The Crew are back with another episode of the Read A Comic Podcast! Listen in for the fourth year in a row as all the crew join Phil Your Host for our Best of 2017 show!

Check the Episode Index, as in for our Double-Sized…

Best of 2017  – Read A Comic Podcast #088

Episode Index

0:00:01 Introductions, 0:04:40 Our Favorite Comics of 2017 (winners listed below*): 0:06:00 Favorite New Ongoing Comic Book Series, 0:18:25 Favorite Returning Ongoing Comic Book Series, 0:28:50 Favorite Limited Series, 0:43:23 Favorite One-Shot Comic, 0:56:20 Favorite Original Graphic Novel (OGN), 1:05:30 Favorite Collected Edition, 1:21:50 Favorite Writer, 1:26:55 Favorite Artist/Art Team, 1:32:25 Favorite Cover, 1:39:40 Favorite Publisher, 1:46:45 Favorite Single Issue of a Comic, 1:57:30 Favorite Returning Comic-Based TV Show, 2:03:30 Favorite New Comic-Based TV Show, 2:08:40 Favorite Comic-Based Movie, 2:14:00 Wrap Up

Special thanks to our sponsor Summit Comics and Games in Lansing, Michigan!

Want more like this? Visit our home base at readacomic.com, then look for us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube!

Never Miss a Show!

Search for the Read A Comic Podcast on top services like Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Or, enter our feed address directly into your favorite app: https://readacomic.com/category/podcast/feed/

Favorite Comics of 2017

Favorite New Ongoing Comic Book Series

• Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Defenders (Marvel Comics)
• Evolution (Image Comics)
• Kayin and Abeni (Juni Ba & Keenan Kornegay)
• Marvel Legacy Falcon (Marvel Comics)
• Regression (Image Comics)
• Royal City (Image Comics)
• Scarlet Spider (Marvel Comics)
• Superman (Rebirth) (DC Comics)
• Warhammer 40,000: Will of Iron (Titan Comics)
• The Wild Storm (DC Comics)
• X-Men Blue (Marvel Comics)
• X-Men Gold (Marvel Comics)

Favorite Returning Ongoing Comic Book Series

• Black Hammer (Dark Horse Comics)
• Black Magick (Image Comics)
• Champions (Marvel Comics)
• Glitterbomb: The Fame Game (Image Comics)
• Harrow County (Dark Horse Comics)
• Head Lopper (Image Comics)
• Jessica Jones (Marvel Comics)
• Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics)
• Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
• Old Man Logan (Image Comics)
• Rat Queens (Image Comics)
• Red Hood and the Outlaws (DC Comics)
• Saga (Image Comics)
• Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics)

Favorite Limited Series

• Aliens Dead Orbit (Dark Horse Comics)
• The Beautiful Death (Titan Comics/Statix)
• Blood Bowl More Guts More Glory (Titan Comics)
• Doomsday Clock (DC Comics)
• Generation Gone (Image Comics)
• John Wick (Dynamite)
• Mister Miracle (DC Comics)
• Namwolf (Albatross Funnybooks)
• Nick Fury (Marvel Comics)
• Retcon (Image Comics)
• Rocko’s Modern Life (Boom! Studios)
• Secret Empire (Marvel Comics)
• Secret Warriors (Marvel Comics)
• The Unsound (Image Comics)
• Venomverse (Marvel Comics)

Favorite One-Shot Comic

• Batman/Elmer Fudd Special (DC Comics)
• Generations: Hawkeye & Hawkeye (Marvel Comics)
• Generations: Iron Man & Ironheart (Marvel Comics)
• Generations: Miles Morales Spider-Man & Peter Parker Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Generations: Wolverine & All-New Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Hellboy: Krampusnacht (Dark Horse Comics)
• Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville (Boom! Studios)
• Marvel Legacy (Marvel Comics)
• New Talent Showcase (DC Comics)
• World War Terminus (JF Publishing)
• Wormwood Gentleman Corpse Christmas Special (IDW Publishing)

Favorite Original Graphic Novel (OGN)

• Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories (IDW Publishing)
• The Girl From the Other Side: Siuil, A Run (Seven Seas)
• Love: The Dinosaur (Magnetic Press)
• Mr. Higgins Comes Home (Dark Horse Comics)
• Roughneck (Gallery 13)
• Spacebat and the Fugitives: Tacos at the End of the World (Top Shelf Comix)
• Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second)

