WTF?

I just found this on a message board and laughed out loud. That doesn't happen very often when I'm alone, so I felt I had to share it. Immature? Maybe, but I never claimed maturity was one of my qualities.

Best Of 2007 (Comics)

Although I enjoy indie-type comics like Ice Haven and Box Office Poison, and I LOVE non-superhero books like Y: The Last Man, Criminal, Fables, and Ex Machina, it's clear by my list below that Marvel and DC superhero comics are what I was raised on, and continue to follow.

Best Comic Book Series:

Astonishing X-Men
Joss Whedon's crafted the most consistently entertaining X-Men run since, well, maybe ever. And certainly the best one since I've been reading comics (roughly 1990). Not only are the action sequences perfect, the characterizations are dead on. Wolverine has been stripped down to what he should be (at least in an X-Men book), a rough neck brawler with little respect for authority. Kitty Pryde is worth reading about. And most importantly, Whedon makes readers understand why Cyclops, despite his flaws, is the man in charge of this team. Great writing and John Cassady on art chores. It's kind of a no-brainer.

*The Walking Dead

*Green Lantern

*Criminal

*Action Comics

Best Single Issue:

Astonishing X-Men #22

Great action, great twists (like Lockheed working for S.W.O.R.D.), and great art. Business as usual for this book, but what separates it from every other issue of the series, and every other comic of the year, is the way the (apparent) death of Cyclops is handled. Regardless of how inconsequential death is in comics, it's still a powerful moment and noble sacrifice. Kudos to Whedon and Cassady (again).

*Batman #666

*Sinestro Corps Special #1

*Captain America #25

*The Ultimates 2 #13

Best Writer:
Geoff Johns (52, Action Comics, Green Lantern, Justice Society of America)

I know what your thinking. I just heaped boatloads of praise on Joss Whedon, but he doesn't even crack the top 5 writers list. Well, in the world of comics, it's not just how good your work is, but how much quality work you produce. At least that's my opinion. Whedon is a Hollywood big shot, so he has other stuff to do besides write comics full time. Outside of Astonishing X-Men, he wrote a run on Runaways (which I haven't got around to reading yet) and Buffy (which I'll never read). Now take, Geoff Johns. He was part of the writing team on 52, he masterminded the epic Sinestro Corps storyline in Green Lantern, and revitalized JSA. Not to mention a stalled, but vastly entertaining run on Action Comics that he co-wrote with Richard Donnar (although, I'm pretty sure it was mostly Johns). There were also a few, well, mediocre issues of Teen Titans this year. They weren't great, but they weren't weak enough to take away from his overall body of work.
*Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Ultimate X-Men, The Walking Dead)
*Grant Morrison (52, All-Star Superman, Batman)
*Brian K. Vaughn (Runaways, Y: The Last Man)
*Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Daredevil, Uncanny X-Men)


Best Artist:
John Cassady (Astonishing X-Men, Fallen Son: Iron Man)
This one isn't even close. As much as I love the other guys on this list (and guys like Mark Bagley, Mike McKone, and the Kubert brothers), no one can match Cassady (I just wish he would finish up Planetary). Below are some examples of what makes him the best.
*John Romita Jr. (World War Hulk)
*Olivier Coipel (Thor)
*Carlos Pacheco (Superman)
*Frank Quietly (All-Star Superman)