First, from the lovely Johanna Draper Carlson, her Best Graphic Novels of 2010. Her list is more independent focused, so if you’re into superheroes this isn’t the list for you.
Then we have CBR (Comic Book Resources) Ten Best Comics of 2010. They actually list some mainstream and superhero comics.
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Ground Rules first. This is a list of the best TV shows, movies and video games that I saw (played) for the first time in 2010. The TV/movies/games didn’t have to be distributed in 2010. And this is the best TV/movies/video games I saw(played) this year in no particular order.
– Not the movie
, but the TV series from BBC and Dr. Who showrunner Steven Moffat. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are brought into the 21st century while keeping it quintessentially Sherlock Holmes. The three 90 minute episodes were exciting and fun. The first and last were much better than the middle one though.
– I can’t say how well it translated to DVD (or Blu-ray), but it was the movie spectacular of the year, possibly the decade. It was a technological marvel with a story existing only to bring us from exciting 3-D vision to exciting 3-D vision. Don’t watch this for the story or the characters, the landscape and the technology is the movie.
– Pixar did something that most people would consider impossible, they improved on two great movies and made a fitting bookend to the characters we’ve known and loved for 15+ years. A wonderful story and characters with Pixar’s distinctive style.
– A wonderful game that showcases Batman and his cast of characters and rogue’s gallery. Great gameplay with a good storyline. We’ll see if the sequel lives up to the original next year.
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Ground Rules first. This is a list of the best books that I read for the first time in 2010. The book/comics didn’t have to be published in 2010. And this is the best books/comics I read this year in no particular order.
, 2
& 3
) by Berke Breathed- Yes, I’m cheating since it’s 3 books, but it’s one collection. Bloom County is probably the defining comic of the 1980s and this is the first time that all the strips have been collected. Highly recommended and enjoyable. (My reviews – 1, 2, 3)
by Paolo Bacigalupi – This is the science fiction book of the year. A dystopian future in a world with no oil, global warming and bioengineered seeds. Yet a wonderful story with great characters. (My review)
by Rebecca Skloot – A true story about a poor black woman who died of cancer and her cells outlived her and ushered in a medical revolution. Her family not only didn’t get any money or recognitino, but didn’t even know what happened with her cells. (My review)
by Felix Gilman – Part fantasy, part steampunk, part western and all original. The saga of competing demons and a mad general who might have knowledge of a weapon that can end it all. (My review)
by Zachary Mason – A crash course in myth and storytelling with Mason retelling the story of the Odyssey over and over again. Each time the myth is slightly changed and different. Wonderful for mythology lovers. (My review)This post is part of the thread: BestOf – an ongoing story on this site. View the thread timeline for more context on this post.
Over at Amazon, they have a list of the Top 10 Science Fiction Books of 2010. I’ve reviewed two of them: Karen Lord’s Redemption in Indigo
Go and look at the list and find some new and interesting books to read. I know I’ll be doing that.
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