Este 2015 podemos decir que ha sido un GRAN año para la industria del cómic en general, la producción de comics de alta calidad está hoy por las nubes, hay demasiados comics excelentes en publicación y varios de ellos iniciados este mismo año.
Las grandes editoriales aún están al debe, pero varios de sus títulos están entre los tops de lo mejor del año y las nominaciones a premios junto a la gran cantidad de títulos independientes.
Las ventas acompañan y la cantidad de lectores nuevos atraídos por la calidad de los títulos y lo atractivo de las propuestas han aumentado considerablemente. Si los noventas fueron la crisis del mercado de los comics, esta década (en parte gracias al cine) es el renacer de la industria a nivel mundial.
Nuestro blog es cada día más una biblioteca viva llena de los más variados titulos del mundo de los cómics. A pesar de las grandes crisis que sufrimos este año, el amor que sentimos por lo que hacemos no hace más que reforzar nuestro interés en seguir ofreciendo lo mejor del noveno arte a nuestros visitantes.
Y qué es lo mejor?? Pues eso no lo decidimos nosotros, lo decide el público y los especialistas. Es así que dejamos algunos listados de lo mejor de este año 2015 según páginas especializadas y los Premios Eisner y Harvey de este año en las distintas categorías. Queda en ustedes ahora definir sus favoritos y ver cuáles serían los títulos que podríamos traer al blog, para tener siempre lo mejor que esta industria nos puede ofrecer.
Nominados a los Premios Eisner 2015:
Mejor historia corta
“Beginning’s End,” de Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
“Corpse on the Imjin!” de Peter Kuper, en Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
“Rule Number One,” de Lee Bermejo, en Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
“The Sound of One Hand Clapping,” de Max Landis y Jock, en Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)
“When the Darkness Presses,” de Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/
Mejor número único
Astro City #16: “Wish I May” de Kurt Busiek y Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, de Evan Dorkin y Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
Madman in Your Face 3D Special, de Mike Allred (Image)
Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 (Marvel)
The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1, de Grant Morrison y Frank Quitely (DC)
Mejor serie regular
Astro City, de Kurt Busiek y Brent Anderson (Vertigo)
Bandette, de Paul Tobin y Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
Hawkeye, de Matt Fraction, David Aja, y Annie Wu (Marvel)
Saga, de Brian K. Vaughan y Fiona Staples (Image)
Southern Bastards, de Jason Aaron y Jason Latour (Image)
The Walking Dead, de Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, y Stefano Gaudiano (Image/Skybound)
Mejor serie limitada
Daredevil: Road Warrior, de Mark Waid y Peter Krause (Marvel Infinite Comics)
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, de Eric Shanower y Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
The Multiversity, de Grant Morrison et al. (DC)
The Private Eye, de Brian K. Vaughan y Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)
The Sandman: Overture, de Neil Gaiman y J. H. Williams III (Vertigo/DC)
Mejor serie nueva
The Fade Out, de Ed Brubaker y Sean Phillips (Image)
Lumberjanes, de Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson y Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
Ms. Marvel, de G. Willow Wilson y Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
Rocket Raccoon, de Skottie Young (Marvel)
The Wicked + The Divine, de Kieron Gillen y Jamie McKelvie (Image)
Mejor publicación para edades de hasta siete años
BirdCatDog, de Lee Nordling y Meritxell Bosch (Lerner/Graphic Universe)
A Cat Named Tim And Other Stories, de John Martz (Koyama Press)
Hello Kitty, Hello 40: A Celebration in 40 Stories, editado por Traci N. Todd y Elizabeth Kawasaki (VIZ)
Mermin, Book 3: Deep Dives, de Joey Weiser (Oni)
The Zoo Box, de Ariel Cohn y Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)
Mejor publicación para edades entre ocho y doce años
