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

Published on January 14, 2012 5:18 pm.
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keep it to the LEFT

on the left

 

i need to post more pictures.  this one is from ps1.  last day of the olafur eliasson show, there were good things.  this was so incredibly long ago i don’t even know when it happened.  personal projects: i’m in the process of building the greatest table of all time.

Published on August 11, 2008 12:41 am.
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BOOMFEX X5!!!!

BUY THIS.

 

= awesome!

 

 

I got my FIVE carnifexes.  i think they will all be boomfexes, probably.  also unknowingly picked up the new Meathaus compilation SOS.  it’s in FULL COLOR.  really rad, i look forward to reading it, especially on the subway for some reason. I might see hellboy 2 tonight b/c batman is sold out every time, by that i mean the imax version i don’t even care to watch it on a normal movie screen.  the problem is that every showing was sold out last weekend, even 2am and 6am showings.  gonna name my hive fleet SUPERFLAT i think.  it will be just that.

Published on July 22, 2008 6:49 pm.
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MAYBE THE BEST SPORT EVER.

I had no idea of the awesomeness in this world.

chessboxing

someone should tell Dana White about this. MMASCRABBLE.

Published on July 18, 2008 3:54 pm.
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ANOTHER TEST.

imhotep 2021

 

imhotep 2021

 

 

TESTING

Published on July 17, 2008 4:53 pm.
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PRETTY TIRED.

i got into work around 9am yesterday.  I left work around 10:15 am today.  had a presentation to do.  3ds kept crashing.  i figured out wordpress.  sean got jumped the day by a gang of youth before yesterday on the 6th ave stop where the L and the F connect.  He fended them off and had nothing stolen.  Good for him.  I need to change the colors I think.  Also

I have five carnifexes coming in the mail.

Published on July 17, 2008 12:58 pm.
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I don’t know if this layout is too much.

but here’s the first post.  it’s pretty interactive which is great.

Published on July 17, 2008 11:18 am.
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