Right, because I want to, here's my very own "Best of" for 2007. I'm far too uncritical and have included up to three winners in each catagory...
BEST FILMS
Transformers
Sunshine
Venus
BEST MUSIC
Freeze Pop
Kings of Leon
M.I.A.
BEST GAMES
Bioshock
Mario Galaxy
Halo3
BEST CONVENTIONS
Leeds Thought Bubble
Camden Comics Stall (guaranteed good times EVERY SATURDAY)
Comica Comiket
BEST SMALLPRESS COMICS
The Myopians by Dave West (So what if it came out in 2006?)
In This Half Remembered World I Dream Of Love by Oli Smith
Jolly Bear and Fun Coconut Summer Special Two by Steve Tillotson & Gareth Brookes
I also have to include Donkey Head by Daniel Baker and Space Babe by John Maybury.
John's someone who's going places in the next few years.
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Douglas Noble writing for an Avengers Special for Marvel Comics.
Jake Harold's Tards.
(David Baillie will be in this list next year for writing Batman or Superman or summink. You're next Baillie)
BEST MAINSTREAM COMICS
Phonogram by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (only just read the trade, still counts)
All Star Superman by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
Daredevil by Ed Brubaker
BEST WEBCOMICS
Belly Button Bubble Chronicles by David Baillie
Ninja Bunny by Phil Spence
The Rule Of Death by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey & Douglas Noble
BEST 24HOUR COMICS
Reeling In The Years -A Steve Jones Story by Sean Azzopardi
Andy Luke's 24Hour Comic
Broken Hippos by Dan Lester
And coming in 2008:
MY FELLOW AMERICANS 2008
Tom Humberstone AKA Vented Spleen and Dan Hancox draw and write of their experiences on the 2008 US presidential election trail. Here.
PUB-CON!
London Underground Comics bring you their very own brand of creator run comic conventions!
DAN LESTER'S MURDER MYSTERY
A new ongoing series (ongoing as in we'll put out maybe two issues a year) with the Monkeys Might Puke mastermind. It's Dan in murder mystery situations like only he can do it. And I'm drawing it.
"BLOC" WITH OLI SMITH
Oli's finally written something good that isn't about himself. And it's not just good, it's ruddy wicked and I'm drawing it.
TALES FROM THE FLAT #7
We're starting a story that'll climax around our shocker 10th issue. In 2008 TFTF will blow your mind. And I'm drawing it.
MY 24HOUR COMIC
Just because everyone else is doing it and I have a tiny idea of what I might do.
MORE CURTIS AND TERRORIST
Just because.
I leave you with art from an upcoming (and still untitled) Modern Monstrosity horror anthology-type-thing which I'm doing with Jake Harold. It involves stories of aliens, nazi robots and (as shown here) cheerleaders fighting zombies. Just what comics were made for.
Happy New Year everyone! See you in 2008.