Batman Li’l Gotham, vol. 2, de Derek Fridolfs y Dustin Nguyen (DC)
El Deafo, de Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
I Was the Cat, de Paul Tobin y Benjamin Dewey (Oni)
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, de Eric Shanower y Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse, de Art Baltazar y Franco (DC)
Mejor publicación para edades entre trece y diecisiete años
Doomboy, de Tony Sandoval (Magnetic Press)
The Dumbest Idea Ever, de Jimmy Gownley (Graphix/Scholastic)
Lumberjanes, de Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, y Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
Meteor Men, de Jeff Parker y Sandy Jarrell (Oni)
The Shadow Hero, de Gene Luen Yang y Sonny Liew (First Second)
The Wrenchies, de Farel Dalrymple (First Second)
Mejor publicación de humor
The Complete Cul de Sac, de Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)
Dog Butts and Love. And Stuff Like That. And Cats. de Jim Benton (NBM)
Groo vs. Conan, de Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, y Tom Yeates (Dark Horse)
Rocket Raccoon, de Skottie Young (Marvel)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man, de Nick Spencer y Steve Lieber (Marvel)
Mejor cómic digital o webcómic
Bandette, de Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover, Monkeybrain/comiXology.com (link is external)
Failing Sky de Dax Tran-Caffee, http://failingsky.com (link is external)
The Last Mechanical Monster, de Brian Fies, http://lastmechanicalmonster.blogspot.com (link is external)
Nimona, de Noelle Stephenson, http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic (link is external)
The Private Eye de Brian Vaughan & Marcos Martin http://panelsyndicate.com/
Mejor obra basada en la realidad
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? de Roz Chast (Bloomsbury)
Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories, de MariNaomi (2d Cloud/Uncivilized Books)
El Deafo, de Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
Hip Hop Family Tree, vol. 2, de Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood, de Nathan Hale (Abrams)
To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World War, editado por Jonathan Clode y John Stuart Clark (Soaring Penguin)
Mejor álbum (novedad)
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, de Stephen Collins (Picador)
Here, de Richard McGuire (Pantheon)
Kill My Mother, de Jules Feiffer (Liveright)
The Motherless Oven, de Rob Davis (SelfMadeHero)
Seconds, de Bryan Lee O’Malley (Ballantine Books)
This One Summer, de Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)
Premios Harvey 2015:
Mejor cómic online
Albert the Alien, Trevor Mueller y Gabriel Bautista, albertthealien.com
Battlepug, Mike Norton, battlepug.com
Girls with Slingshots, Danielle Corsetto, girlswithslingshots.com
Space Mullet, Daniel Warren Johnson, space-mullet.com
The Private Eye, Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin y Muntsa Vicente, panelsyndicate.com
Mejor edición americana de material extranjero
Beautiful Darkness, Drawn & Quarterly
Blacksad: Amarillo, Dark Horse Comics
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn, Eurocomics/IDW
The Collector, Boom! Studios
The Killer Omnibus vol. 2, Boom! Studios
Mejor serie nueva
Bitch Planet, Image Comics
Lumberjanes, Boom! Studios
Ms. Marvel, Marvel Comics
Southern Bastards, Image Comics
The Wicked + The Divine, Image Comics
Premio especial al humor en los cómics
James Asmus, Quantum & Woody, Valiant Entertainment
James Asmus y Fred Van Lente, The Delinquents, Valiant Entertainment
Ryan Browne, God Hates Astronauts, Image Comics
Fred Van Lente, Archer and Armstrong, Valiant Entertainment
Chip Zdarsky, Sex Criminals, Image Comics
Mejor publicación gráfica original para lectores jóvenes
Jim Henson’s The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow, Boom! Studios
Lumberjanes, Boom! Studios
Sisters, Scholastic-Graphix
Spongebob Comics, United Plankton Pictures
This One Summer, First Second Books
Mejor álbum gráfico anteriormente publicado
Hit: 1955, Boom! Studios
Mouse Guard: Baldwin the Brave and Other Tales, Boom! Studios
