This week, we take a break from our regular show to detail the very best in comics for 2021! We make our picks for best artist, writer, series, surprise, and so much more. This is our final show of 2021 and we go out with a bang!
Segment: Highlights from the show 2021 - Before we get to our best of 2021 winners, we highlight some of our favorite moments and episodes of 2021 including the Boulet Brothers, Jeff Smith, Karla Pacheco and her mom joining us, and more!
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Best Surprise
Nathan - Eddie dies in Venom #1
Dave - Jonathan Hickman leaving as Head of X
Best for a Lapsed Fan
Nathan - Amazing Spider-Man (Saladin Ahmed, Cody Ziglar, Patrick Gleason, Zeb Wells, Kelly Thompson, and more)
Dave - X-Men (Hickman, Duggan, Pepe Larraz Marte Gracia)
Best single issue
Nathan - The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #5 (Ram V, Felipe Andrade)
Dave - The Dreaming: Waking Hours #6 (G. Willow Wilson, Javier Rodriguez)
Best #1
Nathan - TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 (Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Peter Laird, Ben Bishop, Isaac Escorza, Esau Escorza)
Dave - Non-Stop Spider-Man (2021) #1 (Joe Kelly, Chris Bachalo)
Best ongoing series
Nathan - The Silver Coin (Michael Walsh, a buncha writers)
Dave - Home Sick Pilots (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)
Best Artist
Nathan - Daniel Warren Johnson (Beta Ray Bill, Superman Red & Blue, Murder Falcon, a ton of covers)
Dave - Chris Samnee
Best colorist?
Nathan - Jordie Bellaire (Black Widow, Darkhold, The Thing, Darth Maul, Future State: Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl, a zillllllion other books!)
Dave - Mat Lopes (Supergirl, Ka-Zar, The Dreaming)
Best Letterer
Dave - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Nathan - Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou - Memoria, BEYOND THE BREACH, X-0 Manowar
Best Writer
Nathan - Ram V (Laila Starr, Venom, Swamp Thing, JLD, Catwoman)
Dave - Jed MacKay (Moon Knight, Death of Doctor Strange, Spider-Man One-shots, Black Cat)