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1. Paper Girls (No. 1, Oct 2015, Image) – Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson All kinds of awesome, Paper Girls has quickly made it onto the top…

1. NEW MGMT / MIND MGMT (No. 1 / No. 36, Aug 2015, Dark Horse) – Matt Kindt If the nip in the October air and the imminent end of…

1. Material (No. 2, June 2015, Image) – Ales Kot & Will Tempest A sociopolitical and philosophical palate cleanser, Kot & Tempest’s art house comic is tailor-made to pique the…

1. Chrononauts (No. 3, May 2015, Image) – Mark Millar, Sean Gordon Murphy & Matt Hollingsworth Mad Max meets Back to the Future, Mark Millar’s labor of love concerning “two…

1. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (No. 4, June 2015, Marvel) – Ryan North, Erica Henderson & Rico Renzi Neck and neck with Nick Spencer’s Ant-Man, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is…

1. Princess Leia (No. 2, May 2015, Marvel) – Mark Waid, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson & Jordie Bellaire If you’re going to read only one Star Wars title this year,…

In a year of rampant misogyny and cringe-inducing comment threads, comic books have surprisingly been one of the most welcoming places to find respite from the deluge of daily sexual…

1. ODY-C (No. 1, Nov 2014, Image) – Matt Fraction & Christian Ward Rounding out our end-of-year depository of “best of” titles is Matt Fraction & Christian Ward’s ODY-C. An…

1. Sex Criminals (No. 8, Oct 2014, Image) – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky The word of the month is education. Anyone who has taught in a traditional classroom setting…

1. The Li’l Depressed Boy: Supposed To Be There Too (No. 1, Oct 2014, Image) – Shaun Steven Struble & Sina Grace After 18 months on hiatus, Li’l Depressed Boy…

1. Edge of Spider-Verse (No. 2, Nov 2014, Marvel) – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez & Rico Renzi What if Peter Parker had never been bitten by a genetically engineered spider?…

1. Wayward (No. 1, Aug 2014, Image) – Jim Zub, Steve Cummings & John Rauch Yet another gorgeous, creator-owned Image #1 makes it to the top of my weekly pull…

1. Alex + Ada (No. 8, Aug 2014, Image) – Sarah Vaughn & Jonathan Luna Revisiting my conversation with Janice Lee on the topic of cyborgs got me thinking about…

1. Saga (No. 21, July 2014, Image) – Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples Insert favorite adjective/noun here.  Modify with superlative.  End clause with “comic book of the year.”  In…