So now that we’ve given away a multi-pack from the 2011 Notables, it’s time to do the same for 2010, which was edited by Neil Gaiman. For this volume, we actually ran individual reviews on each Notable, but they can be hard to get a handle on as a group, so we compiled here links to each review.
WE WILL GIVE AWAY a pack of about 10 of the Notables, this time mostly NOT minis, but published books and graphic novels. Which ones they are will be a surprise! Comment on this post between now and Tuesday December 13 at 5 pm, and you will be entered in a drawing to win the pile. This prize is available only to US readers (sorry!).
Watch for a third and final giveaway on jessicaabel.com and mattmadden.com in the next week or two.
Note: we do moderate comments, so if you haven’t commented here before, your comment won’t show up immediately, but it is in the queue!
–Jessica (and Matt)
Nick Bertozzi’s How and Why to Bale Hay
Ray Bradbury and Tim Hamilton’s Fahrenheit 451
Nicholas Breutzman’s “My Town” and Yearbooks
Mark Chiarello, et al. – Wednesday Comics
Becky Cloonan’s I See the Devil in My Sleep
Becky Cloonan, Jim Rugg, and Steven T. Seagle’s American Virgin
JP Coovert, Stephen Floyd, James Hindle, Alexis Frederick-Frost, and Joseph Lambert’s Sword
Warren Craghead III’s Un Caligramme & This is a Ghost
Darwyn Cooke and Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunted
Jonathon Dalton’s Lil’ Ulysses in Chicago
Ezra Claytan Daniels’ A Circuit Closed
Josh Dysart and Ron Wimberly’s The Stain
Hilary Florido’s Prescription Strength
John Hankiewicz’s The Offering
Faith Erin Hicks’ War at Ellsmere
Alex Holden’s West Side Improvement District
Aya Kakeda’s Delicious Soup of Horror
Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura’s I Kill Giants
Victor Kerlow’s The Lumberjack and Falling Sky
Neil Kleid and Nicholas Cinquegrani’s The Big Kahn
Keith Knight’s The K Chronicles
Ellen Lindner’s Shams, Scams and Blind Faith
Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck’s Witchfinder
Andrei Molotiu’s Otherwise Untitled
Tom Motley et al.’s Made Out of “Mac” (True Fiction #8)
Corinne Mucha’s Growing Up Haunted
Anders Nilsen’s Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes, Big Questions
Danica Novgorodoff’s Slow Storm
Sarah Oleksyk’s Previously Possessed
Chris Onstad’s The Great Outdoor Fight
Jason Overby’s Exploding Head Man
Laura Park’s Sleep is for Suckers, Office 32f
John Porcellino’s Silent Birds
Nate Powell’s Swallow Me Whole
Jesse Reklaw’s Ten Thousand Things to Do
Simon Roy’s Jan’s Atomic Heart
Stan Sakai’s Traitors of the Earth
Alexey Sokolin’s Life, Interwoven
Jonathan Vankin and Seth Fisher’s Tokyo Days
Rick Veitch’s Army@Love: Generation Pwned
Brian Wood and Nathan Fox’s “Random Fire”, DMZ: The Hidden War
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Comments
27 Comments to Best American Recap: Notable Comics of 2010
by Elenaclumsy
On December 12, 2011 at 9:36 am
no italian winner. sob! :'(
(even if I pay shipping fee?)
by Dee Horton
On December 12, 2011 at 9:47 am
I have always been a fan of Writing in Pictures, since childhood sheer pleasureable
by Carolyn
On December 12, 2011 at 9:56 am
Would love to win this surprise!
by kenan
On December 12, 2011 at 10:21 am
Yeah, this is an amazing list of comics. Thanks for doing this job so diligently, guys. We all really benefit.
by Matt
On December 12, 2011 at 10:27 am
Love this series and would love to win some of these books! Especially Multiforce! I ordered Multiforce and it arrived mangled so the post office reimbursed me. They kept the mangled book though and I’ve been afraid to order a new one. Maybe I’ll get lucky.
by Sean Schönherr
On December 12, 2011 at 10:59 am
Another great collection of works, with so many that I still need to read! I hope I win!
by Mark Braun
On December 12, 2011 at 11:08 am
God bless for recognizing this outstanding indie talent! The more that WE ALL get the word out about graphic projects like these, the bigger the audience we bring in.
by Scott Kroll
On December 12, 2011 at 11:10 am
Sign me up! I want some comics!
by Shelley Savor
On December 12, 2011 at 11:12 am
I’d be ever so grateful. Thanks ;-)
by Matt Graupman
On December 12, 2011 at 11:54 am
I don’t have ANY of the books on that list and I definitely WANT them all. :D Please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks!
by Kristy Caldwell
On December 12, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Drooling for half of them, whimpering a little for the Jordan Crane. Amazing selection.
by Thales
On December 12, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Oh, me wants!
by Jess
On December 12, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Such great books… Want…
by Christina Tran
On December 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for compiling these notable lists on the website. It’s super handy for those times we need to go searching for the next good read!
by Neil Kendricks
On December 12, 2011 at 2:18 pm
The series keeps getting better and better. Like wine, comics get better with age.
by Janelle Garcia
On December 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I’d be happy with any of these. Also, I’d just be happy to win something. That never happens!
by DavidRY
On December 12, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Its always amazing the difference between the times you feel like you don’t know what you read and the times when you feel like you don’t know how you are ever going to read all the books you want to. Thanks for this list and giveaway!
by Eddie
On December 12, 2011 at 4:03 pm
I’d love to be entered into the drawing! Thanks so much!
by John
On December 12, 2011 at 9:52 pm
A wonderal site. Thanks for the hard work.
by KellyP
On December 13, 2011 at 10:14 am
Here’s my name in the hat–thanks!
by Amy Frederick
On December 13, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Okay. Try #2. C’mon, big bucks!
by SKleefeld
On December 13, 2011 at 1:13 pm
I’m always on the look-out for great comics. Especially free ones! Thanks for the opportunity!
by LanceT
On December 13, 2011 at 2:38 pm
These lists of notable comics are great!! So diverse. I appreciate all the time it must have taken to compile.
by Sam Henderson
On December 13, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I figure I got nothing to lose entering the drawing.
by Joshua Strasburg
On December 13, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Yay, this is a great giveaway, regardless of what the books are. I’d love to see what the prizes are. I’ve been EATING comics lately, I’ve been reading them so fast. I just read Mirror, Window a few days ago and thought it was great. :)
by Lala
On December 13, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I hereby submit myself for consideration. Thanks!
by Robert H
On January 18, 2012 at 9:04 pm
This site and your book has been an inspiration to me while starting my fledgling mini-comic. Thanks for the effort that goes into it!