Favorite Collected Edition

• Armies (Humanoids)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender–North and South Library Edition HC (Dark Horse Books)
• Big Hard Sex Criminals Vol 2 (Image Comics)
• The Black Sinister (Dark Horse Comics)
• The Complete Colder Omnibus (Dark Horse Books)
• Conan Omnibus Volume 4 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Elfquest: The Final Quest Volume 3 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition HC (IDW Publishing)
• Luther Strode: The Complete Series (Image Comics)
• Saga Book Two (Image Comics)
• Shiver: Junji Ito (VIZ Media LLC)
• Tokyo Ghost: Complete Edition Deluxe HC (Image Comics)

Favorite Writer

• Jason Aaron (Mighty Thor, Doctor Strange, Southern Bastards)
• Brian Michael Bendis (Infamous Iron Man)
• Cullen Bunn (Harrow County)
• Warren Ellis (The Wild Storm, Injection)
• Tom King (Batman)
• Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer, Descender, Old Man Logan)
• Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl)
• Nick Spencer (Secret Empire)
• Ben Templesmith (Wormwood Gentleman Corpse, Blood Songs, Blackholers)
• Brian K Vaughan (Paper Girls, Saga)
• G Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel)
• Chip Zdarsky (Marvel Two-In-One, Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man)

Favorite Artist/Art Team

• Mathew Bablet
• Russell Dauterman
• Juan Ferrara
• Todd Klein
• David Marquez
• Tradd Moore
• Dustin Nguyen
• Dean Ormston
• Humberto Ramos
• Rico Renzi
• Robbi Rodriguez
• Stjepan Sejic
• Walt Simonson
• Andrea Sorrentino
• Fiona Staples
• Dave Stewart
• Ben Templesmith
• Chip Zdarsky

Favorite Cover

• All-New Wolverine #23 by Leinil Francis Yu (Marvel Comics)
• Aquaman #26 by Stjepan Sejic (DC Comics)
• The Beautiful Death #1 (variant) by Brandon Graham (Titan Comics/Statix)
• Daredevil #27 by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel Comics)
• Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks by Jim Mahfood (Image Comics)
• Harrow County #28 by Tyler Crook (Dark Horse Comics)
• Hawkeye #13 by Juliane Sedesko (Marvel Comics)
• Mister Miracle #2 by Nick Derington (DC Comics)
• Punisher #218 by Tim Bradstreet (DC Comics)
• Leinil Francis Yu Shade, The Changing Girl #12 (variant) by Matt Taylor (DC Comics)
• Shadows on the Grave #2 by Richard Corben (Dark Horse Comics)
• Spider-Gwen #27 (variant) by Yasmine Putri (Marvel Comics)
• Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #22 by Erica Henderson (Marvel Comics)
• Weapons Of Mutant Destruction: Alpha #1 by Skan (Marvel Comics)

Favorite Publisher

• Dark Horse
•  DC Comics
• IDW Publishing
• Image Comics
• KaBOOM!
• Marvel Comics

Favorite Single Issue of a Comic

• Champions #15 (Marvel Comics)
• Edge of Venomverse #5 (Marvel Comics)
• Cayrels Ring #1 (Stacks)
• Mighty Thor #20 (Marvel Comics)
• Ms. Marvel #18 (Marvel Comics)
• Nightwing #18 (DC Comics)
• Rebels #7 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Red Hood and the Outlaws #10 (DC Comics)
• Robotech #1 (Titan Comics)
• The Walking Dead #167 (Image Comics)
• The Wild Storm #8 (DC Comics)
• X-Men Blue #1 (Marvel Comics)
• X-Men Blue/X-Men Gold – Mojo Worldwide arc (Marvel Comics)

Favorite Returning Comic-Based TV Show

• Agents of SHIELD
• Dragon Ball Super
• The Flash
• Rwby
• The Walking Dead
• Favorite New Comic-Based TV Show
• The Ancient Magus’ Bride
• Defenders
• Legion
• Made In Abyss
• Punisher
• Runaways

Favorite Comic-Based Movie

• Guardians of the Galaxy 2
• Logan
• Spider-Man Homecoming
• Thor Ragnarok
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
• Wonder Woman

The post Best of 2017! appeared first on Read A Comic.