Episode 35: Best of 2009 PART II

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL:
Henny: MouseGuard: Winter 1152
Sean: Tiger, Tiger, Tiger.
John: Parker: The Hunter
Bryton: Luna Park

BEST TRADE:
Henny: Justice
Jonas: Walking Dead Compendium
Sean: Essex County
Bryton: Powers

BEST COMEBACK:
Henny: Barry Allen
Jonas: Ultimate Spiderman
Sean: Peter Milligan
John: Invincible
Bryton: G.I. Joe

BEST WILDCARD:
Henny: Ryan Ottley's Ability to draw gore!
Jonas: Image United
Sean: Dark Wolverine
John: Locke & Key
Bryton: David Mack

BEST COVER ARTIST:
Henny: Jim Cheung
Jonas: Gabriel D'oto
Sean: M.K. Pikar
John: Dave Johnson
Bryton: John Cassidy

BEST COVER:

Henny: Wolverine #72

Jonas: Invincible #63

Sean: Amazing Spider-Man #601

John: 100 Bullets #98

Bryton: Batgirl #1

BEST FIGHT:
Henny: Conquest VS Invincible / Invincible
Jonas: Old Man Logan VS Bruce Banner / Old Man Logan
Sean: Dara VS Earth Giant / Sword
John: Conquest VS Invincible / Invincible

BEST MOMENT:
Henny: Black Lantern Aquaman calling sharks to attack
Jonas: Teen Titan Crushing Black Lantern baby skull
Sean: The Punisher Kills his own family
John: San Diego Comicon
Bryton: Black Lanterns all reciting their oaths

BEST ARTIST:
Henny: Steve Mcniven / Old Man Logan
Jonas: Nic Klein / Viking
Sean: Steve Mcniven / Old Man Logan
John: Ryan Ottley / Invincible, Haunt
Bryton: Dustin Nguyen / Streets of Gotham

BEST WRITER:
Henny: Geoff Johns
Jonas: Joe Hill
Sean: J. WIllow Wilson
John: Robert Kirkman
Bryton: Fred Van Lente

BEST STORYLINE:
Henny: Old Man Logan
Jonas: Old Man Logan
Sean: Old Man Logan
John: Parker: The Hunter
Bryton: Scott Pilgrim

BEST SINGLE ISSUE:
Henny: Green Lantern #43
Jonas: Wolverine Giant Sized Annual
Sean: Cursed Pirate Girl #1
John: Walking Dead #66
Bryton: G.I. Joe Cobra Special

BIGGEST DISSAPPOINTMENT:
Henny: X-Men Utopia
Jonas: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Sean: X-Men Utopia
John: X-Men Forever
Bryton: Cable

BEST SERIES:
Henny: Green Lantern
Jonas: Hellblazer
Sean: Invincible Iron Man
John: Criminal
Bryton: Chew

Ipod Trouble

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The Wednesday War Wages on!

Episode 34: Best of 2009 PART I

BEST HERO:
Henny: Iron Man
Jonas: Old Man Logan
Sean: Old Man Logan
John: Green Lantern
Bryton: Red Robin

BEST VILLAN:
Henny: Conquest (Invincible)
Jonas: Black Hand (Green Lantern)
Sean: Red Skull (Old Man Logan)
John: Mysterio (Ultimate Spider Man)
Bryton: Lady Stiltman (Amazing Spider Man)

BEST NEW SERIES:
Henny: Secret Warriors / Marvel
Jonas: Irredeemable / Boom
Sean: Secret Warriors / Marvel
John: Kick Ass / Icon (It was new to me?)
Bryton: Unwritten / Vertigo

BEST MINI SERIES:
Henny: Blackest Night
Jonas: B.P.R.D 1947
Sean: Locke & Key Headgames
John: Incognito
Bryton: B.P.R.D 1947
We all give a shout out to Destroyer as well.

