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Hipinion's Year-End Lists
The Best Comics of 2010: http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23194
The Best Comics of 2011: http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38543
The Best Comics of 2012: http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53749
The Best Comics of 2013: http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=66806
The Best Comics of 2014: http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=80250
Recommended Reading
acapelli: Favorite complete runs (ca. 2012)
Nextwave by Warren Ellis & Stuart Immomen
Young Avengers by Allen Heinberg & Jim Cheung
Captain Britain & MI-13 by Paul Cornell & Leonard Kirk
Whiteout by Greg Rucka & Steve Lieber
Top 10 by Alan Moore & Gene Ha
Sleeper/Criminal/Incognito by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Omega The Unknown by Jonathan Lethem & Faryl Dalrymple
All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
New X-Men by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely/Various
Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday
Runaways by Brian K. Vaughn & Adrian Alphona
Seven Soldiers by Grant Morrison & Various
The Parker books by Darwyn Cooke
Madman Atomic Comics by Mike Allred
Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison & Richard Case/Various
Human Target by Peter Milligan & Various
Architecture: General recommendations (ca. 2012)
-Everyone should read the Long Halloween
-Everyone should track down La Mano Del Destino
Canadian Todd: Marvel reading list, post-Civil War (ca. 2012)
End of Civil War to beginning of Secret Invasion:
Death of Captain America omnibus (Brubaker, et al)
Mighty Avengers OHC vol. 1 (Bendis, Cho, Bagley)
New Avengers OHC vol. 2-3 (Bendis, et al)
Ellis' Thunderbolts (Ellis, Deodato)
World War Hulk (Pak, Romita Jr.)
Secret Invasion:
Dark Reign: The List HC (various)
Invincible Iron Man OHC vol. 1 (Fraction, Larocca)
Might Avengers: Secret Invasion OHC (Bendis, et al)
New Avengers OHC vol. 4-5 (Bendis, et al)
Secret Invasion OHC (Bendis, Yu)
Post-Secret Invasion to Siege:
Captain America: Reborn (Brubaker, Hitch, Guice)
Dark Avengers omnibus (Bendis, Deodato)
Siege HC (Bendis, Copiel)
Thor by JMS omnibus (JMS, Copiel)
Secret Warriors vol. 1-4 (Hickman)
Those trades/hardcovers follow the major events from Civil War to Siege. For good books on the fringe of the MU, I'd recommend:
Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine (Aaron, Kubert)
Hickman's Fantastic Four run
Jason Aaron's Wolverine: Weapon X and Ghost Rider runs (GR is collected in an omnibus and Aaron's Wolverine run will be released under that format later in the year)
Brubaker's Daredevil (skip Diggle's run)
Bru and Fraction's Immortal Iron Fist
Fraction's The Order
Nextwave (Ellis, Immonen)
Punisher: Frankencastle (Remender)
X-Force (Kyle, Yost)
Peter David's X-Factor (launched when you were still reading, but consistently great)
creationist: Best runs of the 2000s (ca. 2012)
1. New X-Men (Morrison)
2. Ultimates I & II (Millar)
3. Planetary (Ellis)
4. All Star Superman (Morrison)
5. Promethea (Moore)
6. Astonishing X-Men (Whedon)
7. Captain America (Brubaker)
8. Ex Machina (Vaughn)
9. Daredevil (Bendis)
10. The Authority (Ellis/Millar)
Drinky: General favorites (2015)
Acme Novelty Library - Chris Ware
All-Star Superman, Flex Mentallo, We 3 - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli
Black Hole, El Borbah, X'ed Out trilogy, everything else - Charles Burns
Bone, RASL - Jeff Smith
Copra - Michel Fiffe
Daredevil - Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, et al.
David Boring, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron - Daniel Clowes
Dial H - China Mieville et al.
Fantastic Four 570-611, FF, Avengers + New Avengers, Secret Wars - Jonathan Hickman et al.
Fatale - Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Ganges - Kevin Huizenga
Hawkeye - Matt Fraction, David Aja & Annie Wu
Hellboy - Mike Mignola (specifically the ones drawn by him & the ones drawn by Richard Corben)
Locke & Key - Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
Lose, Very Casual - Michael DeForge
Love and Rockets - Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez
Maus - Art Spiegelman
Planetary - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
Private Eye - Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin (digital)
Punisher - Greg Rucka & Marco Checchetto
Sandman - Neil Gaiman et al.
