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December 4, 2010


FFF Results Post #237—Comics 2010

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five And Only Five Comics Publications From 2010 You Liked." This is how they responded.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Weathercraft, Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
2. Polly And Her Pals, Cliff Sterret (IDW)
3. H Day, Renee French (PictureBox, Inc.)
4. Achewood Volume Three: A Home For Scared People, Chris Onstad (Dark Horse)
5. Cul De Sac Golden Treasury: A Keepsake Garland Of Classics, Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)

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Michael Dooley

1. Comic Art Propaganda: A Graphic History, Fredrik Strömberg (St. Martin's Griffin)
2. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec Volume One: Pterror Over Paris and The Eiffel Tower Demon, Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics Books)
3. The Killer Volume 2, Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia Studios Press)
4. Miss Don't Touch Me Volume 2, Hubert & Kerascoet (Comics Lit)
5. Torpedo Volume 2, Enrique Sanchez Abuli and Jordi Bernet (IDW Publiahing)

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Tom De Haven

* Captain Easy Volume 1, Roy Crane, Fantagraphics
* Mary Perkins On StageVolume 7, Leonard Starr, Classic Comics Press
* The Search for Smilin' Ed, Kim Deitch, Fantagraphics
* The Playwright, Eddie Campbell & Daren White, Top Shelf
* X'ed Out, Charles Burns, Pantheon

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Max Fischer

1. Acme Novelty Library #20, Chris Ware (Drawn and Quarterly)
2. King City, Brandon Graham (Image)
3. Mr. Cellar's Attic, Noel Freibert (Extreme Troglodyte Press)
4. Wally Gropius, Tim Hensley (Fantagraphics)
5. The Love Bunglers, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)

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Michael May

1. Warlord of Io, James Turner (SLG)
2. Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
3. Zeus: King of the Gods, George O'Connor (First Second)
4. Almost Silent, Jason (Fantagraphics)
5. Solomon's Thieves Book One, Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland (First Second)

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Bakuman, Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata (Viz)
2. The Adventures of Unemployed Man, Gan Golan, Erich Origen, et. al. (Little, Brown & Co)
3. The Broadcast, Eric Hobbs & Noel Tuazon (NBM)
4. Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965, Joe Kubert (DC)
5. Crogan's March, Chris Schweizer (Oni)

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Jason Michelitch

1) Picture This, Lynda Barry (Drawn and Quarterly)
2) Papercutter #13, various (Tugboat Press)
3) Pizza Time, Jon Vermilyea (Koyama Press)
4) Love and Rockets New Stories #3, Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
5) Strange Tales II, various (Marvel Entertainment)

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Tucker Stone

1. King City, Brandon Graham (Image)
2. Walt & Skeezix: Book Four 1927-28, Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly)
3. Pluto Vol 7, Naoki Urasawa (Viz)
4. Dungeon Quest Book One, Joe Daly (Fantagraphics)
5. Grotesque #4, Sergio Ponchione (Fantagraphics)

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Will Pfeifer

1. Acme Novelty Library: Lint, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
2. Parker: The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
3. Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press)
4. The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects, Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
5. Palookaville #20, Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

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Daniel Boyd

1. The Complete Torpedo, Sanchez Abuli, Jordi Bernet and Alex Toth (IDW)
2. It Was the War of the Trenches, Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
3. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Vol. 2, Don Rosa (Boom!)
4. Orc Stain, James Stokoe (Image)
5. Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

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Aaron Costain

1. Body World, Dash Shaw (Pantheon)
2. Love and Rockets: New Stories #3, Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
3. X'ed Out, Charles Burns (Pantheon)
4. Eden, Pablo Holmberg (Drawn and Quarterly)
5. Captain Easy, Volume One: 1933-1935, Roy Crane (Fantagraphics)

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John Vest

1. The Search For Smilin' Ed, Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
2. Love & Rockets New Stories #3, Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
3. Strange Tales II #2, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Farel Dalrymple, David Heatley, Jon Vermilyea, Paul Maybury, Sheldon Vella, Tony Millionaire, Jeffrey Brown & Paul Hornschemeier (Marvel)
4. Ditko #5-Five Act, Steve Ditko (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko)
5. Glamourpuss #12, Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim)

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Tom Mason

* Rob Hanes Adventures Special Edition #1, Randy Reynaldo (WCG)
* The Webcomics Section, various (Webcomics Network)
* The Marvelous Land of Oz, Shanower & Young (Marvel Comics)
* Hot Mexican Love Comics, various (Hot Mexican Love Comics)
* Vampire, PA, Vaughn & Fraim Brothers (Moonstone)

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Greg McElhatton

1. Make Me a Woman, Vanessa Davis (Drawn & Quarterly)
2. A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
3. Three #1, Eric Orner, Joey Alison Sayers, Robert Kirby (Rob Kirby Comics)
4. Batwoman in Detective Comics, Greg Rucka, J.H. Williams III, Jock (DC Comics)
5. Bikeman #2, John Chad (self-published)

