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2008 is a year to make your voice be heard! Lots of voting to be done later in the year, so get in gear and help your friends out! Feel free to post these links in your own blogs, e-mails, and online bulletins!

“Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa” is up for an award and needs votes! Written and Drawn by Martheus and Janet Wade, edited by me, this epic story of Jetta’s battle against her father’s army, the Knave, is due some acknowledgement, so PLEASE go vote today!

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL:
the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier (America's Best Comics)
Jetta, Tales of the Toshigawa: Revelations (MAW Productions)
Essex County vol.1: Tales from the Farm (Top Shelf)
the Professor's Daughter (First Second)
Awesome! the Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (Evil Twin)

Over the next two weeks anyone can vote for their choices in each category and we'll announce the winners in an upcoming episode. For the complete Best Of list, visit: http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/news.html

Voting ends February 1st, so please go vote!

Voting is open to non-residents of the USA!!
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BEST OF 2007 NOMINATIONS:

BEST NEW HERO OR TEAM:
Kazuhiko Amamiya (MPD Psycho, Dark Horse)
Orson Randall (Immortal Iron Fist, Marvel)
Avengers Initiative (Marvel)
the Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse)
Dynamo 5 (Image)
Renee Montoya as the new Question (52, DC)
Thor (Marvel)

BEST NEW VILLAIN OR TEAM:
the Hood's Organization (New Avengers, Marvel)
Mr. Mind as a Hyper-Fly (52, DC)
new Injustice League of America (Justice League of America, DC)
Sinestro Corps (Green Lantern, DC)
Red Crow (Scalped, Vertigo)

BEST NEW COMIC:
Booster Gold (DC)
Thor (Marvel)
Scalped (Vertigo)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 (Dark Horse)

BEST LIMITED SERIES:
White Picket Fences (Ape Entertainment)
Black Adam: the Dark Age (DC)
Fallen Son: the Death of Captain America (Marvel)
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite (Dark Horse)
Nightly News (Image)
Annihilation Conquest: Star Lord (Marvel)
Freddy vs Jason vs Ash (Wildstorm)
Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo - Born Better (Marvel)

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR ONE-SHOT
52 #37 (DC)
Punks the Comic Summer Special (Digital Webbing Presents)
Fantastic Four: Isla De La Muerte (Marvel)
Moonstone's Holiday Super Spectacular (Moonstone)
Green Lantern #25 (DC)
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (DC)


BEST CLIFFHANGER OR MOMENT:
Mr. Mind revealed as the villain (52 #51, DC)
Death of Captain America (Captain America 25, Marvel)
the end of Strangers of Paradise (Abstract Studios)
Warren Mears returns (Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3, Dark Horse)
the Sinestro Corps Guardians and Heralds revealed (Sinestro Corps Special, DC)

BEST STORYLINE IN A SERIES OR MULTIPLE SERIES:
"the Death of the Dream", Captain America 25-30 (Marvel)
"the Last Iron Fist Story", Immortal Iron Fist 1-6 (Marvel)
"Escape from Bizarro World", Action Comics 855-857 (DC)
"Sinestro Corps War", Green Lantern/Green Lantern Corps/Tales of the Sinestro Corps (DC)
"the Good Prince", Fables 60-68 (Vertigo)

BEST SLEEPER OR SURPRISE HIT:
Scalped (Vertigo)
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite (Dark Horse)
Captain America (Marvel)
Sinestro Corp War crossover (DC)
Thor (Marvel)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 (Dark Horse)
Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)
the Spirit (DC)
Booster Gold (DC)

BEST ONGOING COMIC:
Fables (Vertigo)
the Lone Ranger (Dynamite Entertainment)
Justice Society of America (DC)
Green Lantern (DC)
Casanova (Image)
Captain America (Marvel)
Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel)

BEST REPRINT COLLECTION:
Immortal Iron Fist: the Last Iron Fist Story HC (Marvel)
Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen vol.1 (DC)
Captain America Omnibus vol.1 (Marvel)
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus collections (DC)
Elk's Run complete (Villard)
Essential Moon Knight vol.2 (Marvel)
Mouse Guard Fall 1152 HC (Archaia Studio Press)
the Absolute Sandman HC vol. 2 (Vertigo)

