Comments on: MQ’s Favorite Things of 2012

By: Minhquan Nguyen

Minhquan Nguyen — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:56:20 +0000

While DeConnick does come on strong with her writing, I take no issue with it because she always fits it within the appropriate context and she doesn’t actually preach.

Incidentally, I’ve read through a great chunk of Perdido Street Station and boy, do I ever know what you mean about Miéville’s writing now. That man definitely does not see the world the same way we do.

By: Minhquan Nguyen

Minhquan Nguyen — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:51:57 +0000

Very happy to hear about your seeing the light on Saucer Country. I love to reread issues, because I'm always noticing new nuances and particular choices of language. There's just this feeling I get from the series that stays with me a long time after I read it, like any good novel. And I commend your pull list. Some very excellent titles listed in there.

By: Minhquan Nguyen

Minhquan Nguyen — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:47:56 +0000

This has been a banner year for Image, no doubt. Much congratulations to them.

By: Scott T

Scott T — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:20:06 +0000

Forgot to add Punk Rock Jesus to the list!

By: paladinking

paladinking — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:06:19 +0000

Things 2012 gave me: Hawkeye and the resurrection of Matt Fraction (Defenders, Hawkeye, a return to form for Iron Man, and the promise of lots of creator-owned work to come)

All-New X-Men surprisingly being pretty good.

Thor: God of Thunder and Cap being revelations.

The Image “Big 3” of 2012: Saga, Manhattan Projects, and Fatale.

My favourite novelist, China Mieville, enters comics.

Scott Snyder officially becomes a superstar who has DC’s best-selling title and is probably their second best selling author next to Johns.

I feel like I should make mention of Matt Kindt and Kelly Sue Deconnick, given that this has been a breakout year for both of them but….I’m honestly just not that huge a fan of either of them, even if i recognize their talent: I just don’t like Kindt’s art and Deconnick’s extremely blunt-force feminism in her work just feels meh.

By: John McComas

John McComas — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:39:36 +0000

Well spoken, M. I recently went into my shop for my annual pull streamlining, which I call The Culling (and was called as much for many years prior to that recent, silly DC crossover). In the weeks leading up to The Culling, I was of course experiencing “much weeping and gnashing of teeth”. Saucer Country was on the bubble for a couple of different reasons. But lucky for me, I did a re-read of #1-8 which culminated in a first-reading of 9&10. I was 3 pgs into #9 when the chorus of seraphim kicked in. The first 2 issues of The Reticular Candidate arc sealed the deal. I will pull this one ’til it’s finale, and told my shop owner as much. It’s superb. I’ve even got a mind to rewatch some X-Files/Millennium. Ditto on Batwoman as well. To wit, the books I brought home for Christmas vacation with the family, in the hopes that I could share the awesomeness were: Batman, Batwoman, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, Manhattan Projects, Saga, Rachel Rising and Saucer Country (big family…).

By: Scott T

Scott T — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:22:19 +0000

My favorite things of 2012 in no order are … Cliff Changs art on Wonder Woman, Rachel Rising, Avengers movie, Walking Dead (the comic is good again), everything by Jeff Lemire (I’m going to miss sweet tooth), Matt Kindt or Scott Snyder, Image Comics and the direction they are moving towards, Capullo’s art on Batman and Sin Titulo, which is an awesome web comic that just finished a few months ago.