Awards season is coming to a close with the grand finale of the Oscars this Sunday. But not to be outdone, we present last, but certainly not least, the esteemed nominees for the 2010 Meltdown Comic Awards!
It’s been an amazing year for our favorite genre and choosing the best of the best was no easy task. This year’s Golden Melty list was comprised from multiple “Best of” lists, sell-through numbers, reviews, Publisher’s Weekly lists and combing through dozens of message boards to hear what true comic fans are saying. So, without further ado, the nominees are:
Best Indie Comic Series
- Green Hornet (Dynamite)
- The Walking Dead (Image)
- Scarlet (Icon)
- Chew (Image)
- Stumptown (Oni)
- Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)
- Batman and Robin (DC)
- Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Marvel)
- Irredeemable (Boom!)
- Daytripper (Vertigo)
- American Vampire (Vertigo)
- Kill Shakespeare (IDW)
- The Unwritten (Vertigo)
- Captain America/Steve Rogers (Marvel)
- Scott Pilgrim (Oni)
- Kick Ass (Icon)
- Zack Overkill – “Incognito” (Icon)
- Nemesis (Icon)
- Skinner Sweet – American Vampire (Vertigo)
- Red Skull – Captain America (Marvel)
- Norman Osborn (Marvel)
- Ares – “Seige #2″
- Nightcrawler – “X-Force #26″
- Bras – “Daytripper” (all issues)
- Cable – “X-Force #28″
- Multiple robots – “Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers”
- Aquaman, Hawkman, Firestorm, Martian Manhunter, etc. – ”Blackest Night #8″
- Batman – ”Batman and Robin #8″
- Dracula – “X-Men #3″
- Northlanders: Plague Widow (Vertigo)
- Black Widow (Marvel)
- Green Hornet (Kevin Smith, Dynamite)
- Secret Avengers (Marvel)
- Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead
- Absolute Justice
- Batwoman: Elegy
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8
- Ed Brubaker – Captain America (Marvel)
- Mark Millar – Nemesis (Icon)
- Jason Aaron – Scalped (Vertigo)
- Geoff Johns – Brightest Day (DC)
- Mark Waid – Irredeemable (Boom!)
- Grant Morrison – Batman and Robin (DC)
- J.H. Williams – Detective Comics (DC)
- Steve McNiven – Nemesis (Icon)
- Fiona Staples – North 40 (Wildstorm)
- Naoki Urasawa – Pluto : Urasawa X
- Green Hornet – Kevin Smith
- The Guild – Felicia Day
- Frenemy of the State – Rashida Jones
- Pantheon – Michael Chiklis
- Artifacts (Top Cow)
- Heroic Age (Marvel)
- Brightest Day (DC)
- Second Coming (Marvel)
- DC issues go back to 2.99
- Nick Simmons accused of plagiarizing “Bleach”
- Lady Gaga gets her own comic
- The ending of Greek Street
- Sony Pictures making “Green Hornet” with that script instead of Kevin Smith’s
- Tron – ’nuff said
- Spiderman #641 ”One Moment in Time”
- Batwoman #0
- The Avengers #1 – Variant 7
- I Zombie #1
- Superman #702
- We Will Bury You #1
Were your favorites nominated? Who gets your vote this year for the best of the best in comics? To find out who will take home the Golden Melty, check back here next week for the winners of the 2010 Meltdown Comic Awards!
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Meltcast 46: Grant Morrison, Matt Fraction, Nemesis, Walking Dead, Wildstorm, and Rock Theatre with Marz
Its time to do the rock theatre dance with Marz Richards of Sacred Fools Theatre Co. again! This time Marz hangs around for the whole show after we yuck it up about his theatre projects, as well as his band’s (Renfield) upcoming shows. We discuss the news of the week with the announcement of Wildstorm closing its doors, as well as DC Entertainment packing their bags for the west coast (except for everybody’s favorite publishing divsion), and then we tackle the subject of the (artificial?) speculator market boom of late- in part due to the possible machinations of one website that shall not be named- but by the Hammer-who also reveals another episode of his secret origin by wowing us with his speculator missteps as we talk the dark side of comics buying.
We then tackle Grant Morrison and Matt Fraction’s runs on X-MEN, Chris’ preliminary pick of the year FIRE & WATER: BILL EVERETT – THE SUB-MARINER AND THE BIRTH OF MARVEL COMICS, NEMESIS #3 (Chris’ other book of the year nomination), WILDCATS 3.0 YEAR ONE collection, FANTASTIC FOUR #583, HULK #25, THOR #615, WALKING DEAD #77, and BLACK WIDOW #6, as well as Jason Aaron’s relaunched WOLVERINE #1.
Music: Dustin Kensrue – Pistol / XX – Crystalized
Our Picks of the Week
Aaron- WOLVERINE #1
Chris- Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, & The Birth of Marvel Comics HC ( Fantagraphics)
Sam & Caleb- Wildcats 3.0 Year One TPB (Wildstorm R.I.P.)
All available at Meltdown Comics