In a special, year-end episode of Off Panel, friend of the show Brandon Burpee returns to chat about the year in comics before we count down our 20 favorite comics of the year. We discuss the year in comics, Brandon's disconnect from the larger conversation, the perils of being overinformed, deciding what to read, how the Big Two are doing, the end of Krakoa, the Ultimate Universe's return, honorable mentions for our faves of the year, our top 20 comics of the year, and more.
Bonus! By popular demand, our lists in full can be found below.
David Harper
- Ocean by Lucie Bryon
- Damn Them All by Si Spurrier, Charlie Adlard, Sofie Dodgson, and Jim Campbell
- Wild’s End by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard
- Impossible People by Julia Wertz
- Monica by Daniel Clowes
- Why Don’t You Love Me? By Paul B. Rainey
- Kaya by Wes Craig, Jason Wordie, and AndWorld Design
- Now Let Me Fly by Ronald Wimberly and Brahm Revel
- Danger and Other Unknown Risks by Erica Henderson and Ryan North
- A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
- Time Before Time by Declan Shalvey, Rory McConnville, Geoffo, Joe Palmer, Chris O’Halloran, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Peacemaker Tries Hard! by Kyle Starks, Steve Pugh, Jordie Bellaire, and Becca Carey
- Night Fever by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips
- Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks
- Clementine Book Two by Tillie Walden
- Lights by Brenna Thummler
- Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
- w0rldtr33 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, and Aditya Bidikar
- Mobilis by Juni Ba
- X-Men Red/Immortal X-Men by Al Ewing, Yildiray Cinar, Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, and more
Brandon Burpee
- World’s Finest – Waid, Mora, and Bonvillain
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Campbell, Smith, Federici, and more
- Darth Vader – Pak, Roberson, and Gorham
- X-Men – Duggan, Cassara, Caselli, and more
- Local Man – Fleecs, Seeley, Simpson, and Sobreiro
- Daredevil – Zdarsky, Checchetto, and De La Torre
- Peacemaker Tries Hard! – Starks, Pugh, and Bellaire
- Ambassadors – Millar, Charest, Quitely, Kerschl, Coipel, etc.
- Radiant Black – Higgins and Carlos
- World’s Finest: Teen Titans – Waid, Lupacchino, and Bellaire
- Superman – Williamson, Campbell, Dragotta, and more
- Void Rivals – Kirkman and De Felici
- Immortal X-Men – Gillen, Werneck, and Ryp
- Adventures of Superman – Taylor and Henry
- Nightwing – Taylor, Redondo, and Byrne
- Dark X-Men – Foxe and Scharf
- Titans – Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott
- The X-Cellent – Milligan and Allred
- Jean Grey – Simonson and Chang
- Batman – Zdarsky and Jimenez