EP 156 - THE 2018 VAULTY AWARDS: WINNERS
* ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2018:
Tony: Karl Kerschl [Isola]
Patty: Mike Del Mundo [Thor, Inhumans: Judgment Day]
Ryan: Nicola Scott [Black Magick]
Listener’s Choice: (4) Joelle Jones [Batman, Catwoman, Where We Live]
* WRITER OF THE YEAR 2018:
T: Kieron Gillen [The Wicked + The Divine, Doctor Aphra, Star Wars, 24 Panels, Where We Live, Cinema Purgatorio, Uber, Die, Thanos Annual]
P: Ta-Nehisi Coates [Black Panther, Rise of the Black Panther, Captain America]
R: Tom King [Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes In Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special, Batman: Secret Files, Action Comics #1000, DC Holiday Special 2017, Superman Giant]
LC: (3) Kelly Thompson [Hawkeye, West Coast Avengers, Nancy Drew, The Uncanny X-Men, Rogue & Gambit, Mr & Mrs X, Ghostbusters: Answer The Call, Jessica Jones]
(3) Donny Cates [Redneck, Venom, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Babyteeth, Death of Inhumans, Dr Strange, Thanos, Thanos: Legacy, Web of Venom]
(3) Jeff Lemire [Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, Doctor Star & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil, Quantum Age, Royal City, Descender, Gideon Falls, The Terrifics, Where We Live, Hit Girl, Sentry, DC Holiday Special 2017, Hawkman: Found, Superman Giant, Bloodshot Salvation]
* COLORIST OF THE YEAR 2018:
T: MSassyK (Michelle Assarasakorn) [Isola]
P: Daniel Acuna [Black Panther]
R: MSassyK (Michelle Assarasakorn) [Isola]
LC: (3) MSassyK (Michelle Assarasakorn) [Isola]
(3) Matt Hollingsworth [Batman: White Knight, Seven to Eternity]
* BREAKTHROUGH CREATOR OF 2018:
T: Chris Sebela [Shanghai Red, Crowded, Cold War, House Amok, Blue Beetle, Evolution, Agent 47, Damnation: Johnny Blaze - Ghost Rider, Black Crown Quarterly, Harley Quinn]
P: Kelly Thompson [Hawkeye, West Coast Avengers, Nancy Drew, The Uncanny X-Men, Rogue & Gambit, Mr & Mrs X, Ghostbusters: Answer The Call, Jessica Jones]
R: Sarah Vaughn [Sleepless, Eternal Empire]
LC: (3) Jen Bartel [Blackbird, Femme Magnifique, Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla, Crystal Fighters, America #10]
* BEST NEW ONGOING SERIES OF 2018:
T: Lore Olympus [Rachel Smythe]
P: Mr. & Mrs. X [Kelly Thompson, Oscar Bazaldua, Frank D’Armata]
R: Die [Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans]
LC: (2) Immortal Hulk [Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose, Paul Mounts, Garry Brown, Paul Hornschemeier, Leonardo Romero, Marguerite Sauvage]
(2) Gideon Falls [Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart]
(2) Venom [Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin Jr]
(2) Farmhand [Rob Guillory, Taylor Wells]
* BEST LIMITED SERIES OR ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2018:
T: Black Bolt [Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward, Stephanie Hans, Frazier Irving]
P: Sleepless [Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duca, Alissa Sallah]
R: Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles [Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, Mark Morales, Paul Mounts]
LC: (3) Batman: White Knight [Sean Gordon Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth]
(3) Doomsday Clock [Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson]
* BEST COMIC-BASED MOVIE OF 2018:
T: Black Panther
P: Black Panther
R: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse
LC: (10) Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse
* BEST COMIC-BASED TV SHOW OF 2018:
T: Ducktales: Season 1
P: The Flash: Season 4
R: Hilda
LC: (6) Daredevil: Season 3
* BEST ANIMAL IN A COMIC IN 2018:
T: Lockjaw (Lockjaw; Black Bolt) [Daniel Kibblesmith, Carlos Villa, Chris O’Halleran; Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward, Stephanie Hans, Frazier Irving]
