Best Comic Books of 2012 Winners | Talking Comics Awards | Comic Book Podcast Issue #63 - a podcast by Talking Comics

Happy New Year everyone! We’re back for our first show of 2013 (recorded in 2013, that is). We’ve missed you guys a ton and we’ve missed talking about our favourite Books of the Week, so that makes a triumphant return to the show and kicks things off. Some of the comics (and books) discussed include: Red She-Hulk #61, Hawkeye #6, Ender’s Game, New Avengers #1, Cow Boy: A Boy And His Horse, Justice League and Aquaman.

AND, if you’ve been following along with shows #60-62, you’ll know that our topic for this week was our favourite comics of 2012. The previous shows were all dedicated to narrowing down our nominees (with your help on the site!) and now we announce the winners of each category. Who wins what? You’ll have to listen to find out (and we’ll post a complete list of them later in the week). In the meantime, you can look at a complete list of the nominees below:

**Best Publisher**
Marvel
DC
Image
IDW
Dark Horse

**Breakthrough Writer**
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Kurtis Wiebe
Jeff Parker
Matt Fraction
JH Williams III

**Breakthrough Artist**
Fiona Staples
Michael Allred
Amanda Conner
Riley Rossmo
Chris Samnee

**Best Cover**
Batwoman #5
The Massive #1 (Variant)
Punisher #16
Masks #1
Fairest #8

**Best Web Or Digital Series**
Sarah and the Seed
JL8
Hark, A Vagrant!
The Abominable Charles Christopher
Legends of the Dark Knight

**Best Mini-Series Or Limited Series**
The Cape by Joe Hill
Ghost by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Alabaster Wolves by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Punk Rock Jesus by Sean Murphy
Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre

**Best Single Issue, Graphic Novel or One-Shot**
Underwater Welder
Batman #5
Tale of Sand
Fantastic Four #606
Revival #1

**Best New Series**
Saga
Captain Marvel
Revival
Fatale
Hawkeye

**Best Story Arc**
Batman: Court Of Owls
Saga: Chapter One
Captain Marvel: In Pursuit Of Flight
X-Factor: Breaking Points
Defenders: Everything Dies

**Best Artist**
Fiona Staples
JH Williams III
Greg Capullo
David Aja
Mike Norton

**Best Writer**
Scott Snyder
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Jeff Lemire
Mark Waid
Jonathan Hickman

**Best On-Going Series
Batman
Saga
FF
Daredevil
Aquaman**

**Best Overall Comic**
Batman
Underwater Welder
Sarah and the Seed
FF
Saga

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