Scalped - Jason Aaron & RM Guera
Shade the Changing Man 1-50 - Peter Milligan & Chris Bachalo
Stray Bullets - David Lapham
Wonder Woman - Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang
X-Force/X-Statix - Peter Milligan & Mike Allred
endor holocaust: Favorite completed series and minis (ca. 2012)
Umbrella Academy
Umbrella Academy: Dallas
Aaron’s Ghost Rider
The Ultimates 1 and 2/Ultimate Avengers
Miller/Bendis/Brubaker’s Daredevil
All-Star Superman
Brubaker/Fraction’s Immortal Iron Fist
Ellis’ Thunderbolts
Transmetropolitan
Ex Machina
Runaways (through the end of Whedon’s run)
Millar’s Ultimate Fantastic Four
The Order
Joss’ Astonishing X-Men
Thor the Mighty Avenger
Wolverine: Enemy of the State
Ellis/Millar’s The Authority
Rucka’s Batwoman/Detective Comics
Punisher: Frankencastle
Aaron’s Wolverine/Weapon X (Get Mystique, especially)
Dark Avengers
Ennis' Punisher/PunisherMAX
Justice League: New Frontier
Welcome to Tranquility (original mini, not the second)
endor holocaust: Favorite current ongoings and minis (ca. 2012)
Scalped
Invincible Iron Man
Way’s current Deadpool run
Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine
Aaron’s PunisherMAX
THUNDER Agents
Uncanny X-Force
Generation Hope
Detective Comics
Avengers/New Avengers
HotFingersClub: Recent favorites (2015)
Matt Kindt - 3 Story
Mitsumasa Anno - Anno's Journey
Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoet - Beautiful Darkness
Chris Wright - Blacklung
Serge Lehman, Fabrice Colin & Fabrice Gess - The Chimerical Brigade
David Lapham & Ramon Bachs - Batman: City of Crime
Jeremy Bastian - Cursed Pirate Girl
Kevin Huizenga - Curses
Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta - East of West
Greg Rucka & J.H. Williams III - Batwoman: Elegy
Josh Simmons - The Furry Trap
Joe Keatinge & Sophie Campbell - Glory
Richard McGuire - Here
Kagan McLeod - Infinite Kung Fu
Brandon Graham - King City, Prophet
Fabien Vehlmann & Gwen de Bonneval - Last Days of an Immortal
Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez - Locke & Key
Michael DeForge - Lose
Mike Carey & Peter Gross - Lucifer
Simon Hanselmann - Megahex
Lisa Hanawalt - My Dirty Dumb Eyes
Yuichi Yokoyama - New Engineering, Travel
Gilbert Hernandez - Palomar
Naoki Urasawa - Pluto
Sam Humphries & Dalton Rose - Sacrifice
Joe Daly - Scrublands
Peter Milligan & Brendan McCarthy - Skin
Michael Kupperman - Tales Designed to Thrizzle
Ulli Lust - Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
Alan Moore & Gene Ha - Top 10
Abel Lanzac & Christophe Blain - Weapons of Mass Diplomacy
John Rozum & Frazer Irving - Xombi
j_brooks: General recommendations (ca. 2012)
bendis' daredevil, alias, dark avengers, avengers: the illuminati
millar's ultimates, ultimates 2, ultimate avengers, civil war, fantastic four
ellis' thunderbolts
johns' superman and the legion of superheroes
cornell's captain britain and mi:13
marvel strange stales and strange tales 2
mazzucchelli's asterios polyp
jason's i killed adolf hitler, hey wait, why are you doing this?, the last musketeer, tell me something, et al
j_brooks: Current favorites from Marvel (ca. 2012)
ultimate avengers vs. new ultimates
ff
avengers
new avengers
amazing spider-man
uncanny x-force
venom
captain america
thor
lunatic96: General recommendations (ca. 2012)
Brubaker/Philips Criminal
20th Century Boys
Scott Pilgrim
It was the War of the Trenches
Skyscrapers of the Midwest/Driven By Lemons
Cooke's Parker adaptations
Queen and Country
Essex County Ghost Stories
Duncan the Wonder Dog
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.
