I can't tell who wrote it, it's of near-Grantian brevity, one of the selections is a book about comics rather than a comic (Kirby: King of Comics) and another selection is I believe a 2007 book (Laika), but I still like this little list of Best of 2008 from STLToday. Must be the holidays.
* Abandoned Cars, Tim Lane
* Breakdowns, Art Spiegelman
* The Explainers, Jules Feiffer
* Kirby: King of Comics, Mark Evanier
* Laika, Nick Abadzis