BEST COMICS OF 2011 LIST

These are the best comics I read on from last year.  Unlike music, I actually feel somewhat knowledgeable of what comics are new and cool (I read a lot of them).  These ranged from epic sized graphic novels to minicomis, to stories in anthologies, none of this is superhero related, oddly enough no manga.  So here is my list:

2011 BEST COMICS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

Pope Hats # 2 by Ethan Rilly (issue 1 is good, number 2 is amazing)
Forming vol 1 by Jesse Moynihan (this is the best webcomic on the internet, the print version is gorgeous)
Thickness # 2 anthology (both DeForge and Brandon Graham have great stories, excellent anthology)
Wolves by Becky Cloonan (best mini maybe of all time, unsurprisingly from Becky)
Orc Stain # 6 by James Stokoe (I love orc stain)
Big Questions collection by Anders Nilson (epic)
Habibi by Craig Thompson (Craig Thompson’s follow up to Blankets)
Optic Nerve # 12 by Adrian Tomine (I’m glad Optic Nerve is back, this one’s full color with two stories, and the letters, oh man I miss reading the letters, also picked up a Tomine print)
Hark A Vagrant collection by Kate Beaton (everyone should read these)
Lose # 3 by Michael DeForge (Probably my favorite creator I discovered this year, I bought all available books of his at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest – all his comics are amazing.)
Love And Rockets new stories vol. 4 by Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez (I love love and rockets)
The Speaker by Brandon Graham in DHP #7 (Brandon Graham’s story is enough to put it on my favorites list, didn’t care for much of the rest of the issue)
Any Empire by Nate Powell (Nate Powell’s follow up to Swallow Me Whole)
Hair Shirt by Patrick McEwon (I just picked this one up, really malancholy and beautiful)

 

P.S. – Favorite albums of last year: Wye Oak – Civillian; Fucked Up – David Comes To Life

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PIE CLUB/PI DAY

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Today is pi day 3.14.15, and to celebrate I am sharing this image.

I may have mentioned before but I’ve been drawing comics with friends at Four and Twenty Blackbirds semi-regularly for the last couple of months, it’s a support group of sorts, where we shoot the shit and work on our various projects. Initially inspired by Extreme Studios, Rob Liefelds comics studio we wanted to create a super group, but it didn’t happen. Pie has been maybe the only consistent piece between our schedules, and now that we have a table at MoCCA Fest, we will be under the moniker of “pie club” Above is a potential logo/icon thingy. Will update more on the table as we get the details.

Pure Baddd is having very consistent updates for once, I even made a wallpaper. Check it all out.

Alternate in black.

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I made a separate website for my new comic Pure Baddd, it’s home is now PUREBADDD.COM, I’l hopefully updating it regularly.

The first piece is approx 20 pages, and will be collected into a printed mini which I’ll share with Paul Lau of Spacetrash fame, hopefully just in time for MoCCA Fest, which is one of NYC’s best indie conventions. The exciting news is that I’ll be joining a table with friends (unruly gang of comics creators) to exhibit our work. I haven’t tabled in years so this is awesome news all round, I’ll update more when I find out more.

PURE BADDD

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So I’m working on a new comic called PURE BADDD, it’s about high school bitches, and high schoolers. It’s slow going but I’m enjoying the process a lot.

I also hope to put Endsong, a comic I did last year online soon, I have to figure out the best way to format it because of 2 page spreads but yeah look for that.

Happy holiday’s everyone!

TERRIBLE LIEFIELD

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TERRIBLE HORRIBLE

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TERRIBLE HORRIBLE – DUM JOKES

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