Rai vol. 1: Welcome to New Japan, Valiant Entertainment
Six-Gun Gorilla, Boom! Studios
The Love Bunglers, Fantagraphics
Mejor antología
Dark Horse Presents, Dark Horse Comics
In The Dark: A horror anthology, IDW
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, Locust Moon Press
Masterful Marks: Cartoonists who Changed the World, Simon & Schuster
Wild Ocean, Fulcrum Publishing
Mejor álbum gráfico original
Athena Voltaire Compendium, Dark Horse Comics
Jim Henson’s The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow, Boom! Studios
Seconds, Ballantine Books
The Wrenchies, First Second Books
This One Summer, First Second Books
Mejor serie continua o limitada
Afterlife with Archie, Archie Comics
Daredevil, Marvel Comics
Saga, Image Comics
Southern Bastards, Image Comics
The Valiant, Valiant Entertainment
Mejor historia individual
Armor Hunters #1, Valiant Entertainment
Breaking Out, Dark Horse Presents #35, Dark Horse Comics
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: witches #4, Boom! Studios
Multiversity: Pax Americana, DC Comics
Rai #1, Valiant Entertainment
Página Norteamericana Especializada Comics Alliance:
Los Nominados a Mejor Comic para adolescentes son:
Archie, by Mark Waid, Fiona Staples and others (Archie)
Deadly Class, by Rick Remender, Wes Craig and others (Image)
Giant Days, by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Whitney Cogan (Boom)
Gotham Academy, by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl and others (DC)
Jem And The Holograms, by Kelly Thompson, Sophie Campbell, Emma Vieceli and others (IDW)
Lumberjanes, by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carolyn Nowak, and others (Boom)
Ms Marvel, by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Ian Herring, and others (Marvel)
Nutmeg, by James F. Wright and Jackie Crofts (Action Lab)
Wayward, by Jim Zub, Steven Cummings, Tamra Bonvillain and others (Image);
Zodiac Starforce, by Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau (Dark Horse)
Los Nominados a Mejor Comic de Fantasía son:
The Autumnlands, by Kurt Busiek, Ben Dewey, Jordie Bellaire, Comicraft (Image)
From Under Mountains, by Claire Gibson, Sloane Leong, Marian Churchland (Image)
Mythic, by Phil Hester, John McCrea, Michael Spicer, Willie Schubert et al (Image)
Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (HarperCollins)
Rat Queens, by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Tess Fowler, Stjepan Sejic, Tamra Bonvillain, Ed Brisson (Image Shadowline)
Shutter, by Joe Keatinge, Leila del Duca, Owen Gieni, John Workman (Image)
The Spire, by Simon Spurrier, Jeff Stokely, Andre May, Steve Wands (Boom)
Thor, by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, Matthew Wilson, et al (Marvel)
Toil & Trouble, by Mairghread Scott, Kelly Matthews, Nichole Matthews, T. Warren Montgomery (Archaia)
Wayward, by Jim Zub, Steven Cummings, Tamra Bonvillain, Marshall Dillon (Image)
The Wicked & The Divine, by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles et al (Image)
Los Nominados a Mejor Comic de Terror son:
Burning Fields, by Michael Moreci, Tim Daniel, Colin Lorimer, and Joana Lafuente (Boom)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack (Archie)
Death Head, by Zack Keller, Nick Keller, Joanna Estep, and Kelly Fitzpatrick (Dark Horse)
Harrow County, by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
Imperium, by Joshua Dysart, Scot Eaton, and Brian Reber (Valiant)
Nailbiter, by Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson, Adam Guzowski, and John J. Hill (Image)
Nameless, by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, Nathan Fairbairn, and Simon Bowland (Image)
Providence, by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows (Avatar)
The Multiversity: Ultra Comics, by Grant Morrison, Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Gabe Eltaeb, and David Baron (DC)
Wolf, by Ales Kot, Matthew Taylor, Lee Loughridge, and Clayton Cowles (Image)
Wytches, by Scott Snyder, Jock, Matt Hollingsworth, and Clem Robins (Image)
Los Nominados a Mejor Comic de Superhéroes son:
