Your Favorite Comics of 2015

[LobsterJohnson]

What were your favorite comics and creators of 2015? My list:

Best Series: Usagi Yojimbo. There were a lot of great comics this year, but the return of UY has been fantastic.

Best Writer: Tie between Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Stan Sakai. Mignola and Arcudi’s work on their collaborations (BPRD, Lobster Johnson, etc.) has been really good this year, and their other books (Hellboy in Hell and Frankenstein Underground for Mignola and Rumble for Arcudi) have been great too. Stan Sakai’s writing work on Usagi Yojimbo this year has been some of the best comic writing I’ve ever seen.

Best Artist: Stan Sakai. While several of my other favorite artists drew some comics this year (Tonci Zonjic drew part of Where is Jake Ellis #5 and Mike Mignola drew two issues and a short story of Hellboy in Hell), but Stan Sakai drew six issues this year (I think), and they were all phenomenal.

Best Issue: Lobster Johnson: The Glass Mantis. There were only two issues of Lobster Johnson this year, but they were both great, especially this one.

Best Cover Artist: Tonci Zonjic. His covers appeared on a few different books this year, including two of his best Lobster Johnson covers yet.

Best Colorist: Dave Stewart. His work appeared in almost every book I read this year.

Best publisher: Dark Horse. Between the Mignolaverse stuff, Usagi Yojimbo, and Harrow County, Dark Horse has published some excellent comics this year.

[Lindsey]

Best series, for my money, has been Ms Marvel. I simply adore Kamala Khan and can't get enough of her adventures.
Best Publisher: Valiant. I enjoy pretty much everything they do company wide.
Best Writer: Tie between James Robinson, G. Willow Wilson and Charles Soule.

[Detox]

Best Series: Imperium
Best Writer: Joshua Dysart
Best Artist: Wes Craig
Best Cover Artist: Mico Suayan
Best Colorist: David Baron
Best Publisher: Valiant

[wwise03]

Best Publisher: It's a toss up between Image and Valiant. They are clearly the best publishers out right now, though both are far from perfect. For example, Image is having a real problem trying to figure out the release schedules for several of the books they publish. Valiant, on the other hand, is a major step down from Image when it comes to the cover stock and paper quality of their books (in addition to the ads scattered throughout the story). These are minor issues though compared to the rest of the comic book world.

Most Disappointing Publisher: I hate to be negative, but Archie Comics was so disappointing that I have to call them out on it. They really had some momentum with Afterlife with Archie, Sabrina, and the new Archie relaunch. While the Archie relaunch has been great, Archie really dropped the ball on the other two books. I believe Afterlife only had 1 issue this year and Sabrina 3 issues.

Best Series: If I had to choose one, I guess it would be The Fade Out. No wait! Lazarus. Ok yea, The Fade Out.

Best Writer: Tom King. Everything he's put out has been really good to great. He actually got me to read a DC property that I have never heard of (Omega Men), care about Dick Grayson not as Nightwing (Grayson), and look forward to a middle eastern war-type story (The Sherriff of Babylon).

Best Artist: I'll go with Dustin Nguyen this year. His work on Descender has been so good.

Best Colorist: I've said it before and I'll say it again, Bettie Breitweiser should win this award every year.

[LobsterJohnson]

I forgot to add best letterer. I'd also give that to Stan Sakai.

[The Whovian]

Best Series: East of West. This comic is unbelievable. From the writing to artwork, the story and characters. It's magnificent.

My other favorites for 2015 were: Lazarus, Black Science, Five Ghosts, Invincible, Velvet, Hellboy, BPRD, Buffy & Angel, Marvel's Avengers books, All New X-men v1, Uncanny X-Men v3, Thor, Nova, Ult Spider-Man (Miles), Batman, 'Tec, Grayson, Catwoman, Robin SOB, Justice League, Sandman Overture.

