Comic Booked’s Best of 2013

With this being my first year at Comic Booked, I was very proud to participate and work with everybody on putting this year end list together. Essentially, these are the staff picks for best books, writers, and artists of 2013. The decision by only allowing five choices on to the year end list was so that it would force us to weigh our options more carefully and to truly think about what were the best things in 2013. We were all forced to leave a lot off of these lists so these truly are our favorites/the best. These lists are organized according to each staff member. Now that the year is (almost) over, let us be your arbiters of taste and your guide through swathing paths of garbage to get to the truly great stuff. Here’s to the best of 2013.

Best Comics/Writers/Artists of 2013

Jeff Hill

Comics:

1. Batman and Robin

2. Batman

3. Swamp Thing

4. Suicide Squad

5. Justice League

Writers:

1. Peter J. Tomasi

2. Scott Snyder

3. Geoff Johns

4. Charles Soule

5. Frank Tieri

Artists:

1. Patrick Zircher

2. Greg Capullo

3. Patrick Gleason

4. Joe Madureira

5. J.H. Williams III

Julien Loeper

Comics:

1. Green Arrow

2. Mind MGMT

3. East of West

4. The Wake

5. The Black Beetle

Writers:

1. Scott Snyder

2. Matt Kindt

3. Jonathan Hickman

4. Brandon Graham

5. Ales Kot

Artists:

1. Andrea Sorrentino

2. Francesco Francavilla

3. David Aja

4. Fiona Staples

5. Sean Murphy

Aaron Clutter

Comics:

1. Ash Vs. the Army of Darkness

2. Manifest Destiny

3. Superior Spider-Man

4. New Avengers

5. Thanos Rising

Writers:

1. Steve Niles

2. Matt Fraction

3. Rick Remender

4. Simon Spurrier

5. Jason Aaron

Artists:

1.  Alex Ross

2. Joseph Michael Linsner

3. Simone Bianchi

4. Matthew Roberts

5. Colton Worley

Ken Pisani

Comics:

1. Trillium

2. Nowhere Men

3. FF

4. Hellboy in Hell

5. All New X-Men

Writers:

1. Matt Fraction

2. Brian Michael Bendis

3. Jeff Lemire

4. Eric Stephenson

5. Dennis O’ Neil

Artists:

1. Mike Allred

2. Mike Mignola

3. Jae Lee

4. Jim Lee

5. Arturo Lauria

Raph M.

Comics:

1. Five Ghosts

2. The Standard

3. Doc Unknown

4. Superior Spider-Man

5. Toxic Storm

Writers:

1. Frank Barbiere

2. John Lees

3. Fabian Rangel

4. Dan Slott

5. Adam Cheal

Artists:

1. David Aja

2. Mike Mignola

3. Paul Pope

4. Dave Johnson

5. Kris Anka

Skott Jiminez

Comics:

1. Fables

2. Superior Spider-Man

3. Superior Foes of Spider-Man

4. Journey into Mystery

5. Fairest

Writers:

1. Bill Willingham

2. Dan Slott

3. Kathryn Immonen

4. Nick Spencer

5. Kevin Shinick

Artists:

1. Mark Bucingham

2. Ryan Stegman

3. Humberto Ramos

4. Steve Lieber

5. Valerio Schiti

Jason Inman

Comics:

1. Hawkeye

2. Locke and Key

3. Wonder Woman

4. Green Arrow

5. Thor: God of Thunder

Writers:

1. Jeff Lemire

2. Dan Slott

3. Matt Fraction

4. Charles Soule

5. Scott Snyder

Artists:

1. Sean Murphy

2. Greg Capullo

3. Fiona Staples

4. Marcos Martin

5. Nicola Scott

Cal Cleary

Comics:

1. Hawkeye

2. Prophet

3. Daredevil

4. Insufferable

5. Captain Marvel

Writers:

1. Matt Fraction

2. Kelly Sue DeConnick

3. Mark Waid

4. Kieron Gillen

5. Ed Brubaker

Artists:

1. Fiona Staples

2. David Aja

3. Emma Rios

4. Michael Lark

5. Sean Philips

 

So there’s that, thanks for reading and sticking with us throughout the year.  See you in 2014!