Atomic Books Blog

As is our annual tradition, we invited a number of our friends who are also cartoonists, comics publishers and editors to tell us what their favorite comics of 2013 were. We'll be publishing them all over the next few weeks. Pat Aulisio is the creator of Bowman and the publisher of Yeah Dude Comics . Visit his website . Best of the Year: Copra by Michel Fiffe. Biggest inspiration to me every month this year. Best Reprint: Complete Marshal Law by Peter Milligan and Kevin O'Neill (DC Comics) Why did DC release this Epic/Marvel comic? I love that it has all the extra pin-ups and random covers. Best Sequel: Raw Power 2 by Josh Bayer (Retrofit Comics) You can't stop Bayer. He came out with 2 Rom sequels this year too, but RP2 is still the best. Best Not From 2013 But Still New To Me: Cartoon Utopia by Ron Rege Jr. (Fantagraphics) I got this 2012 book a few months ago and I'm still looking at. Best Graphic Novel: Stink Helmet by Otto Splotch and School...

Once again we invited a number of our friends who are also cartoonists, comics publishers and editors to tell us what their favorite comics of 2012 were. This is the last of those lists! Pat Aulisio does the comic Bowman . ( L-R: Keenan Keller, Bald Eagles, Pat Aulisio, Shalo P, Jason Karns, Tom Neely, Josh Bayer, Johnny Ryan ) Once I looked at my top list of comics that came out this year I realized that the majority of them aren't big popular graphic novel publishers, proving to me that all the new great comics are being put out by small micro-presses. Or maybe I'm just really poor and there's no way I can buy a $50 Chris Ware book. Best Big Comic Collection Graphic Novel Type Book: Furry Trap by Josh Simmons Best One-Off Mainstream Superhero Comic: Wolverine and The X-Men #17 (the doop issue) by some writer and Mike Allred Best Reprint Of Old Comics: Nancy Collections by Ernie Bushmiller Best Remix Reprint Of Nancy And Garfield: Suspect Device...