On October 20th subscribers received the announcement that the store is holding a “Best of 2017” event. We are posting it here for those who did not read the email or do not have a subscription account.
We thought it might be fun if we hold an annual comic book awards program. The intent of the program is to get readers to review the things they enjoyed most through the year. It also gives us all a chance to expose others to our choices. We all have favorites, we all have treasures, combined they will make a display in the store to recommend these items to others. This will be kept up all year until it is time to do the 2018 voting.
There is a manual form at the counter in both locations which is a write in ballot you can fill out and turn in. This form was emailed to all subscribers on October 20th. You do not have to fill out every category if you do not want to, this is just fun and a social media campaign, so no stress to complete it. We will put entries into a database and make a display in the store of the winners. Only ballots with names on them will be counted. No email entries will be accepted, you have to drop it off so we can verify you are a customer of the two stores. This is to ensure the integrity of our customers having chose the winners.
A few rules…
- An “Individual comic” nominee must have been released in 2017.
- A “Mini-series” nominee must have had more than 50 percent of its issues released in 2017.
- A “Series” must have an issue released in each month of 2017 (we will allow for late shipments by publishers).
- “Best Publisher” nominees should have a reason to justify the choice on the bottom or back of the form. Pro DC or Pro Marvel votes are not what we want. “DC shipped more that 85% of the products on time” is an example of what we would like to see. No reason on the form and the vote simply will not be counted for this category.
- We will end the votes at Christmas so we can add it all up but you can turn them in whenever you want before then. The staff will check for your name and place it in the ballot box.
Mine will be in an envelope with my name on the outside so no one can read them. Oh wait…
My choices are being put on the display right now! Each Saturday I will release a choice for one of the 15 categories, starting now! I will include why it was my choice to help guide some people as to what to criteria can be used to choose.
Best Cover Artist of 2017
Mingjue Helen Chen (a.k.a. Helen Chen)
- Gotham Academy Second Semester #4
- Winnebago Graveyard #1 of 4 Cover B
- Silk #18
I chose this artist because I previously dropped two of the respective titles and the artwork on these covers still made me want to purchase them. The third was a new mini series and I still have to finish the last two issues but the cover art convinced me to try it in the first place. The specifics are simply that the cover in each case showed knowledge of the title, the color choices enhanced the character shown. The background images in both Silk #18 and Second Semester #4 added both emotion and showed artistic talent toward the audience. Each illustration kept with, or further defined, the titles tone and theme.
Keep in mind I purchased each of these issues even though I dropped the ongoing comic, which is actually the covers job. Sadly, the cover artwork did not get the writing support to bring me back to any of the titles. Excellent cover art but the stories just did not get the development needed to get me back into the monthly reads.
Next Saturday I will release my nominee for best… well, I guess I should wait until the comic discussion group next Saturday. See you then!
Here is a list of the items released in January to help you with a starting point.
