Creators Pick The Best Comics of 2012

December 30, 2012

By Andy Hunsaker

JOHN ARCUDI

Writer: B.P.R.D., The Creep

GREGG HURWITZ

Writer: Penguin: Pain and Prejudice, Batman: The Dark Knight

Robert Crais – Suspect. Mind-blowingly good thriller about a damaged cop and a damaged Marine dog, brought together in a K9 unit. [Editor’s Note: technically not a comic book, but hey, good readin’ is good readin’]

Megan Abbott – The End of Everything. A spectacular tale of a young girl gone missing and the holes she leaves behind, told from the perspective of her best friend. [Editor’s Note:see above]

Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo – Batman #5. A jaw-dropping accomplishment. Form follows function. A beautiful marriage of storytelling and design as we lose ourselves in the labyrinth of Batman’s mind.

Legends of the Dark Knight #1 – The Butler Did It, by the double Ls – Lindelof and Lemire. A great twisted little tale, at once compelling and humorous.

Comic Channel Editor

Comics Editor Andy Hunsaker has written for Yahoo! Movies, Fancast, XfinityTV and UGO, among others, covering movies and television, and has loved comics ever since he read the giant-sized Marvel Treasury Edition of The Rampaging Hulk #26 four thousand times and grew to love guys with weird heads like M.O.D.O.K. and the Bi-Beast. Therefore, he will also defend Ang Lee's Hulk, although he understands why you don't like it and won't hold that against you.

As far as reviews go, he believes the main point of being a critic is not to pass yourself off as the final arbiter of quality passing holy judgment on a work of art, but rather just to share opinions so that the reader can decide whether or not the critic is someone whose tastes generally align with theirs. If so, that reviewer is one whose work you can trust if you're curious about a particular title. If not, cue loud, angry internet vitriol.