Robert Boyd
At the beginning of the year, I conflated 6 best-of-the-decade lists into one list (two actually--one for publications, one for artists). I figured my work was done. Then this week, I heard about another list that intrigued me, so I wrote about it. At the risk of beating a dead horse, the site that published Kim Jooha's list also published best-of lists from its other contributors. So there were five best-comics-of-the-decade list on this site, a new comics news and criticism site called Solrad. The lists were by:
Best publications
As you can see, the top titles of this revised list are quite different than the previous list. As for the best-ranked artists, the new list looks like this:
The addition of the Solrad lists moves Carolyn Nowak way up on the lists, and adds a lot of artists not present on the previous list.
Solrad is brand new. Their first post was on January 1. Tom Spurgeon's sudden, unexpected death has ended his site, The Comics Reporter. I don't think Solrad will replace it--their focus is a lot more art comics, whereas Tom was kind of an open filter. But art comics are my interest, so I am looking forward to what they publish. If they display a weakness in their first week of existence, it's that their 5 best-of lists were produced by four white guys and one woman (who I think is of Korean ancestry--at least Jooha seems to be a Korean name). Dudes--this is 2020!
At the beginning of the year, I conflated 6 best-of-the-decade lists into one list (two actually--one for publications, one for artists). I figured my work was done. Then this week, I heard about another list that intrigued me, so I wrote about it. At the risk of beating a dead horse, the site that published Kim Jooha's list also published best-of lists from its other contributors. So there were five best-comics-of-the-decade list on this site, a new comics news and criticism site called Solrad. The lists were by:
- Ryan Carey
- Rob Clough
- Daniel Elkins
- Alex Hoffman
- Kim Jooha
Best publications
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As you can see, the top titles of this revised list are quite different than the previous list. As for the best-ranked artists, the new list looks like this:
| author | Number of times ranked |
| Eleanor Davis | 7 |
| Matt Fraction | 7 |
| Carolyn Nowak | 6 |
| Fábio Moon | 5 |
| Gabriel Bá | 5 |
| Jaime Hernandez | 5 |
| Jillian Tamaki | 5 |
| Brian K. Vaughan | 4 |
| David Aja | 4 |
| Emil Ferris | 4 |
| Emily Carroll | 4 |
| Noelle Stevenson | 4 |
| Ron Wimberly | 4 |
| Scott Snyder | 4 |
| Tom King | 4 |
| Alan Moore | 3 |
| Aubrey Aiese | 3 |
| Ayme Sotuyo | 3 |
| Blue Delliquanti | 3 |
| Brooklyn A. Allen | 3 |
| Carey Pietsch | 3 |
| Derek Charm | 3 |
| Erica Henderson | 3 |
| Fiona Staples | 3 |
| Gilbert Hernandez | 3 |
| Grace Ellis | 3 |
| Greg Capullo | 3 |
| Inio Asano | 3 |
| Jason Aaron | 3 |
| Kat Leyh | 3 |
| Kate Beaton | 3 |
| Lale Westvind | 3 |
| Maarta Laiho | 3 |
| Mariko Tamaki | 3 |
| Michael DeForge | 3 |
| Mitch Gerads | 3 |
| Ryan North | 3 |
| Shannon Watters | 3 |
| Tillie Walden | 3 |
| Tom Muller | 3 |
| Aidan Koch | 2 |
| Al Ewing | 2 |
| Ben Mendelewicz | 2 |
| Charles Burns | 2 |
| Chris Ware | 2 |
| David Hine | 2 |
| Dean Ormston | 2 |
| Francesco Francavilla | 2 |
| Gabrielle Bell | 2 |
| Gina Wynbrandt | 2 |
| Inés Estrada | 2 |
| Jamie McKelvie | 2 |
| Jason Latour | 2 |
| Jason Lutes | 2 |
| Jeff Lemire | 2 |
| Jim Campbell | 2 |
| Joe Bennett | 2 |
| Joe Caramagna | 2 |
| John Allison | 2 |
| John Porcellino | 2 |
| Jonathan Hickman | 2 |
| Kaoru Mori | 2 |
| Kevin Huizenga | 2 |
| Kieron Gillen | 2 |
| Kyoko Okazaki | 2 |
| Lissa Treiman | 2 |
| Marco Failla | 2 |
| Margot Ferrick | 2 |
| Marjorie Liu | 2 |
| Marte Gracia | 2 |
| Mat Bors | 2 |
| Max Sarin | 2 |
| Michel Fiffe | 2 |
| Olivier Schrauwen | 2 |
| Pepe Larraz | 2 |
| R.B. Silva | 2 |
| Raina Telgemeier | 2 |
| Rus Wooton | 2 |
| Russell Dauterman | 2 |
| Sam Alden | 2 |
| Sana Takeda | 2 |
| Sarah Glidden | 2 |
| Shaky Kane | 2 |
| Simon Hanselmann | 2 |
| Walden Wong | 2 |
| Whitney Cogar | 2 |
The addition of the Solrad lists moves Carolyn Nowak way up on the lists, and adds a lot of artists not present on the previous list.
Solrad is brand new. Their first post was on January 1. Tom Spurgeon's sudden, unexpected death has ended his site, The Comics Reporter. I don't think Solrad will replace it--their focus is a lot more art comics, whereas Tom was kind of an open filter. But art comics are my interest, so I am looking forward to what they publish. If they display a weakness in their first week of existence, it's that their 5 best-of lists were produced by four white guys and one woman (who I think is of Korean ancestry--at least Jooha seems to be a Korean name). Dudes--this is 2020!