So as to prevent redundancy, I will leave the all-out 2010 best-of-everything-list that Seth so adequately posted to itself, and simply give it an applause and say, "Well Done My Friend." Well said on most points, and this is not a rebuttal so I'll leave any discrepancies to myself.
Since this list of the Good, Bad, and the Ugly is so well rounded and all-encompassing, I'm going to take a slightly different route for my 2010 listing. Below I have listed my Top 5 Issues (or in some cases, 3 issue arcs) from 2010, categorized in a slightly different way. Now for all the Marvel lovers out there, forgive my one-sided choices, for I don't collect Marvel in issues... Now hold your rotten fruit and pitchforks! I do read it in trade any way I can get it, I'm afraid I'm bereft of the finances necessary to fund all the comic-book cravings I may have, so I do what I can with what I have. And so, without any more run-on sentences or bantering, here are my simple and specific lists of 2010:
My Top 5 Comics (or Arcs) of 2010
1. Batman and Robin, issues 13-15. Grant Morrison took one of the most iconic characters ever created in Batman, put another man under the mask, and created one of the absolute Best comics that have ever been written (If you'd like a more thorough explanation of this, simply download and listen to any given podcast by Seth and myself, and there will undoubtedly be an ample amount of praise for this book). As for these specific issues, he managed to take the craziest villain ever created, and make him even more psychopathic and compelling. If you haven't read it, go ahead and forgive yourself now, we all make mistakes. Then go buy it.
2. Blackest Night, issue 8. I know 2009 was the year of Blackest Night, but I'm afraid we've forgotten that it all came to a point in 2010. After all, it was Hal Jordan and the War of Lights that brought me back into this wonderful world of comics, and while I'm sure everyone had some problems with the ending, let me just say that Geoff Johns managed to do with BN what Grant Morrison couldn't with Final Crisis. He brought it all in, he made it comprehensible, and he made it rock. Go Geoff, Go.
3. Batman and Robin, issues 1-3. This was the first comic I was ever afraid would actually come and attack me in my sleep. Seriously.
4. Justice League: Generation Lost, issues 1-... The rest. This was one of those times when you expect very little, and you get a whole-freakin-lot. Out of the multitude of Brightest Day "meh" comes this wonderful, witty, compelling story that takes us back to what we love about comic books.
5. Wonder Woman, issues 601-603. JMS may have dropped the ball on Sups (which is heartbreaking), but he definitely showed us his guns on WW. This fresh, bad-to-the-bone run is what Wonder Woman should always be. I actually wanted to Be her for a minute. Just a minute.
Top 3 Comics for Art
1. Blackest Night Issues, Ivan Reis. - You may totally disagree with this, and if so, I'm willing to give you your dues. But the fact is, though there may be some more "artistic" art coming these days, no one BROUGHT IT like Ivan Reis did for this series. Just take a gander at some of those wide frame shots, two page spreads by this man. If you can throw more than 20 into one page, 8 issues in, and not let the detail slip on even one, you've earned this spot.
2. Batman and Robin, issues 1-3, Frank Quietly. - Without the terrifying art by Quietly, I doubt even Morrison and his insane writing could've struck horror in me like this did.
3. Superman: Secret Origin, Gary Frank. - While this series as a whole left me completely underwhelmed, nothing can be said against this art. Wow, Gary Frank, you really know how to make Superman real. Even with the story being flat, this is worth the read on face value.
And these are the easy, laid back, very direct lists of My favs from 2010. Like it or Hate it, there it is. Bring on 2011.
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