Τα καλύτερα κόμικς του 2013

[DJO]

Μιας και βγαίνουν κάθε χρόνο τέτοια εποχή τέτοιες λίστες, γιατί να μην έχουμε κάπου μια σούμα για προτάσεις αγορών & αναγνώσεων;  
 
Ξεκινάμε από τη σούμα του R6 (part 1):
 

 
~ Το Good Reads έβγαλε καλύτερο κόμικ του 2013 ένα manga ονόματι Beautiful Creatures. Όλα τα υπόλοιπα υποψήφια με φθίνουσα πορεία μπορείτε να τα δείτε εδώ.
 

 
~ Το slate.com μέσα στη λίστα με τα overlooked books of 2013 είχε το Hawkeye Vol.1: My Life As A Weapon
 
~ 10 αξέχαστα graphic novels του 2013, από το salon.com:
 
~ Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
~ Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges
~ The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft and I.N.J. Culbard
~ Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg
~ How to Fake a Moon Landing by Darryl Cunningham
~ Opera Adaptations by P. Craig Russell
~ RASL by Jeff Smith
~ The Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry
~ The Property by Rutu Modan
~ When David Lost His Voice by Judith Vanistendael
 
~ Να και top 20 του amazon:
 
1) Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, by Allie Brosh (Touchstone)
2) Batman, Vol. 3: Death of the Family, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo (DC Comics)
3) Saga, Vol. 2, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
4) Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
5) Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)
6) March Book 1, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)
7) Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon, by Matt Fraction, David Aja and Javier Pulido (Marvel)
8) East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image Comics)
9) The Black Beetle, Vol. 1: Now Way Out, by Francesco Francavilla (Dark Horse)
10) The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)
11) All-New X-Men, Vol. 1: Yesterday’s X-Men, by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen (Marvel)
12) Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, by Lucy Knisley (First Second)
13) Solo: The Deluxe Edition, by Darwyn Cooke, Jeph Loeb, Brian Azzarello, Richard Corben, Tim Sale, John Arcudi, Howard Chaykin, Mike Allred, Neil Gaiman, Steven T. Seagle and others (DC Comics)
14) Mind MGMT, Vol. 1, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)
15) Very Casual, by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
16) My Dirty Dumb Eyes, by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn and Quarterly)
17) Lost Cat, by Jason (Fantagraphics)
18) Daredevil by Mark Waid, Vol. 1, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, Marcos Martin and Emma Rios (Marvel)
19) The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn and Quarterly)
20) Marbles, by Gilbert Hernandez (Drawn and Quarterly)

~ Τέλος, το Publishers Weekly έβγαλε κι αυτό τη λίστα του για το '13:
~ March Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
~ Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, by Ulli Lust (Fantagraphics)
~ The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
~ RASL, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
~ Boxers and Saints, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
 


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[Alejandro Foyn]

Τις περιπέτειες του Αλφόνσο ξέχασες να προσθέσεις....

[DJO]

 
Και συνεχάμε, πάντα με μπούσουλα το Robot6:
 
~ Το Good Comics For Kids έβγαλε το δικό του top 10 από graphic novels:

Fairy Tales Comics, edited by Chris Duffy(First Second)
Odd Ducks, by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon (First Second)
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, by by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Donner Dinner Party, by Nathan Hale (Abrams)
Monster on the Hill: Book One, by Rob Harrell (Top Shelf)
Dogs of War, by Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox (Graphix)
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
March: Book One, by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
Hilda and the Bird Parade, by Luke Pearson (Nobrow)
The Misadventures of Salem Hyde, Book One: Spelling Trouble, by Frank Cammuso (Abrams)
 
~ Το National Public Radio, πατώντας στα χνάρια του Time Magazine, έβγαλε μια λίστα με τα καλύτερα βιβλία του 2013. Ανάμεσά τους είναι τα εξής κόμικς:

Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)
Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight, by Kelly Sue Deconnick, Dexter Soy and Emma Rios (Marvel)
Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly (Balzer+Bray)
Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories, by Ben Katchor (Pantheon)
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, by Allie Brosh (Touchstone)
Julio’s Day, by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
New School, by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics)
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, by Lucy Knisley (First Second)
Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe, by Tim Leong (Chronicle Books)
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Novel, by Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown and Company)
You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack: Cartoons, by Tom Gauld (Drawn and Quarterly)

~ Τέλος, το περιοδικό Time βραβεύει το Sex Criminals ως το καλύτερο του 2013!

1) Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)
2) The Phoenix: The Weekly Story Comic, by various (David Fickling Books)
3) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
4) Fran, by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
5) Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
6) Zombo: You Smell of Crime and I’m the Deodorant!, by Al Ewing and Henry Flint (2000AD)
7) Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories, by Ben Katchor (Pantheon)
8) Very Casual: Some Stories, by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
9) Bad Houses, by Sara Ryan and Carla Speed McNeil (Dark Horse)
10) Incidents in the Night, Vol. 1, by David B. (Uncivilized Books)

 

  

[Dark Chris]

Πως γίνεται να ψηφίζουν τόσο ψηλά το Sex Criminals με μόλις 3 τεύχη δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω.

