No ranking, just the ten best books I read this year, the best thing I read that didn't come out this year, and some hate for the worst.

Spielberg's movie is okay, but the original comics are really where it's at.

These two hardcovers are great reads for people well-versed in their continuity prior to the "New 52" reboot.  Less so for everyone else.

The final installment in Max Allan Collins' crime saga closes out an imprint that never lived up to its potential.

It's Warren Ellis' most substantial post-"Transmetropolitan" project, and ultimately not as good as it should've been.

Miller's latest continues the man's slow decline.  Plus a few words on the awesomeness of "Arkham City."

In which John and I talk about webcomics and I go on at length about one of the best -- which is also one of the most frustrating.

Raise your goblet of rock and thrash out to my thoughts on the most METAL series in comics.  Bat heads and makeup not included.

It's deja vu all over again!  I talk about another "Star Wars" series I picked up at Comic-Con.

Marvel's Main Man guides its top franchise into the Heroic Age.  Also:  Some rants about the DCU New 52.