Happy New Year everyone! We’re back for our first show of 2013 (recorded in 2013, that is). We’ve missed you guys a ton and we’ve missed talking about our favourite Books of the Week, so that makes a triumphant return to the show and kicks things off. Some of the comics (and books) discussed include: Red She-Hulk #61, Hawkeye #6, Ender’s Game, New Avengers #1, Cow Boy: A Boy And His Horse, Justice League and Aquaman.

AND, if you’ve been following along with shows #60-62, you’ll know that our topic for this week was our favourite comics of 2012. The previous shows were all dedicated to narrowing down our nominees (with your help on the site!) and now we announce the winners of each category. Who wins what? You’ll have to listen to find out (and we’ll post a complete list of them later in the week). In the meantime, you can look at a complete list of the nominees below:

**Best Publisher**

Marvel

DC

Image

IDW

Dark Horse

**Breakthrough Writer**

Kelly Sue DeConnick

Kurtis Wiebe

Jeff Parker

Matt Fraction

JH Williams III

**Breakthrough Artist**

Fiona Staples

Michael Allred

Amanda Conner

Riley Rossmo

Chris Samnee

**Best Cover**

Batwoman #5

The Massive #1 (Variant)

Punisher #16

Masks #1

Fairest #8

**Best Web Or Digital Series**

Sarah and the Seed

JL8

Hark, A Vagrant!

The Abominable Charles Christopher

Legends of the Dark Knight

**Best Mini-Series Or Limited Series**

The Cape by Joe Hill

Ghost by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Alabaster Wolves by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Punk Rock Jesus by Sean Murphy

Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre

**Best Single Issue, Graphic Novel or One-Shot**

Underwater Welder

Batman #5

Tale of Sand

Fantastic Four #606

Revival #1

**Best New Series**

Saga

Captain Marvel

Revival

Fatale

Hawkeye

**Best Story Arc**

Batman: Court Of Owls

Saga: Chapter One

Captain Marvel: In Pursuit Of Flight

X-Factor: Breaking Points

Defenders: Everything Dies

**Best Artist**

Fiona Staples

JH Williams III

Greg Capullo

David Aja

Mike Norton

**Best Writer**

Scott Snyder

Kelly Sue DeConnick

Jeff Lemire

Mark Waid

Jonathan Hickman

**Best On-Going Series

Batman

Saga

FF

Daredevil

Aquaman**

**Best Overall Comic**

Batman

Underwater Welder

Sarah and the Seed

FF

Saga

Annnnnnnnnnd... we say it on the show, but just in case you missed it, the Talking Comics crew on Twitter are:

Bobby: @ [bobbyshortle](http://www.twitter.com/bobbyshortle)

Steve: @ [dead\_anchoress](http://www.twitter.com/dead_anchoress)

Stephanie: @ [hellocookie](http://www.twitter.com/hellocookie)

And Bob's email is [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful [Hanie Mohd](http://www.twitter.com/HanieMohd). Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our new superhero pictures.