Mandingo: Top 10 (ca. 2012)
1. Peter Milligan & Brendan McCarthy - Rogan Gosh
2. Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely - Flex Mentallo
3. Tayio Matsumoto - No. 5
4. Jack Kirby - Omac
5. Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz - Elektra Assassin
6. Alejandro Jorodworsky & Moebius - The Incal
7. Steve Gerber - Man-Thing [including the adventure into fear, giant size, etc.]
8. John Hankewicz - Asthma
9. Joe Casey & Ashley Wood - Automatic Kafka
10. Gary Panter - Jimbo
Mandingo: Indie picks (ca. 2012)
Noah Van Sceiver - Blammo!
Michael DeForge - Lose
James Stokke - Orc Stain
Ben Jones & Frank Santoro - Cold Heat
Anders Nilsen - Big Questions
John Pham - Sublife
Charles Burns - X'ed Out
Lisa Hanawalt - I Want You
Matt Furie - Boys Club
Chris Ware - Acme Novelty Library
Sammy Harkham - Crickets
Jordan Crane - Uptight
Mome
Brandon Graham - King City, Multiple Warheads
Johnny Ryan - Prison Pit
Mandingo: Indie OGN/trade paperback favorites (ca. 2012)
Jim Woodring - Anything, but Portable Frank & Weathercraft
Brian Chippendale - If N Oof, Ninja
Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca - Afrodisiac, Street Angel
Joshua Cotter - Skyscrapers of the Midwest
Alex Robinson - Box Office Posion, Tricked, Too Cool to Be Forgotten
Paul Hornschmier - Three Paradoxes, Mother Come Home
Julie Doucet - My New York Diary, My Most Secret Desire
Chester Brown - Louis Reil, I Never Liked You
Jeff Lemire - Essex County
Ken Dahl - Monsters
John Hankewicz - Asthma
manvstrees: No-nonsense must-reads and second-tier picks (ca. 2012)
just start reading:
unwritten
ff
uncanny xforce
batman incorporated
detective comics
secret warriors
american vampire
s.h.i.e.l.d.
thunderbolts
locke and key
tier 2:
captain america
iron man
green lantern
northlanders
wolverine
avengers
action comics
grab a joe the barbarian and i kill giants trade and be done with it
Rhodes: Favorite runs / arcs / series (ca. 2012)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird et al.
- Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and Rick Veitch
- Timespirits by Stephen Perry and Thomas Yeates
- Nexus by Mike Baron and Steve Rude
- Detective Comics by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle
- Batman and Robin by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, et al.
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World
- Justice League America by J.M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen and Kevin Maguire
- The Flash by Mike Baron and Butch Guice
- The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens
- Madman Atomic Comics by Mike Allred
- Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga by Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen
- Judge Dredd by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brian Bolland et al.
- The Question by Denny O'Neil and Denys Cowan
- Miracleman by Alan Moore, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, and Rick Veitch
Rhodes: Current favorite ongoings (ca. 2012)
Swamp Thing
Animal Man
Batman
The Flash
Batwoman
Wonder Woman
Justice League Dark
I, Vampire
American Vampire
Sweet Tooth
Journey Into Mystery
Uncanny X-Force
Wolverine and the X-Men
Daredevil
Secret Avengers
Captain America & Bucky
Prophet
Haunt
Fatale
Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Dark Shadows
Orc Stain
Bad Dog
scurrydog: Favorites (ca. 2012)
...and maybe I Kill Giants.
sevenarts: Some indie/non-superhero favorites (2015)
Love and Rockets (Hernandez Bros.)