[DJO]

Προσωπικά το #1 με ενθουσίασε, αλλά θέλω να διαβάσω και τα επόμενα για να κάνω παρουσίαση.

Πάμε A.V. Club μεριά;

~ The A.V. Club’s best graphic novels and art comics of 2013

1) Celebrated Summer, by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics)
2) The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn And Quarterly)
3) Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
4) The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, by Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown and Company)
5) Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)
6) Over the Wall, by Peter Wartman (Uncivilized)
7) Little Tommy Lost: Book One, by Cole Closser (Koyama)
8) Julio’s Day, by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
9) Kinski, by Gabriel Hardman (Monkeybrain)
10) Out of Skin, by Emily Carroll (self-published)

~ The A.V. Club’s best mainstream and superhero comics of 2013

1) Mind MGMT, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)
2) Nowhere Men, by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellegarde (Image Comics)
3) Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, et al. (Marvel)
4) Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Vertigo)
5) Swamp Thing, by Charles Soule, Kano, et al. (DC Comics)
6) FF, by Matt Fraction, Michael Allred and Laura Allred (Marvel)
7) Locke & Key: Omega and Alpha, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
8) East of West, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image Comics)
9) The Superior Foes of Spider-Man, by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber (Marvel)
10) Five Ghosts, by Frank J. Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham, et al. (Image Comics)
11) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
12) Hellboy in Hell, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
13) X-Men: Legacy, by Simon Spurrier, Tan Eng Huat, et al. (Marvel)
14) Prophet, by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, et al. (Image Comics)
15) Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, et al. (Marvel)
16) Zero, by Ales Kot, Michael Walsh, et al. (Image Comics)
17) Wonder Woman, by Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, et al. (DC Comics)
18) Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image Comics)
19) Trillium, by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo)
20) Dream Thief, by Jai Nitz and Greg Smallwood (Dark Horse)

 

[DJO]

Συνέχεια με:

 

~ The Village Voice

 

The Best of EC Comics Artist’s Edition, Vol. 1 (IDW Publishing)

The Adventures of Jodelle, by Guy Peellaert and Pierre Bartier (Fantagraphics)

Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach Deluxe Edition, by Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo and J.G. Jones (DC Comics)

Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend, by Charles Rodrigues; edited by Bob Fingerman and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Filth in the 21st Century, by Tom Shapira (Sequart)

Law of the Desert Born: A Graphic Novel, by Louis L’Amour, Charles Santino, et al (Bantam)

Sandcastle, by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters (SelfMadeHero)

Sacrifice, by Sam Humphries and Dalton Rose (Dark Horse)

Occupy Comics 1 and 2, by various (Black Mask)

The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage: Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art, by Stephen D. Korshak and J. David Spurlock

Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)

 

 

~ U.S.A. Today

> Pop Candy

 

1) March: Book One, by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)

2) Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, by Lucy Knisley (First Second)

3) Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir, by Nicole J. Georges (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

4) My Dirty Dumb Eyes, by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn and Quarterly)

5) Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes, by Matt Kindt (First Second)

6) The Private Eye, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

7) Pippi Fixes Everything, by Astrid Lindgren andIngrid Vang Nyman (Drawn and Quarterly)

8) Trillium, by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo)

9) Bad Houses, by Sara Ryan and Carla Speed McNeil (Dark Horse)

10) A Matter of Life, by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf)

11) Burning Building Comix, by Jeff Zwirek (Top Shelf)

 

> David Colton

• Before Watchmen, by various (DC Comics)

• Comics About Cartoonists, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW Publishing)

• The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme, by Joe Sacco (W.W. Norton)

• John Byrne’s Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition (IDW Publishing)

• S.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection (Marvel)

 

> John Geddes

• Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second Books)

• The Black Beetle, Vol. 1: No Way Out, by Francesco Francavilla (Dark Horse)

• Journey, by Aaron Becker (Candlewick Press)

• Saga, Vol. 2, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

• The Thrilling Adventure Hour, by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Archaia)

 

 

> Brian Truitt

• Blue Is the Warmest Color, by Julie Maroh (Arsenal Pulp Press)

• The Fifth Beatle, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker (Dark Horse)

• Genius, by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen (First Second Books)

• The Reason for Dragons, by Chris Northrop and Jeff Stokely (Archaia)

• The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)

 

 

~ Uproxx

 

Batman, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo (DC Comics)

Heck, by Zander Cannon (Top Shelf Productions)

Nowhere Men, by Eric Stephenson, Nate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellaire (Image Comics)