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier (America's Best Comics)
Jetta, Tales of the Toshigawa: Revelations (MAW Productions)
Essex County vol.1: Tales from the Farm (Top Shelf)
the Professor's Daughter (First Second)
Awesome! the Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (Evil Twin)

BEST PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS (print only):
Back Issue! the Ultimate Comics Experience (TwoMorrows)
the Overstreet Price Guide (Gemstone)
Image Comics: the Road to Independence (TwoMorrows)
Comics Buyers Guide (Krause)
Comics Gone Ape! the Missing Link to Primates in Comics (TwoMorrows)

BEST WRITER:
Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, Booster Gold, Justice Society of America, 52)
Bill Willingham (Fables, Jack of Fables, Shadowpact)
Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist, the Order, Punisher War Journal)
Ed Brubaker (Captain America)

BEST ARTIST:
Dale Eaglesham (Justice Society of America)
Marko Djurdjevic (Daredevil)
Ethan Van Sciver (Sinestro Corps Special, Green Lantern)
Mark Buckingham (Fables)
George Perez (Brave and the Bold)
Mike Norton (All-New Atom)
David Aja (Immortal Iron Fist)
Dan Jurgens (Booster Gold)

BEST WRITER/ARTIST:
Darwyn Cooke (the Spirit)
David Petersen (Mouse Guard)
Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise)
Steve Bryant (Athena Voltaire: Flight of the Falcon)
Jim Starlin (Death of the New Gods)
Matt Kindt (Super Spy)

BEST INKER:
David Petersen (Mouse Guard)
Bob Wiacek (Brave and the Bold)
Rodney Ramos (52, Countdown)
Norm Rapmund (Booster Gold)
Rachel Dodson (Wonder Woman)
Dexter Vines (Civil War)

BEST COLORISTS:
Morry Hollowell (Civil War)
Tom Smith (Brave and the Bold)
Moose Bauman (Green Lantern)
Laura Martin (Thor)

BEST LETTERER:
Chris Eliopoulos (Thor)
Jeff Smith (Shazam: Monster Society of America)
Faryle Dalrymple (Omega the Unknown)
Todd Klein (Fables)

BEST EDITOR:
Michael Siglain (52)
Joe Quesada (Marvel)
Warren Simons (Immortal Iron Fist)
Karen Berger (Vertigo)
Eddie Berganza (Sinestro Corps War)

BEST COVER ARTIST:
Adam Hughes (Catwoman)
J.G. Jones (52, Countdown)
Jo Chen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Marko Djurdjevic (Daredevil)
Simone Bianchi (Detective Comics, Wolverine)
James Jean (Fables, the Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite)
David Finch (Moon Knight, World War Hulk)
Alex Ross (Justice Society of America, Justice)

BREAKOUT TALENT:
Jonathan Hickman (Nightly News)
Gerard Way (the Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite)
Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel)
Matt Fraction (Immortal Iron Fist, the Order, Casanova)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2007:
Spider-Man 3 movie
Comics Now! not shipping in 2007
"One More Day" storyline in the Spider-Man books
Spider-Man Debacle (Spider-Man 3, "Back in Black", "One More Day")
Tales of Sinestro Corps: Anti-Monitor one-shot shelved
Civil War #7
Countdown

BEST COMICS PROJECT IN ANOTHER MEDIUM:
300 movie
Heroes TV show
Comic binding
the Batman cartoon
DCU Build a Figure toyline
Marvel prose novels

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2007:
Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited announced
acceptance of lateness of comics from buyers
short Drawer Boxes
the return of DC's Multiverse
Marvel's exposure in the mainstream media
comics going digital (Wowio, Pullbox online, Slave Labor Graphics, DC's Zuda, Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited)
Death of Captain America

MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2008:
Comic Geek Speak SuperShow
Marvel's Secret Invasion
more comic movies
DC's Final Crisis
Iron Man movie and merchandise