It's December, and do you know what that means? It's time for the Annual Talking Comics End-of-Year Celebration! For Part 1 of this three-part presentation, Bob Reyer and Joey Braccino wax rhapsodic about their favorite comics, novels, movies, and more of the year!

Books: The Cull, The Great British Bump-Off, It's Jeff!, Love Everlasting, Poison Ivy, Saga, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Blacula: Return of the King, Blood Stain Vol. 4, The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Ten Days in the Madhouse, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Oona Out of Order, Anxious People, At the End of Every Day, War Eagles, Playing to Lose, Captain America: Symbol of Truth, Sentinel of Liberty, and Cold War, Superman: Harvest of Youth, Immortal X-Men, Sins of Sinister, Once Upon a Time at the End of the World, Arcade Kinds, Black Panther, Minor Threats, The Alternates, Local Man, That Texas Blood, Enfield Gang Massacre, Sirens of the City, She-Hulk, Love Everlasting, Transitions, Darlin and Her Other Names, Daredevil, Fishflies, Batgirls, The Night Eaters: Book 2, Superman: Lost, Captain America: The Ghost Army, Mech Cadets, Ashes