A&A 11
Action Comics 971
Action Comics 972
Adventure Time 60
Adventure Time Comics 7
Aliens Defiance 9
Aliens Vs Predator Life And Death 2
All New Wolverine 16
All New X-Men 17
All Star Batman 6
Amazing Spider-Man 23
Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows 3
Angel Season 11 1
Animosity The Rise 1
Aquaman 14
Aquaman 15
Archie 16
Assignment 1
Autumnlands Tooth & Claw 14
Avengers 3
Avengers 1.MU
Avengers 3.1
Back to the Future Biff to the Future 1*
Batgirl 7
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 6
Batman 14
Batman 15
Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77 1
Batman Beyond 4
Batman TMNT Adventures 3*
Belladonna 4
Big Trouble Little China Escape New York 4
Birthright 21
Black Eyed Kids 10
Black Hammer Giant Sized Annual 1
Black Panther 10
Black Panther World of Wakanda 3
Black Road 6
Black Science 27
Black Widow 10
Bloodshot USA 4
Blue Beetle 5
Briggs Land 6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 11 3
Cage 4
Call of Duty Zombies 2
Cannibal 4
Captain America Sam Wilson 17
Captain America Sam Wilson 18
Captain America Steve Rogers 9
Captain America Steve Rogers 10
Captain Kid 4
Carnage 16
Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye 4
Champions 4
Cinderella Serial Killer Princess 2
Civil War II Oath 1
Clone Conspiracy 4
Conan The Slayer 6
Curse Words 1
Cyborg 8
Daredevil 15
Daredevil 16
Dark Knight III Master Race 7 COLLECTORS ED
Dark Souls Winters Spite 3
Dark Tower Drawing of Three Sailor 4
DC Comics Bombshells 21
Deadpool 25
Deadpool 24
Deadpool And Mercs For Money 7
Deadpool The Duck 1
Deadpool the Duck 2
Deadpool Too Soon 4
Death of Hawkman 4
Deathstroke 10
Deathstroke 11
Dept H 10
Descender 18
Detective Comics 948
Detective Comics 949
Disney Darkwing Duck 7
Disney Frozen 4
Disney Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Disney Princess 8
Divinity III Aric 1
Divinity III Stalinverse 2
Doctor Strange 16
Doctor Strange Punisher Magic Bullets 2
Doctor Strange Sorcerers Supreme 4
Doctor Who 10th Year Three 1
Doctor Who 11th Year Three 1
Doctor Who 12th Year Two 13
Doctor Who 3rd 4
Doctor Who 9th 9
Dollface 1
Doom Patrol 4
Dungeons & Dragons Frost Giants Fury 1*
Earth 2 Society 20
Elfquest Final Quest 18
Enchanted Tiki Room 4
Ether 3
Everafter from the Pages of Fables 5
Evil Heroes 4
Extraordinary X-Men 18
Faith 7
Fall And Rise of Captain Atom 1
Few 1
Flash 14
Flash 15
Flintstones 7
Foolkiller 3
Frostbite 5
Future Quest 9
G.I. Joe 2*
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 235
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 236
Gamora 2
Generation Zero 6
Ghost Rider 3
God Country 1
Gotham Academy Second Semester 5
Grant Morrisons 18 Days 19
Grave Lilies 1
Great Lakes Avengers 4
Green Arrow 14
Green Arrow 15
Green Lanterns 14
Green Lanterns 15
Green Valley 4
Grimm Fairy Tales 2
Grimm Fairy Tales Grimm Tales of Terror Vol. 3 1
Grimm Fairy Tales Red Agent Human Order 2
Grimm Fairy Tales Robyn Hood I Love Ny 8
Groo Fray of the Gods 4
Guardians of Galaxy 16
Gwenpool 10
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 12
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 13
Harbinger Renegade 3*
Harley Quinn 11
Harley Quinn 12
Harrow County 20
Hawkeye 2
He Man Thundercats 4
Hellblazer 6
Hellboy Winter Special 2017 One Shot 0
Hellchild The Unholy 3
Hillbilly 5
Hulk 2
Infamous Iron Man 4
Injustice Ground Zero 3
Injustice Ground Zero 4
Invincible Iron Man 3