Astro City, by Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Joe Infurnari, Alex Sinclair, Comicraft and others (Vertigo);
Batgirl, by Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr, Serge LaPointe and others (DC)
DC Comics Bombshells, by Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage, Bilquis Evely, Mirka Andolfo, Laura Braga, Wendy Broome and others (DC)
Grayson, by Tim Seeley, Tom King, Mikel Janin, Jeromy Cox, Carlos M. Mangual and others (DC)
Loki: Agent of Asgard, by Al Ewing, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela, Andres Mossa, Clayton Cowles and others (Marvel)
Midnighter, by Steve Orlando, ACO, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Hugo Petrus and others (DC)
Ms Marvel, by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Ian Herring and others (Marvel)
Multiversity, by Grant Morrison, Ivan Reis, Doug Mahnke, Joe Prado, Jim Lee, Scott Williams and others (DC)
Silk, by Robbie Thompson, Stacey Lee, Ian Herring, Travis Lantham and others (Marvel)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi and others (Marvel)
Los Nominados a Mejor Comic de Ciencia Ficción son:
Bitch Planet, by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Cris Peter, and Clayton Cowles (Image)
Descender, by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (Image)
East of West, by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr., and Rus Wooton (Image)
Kaijumax, by Zander Cannon (Oni Press)
Kaptara, by Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod (Image)
Ody-C, by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward (Image)
Omega Men, by Tom King, Barnaby Bagenda, Romulo Fajado Jr., and Pat Brosseau (DC)
Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matthew Wilson (Image)
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, and Fonographiks (Image)
Trees, by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard (Image)
Los Nominados a Excelencia en una Serie Regular Continua son:
Action Comics, by Greg Pak, Aaron Kuder, and others (DC)
Astro City, by Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson, Joe Infurnari, Alex Sinclair, John G Roshell and others (Vertigo); Batman ’66, by various (DC)
Chew, by John Layman, Rob Guillory, and Taylor Wells (Image)
COPRA, by Michel Fiffe (Copra Press)
East of West, by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr and Rus Wooton (Image)
Justice League, by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson, Rob Leigh and others (DC)
Lazarus, by Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Santiago Arcas, and Jodi Wynne (Image)
Lumberjanes, by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, Grace Ellis, Kat Leyh, Carolyn Nowak, and others (Boom)
Mind MGMT, by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse)
Revival, by Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, and Mark Englert (Image)
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, and Fonographiks (Image)
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, by James Roberts, Alex Milne, Joana Lafuente and others (IDW)
Los Nominados a Mejor Comic de Comedia son:
D4VE2, by Ryan Ferrier, Valentin Ramon, and others (IDW)
Deadpool, by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, Salvador Espin, Val Staples, and others (Marvel)
Giant Days, by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Whitney Cogar, Jim Campbell, and others (Boom)
God Hates Astronauts, by Ryan Browne, Jordan Boyd, Chris Crank, and others (Image)
Hank Johnson Agent of HYDRA, by David Mandel, Michael Walsh, Matthew Wilson, and others (Marvel)
Kaptara, by Chip Zdarsky, Kagan McLeod, and Becka Kinzie (Image)
Giant Size Little Marvel: AvX, by Skottie Young and Jean-Francois Beaulieu (Marvel)
M.O.D.O.K. Assassin, by Christopher Yost, Amilcar Pinna, Terry Pallot, Rachelle Rosenberg, and others (Marvel)
Prez, by Mark Russell, Ben Caldwell, Mark Morales, Jeremy Lawson and others (DC)
Quantum & Woody Must Die, by James Asmus, Steve Lieber, Dave McCaig, Dave Lanphear and others (Valiant)
Rick & Morty, by Zac Gorman, CJ Cannon, Ryan Hill, Marc Ellerby, Crank, and others (Oni)
Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, and others (Image)
Sexcastle, by Kyle Starks (Image)
Skullkickers, by Jim Zub, Edwin Huang, Misty Coats, Marshall Dillon, Kevin Ragnall, and others (Image)
Teen Dog, by Jake Lawrence (Boom Box)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi, and others (Marvel)
Las Mejores Novelas Gráficas y Cómics del 2015 según la página especializada GoodReads (en orden descendente):
"Saga", Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
"Nimona" by Noelle Stevenson
"Attack on Titan", Vol. 15 (Attack on Titan, #15) by Hajime Isayama
"Ms. Marvel", Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
"Thor", Vol. 1: The Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron
Beware the Kitten Holy ("Lumberjanes", #1-4) by Noelle Stevenson
"Sunstone" Vol.1 (Sunstone, #1) by Stjepan Šejić
"Step Aside, Pops": A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate Beaton
"The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage": The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua
"Hawkeye", Vol. 4: Rio Bravo by Matt Fraction
"Rat Queens", Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe
"Sex Criminals", Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop by Matt Fraction
"The Sandman: Overture" (The Sandman, #0) by Neil Gaiman
"Username: Evie" by Joe Sugg
"The Wicked + The Divine", Vol. 2: Fandemonium (The Wicked + The Divine, #2) by Kieron Gillen
"Soppy: A Love Story" by Philippa Rice
"The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl", Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North
"Roller Girl" by Victoria Jamieson
"March: Book Two" (March, #2) by John Robert Lewis
"The Sculptor" by Scott McCloud
TOP 100 de los mejores comics del 2015 según la página especializada CBR (Comic Book Resources) :
- Saga
- Ms. Marvel
- March: Book Two
- Star Wars
- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
- Paper Girls
- Step Aside, Pops
- The Omega Men
- Bitch Planet
- The Fade Out
- Archie
- Jem and the Holograms
- Darth Vader
- Silver Surfer
- The Wicked + The Divine
- Multiversity
- Batman
- Grayson
- Shaft
- Astro City
- Two Brothers
- Huck
- Supermutant Magic Academy
- Thor / Thors / The Mighty Thor
- Lady Killer
- Descender
- Midnighter
- Southern Bastards
- The Story of My Tits
- Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl
- The Vision
- Fight Club 2
- Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses
- Lazarus
- Daredevil
- Sacred Heart
- Loki: Agent of Asgard
- Constantine: The Hellblazer
- Batgirl
- Secret Wars
- Injection
- The Arab of the Future
- Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen
- Bloom County
- Hawkeye
- Jughead
- Prez
- Walking Dead
- Giant Days
- Invisible Ink
- Southern Cross
- Copperhead
- Black Magick
- Displacement: A Travelogue
- Captain America: Sam Wilson
- Casanova: Acedia
- MIND MGMT
- Amazing Spider-Man
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Ruins
- Wytches
- Plutona
- All Star Section 8
- Danger Club
- Weirdworld
- Trashed
- Zodiac Starforce
- The Goddamned
- Island
- Harley Quinn
- Fante Bukowski
- The Sculptor
- Hellboy in Hell
- Monstress
- Batman and Robin Eternal
- Princess Ugg
- Heart in a Box
- The Legend of Wonder Woman
- The Autumnlands
- Nimona
- Kaijumax
- Invisible Republic
- The Sandman: Overture
- Ragnarok
- Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
- Shutter
- DC Comics: Bombshells
- Berlin
- James Bond
- Groot
- Batman '66
- The Dark Knight III: The Master Race
- Sex
- Dungeon Fun
- A Silent Voice
- Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer
- Ant-Man / Ant-Man: Last Days / Astonishing Ant-Man
- Howard the Duck
- Elfquest: The Final Quest
- Superman: American Alien
Como ven hay muchos títulos que ya existen en nuestro blog (y muchos otros más si no fuera por las restricciones editoriales y castigos aún imperantes), pero varios otros que se repiten entre nominados y listados nos falta traer y conocer. Hagamos de este 2016 una recopilación de lo mejor de la industria de los cómics (sin tomar en cuenta a Marvel).
Cuáles son los títulos que más quieren ver en el blog de estos nominados??