And
so once more into the breach dear friends, as I bring us to the
second half of this happy little countdown of the Indie comics that I
loved the most this past year. Yes, I know, it's been a long gap
since Part 1 of this little countdown and the New Year is well into
it's first quarter, but it is what it is - I felt that coverage of
our Comic Con in Delhi and all that came out of it took precedence
and this could wait just a bit.
Before I get to the final leg of the
countdown, a quick listing of the books that almost made it to this
top ten but fell just shy. I wish I could have made this list longer
and perhaps I will review them all in the near future, but in the
meantime I think they all deserve an Honourable mention:
- The Goon (Writer/Artist: Eric Powell)
- G.I.Joe Cobra (Writer: Christos Gage and Mike Costa, Artist: Antonio Fuso)
- Scarlet (Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Artist: Alex Maleev)
- Scalped (Writer: Jason Aaron, Artist: R. M. Guéra)
- Artifacts (Writers: Ron Marz, Marc Silvestri & Matt Hawkins, Artists: Michael Broussard, Stjepan Sejic)
- Super Dinosaur (Writer: Robert Kirkman, Artist: Jason Howard)
- Fallen Angel: Return of the Son (Writer: Peter David, Artist: J.K.Woodward)
So thank you for
your patience and now without any further rambling along on my part,
lets just get to it shall we?
05. HELLBOY
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Writer: Mike
Mignola w/ John Arcudi
Artist: Various
Publisher: Dark
Horse Comics
For those of you that have been
following Mike Mignola's
worlds as they've evolved in the Hellboy, B.P.R.D
and related series, I think you know what I mean when I say that for
so many years now they have been the most consistent, creative and
amazingly put together comics – among the best comics as a medium
have to offer in a sense. For those that have not, you are really
missing out on something special.
The various story arcs and such
together form such an amazing, long-running and vast story-line and
world that it's amazing they've managed it for such a long period of
time – and the hand of creator Mike Mignola is definitely visible
in every single book, even the one's he has not directly scripted
himself. Of course credit where it's due to the talents who've worked
with him and been able to strike a nice balance between their own
work and style but ever retaining the unique look and feel that
Mignola brought to the comic-medium. The truly awesome part being
that it remains this damn good even after 17 years!
