For my latest Nexus Graphica column over at SF Site, I wrote about… rather than summarize, here’s the first paragraph.
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| Perhaps my favorite comment that Mark and I receive in response to our annual "Year That Was" sequences of the best graphic novels (the 2010 incarnation concluded two weeks ago) goes something likes this: "I love your selections, even though I’ve never heard of half of the books." When we started this journey in April 2008, Mark and I decided to strive for observations that stretch beyond the realms of mainstream comic book society of superheroes, fantasy, and wish fulfillment. Though we gladly cover titles from well known publishers such as DC, Dark Horse, and Image, Mark and I routinely explore the more obscure outings of the medium. In this spirit, I present this list (complied in chronological order of publication) of perhaps lesser known works that would have made the cut if we had been preparing best-of compilations when they were originally published. Sadly, half of these books are currently out of print. |
