Shooting War by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman (Grand Central) By turns prescient and bleakly hilarious, this powerful satirical response to the bloody geopolitical mess of the Iraq War recreates the conflict, and the media response to it, with chilling verisimilitude. I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason (Fantagraphics) Time travel paradoxes, doomed love, the end of the world hilarious and touching. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (America's Best Comics) Moore wants to be very, very sure that absolutely everybody knows how staggeringly clever he is. 1 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC) Grant Morrison is one of the only comics writers out there who can combine breathless ideas and masterful craft in 22-page bursts.(AT) Both Pilgrim's survival chops and O'Malley's storytelling hit new heights here. (DW) Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press) Growing up isn't always fun, but it sure is funny, at least the way O'Malley tells it. Critics participating in this year's poll include Chris Barsanti, Ian Brill, Johanna Draper Carlson, Kai-Ming Cha, Erin Finnegan, Laura Hudson, Heidi MacDonald, Laurel Maury, Calvin Reid, Andrew Trask, and Douglas Wolk.Ī complete list with selected comments from voters follows:Įxit Wounds by Rutu Modan (D&Q) Beautifully written, distinctively drawn, and very smart about the way it gets at the large via the small and vice versa.
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