Mighty Avengers, by Al Ewing and Greg Land (Marvel)

Buzzkill, by Donny Cates, Mark Reznicek and Geoff Shaw (Dark Horse)

Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Vertigo)

The Crow: Curare, by James O’Barr and Antoine Dode (IDW Publishing)

Afterlife With Archie, by Roberto Sacasa-Aguirre and Francesco Francavilla (Archie Comics)

Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)

Harbinger, by Joshua Dysart, Khari Evans and Ian Hannin (Valiant)

Numbercruncher, by Si Spurrier, P.J. Holden and Jordie Bellaire (Titan Comics)

Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Javier Pulido, et al (Marvel)

G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files, by Mike Costa and Antonio Fuso (IDW Publishing)

Star Wars, by Brian Wood, Ryan Kelly and Carlos D’Anda (Dark Horse)

Archer & Armstrong, by Fred Van Lente, Khari Evans and David Baron (Valiant)

 

~ io9

 

East of West, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image Comics)

The Wake, by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo)

Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Javier Pulido, et al (Marvel)

Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Disney-Hyperion)

Sex, by Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski (Image Comics)

Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (BOOM! Studios)

The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem and Other Things That Happened, by Allie Brosh (Simon & Schuster)

Lazarus, by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Image Comics)

March: Book One, by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)

Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second Books)

Mind MGMT, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)

Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Boxers & Saints (Gene Luen Yang (First Second Books)

Avengers: Endless Wartime, by Warren Ellis and Mike McKone (Marvel)

Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)

Batman ’66, by Jeff Parker, Jonathan Case, Ty Templeton, Joe Quinones, Ruben Procopio, Colleen Coover, et al (DC Comics)

The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek Tiwary, Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker (Dark Horse)

 

 

[DJO]

Πάμε λίγα ακόμα, μόνο λινκς αυτή τη φορά:

 

~ Τα καλύτερα της χρονιάς στο Crave Online, από κομίστες! (SCOTT SNYDER, GARTH ENNIS, CHARLES SOULE, CHRISTOS GAGE, VIVEK J. TIWARY, TONY S. DANIEL, JAMES TYNION IV, ANDY LANNING, GREG SMALLWOOD, JOHN ARCUDI, JAI NITZ, ROB WILLIAMS, DAVID PETERSEN, BRIAN JOINES, DIRK MANNING, MICHAEL MORECI, ROYDEN LEPP)

 

~ O Brian Truitt δίνει βραβεία σε όλων των ειδών τις κατηγορίες όσον αφορά τα κόμικς του 2013, για λογαριασμό του USA Today.

 

~ Top 6 από τον Ryan North για λογαριασμό του PASTE.

 

~ Top 10 των καλύτερων LGBT στιγμών στα κόμικς του 2013...

 

 

Αμ γι'αυτό ακυρώθηκε το Xtreme X-Men: Herc + Wolvie = LFE (αν και εναλλακτικων συμπαντων)

 

 

 

~ Τέλος, τα καλύτερα του 2013, από το ίδιο το Robot6.

 

 

 

 

 

~ Τα καλύτερα του 2013 από 5 συντάκτες του Comicdom

 

και καταϊδρωμένο:

 

Η Young Adult Library Association ανακοίνωσε τα Great Graphic Novels for Teens για το 2014:

 

Will & Whit, by Laura Lee Gulledge (Amulet Books)

The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)

Dogs of War, by Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox (Graphix)

Mind MGMT, Vol. 1: The Manager, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)

Rust, Vol. 2: Secrets of the Cell, by Royden Lepp (Archaia)

March: Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)

War Brothers: The Graphic Novel, by Sharon McKay and Daniel Lafrance (Annick Press)

Strobe Edge, Vols. 1-6, by Io Sakisaka (Viz Media)

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)

Boxers & Saints, Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

[DJO]

~Αυτό είναι ένα επιλογικό ποστ για να πάμε στο 2014~

Τα 10 πιο αναμενόμενα grapnic novels του 2014, από το IGN:

-Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business
-Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
-Batman: Earth One Vol. 2
-The Harlem Hellfighters
-How to Be Happy
-Nemo: The Roses of Berlin
-The Rise of Aurora West
-Seconds
-Thanos: The Infinity Revelation
-The Wrenchies

Honorable Mention - Xerxes


Αντίστοιχα, έβγαλε top 10 πολυαναμενόμενων GN's και το Paste Magazine:

1. Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
2. How to Be Happy
3. The Love Bunglers
4. Moon Knight
5. Multiversity
6. Pascin
7. Seconds
8. Serenity: Leaves on the Wind
9. Southern Bastards
10. Wytches

[GreekComicFan]

Το Paste Magazine υιοθετεί την πιο αυθαίρετη αντίληψη για το τι εστί Graphic Novel βλέπω...