Comic Book Shopping List for 2010

For all you people out there who want to read good comic books, here's your shopping list for the year. Many of these are prime candidates for membership in the Best Comics of 2010 Meta-List.

Note: August-December information is sparse because many publishers haven't revealed their plans yet.  I'll probably publish an updated shopping list later this year.

January

• Afrodisiac, by Brian Maruca and Jim Rugg, AdHouse

February

• On the Odd Hours, by Eric Liberge, NBM
• Mesmo Delivery, by Rafael Grampa, Dark Horse
• John Constantine, Hellblazer: Pandemonium, by Jaime Delano and Jock, Vertigo
• Meanwhile: Pick Any Path, by Jason Shiga, Amulet
• Crogan's March, Chris Schweizer, Oni Press

March

• The Wild Kingdom, by Kevin Huizenga, Drawn & Quarterly

April

• Black Blizzard, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Drawn & Quarterly
• It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi, Fantagraphics
• BodyWorld, by Dash Shaw, Pantheon

May

• Wilson, by Dan Clowes, Drawn & Quarterly
• Dungeon Quest: Book One, by Joe Daly, Fantagraphics
• Solomon's Thieves, by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland, First Second
• Dong Xoai, by Joe Kubert, Vertigo

June

• Billy Hazelnuts and the Crazy Bird, by Tony Millionaire, Fantagraphics
• Beasts of Burden, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, Dark Horse
• If 'n Oof, by Brian Chippendale, Picturebox

July

• Werewolves of Montpellier, by Jason, Fantagraphics
• Moving Pictures, by Kathryn and Stuart Immonen, Top Shelf
• Revolver, by Matt Kindt, Vertigo

October

• X'ed Out, by Charles Burns, Pantheon
• The Little Prince Graphic Novel, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Joann Sfar, HMH Books

November

• How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, by Sarah Glidden, Vertigo

Unknown, but hopefully sometime in 2010

• Battling Boy, by Paul Pope, First Second
• Relish, by Lucy Knisley, First Second
• The Wrenchies, by Farel Dalrymple, First Second
• Scott Pilgrim vol. 6, by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Oni Press

Update to the Best Comics of 2009 Meta-List

2005 Meta-List | 2006 Meta-List | 2007 Meta-List
2008 Meta-List | 2009 Meta-List

After I posted the Best Comics of 2009 Meta-List, I found fifteen more lists to add to the original 130 lists.  So here's an updated Meta-List, along with some comments on the changes.