BEST INDIE COMIC
Henny: The Anchor
Jonas: Cursed Pirate Girl
Sean:Cursed Pirate Girl
John: Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Bryton: Terry Moore's Echo

BEST COMIC ADAPTATION:
Henny: Batman Brave & the Bold / Cartoon Network
Jonas: Watchmen / Motion Picture
Sean: Hulk Vs / DVD
John: Arkham Asylum / Xbox
Bryton: Stan Lee Impersonator / ComiCon

BEST COLORIST:
Henny: Brian Miller / Flash Rebirth
Jonas: Nei Ruffino /Green Lanter Corps
Sean: Alex Maleev / SpiderWoman
John: J.D. Mettler / Ex Machina
Bryton: Alex Sinclair / Blackest Night

MOST EXCITED FOR 2010:
Henny: Kick Ass Movie
Jonas: Kick Ass Movie
Sean: Iron Man 2 Movie
John: Kick Ass Comic
Bryton: Scott Pilgrim Comic

Episode 33: The Dark Side of Comics

After a quick discussion on what is or isn't a graphic novel and what format it actually fits in we get right into our picks and discuss the dirty closet of pornography in comics. Henny takes a beating for the team and goes into our shop and buys a copy of COMIC AG #108 for the team to review. We also discuss Image United and the utter flop its turned into so far. Emotional Rape happens on so many levels we have a hard time determining whats worse.

Jonas' Pick
Punisher Max #2 (starts at 8:15)
The second in the series is got some seriously f'd up stuff going on right now and Jonas is loving it and can't wait to see what happens in the series. The second issue of Punisher Max focuses on bodyguard Wilson Fisk as he recants the story of his life as a career criminal and sets the stage for his new career as the Kingpin of Crime. Up to this point, the Kingpin has been nothing more than an underworld myth but the top crime bosses in New York have decided to play on these rumors in order to send Frank Castle on a wild goose chase and lure him into a trap.

CREATORS: STORY BY: Jason Aaron / ART BY: Steve Dillon

Henny's Pick
Jonah Hex #50 (starts at 11:48)
Henny declares this "everyone's pick that only I picked" so its easy enough to assume we all made bad decisions here for not choosing the Darwyn Cooke drawn book. Issue #50 -- an oversized extravaganza drawn by Darwyn Cooke -- draws upon previous storylines and yet tells a story that begins and ends in this one issue. And what an ending it is.

Tallulah Black, otherwise known as the most important recurring character from this volume of "Jonah Hex," features prominently here. As a partner to Hex. A lover. And something more.

CREATORS: STORY BY: Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti / ART BY: Darwyn Cooke

Bryton's Pick
Invincible Iron Man #20 (starts at 16:12)
The Eisner Award-winning team of Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larroca begin a new chapter in their critically acclaimed epic run asthe darkest chapter of Tony Stark's life—or is that afterlife—begins!
Bryton goes off here and chooses a few books so it was a bit hard for me to recount it all here your simply going to have to download to hear him ranting here about four or five different titles but the majority of it centered around Iron Man and his most recent story arc. There are quite a few spoilers to the series here so if your planning on picking it up you may want to skip ahead to the middle of the rant!
He also covers the continuity of Capitan America, some of Thor, Donald Blake and quite a few of the Noir Titles that he feels aren't getting as much attention as they should. He discusses Spiderman Noir, Wolverine, Daredevil and the X-men noir titles.

CREATORS: STORY BY: Matt Fraction / ART BY: Salvador Larroca

Sean's Pick
Stumptown #1 (starts at 35:23)
More Noir! Stumptown follows Dex, a PI that has a severe money management problem mostly due to gambling it away in a Native American casino. With a mentally challenged little brother at home under her care, Dex is far from a role model. Placing him in front of video games to keep him occupied while she goes out and gets herself shot up isn't exactly a guardian-like thing to do. Regardless, it provides a great starting point for us readers and fast tracks Stumptown's world building process. Portland home of cheap heroin!

CREATORS: STORY BY: Greg Rucka / ART BY: Matthew Southworth, Stefano Guadiano