IVX 2
IVX 3
Jade Street Protection Services 4
James Bond Felix Leiter 1
James Bond Hammerhead 4
Jem & The Holograms 22
Jem & The Holograms 23
Jessica Jones 4
Jughead 12
Justice League 12
Justice League 13
Justice League of America Killer Frost Rebirth 1
Justice League of America The Atom Rebirth 1
Justice League of America The Ray Rebirth 1
Justice League of America Vixen Rebirth 1
Justice League Power Rangers 1
Justice League Suicide Squad 3
Justice League Suicide Squad 4
Justice League Suicide Squad 6
Justice League Suicide Squad 5
Justice League Suicide Squad 1
Justice League Suicide Squad 2
Kamandi Challenge 1
Kamandi Challenge Special 1
Kill Or Be Killed 5
Kiss 4
Kiss Demon 1
Knights of the Dinner Table 239
Lady Death Revelations Illustrated 1
Ladycastle 1*
Lobster Johnson Garden of Bones One Shot 0
Loose Ends 1
Lost Boys 4
Lucifer 14
Lumberjanes 34
Manifest Destiny 25
Marvel Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude 1
Micronauts 9*
Micronauts Annual 2017 0
Midnighter And Apollo 4
Mighty Captain Marvel 1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 11
Mighty Thor 15
Monsters Unleashed 1
Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur 15
Moon Knight 10
Moonshine 4
Mosaic 4
Motor Crush 2*
Motor Girl 3
Ms Marvel 14
My Little Pony Friends Forever 36
Nailbiter 28
New Super Man 7
Nightwing 12
Nightwing 13
Ninjak 23
No Angel 2
Nova 2
Occupy Avengers 3
Odyssey of the Amazons 1
Old Man Logan 16
Optimus Prime 2*
Optimus Prime 3*
Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta 24
Patsy Walker Aka Hellcat 14
Power Man And Iron Fist 12
Power Rangers Pink 6
Prowler 4
Punisher 8
Ragnarok 11
Raven 5
Reborn 4
Red Hood and the Outlaws 6
Red Sonja 1
Reggie and Me 2
Revival 46
Revolutionaries 1*
Rick & Morty 22
Rift 1
Rise of the Black Flame 5
Rocket Raccoon 2
Rockstars 2
Saga 41
Saga 42
Savage 3
Scarlet Witch 14
Scooby Apocalypse 9
Scooby Doo Team Up 22
Scooby Doo Where Are You 77
Serenity No Power In The Verse 4
Shade The Changing Girl 4
Shadows On The Grave 2*
Sherlock Blind Banker 1
Shipwreck 3
Silk 16
Simpsons Comics 236
Simpsons Illustrated 27
Sixpack & Dogwelder Hard-Travelin Heroz 6
Skybourne 3
Slapstick 2
Slayer Repentless 1
Solo 4
Sonic Universe 94
Southern Bastards 16
Spawn 269
Spider-Gwen 16
Spider-Man 12
Spider-Man 2099 19
Spider-Man Deadpool 13
Spider-Man Deadpool 1.MU
Spider-Woman 15
Spirit Hunters 3
Spongebob Comics 64
Spread 18
Squadron Supreme 15
Squarriors Vol. 2 Summer 2
Star Trek Boldly Go 4*
Star Trek Green Lantern Vol. 2 2*
Star Trek Waypoint 3*
Star Wars 27
Star Wars Doctor Aphra 3
Star Wars Poe Dameron 10
Star-Lord 2
Suicide Squad 9
Suicide Squad 10
Suicide Squad Most Wanted 6
Super Powers 3
Supergirl 5
Superman 14
Superman 15
Superwoman 6
Tarot Witch of the Black Rose 102
Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes 5
Teen Titans 4
Thanos 3
The Dregs 1
The Skeptics 3
Thunderbolts 9
Titans 7
TMNT 66
TMNT Universe 6
Tomb Raider 2016 12
Totally Awesome Hulk 15
Totally Awesome Hulk 14
Trinity 5
U.S.Avengers 1
Uber Invasion 2
Ultimates 2 3
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 16
Uncanny Avengers 19
Uncanny Inhumans 18
Uncanny X-Men 17
Uncle Scrooge 22
Unholy 1
Unstoppable Wasp 1
Unworthy Thor 3
Us Avengers 2
Venom 3
Violent Love 3*
Walking Dead 162
Wayward 20
Wicked & Divine 25
Wonder Woman 14
Wonder Woman 15
Wonder Woman 77 Bionic Woman 2
World of Tanks 4
WWE 1
X-Files 10
Zombie Tramp 31