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)
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)
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.)
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
AWESOMENESSSSS
what is happening to hannah in the last square? is that her overcome by your love, transformed from super angry to super stoked about getting married in a pyramid?
and also, probably more curious if you did have any luck finding a girl on the internet who wants to get married in a pyramid? you should try craigslist. it’s a modern bottomless pit.
is this an artificial pyramid?? built in the bushwick fringe out of plastic milk jugs with a cereal box floor. i don’t know what this cereal + marriage interest is but it could be a great theme!
missin the 80’s in nyc.
liking the comic dave. you always use that color so well.
so are these slices of life true to life? i’ve never seen hannah that color. (not saying much)
roflmao
I haven’t done any comics in a long time, since I decided to taking acting more seriously… I wish I had finished learning to draw before I quit, so I could just randomly bang one out from time to time, haha.
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