Best comic books of 2023: Creators, moments, and more

BEST COMIC BOOKS OF 2023

Best Single Issue

Nathan: Batman: City of Madness #1 (Christian Ward)

Dave: Batman: City of Madness #1 (Christian Ward)

Best Graphic Novel

Dave: I Am Stan by Tom Scioli

Nathan: ​​Danger and Other Unknown Risks (Ryan North, Erica Henderson)

Best Writer

Nathan: Kelly Thompson (The Cull, Birds of Prey, Black Cloak)

Dave: Tom King (Wonder Woman, Danger Street, Animal Pound, Gotham City Year One, Human Target, Batman Brave and the Bold)

Best Artist

Nathan: Peach Momoko (A zillion covers this year, Star Wars Visions, Extreme Venomverse, Demon War)

Dave: Stevan Subic (The Riddler: Year One)

Best Series 

Dave: Danger Street (Tom King, Jorge Fornes)

Nathan: Fantastic Four (Ryan North, Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli)

Best Anthology

Nathan: Xino (Various)

Dave: Batman: Brave and the Bold (Various!)

Best Letterer

Nathan: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou 

Dave: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Literally everything he does)

Best Colors

Nathan: Tamra Bonvillain (World’s Finest, Batman, Fire & Ice, DC Pride, Animal Pound)

Dave: Jordie Bellaire (BoP, World’s Finest Teen Titans, Phantom Road, Assassin's Apprentice W0rldtr33)

Best Comics film or TV?

Dave: Guardians of the Galaxy 3

Nathan: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Comics Event?

Dave: Fall of X (Children of the Atom, Alpha Flight, Uncanny Avengers, Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant, Jean Grey)

Nathan: Knight Terrors

Wild card options: 

Most improbable survival

Nathan: Everyone - DCeased: War of the Undead Gods

Dave: Daredevil

Most gruesome death 

Dave: The X-Men at the Hellfire Gala

Nathan: The X-Men at the Hellfire Gala

Favorite couple

Nathan: Iceman and Romeo

Dave: The couple in Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Yuta and Eri)

Best Reboot/Relaunch

Dave: Clobberin’ Time - Steve Skroce

Nathan: Hawkgirl, Alan Scott

Best Newcomer

Dave: DSTLRY 

Nathan: Iman Vellani

Biggest Surprise

Spider-Man Reign 2 Announced 

Tom Brevoort named X-Men editor