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womzillaSelecting works for the Graphic Stories Hugo is difficult because of the requirement to nominate specific stories rather than bodies of work. Since I most still read comics in pamphlets, and then don't re-read or re-buy them in collected form, it's hard for me to tell exactly what meets eligibility. However, I think all of these were published within or had their collected editions in 2011 and are thus valid.
So, here's my long list. Now I need to figure out how to trim this to 5. [ETA: I misunderstood the eligibility rules, which leads me to make a few additions and deletions. Thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stevendj.)
Stricken because these both concluded in December 2010 and are thus not eligible, but they're still really good and you should buy the collections:
Taskmaster: Unthinkable (Fred van Lente and Jefte Palo)
Almost made the list: Order of the Stick: Snips and Snails and Dragon Tails by Rich Berlew. However, this volume is really a collection of shorter pieces, not a coherent whole, and none of the individual pieces are quite of Hugo caliber by themselves. And I'm really tempted to mention X-Men Legacy #260 by Mike Carey and Khoi Pham (and others), but while it's a lovely, emotionally rich turning point for one of the best characters in the X-universe, it's really just a single chapter in the middle of a very long story, much of its impact depending on not just the stories immediately proceeding it but the 30 years of stories leading up to that. As such, nominating it makes about as much sense on its own as a random chapter from The Sword of the Lictor.
For next year, definitely expect to see Iron Man 2.0: Who Is Palmer Addley (Nick Spencer and Ariel Olivetti), the first Demon Knights arc and possibly the first I, Vampire arc, the current bifurcated Unwritten storyline, Warren Ellis's six-issue run on Secret Avengers (whatever its collective title ends up being), Casanova: Avaritia, and Locke and Key: Clockworks. And I suspect Journey Into Mystery will get in there, but I'm just starting reading that now. The "Finder" short stories in Dark Horse Comics Presents are brilliant; let's see if they turn into a story.
So, here's my long list. Now I need to figure out how to trim this to 5. [ETA: I misunderstood the eligibility rules, which leads me to make a few additions and deletions. Thanks,
stevendj.)- House of Mystery: Conception (Matthew Sturges and Luca Rossi)
- iZombie: uVampire (Chris Robeson and Michael Allard)
- Joe the Barbarian (Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy)
- King City (Brandon Graham)
- Knight and Squire: For Six (Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton)
- "Locke and Key: Open the Moon" (Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez)
- Morning Glories: All Will be Free (Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma)
- Neonomicon (Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows)
- Oglaf, Collected Edition 1 (Trudy Cooper)
- Proof: Endangered (Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo)
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal vol. 2: The Most Dangerous Game (Zach Weiner)
- Secret Six: The Darkest House (Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore)
- Unwritten: Leviathan (Mike Carey and Peter Gross)
- The Weird World of Jack Staff by Paul Grist
- Xombi: The Ninth Castle (John Rozum and Frazier Irving)
Stricken because these both concluded in December 2010 and are thus not eligible, but they're still really good and you should buy the collections:
- Bulletproof Coffin (David Hine and Shakey Kane)
Almost made the list: Order of the Stick: Snips and Snails and Dragon Tails by Rich Berlew. However, this volume is really a collection of shorter pieces, not a coherent whole, and none of the individual pieces are quite of Hugo caliber by themselves. And I'm really tempted to mention X-Men Legacy #260 by Mike Carey and Khoi Pham (and others), but while it's a lovely, emotionally rich turning point for one of the best characters in the X-universe, it's really just a single chapter in the middle of a very long story, much of its impact depending on not just the stories immediately proceeding it but the 30 years of stories leading up to that. As such, nominating it makes about as much sense on its own as a random chapter from The Sword of the Lictor.
For next year, definitely expect to see Iron Man 2.0: Who Is Palmer Addley (Nick Spencer and Ariel Olivetti), the first Demon Knights arc and possibly the first I, Vampire arc, the current bifurcated Unwritten storyline, Warren Ellis's six-issue run on Secret Avengers (whatever its collective title ends up being), Casanova: Avaritia, and Locke and Key: Clockworks. And I suspect Journey Into Mystery will get in there, but I'm just starting reading that now. The "Finder" short stories in Dark Horse Comics Presents are brilliant; let's see if they turn into a story.
