{"id":2033,"date":"2012-12-03T04:38:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T04:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2012-12-03T04:38:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T04:38:39","slug":"annual-nexus-graphica-best-of-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/12\/03\/annual-nexus-graphica-best-of-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Time Returns &#8212; The First Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/actionmystery.jpg\" alt=\"Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age 1933-1945\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/takecarry.jpg\" alt=\"Take What You Can Carry\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/explorer.jpg\" alt=\"Explorer: The Mystery Boxes\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/wrinkle.jpg\" alt=\"A Wrinkle In Time\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/history-of-comics200.jpg\" alt=\"The Comic Book History of Comics\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/batman-v1-thecourtofowls.jpg\" alt=\"Batman: Court of Owls, vol. 1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/batmannoel.jpg\" alt=\"Batman Noel\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/flexmentallo.jpg\" alt=\"Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1212\/danger.jpg\" alt=\"Danger Club, vol. 1: Death\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday saw the unveiling of the first half of the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica381.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nexus Graphica best graphic novels of the year<\/a>. I&#8217;m not going to reveal all the books here (though astute readers may glean the selections from the images above), so you best visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica381.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the column<\/a> and then return in two weeks when Mark and I reveal our top five books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Yesterday saw the unveiling of the first half of the annual Nexus Graphica best graphic novels of the year. 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