2011 Comics In Review - Part 5

This brings us to the end of the year in review posts. After this, I'll get back to the usual mix of books, movies, Brisco, and yes, comics.

I was looking at the Part 5 lists from the previous two years, and I'd say 2011 was somewhere in the middle of them. It was a better year than 2010 in terms of ongoing series (I could have done a Top 1 for 2010's ongoings), but not nearly as good for mini-series. On the flip side, 2009 was generally a better year for ongoings, but it wasn't quite as strong on mini-series. It's close, though.

Favorite Ongoing Series (min. 6 issues purchased):
1. Daredevil
2. Batgirl
3. Heroes for Hire
4. Darkwing Duck

1 and 2 are pretty close, then there's a bit of a gap, because H4H didn't have as strong a stable of artists as Batgirl and DD.

Favorite Single Issue of Each Ongoing (min. 4 issues):
Angel & Faith #3
Avengers Academy #14
Batgirl #18
Batman Beyond #6
Daredevil #6
Darkwing Duck #13
Grifter #3
Heroes for Hire #6
R.E.B.E.L.S. #27
Resurrection Man #4
Secret Six #30

Favorite Mini-Series:
1. Mystery Men
2. Atomic Robo: Ghost of Station X
3. Legion of Monsters
4. Annihilators

MM gets the nod because the next 2 haven't finished yet. There's a chance Clevinger or Hopeless could flub the ending, like DnA did on Thanos Imperative. Other than that, those 3 are pretty close, with Annihilators lagging because of the art on the title story.

Favorite One-Shot:
1. Defenders - From the Marvel Vault
2. Avengers Academy Giant-Size
3. Thanos Imperative - Devastation

Those are really the only options.


Favorite Trade (bought in 2011, regardless of whether it was released then):
1. Atomic Robo Vol. 4 - Other Strangeness
2. Suicide Squad - Trial By Fire
3. Taskmaster - Unthinkable
4. Dr. Strange - Into the Dark Dimension

Favorite Writer:
1. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
2. Christos Gage
3. Ian Brill
4. Brian Clevinger

Favorite Artist (min. 110 pages produced):
1. Tim Green II
2. Patrick Zircher
3. James Silvani
Honorable Mentions (artists I like who did reach the page cutoff): Fernando Dagninio, Juan Doe, Rebekah Isaacs, Marcos Martin, Dustin Nguyen, Paolo Rivera, Ryan Stegman, Brad Walker

That covers everything I can think of. Thanks for reading.