{"id":3585,"date":"2011-12-16T23:31:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T23:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/12\/16\/the-other-half-of-the-best-2\/"},"modified":"2011-12-16T23:31:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T23:31:17","slug":"the-other-half-of-the-best-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/12\/16\/the-other-half-of-the-best-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Half of the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the <a href=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica358.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">latest Nexus Graphica<\/a>, Mark London Williams and I revealed our top 5 selections for the best graphic novels of the year. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1112\/mmaus.jpeg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1112\/tricked.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1104\/21.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1102\/vietnamerica.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1108\/the_homeland_directive.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1102\/lewis-clark.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1112\/habibi.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1112\/essex-county200.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1103\/daytripper.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/grc\/1111\/stargazingcov.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nSwing over to <a href=\"http:\/\/sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica358.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">SF Site<\/a> to read the reasons behind our selections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/12\/16\/the-other-half-of-the-best\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">The Other Half of the Best<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the latest Nexus Graphica, Mark London Williams and I revealed our top 5 selections for the best graphic novels of the year. 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