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Grant Goggans

1. The Muppet Show Comic Book, Roger Langridge (Boom!)
2. Legion of Super-Heroes, Paul Levitz, Yildray Cinar, et al. (DC)
3. Beasts of Burden, Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
4. 2000 AD, various (Rebellion)
5. Afrodisiac, Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (AdHouse)

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Ben Ostrander

1. Special Exits, Joyce Farmer, Fantagraphics
2. Weathercraft, Jim Woodring, Fantagraphics
3. The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (Richard Stark), IDW
4. How To Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less, Sarah Glidden, Vertigo
5. Beasts Of Burden, Evan Dorkin/Jill Thompson, Dark Horse

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Michael Grabowski

1. Thor: The Mighty Avenger #1, Roger Langridge & Chris Samnee (Marvel)
2. Strange Tales II #2, Jody LeHeup, ed (Marvel)
3. Mome Vol. 19, Eric Reynolds, ed (Fantagraphics)
4. Love and Rockets New Stories #3, The Hernandez Brothers (Fantagraphics)
5. Grotesque #4, Sergio Ponchione (Fantagraphics)

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John McCorkle

1- X’ed Out, Charles Burns (Pantheon)
2- King of the Flies Volume One: Hallorave, Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
3- The Complete Rocketeer, Dave Stevens (IDW)
4- Clint, Mark Millar, editor (Titan)
5- X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan, Vol. 1, Archie Goodwin & Al Williamson (IDW)

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Tim Franzak

1. Revolver, Matt Kindt (Vertigo)
2. Werewolves of Montpellier, Jason (Fantagraphics)
3. Dungeon Quest Book One, Joe Daly (Fantagraphics)
4. Weathercraft, Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
5. Wilson, Dan Clowes (Drawn & Quartely)

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Jamie S. Rich

1. Moving Pictures, Kathryn & Stuart Immonen (Top Shelf)
2. Koko Be Good, Jen Wang (First: Second)
3. Hellblazer #267-current (the issues with Shade the Changing Man), Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Stefano Landini (Vertigo)
4. Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
5. Paper Cutter #s 12-14, various (Tugboat)

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Andrew Mansell

1. Six Novels in Woodcuts, Lynd Ward (Library of America)
2. King Aroo Vol. 1, Jack Kent (IDW)
3. Big Ben Bolt, John Cullen Murphy (Classic Comics Press)
4. Temperance, Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
5. Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures 1940-1980, Dan Nadel (Abrams ComicArts)

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Alan David Doane

1. The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
2. Wilson, Daniel Clowes (Drawn and Quarterly)
3. H Day, Renee French (PictureBox)
4. Secret Avengers #5, Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, et al (Marvel Comics)
5. Black Blizzard, Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn and Quarterly)

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Douglas Mullins

1. If 'n Oof (PictureBox)
2. Powr Mastrs Vol. 3 (PictureBox)
3. Love and Rockets New Stories #3 (Fantagraphics)
4. Prison Pit Vol. 2 (Fantagraphics)
5. Orc Stain (Image)

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Buzz Dixon

1. Yotsuba&! Vol. 8, Kiyohiko Azuma (Yen Press)
2. Buck Rogers Vol. 4, Phil Nowlan & Dick Calkins (Hermes Press)
3. Motel Art Improvement Service, Jason Little (Dark Horse)
4. Blazing Combat (pbk ed), Archie Godwin, ed; various (Fantagraphics)
5. My Cage Year One, Ed Power & Melissa DeJesus (CreateSpace)

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Danny Ceballos

1. Picture This, Lynda Barry (D&Q)
2. Ditko #5-Act Five, Steve Ditko (Robin Snyder & Steve Ditko)
3. MONSTER, anthology (Fort Thunder)
4. Lose #2, Michael Deforge (Koyama Press)
5. Don't Drink From The Sea, Lilli Carre (self published)

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Kelly Heinze

* Body World, Dash Shaw (Pantheon)
* X'ed Out, Charles Burns (Pantheon)
* Parker Book Two: The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
* Weathercraft, Jim Woodring, (Fantagraphics)
* Captain Easy: The Complete Sundays Volume One, (Fantagraphics)

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Sean T. Collins

* The ACME Novelty Library #20, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
* High Soft Lisp, Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
* Death Trap, Lane Milburn (self-published)
* Lose #2, Michael DeForge (Koyama)
* If 'n Oof, Brian Chippendale (Picturebox)

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David Welsh

* A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
* Secret Avengers, Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato (Marvel)
* AX, Various (Top Shelf)
* All My Darling Daughters, Fumi Yoshinaga (Viz)
* Twin Spica, Kou Yaginuma (Vertical)

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