AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 253: Best comic books of 2023: Creators, moments, and more

It’s that time of year when the best-of-the-year lists are piling in, but you know you can trust the AIPT Comics podcast as we are recapping the week in news and comics every single week! In fact, as of this recording, we’ve published 52 podcasts this year! Listen below and find out what cut is the best of the year, including some fun categories!

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BEST COMIC BOOKS OF 2023

Best Single Issue

Nathan: Batman: City of Madness #1 (Christian Ward)

Dave: Batman: City of Madness #1 (Christian Ward)

Best Graphic Novel

Dave: I Am Stan by Tom Scioli

Nathan: ​​Danger and Other Unknown Risks (Ryan North, Erica Henderson)

Best Writer

Nathan: Kelly Thompson (The Cull, Birds of Prey, Black Cloak)

Dave: Tom King (Wonder Woman, Danger Street, Animal Pound, Gotham City Year One, Human Target, Batman Brave and the Bold)

Best Artist

Nathan: Peach Momoko (A zillion covers this year, Star Wars Visions, Extreme Venomverse, Demon War)

Dave: Stevan Subic (The Riddler: Year One)

Best Series 

Dave: Danger Street (Tom King, Jorge Fornes)

Nathan: Fantastic Four (Ryan North, Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli)

Best Anthology

Nathan: Xino (Various)

Dave: Batman: Brave and the Bold (Various!)

Best Letterer

Nathan: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou 

Dave: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Literally everything he does)

Best Colors

Nathan: Tamra Bonvillain (World’s Finest, Batman, Fire & Ice, DC Pride, Animal Pound)

Dave: Jordie Bellaire (BoP, World’s Finest Teen Titans, Phantom Road, Assassin’s Apprentice W0rldtr33)

Best Comics film or TV?

Dave: Guardians of the Galaxy 3

Nathan: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Comics Event?

Dave: Fall of X (Children of the Atom, Alpha Flight, Uncanny Avengers, Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant, Jean Grey)

Nathan: Knight Terrors

Wild card options: 

Most improbable survival

Nathan: Everyone – DCeased: War of the Undead Gods

Dave: Daredevil

Most gruesome death 

Dave: The X-Men at the Hellfire Gala

Nathan: The X-Men at the Hellfire Gala

Favorite couple

Nathan: Iceman and Romeo

Dave: The couple in Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Yuta and Eri)

Best Reboot/Relaunch

Dave: Clobberin’ Time – Steve Skroce

Nathan: Hawkgirl, Alan Scott

Best Newcomer

Dave: DSTLRY 

Nathan: Iman Vellani

Biggest Surprise

Spider-Man Reign 2 Announced 

Tom Brevoort named X-Men editor