/Brightest Day” but it certainly beats those stories in terms of balls-out action. The DC crossovers just confused me and seem endless in comparison to this nice, tight little Ragnarok.</p>
<p>There were tons more books I could have included here (like every Hellboy book printed this year). BPRD: Hell on Earth, American Vampire and S.H.I.E.L.D. are just a few I just narrowly missed mentioning. I have my reasons.</p>
<p>Though some quite profound things are happening in the book I just can’t get used to the art in BPRD when I’m spoiled over in Hellboy.</p>
<p>American Vampire also has an exciting and engaging story told in an original way. The art, again, is hard to get used to (though Rafael Albuquerque does draw a pretty cool angry vampire).</p>
<p>S.H.I.E.L.D. is a nifty concept, but I’m not sure I know what the hell is going on. However, it is a beautiful book and it’s cool to see a wonked-out look at some crazy peeps like DaVinci and Sir Isaac Newton as heroes and villains. Now Tesla’s involved? I’m in, but I’m not sure I want to involve anyone else.</p>
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<p>For 2011, I am going to resolve to expand my horizons a bit and be more tolerant of spandex and those who worship it. Help me, won’t you?</p>