P: Throg (Asgardians of The Galaxy; The Mighty Thor: The Gates of Valhalla) [Cullen Bunn, Matteo Lolli, Federico Blee; Jason Aaron, Jen Bartel, Matt Wilson]
R: Buster The Dog (Flavor) [Joe Keatinge, Wook Jin Clark, Tamra Bonvillain, Ali Bouzari]
LC: (4) Krypto (Supergirl) [Marc Andreyko, Kevin Maguire, Sean P. Parsons, Wade von Grawbadger, Fco Plascencia, Chris Sotomayor]
* BEST TWEEN / YOUNG ADULT COMIC OF 2018:
T: Flavor [Joe Keatinge, Wook Jin Clark, Tamra Bonvillain, Ali Bouzari]
P: Ghostbusters: Crossing Over [Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado]
R: The Nameless City: The Divided Earth [Faith Erin Hicks, Jordie Bellaire]
LC: (2) Runaways [Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka, Craig S. Yeung, Triona Farrell, Matt Wilson]
* BEST KIDS / ALL-AGES COMIC OF 2018:
T: Star Wars: Tales from Vader’s Castle [Cavan Scott, Derek Charm, Charles P Wilson, Kelly Jones, Michael Devito, Chris Fenoglio, Corin Howell, Michele Madsen, Charlie Kirchoff, Valentina Pinto, Robert Hack]
P: The Prince & The Dressmaker [Jen Wang]
R: The Hidden Witch [Molly Knox Ostertag]
LC: (2) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic [Ted Anderson, Andy Price, Christina Rice, Brenda Hickey, Tom Zahler, Tony Fleecs, Paul Allor, Jeremy Whitley, Tony Kuusisto]
* THE FLOW-MY-TEARS AWARD FOR SADDEST COMIC OF 2018:
T: Batman #50 [Tom King, June Chung, Michael Janin, Neal Adams, Raph Alberquerque, Lee Bermejo, Greg Capullo, Becky Cloonan, Amanda Conner, Tony Daniel, Jason Fabok, David Finch, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Mitch Gerads, Joelle Jones, Ty Templeton, Andy Kubert, Jim Lee, Clay Mann, Frank Miller, Lee Weeks]
P: Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #310 [Chip Zdarsky]
R: Saga [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
LC: (3) Saga [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
* THE ZDARSKY AWARD FOR FUNNIEST COMIC OF 2018:
T: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl [Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi, Derek Charm]
P: Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #310 [Chip Zdarsky]
R: Giant Days [John Alison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Whitney Cogar, Jenna Ayoub, Julia Madrigal, Jeremy Lawson]
LC: (2) The Wicked + The Divine [Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson]
(2) Mister Miracle [Tom King, Mitch Gerads]
* BEST COMICS VILLAIN OF 2018:
T: Ananke (The Wicked + The Divine) [Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson]
P: Lex Luthor (Justice League) [Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jim Cheung, Jorge Jiménez, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Mark Morales, Walden Wong, Tomeu Morey, Wil Quintana, Alejandro Sanchez]
R: Mime (Doomsday Clock) [Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson]
LC: (4) Thanos (Thanos) [Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Antonio Fabela]
* BEST SUPERHERO COMIC OF 2018:
T: All-New Wolverine [Tom Taylor, Marco Faila, Djibril Morrisette Phan, Nolan Woodard, Ramon Rosanas]
P: Black Hammer-verse (incl: Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Quantum Age, Doctor Star & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil, & Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise) [Jeff Lemire, Emi Lenox, Dean Ormston, David Rubin, Dave Stewart, Max Fiumara, Wilfredo Torres]
R: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl [Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi, Derek Charm]
LC: (2) Black Hammer [Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, Dave Stewart, David Rubin]
(2) Black Panther [Ta-Nahesi Coates, Daniel Acuna, Jen Bartel, Triona Farrell]
(2) Catwoman [Joelle Jones, Fernando Blanco, Laura Allred, John Kalisz]