Best Writer: Even though I'm ticked at the delay of Marvel's SW series, Hickman's work on so MANY great books is undeniable. Whether it's his Avengers books culminating in the SW book or East of West, his writing is superb.

Honorable mention: Mignola for his Hellboy and BPRD.

Best Artist: There are so many great artisits, but I love Dragotta's art. It's slick and fits East of West perfectly. Capullo does the same thing on Batman.

Best Issue: There's just no way I could pick only one issue. There were too many fantastic issues in 2015.

Best Colorist: Frank Martin for his work on East of West.

Best publisher: This one is tough. They all put out so many quality, great books that it's hard to pick only one. I'm tempted to go with DH, but then I think about everything that Image puts out and it's unbelievable. Marvel and DC haven't been as good as they have in the past, but they're still good. To me, it really comes down to DH or Image. If Mignola was churning out Hellboy faster than what he is, I would give it to DH, but he's not, so I'm going with Image.[/QUOTE]

[usagigoya]

Best Series: Usagi Yojimbo
Best Writer: Stan Sakai
Best Artist: Stan Sakai
Best Cover Artist: Stan Sakai
Best Colorist: Tom Luth
Best Publisher: Dark Horse

[GOLGO 13]

Most Disappointing Publisher: I hate to be negative, but Archie Comics was so disappointing that I have to call them out on it. They really had some momentum with Afterlife with Archie, Sabrina, and the new Archie relaunch. While the Archie relaunch has been great, Archie really dropped the ball on the other two books. I believe Afterlife only had 1 issue this year and Sabrina 3 issues.

I like to be negative so I'll agree that Sabrina & Afterlife with Archie did disappoint me greatly by not giving us more greatness like those 2 books. Actually I don't care for Archie stuff at all but those were straight up horror books, and I love me some horror.

[t hedge coke]

I think Bitch Planet was the best thing to come out in 2015. Not just best debut (well, December 2014), but best comic period.

[Joker]

Casanova and Hellboy in Hell. There was nothing like either of those books on the stands.

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

Ms. Marvel, Thor, Captain America, Midnighter . . . .

[InformationGeek]

I did a Top 30 list for my favorite comics of 2015, which can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

For a quicker breakdown:
30. Paper Girls
29. Starfire
28. Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
27. Slash & Burn
26. Komomo Confiserie
25. Wytches
24. Tokyo Ghoul
23. Birthright
22. Robin: Son of Batman
21. Food Wars!
20. Black Canary
19. Sunstone Vol. 2-3
18. World Trigger
17. Manifest Destiny
16. Chew
15. Revival
14. Batman
13. Gangsta.
12. Lazarus
11. Descender
10. Southern Bastards
9. Batgirl
8. Assassination Classroom
7. A Silent Voice
6. Ms. Marvel
5. March Book Two
4. Outcast
3. Prez
2. Grayson
1. My Hero Academia

[Starchild]

Best Series: Martian Manhunter, Spider-Gwen, Omega Men, Unity, Invincible Iron Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Superman: American Alien
Best Writer: Cross between Cullen Bunn and Greg Pak
Best Artist: Jason Fabok
Best Publisher: Marvel
Best single issue: Green Lantern DW by King and Shaner. Beautifully written and drawn.

[MRP]

I cut way back what I bought in 2015, bit of what I did get...

Best Writer: Ed Brubaker
runner up: Greg Rucka
Honorable mentions Warren Ellis, Jason Aaron

Best artist: Darwyn Cooke
runner up: Chris Mooneyham
Honorable mentions: Sean Phillips, Benjamin Dewey, Steve Epting, Michael Lark, Declan Shalvey

Best Series: Lazarus
runner up: Southern Bastards
Honorable Mentions: Autumnlands, The Fade Out

Best Debut: Descender
Runner up: Twilight Children
Honorable Mention: Injection, Black Magick

Best single issue: Elric Vol. 2 Stormbringer OGN (Titan)
runner up Heavy Metal #276 (Kirby Lords of Light issue)

Best Publisher: Image

-M