Rank	Title	Points
1	Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli	5315.23
2	Parker: The Hunter, by Darwyn Cooke	1785.29
3	Pluto, by Naoki Urasawa	1659.3
4	George Sprott: 1894-1975, by Seth	1637.17
5	Monsters, by Ken Dahl	1532.88
6	Detective Comics, by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III	1430.86
7	A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi	1373.98
8	The Book of Genesis Illustrated, by Robert Crumb	1090.39
9	Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe, by Bryan Lee O'Malley	1089.8
10	Stitches, by David Small	1072.89
11	Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera	1041.31
12	The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert and Didier Lefevre	964.25
13	Batman and Robin, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely	878.55
14	You'll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man, by Carol Tyler	868.63
15	Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory	824.27
16	A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, by Josh Neufeld	774.21
17	Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days, by Al Columbia	757.48
18	The Mourning Star vol. 2, by Kazmir Strzepek	738.63
19	Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco	663.75
20	Johnny Hiro, by Fred Chao	662.87
21	20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa	591.98
22	Tales Designed to Thrizzle, by Michael Kupperman	567.8
23	Driven by Lemons, by Joshua Cotter	539.97
24	The Complete Jack Survives, by Jerry Moriarty	497.19
25	3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, by Matt Kindt	495.22
26	Masterpiece Comics, by R. Sikoryak	487.8
27	Far Arden, by Kevin Cannon	481.28
28	Wednesday Comics, by various	480.75
29	I Kill Giants, by Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura	479.06
30	All Star Superman vol. 2, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely	468.75
31	The Muppet Show, by Roger Langridge	450.76
32	The Squirrel Machine, by Hans Rickheit	447.06
33	Incredible Hercules, by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and others	445.33
34	Daredevil, by various	443.83
35	Prison Pit, by Johnny Ryan	435.32
36	The Complete Essex County, by Jeff Lemire	433.17
37	Cecil and Jordan in New York: Stories, by Gabrielle Bell	411.89
38	King City, by Brandon Graham	405.95
39	The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross	392.7
40	The Act-I-Vate Primer, by various	384.19
41	Ex Machina, by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris	382.46
42	Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou, Alecos Papdatos, and Annie Di Donna	380
43	Little Nothings vol. 2, by Lewis Trondheim	376.92
44	The Umbrella Academy vol. 2: Dallas, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba	374.14
45	The Unknown Soldier, by Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli	365.34
46	Beasts of Burden, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson	352.95
47	The Eternal Smile, by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim	351.27
48	Ochre Ellipse #3, by Jonas Madden-Connor	348.35
49	B.P.R.D., by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis, Fabio Moon, and Gabriel Ba	348.11
50	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Century: 1910, by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill	342.6
51	Ganges #3, by Kevin Huizenga	338.13
52	Incognito, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips	336.22
53	Phonogram: The Singles Club, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie	335.35
54	Blackest Night, by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis	334.98
55	Gogo Monster, by Taiyo Matsumoto	334.11
56	Northlanders, by Brian Wood and Leandro Fernandez	328.35
57	Oishinbo, by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki	328.19
58	Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye, by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart	325.88
59	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young	325.66
60	Criminal, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips	319.6
61	Luba, by Gilbert Hernandez	318.9
62	Jonah Hex, by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and others	318.52
63	Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, by David Peterson	308.61
64	Invincible Iron Man, by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca	295.4
65	Planetary #27, by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday	285.37
66	Grandville, by Bryan Talbot	279.97
67	The Color of Earth/Water/Heaven, by Dong Hwa Kim	274.6
68	Amazing Spider-Man, by various	270.67
69	Green Lantern, by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke	270
70	Irredeemable, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause	268.34
71	Captain Britain and MI-13, by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk	267.29
72	Ball Peen Hammer, by Adam Rapp and George O'Connor	263.35
72	Bodyworld, by Dash Shaw	263.35
74	The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics, by various	261.94
75	I Want You, by Lisa Hanawalt	245.96
76	Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me, by Peter Bagge	240.97
77	The Winter Men, by Brett Lewis and John Paul Leon	240.53
78	Sugarcube, by Sam Gaskin	238.35
79	Just So You Know #1, by Joey Sayers	238.34
80	The Bun Field, by Amanda Vahamaki	236.68
81	Thor, by J. Michael Straczynski and various	226.67
82	Locas II: Maggie, Hopey, & Ray, by Jaime Hernandez	222.22
83	Low Moon, by Jason	220.03
84	Powers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming	220.01
85	Agents of Atlas, by Jeff Parker and others	219.59
86	Sweet Tooth, by Jeff Lemire	216.47
87	Another Glorious Day at the Nothing Factory, by Eroyn Franklin	210.84
88	Adventures in Cartooning, by James Sturm, Alexis Frederick-Frost, and Andrew Arnold	210
89	Funny Misshapen Body, by Jeffrey Brown	209.54
90	The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard	206.93
91	Kramers Ergot #7, by various	206.27
92	Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary, by Justin Green	203.55
93	Final Crisis, by Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, and Doug Mahnke	202.87
94	The Natural World, by Damien Jay	201.68
95	Popeye vol. 4: Plunder Island, by E.C. Segar	201.23
96	The John Stanley Library: Melvin the Monster, by John Stanley	201.05
97	Nine Ways to Disappear, by Lilli Carre	199.58
98	Like a Dog, by Zak Sally	195.13
99	Sandman: The Dream Hunters, by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell	194.58
100	Young Liars, by David Lapham	194.57

Comments:
The data from the new lists has moved some books around on the Meta-List.  Here's a breakdown of some of the changes:

• The Top Ten:  Pluto (was #4, now #3) swaps places with George Sprott (was #3, now #4).  Monsters (was #6, now #5) and Detective Comics (was #7, now #6) overtake A Drifting Life (was #5, now #7), and The Book of Genesis gets bumped up two places (was #10, now #8) while Stitches drops two places (was #8, now #10).
• Big Movers: Footnotes in Gaza (perhaps benefiting from now having been around long enough to have been read by the new list-makers), steps up ten places (was #29, now #19); Incredible Hercules lumbers all the way from #68 up to #33 (and in the process becomes Marvel's highest-ranking book); Prison Pit oozes from #69 up to #35; King City sneaks from #61 up to #38; Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth searches from #59 to #42; and Grandville hustles from #90 up to #66.
• New Books: Eight new entries crack into the list: Beasts of Burden (way up there at #46), Thor (#81), Powers (#84), Agents of Atlas (#85), Final Crisis (#93), Like a Dog (#98), Sandman: The Dream Hunters (#99), and Young Liars (#100).  These newcomers bump eight other comics out of the top 100, including Alec: The Years Have Pants and You Are There.

The Meta-List now includes data from the following lists:

Acro's Thoughts

Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!

But Before I Kill You (Stefan Young)

Forbidden Planet (Joe Gordon)

Happpysad (Darryl Ayo Brathwaite)

Jackie Tam

Library Journal (Martha Cornog and Steve Raiteri)

Panel Patter

Paul Gravett

The Comics Journal (Rob Clough)

The Last Comic Blog

Warren Peace Sings the Blues (Matthew Brady)

Wednesday's Child (Paul DeBenedetto)

Yet Another Comics Blog (Dave Carter)

Zack Soto Other "Best Comics of the Year" Meta-Lists: 2005 Meta-List | 2006 Meta-List | 2007 Meta-List 2008 Meta-List | 2009 Meta-List