* BEST NEW-TO-YOU COMIC THAT YOU READ THIS YEAR (must have been originally published prior to 2018):
T: Black Panther Epic Collection: Panther’s Rage (Fantastic Four #52-53, & Jungle Action #6-24) [Don McGregor, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard, Billy Graham, Gil Kane, Dan Green, Bob McLeod, Pablo Marcos, Jim Mooney, Phillip Craig Russell, Klaus Janson, Michael Kelleher, Michele Wolfman, Janice Cohen, Petra Goldberg, Phil Rachelson, Dale Crain, Al Wenzel, Glynis Oliver, Thomas Palmer Sr, Hubert Paley] (1966, & 1973)
P: JSA by Geoff Johns [Geoff Johns, Scott Beatty, Eliot R. Brown, David S. Goyer, Steven Grant, Phil Jimenez, Ron Marz, Dwayne McDuffie, John Ostrander, Tom Peyer, James Robinson, Enrique Alcatena, Aldrin Aw, Michael Bair, Darryl Banks, Eric Battle, Scott Benefiel, Sergio Cariello, Frank Cho, N. Steven Harris, Aaron Lopresti, Alex Maleev, Tom Mandrake, Marcos Martin, Jason Temujin, Eddy Newell, Jason Trent Pearson, Roger Robinson, Steve Sadowski, Louis Small Jr., Chris Weston, Grey Williamson, Carla Feeny, John Kalisz, Tom McCraw, Jason Trent Pearson, Gloria Vasquez, Jim Beard, Dan Curtis Johnson, Pat Gleason, Scott Kolins, Rags Morales, Carlos Pacheco, Javier Saltares, Jeff Smith, Phil Winslade, Kelly Yates, Steve Yeowell, Steve Hamaker, Guy Major] (1999)
R: Atomic Robo [Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener] (2007)
LC: *No Listener’s Choice Winner; no repeat votes*
* BEST ANNUAL OR ONE-SHOT OF 2018:
T: Hellboy Winter Special 2018 [Mike Mignola, Ben Steinbeck, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, Tonci Zonjic, Dave Stewart]
P: Klaus & The Crying Snowman [Grant Morrison, Dan Mora]
R: Spectacular Spider-Man #310 [Chip Zdarsky]
LC: (2) Swamp Thing Winter Special [Tom King, Jason Fabok, Len Wein, Kelly Jones, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Joe Prado]
* SERIES WITH THE BEST COVERS IN 2018:
T: Wonder Woman/X-Men Red [Jenny Frison]
P: Captain America [Alex Ross]
R: Isola [Karl Kerschl, MsassyK]
LC: (3) Aquaman [Stjepan Sejic, Joshua Middleton, Andy Kubert, Alex Sinclair, Hi Fi, Howard Porter, Rafa Sandoval, Ivan Plascencia]
* BEST TEAM-UP FROM 2018:
T: Big Barda & Scott Free (Mister Miracle) [Tom King, Mitch Gerads]
P: Johnny Storm & Ben Grimm (Marvel 2-in-1) [Chip Zdarsky, Jim Cheung, Valerio Schiti, Frank Martin Jr, Ramón K. Pérez, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire, Federico Blee]
R: Doreen Green & Kamala Khan (Marvel Rising) [Mairghread Scott, Devin Kallie Grayson, Ryan North, G. Willow Wilson, Ramon F. Bachs, Robert Di Salvo, Georges Duarte, Marco Failla, Irene Strychalski, Rachelle Rosenberg]
LC: Gabby & Deadpool / Gabby & Laura/ Gabby & co (All-New Wolverine; X-23; X-Men: Red) [Tom Taylor, Mariko Tamaki, Juann Cabal, Nolan Woodard, Djibril Morrisette Phan, Ramon Rosanas, Mahmud Asrar, Ive Svorcina, Rain' Beredo, Carmen Carnero, Roge Antonio]
* PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 2018:
T: Dark Horse
P: Marvel Comics
R: First Second Books
LC: (10) Image Comics (includes one vote for Top Cow)
* COMIC OF THE YEAR 2018:
T: Black Hammer-verse (Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Quantum Age, Doctor Star & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil, & Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise) [Jeff Lemire, Emi Lenox, Dean Ormston, David Rubin, Dave Stewart, Max Fiumara, Wilfredo Torres]
P: Black Panther [Ta-Nehisi Coates, Daniel Acuna, Jen Bartel, Triona Farrell]
R: Mister Miracle [Tom King, Mitch Gerads]
LC: (2) East of West [Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin Jr]
(2) Isola [Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, MSassyK]
(2) Mister Miracle [Tom King, Mitch Gerads]
(2) Paper Girls [Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson]
(2) Saga [Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples]