Stray Bullets (David Lapham)
From Hell (Alan Moore)
Grendel (Matt Wagner)
The Frank Book (Jim Woodring)
Travel (Yuichi Yokohama)
Krazy Kat (George Herriman)
Here (Richard McGuire)
Jimbo In Purgatory (Gary Panter)
Ganges (Kevin Huizenga)
Lose (Michael Deforge)
Asthma (John Hankiewicz)
Criminal (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips)
Hip Hop Family Tree (Ed Piskor)
Cerebus (Dave Sim & Gerhard)
Big Questions (Anders Nilsen)
Madman (Mike Allred)
Mauritania (Chris Reynolds)
Storeyville (Frank Santoro)
The End of the Fucking World (Charles Forsman)
sevenarts: Favorite superhero runs (2015)
Fantastic Four/FF (Jonathan Hickman)
Avengers/New Avengers/Infinity/Secret Wars (Jonathan Hickman)
All-Star Superman (Grant Morrison)
Batman (Grant Morrison)
New Gods (Jack Kirby)
Uncanny X-Force (Rick Remender)
X-Force/X-Statix (Peter Milligan & Mike Allred)
The Shadow (Andrew Helfer, Bill Sienkiewicz & Kyle Baker)
Gotham Central (Greg Rucka & Ed Brubaker)
Punisher (Greg Rucka & Marco Checcetto)
sevenarts: Current/ongoing favorites (2015)
Copra
East of West
Fade Out
Lose
Love and Rockets: New Stories
Manhattan Projects
Ms. Marvel
Saga
Stray Bullets
Thor
Velvet
Wicked + Divine
sevenarts: Favorites (ca. 2012)
From Hell (Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell)
Acme Novelty Library #19 (Chris Ware)
Criminal (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips)
Madman (Mike Allred)
Alias (Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos)
Love and Rockets (Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez)
David Boring (Daniel Clowes)
The Frank Book (Jim Woodring)
Big Questions (Anders Nilsen)
Storeyville (Frank Santoro)
Buddy Does Seattle/Buddy Does Jersey (Peter Bagge)
Asthma (John Hankiewicz)
Safe Area Gorazde (Joe Sacco)
Travel (Yuichi Yokohama)
Echo (Terry Moore)
BodyWorld (Dash Shaw)
Life of the Party (Mary Fleener)
Seaguy (Grant Morrison & Cameron Stewart)
Jimbo In Purgatory (Gary Panter)
Current ongoings:
Marvel: The Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, Daredevil, Wolverine and the X-Men
DC: Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Wonder Woman
Other: Love & Rockets: New Stories, Ganges, Rachel Rising, Conan the Barbarian, The Unwritten
Slokra: PI: Favorite runs (ca. 2012)
Y: The Last Man Brian K. Vaughn/Pia Guerra
Punisher MAX Garth Ennis
Batman Hush Jeph Loeb/Jim Lee
Daytripper Gabrial Ba/Fabio Moon
Bone Jeff Smith
Preacher Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
Sandman Neil Gaiman
Immortal Iron Fist Brubaker/Fraction
Orc Stain James Stokoe (I just assume this is where it goes?)
Slokra: PI: Favorite ongoings (ca. 2012)
Walking Dead Robert Kirkman (although I haven't been following the last 4-5 months)
Sweet Tooth Jeff Lemire
Wolverine and the X-Men Jason Aaron
Scalped Jason Aaron RM Guera
Swamp Thing Scott Snyder
Animal Man Jeff Lemire Travel Foreman
Uncanny X-Force Rick Remender
Casanova Matt Fraction Ba/Moon brothers
Flash Francis Manapul
Batman Scott Snyder
Justice League Geoff Johns Jim Lee
Punisher Greg Rucka
smelts: New(er) series to pick up right now (ca. 2012)
-Lex Luthor's Action Comics by Paul Cornell
-Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time by Dan Slott
-FF by Jonathan Hickman
-Thunderbolts by Jeff Parker
-Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender
-Detective Comics by Scott Snyder
smelts: Favorite ongoing series, runs or OGNs from the last decade or so (ca. 2012)
Captain America by Ed Brubacker #1-Current
Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction #1-Current
Thor by J Michael Straczinsky #1-12 & 600-603
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns #1-Current
All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day (New Ways To Die if you want a specific BND arc)
The Flash by Geoff Johns #160-225
Ghost Rider by Jason Aaron #20-35
Secret Warriors by Jonathan Hickman #1-Current
Alias & The Pulse by Brian Michael Bendis
Adventure Comics Starring Superboy by Geoff Johns #1-6
Planetary, The Global Frequency & Thunderbolts #110-121 by Warren Ellis
Young Avengers by Allen Heinberg
Asterio Polyp - David Mazuchelli
Essex County - Jeff Lemire
Teen Titans & Justice Society of America by Geoff Johns