Best Comics of 2007 Meta-List

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Dick Hyacinth compiled this meta-list of the top 100 comic books of 2007 from the lists of critics across the internet and print. I thought I should re-post the list here because Dick has stopped blogging and I am worried that the list may get deleted or lost.

Methodology: Dick gave each critic 550 points to distribute among the books on his or her list. Critics who wrote unnumbered lists distributed their points evenly among the books on their lists, while critics with numbered lists distributed their points according to a formula created by Chad Nevett.

Here is the Best Comics of 2007 Meta-List:

1. Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (1085 total points)
2. Shortcomings, by Adrian Tomine (941)
3. All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (908)
4. I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets, by Fletcher Hanks (850)
5. Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, by Bryan Lee O'Malley (660)
6. Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (640)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, by Joss Whedon, Bryan K. Vaughan, and Georges Jeanty (541)
8. Alias the Cat, by Kim Deitch (452)
9. Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto, by Nicholas Gurewitch (444)
10. Powr Mastrs, by C.F. (439)
11. Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, by Jack Kirby (409)
12. (tie) Chance in Hell, by Gilbert Hernandez (386)
12. (tie) Super Spy, by Matt Kindt (386)
14. The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (383)
15. The Blot, by Tom Neely (361)
16. Immortal Iron Fist, by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja (357)
17. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier, by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (343)
18. The Professor's Daughter, by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert (339)
19. Shooting War, by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman (323)
20. Essex County, by Jeff Lemire (313)
21. Apollo's Song, by Osamu Tezuka (293)
22. Achewood, by Chris Onstad (290)
23. Y: the Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (275)
24. King City, by Brandon Graham (274)
25. Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil, by Jeff Smith (269)
26. The Complete Terry and the Pirates, by Milton Caniff (267)
27. Crecy, by Warren Ellis and Raulo Caceres (256)
28. Aya, by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (251)
29. (tie) E.C. Segar's Popeye, by E.C. Segar (248)
29. (tie) MW, by Osamu Tezuka (248)
31. Maggots, by Brian Chippendale (241)
32. The Killer, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (237)
33. Alice in Sunderland, by Bryan Talbot (236)
34. Tekkon Kinkreet, by Taiyo Matsumoto (229)
35. Casanova, by Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon (228)
36. The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (227)
37. Fell, by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith (225)
38. Notes For a War Story, by Gipi (224)
39. Doctor 13: Architecture and Morality, by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang (219)
40. Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (216)
41. Fluffy, by Simone Lia (214)
42. Captain America, by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (212)
43. Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, by Fumiyo Kouno (211)
44. Sundays With Walt and Skeezix, by Frank King (209)
45. The Complete Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (208)
46. The Salon, by Nick Bertozzi (206)
47. Nat Turner vol. 2, by Kyle Baker (204)
48. Bookhunter, by Jason Shiga (193)
49. I Killed Adolf Hitler, by Jason (190)
50. (tie) Love and Rockets, by Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez (189)
50. (tie) Micrographica, by Renee French (189)
52. Acme Novelty Library #18, by Chris Ware (186)
53. Good As Lily, by Derek Kirk Kim (180)
54. Empowered, by Adam Warren (175)
55. Plain Janes, by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg (173)
56. House, by Josh Simmons (169)
57. Laika, by Nick Abadzis (167)
58. Silverfish, by David Lapham (161)
59. Moomin, by Tove Jansson (159)
60. (tie) Army@Love, by Rick Veitch (156)
60. (tie) Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice, by Ivan Brunetti (156)
60. (tie) Elvis Road, by Xavier Robel and Helge Reumann (156)
63. Spent, by Joe Matt (149)
64. Three Paradoxes, by Paul Hornschemeier (147)
65. Sentences, by Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly (144)
66. (tie) King Cat Classix, by John Porcellino (142)
66. (tie) A Treasury of Victorian Murder: The Saga of the Bloody Benders, by Rick Geary (142)
68. New Engineering, by Yuichi Yokoyama (137)
69. (tie) The Other Side, by Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart (135)
69. (tie) Red Eye, Black Eye, by K. Thor Jensen (135)
70. Rodolphe Topffer: The Complete Comic Strips, by Rodolphe Topffer (133)
71. (tie) Mister Wonderful, by Dan Clowes (129)
71. (tie) Uptight, by Jordan Crane (129)
72. White Rapids, by Pascal Blanchet (128)
73. The End, by Anders Nilsen (126)
74. The Spirit, by Darwyn Cooke (124)
75. Marvel Zombies 2, by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips (122)
76. (tie) Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera (120)
76. (tie) The Drifting Classroom, by Kazuo Umezu (120)
78. Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (118)
79. Complete Dick Tracy, by Chester Gould (116)
80. Dogs and Water, by Anders Nilsen (114)
81. Phonogram, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (112)
82. Walt and Skeezix, by Frank King (111)
85. (tie) A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, by Josh Neufeld (110)
85. (tie) Hack/Slash, by Tim Seeley and Emily Stone (110)
85. (tie) How to Be Everywhere, by Warren Craghead (110)
85. (tie) Last Call, by Vasilis Lolos (110)
85. (tie) Love and Rockets: Maggie the Mechanic, by Jaime Hernandez (110)
85. (tie) The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, by Anne Marie Fleming (110)
91. The Escapists, by Bryan K. Vaughan, Michael Chabon, Philip Bond, and others (109)
92. American Elf vol. 2, by James Kochalka (106)
93. Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (105)
94. Storeyville, by Frank Santoro (103)
95. (tie) Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, by Anders Nilsen (100)
95. (tie) Dragon Head, by Minetaro Mochizuki (100)
95. (tie) The Punisher, by Garth Ennis and various (100)
98. (tie) Emma, by Kaoru Mori (98)
98. (tie) Nana, by Ai Yazawa (98)
100. Garage Band, by Gipi (96)

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