Best of 2012 Image/Dark Horse/Indie

The Walking Dead #100 courtesy Image/Skybound Comics
The Walking Dead #100 courtesy Image/Skybound Comics

Best New Series: Manhattan Projects, Fatale (Image) I can’t decide.

Best Continuing Series: The Walking Dead (Image)

Best Artist: Nick Pitarra (Manhattan Projects)

Best Writer: Brian Wood (The Massive, Conan) Ed Brubaker (Fatale) Jonathan Hickman (Manhattan Projects) (Yeah, I know but I couldn’t decide!)

Best Mini-Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimiliation2 (IDW Publishing)

Best Single Issue: The Walking Dead #100 One word. Lucielle.

Best Moment: Josephine unleashed in Fatale #10 Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring their second arc to a bloody, awesome ending.

Best Guest Star: Oh My, George Takei beams to Riverdale in Kevin Keller #6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine #14 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine #14 courtesy Dark Horse Comics

Best Newcomer in a Continuing Series: Billy the Vampire Slayer in Buffy, The Vampire Slayer Season Nine

Best New Series That Should Be On Cable TV: The Massive by Brian Wood (Dark Horse)

By Editor