Yet another year is done. It has been an adventurous one at that (despite the fact that the world didn't end). This year's best list will have to be a little minimal, as I haven't taken in as much media in my year abroad. I have read more, but watched less. As in other years, this list is not entirely made of things from this year, but things I discovered or really liked in 2012. I hope you enjoy the list of things I found and enjoyed this year. Have a happy new year!
Comedy:
Winner: Dawn - Octavia Butler
Comics!
Movies!
Domestic:
Winner: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Runner Up: Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Honorable Mention: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Foreign:
Winner: Iron Sky (2012)
(I will admit, this movie wasn't that great, but strangely enough it was the only new foreign film I saw this year.)
Animated:
Winner: The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2012)
Runner Up: Paranorman (2012)
TV series!
Comedy:
Winner: Would I Lie to You (BBC One)
Runner Up: QI (BBC Two)
Drama:
Winner: Newsroom (HBO)
Runner Up: Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Documentary:
Winner: Through the Wormhole (Science)
Animated:
Winner: Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
Runner Up: Gravity Falls (Disney)
Honorable Mention: Green Lantern (Cartoon Network)
Music!
Artist of the Year:
Winner: Porcupine Tree
Album of the Year:
Winner: Cognitive - Soen
Runner Up: Requiem for the Indifferent - Epica
Books!
In all honesty, I was very close to just making this a list of books and comics (as always, I have read many of those). The list might have really been lacking something then, so I narrowed down a few book choices and padded out the rest of the media list.
In all honesty, I was very close to just making this a list of books and comics (as always, I have read many of those). The list might have really been lacking something then, so I narrowed down a few book choices and padded out the rest of the media list.
Fiction:
Winner: Grifter's Game - Lawrence Block
Runner Up: The Righteous - Michael Wallace
Honorable Mention: Godless - Pete Hautman
SciFi/Fantasy:
Winner: Dawn - Octavia Butler
Runner Up: Hide Me Among the Graves - Tim Powers
Honorable Mention: Fistful of Reefer - David Mark Brown
Horror:
Winner: The Taint and other Novellas - Brian Lumely
Runner Up: Harvest Home - Thomas Tryon
Honorable Mention: Innsmouth Syndrome - Philip Hemplow
Nonfiction:
Winner: Mindfulness in Plain English - Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Runner Up: Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself - Alan Alda
Honorable Mention: Tune in Tokyo - Tim Anderson
Comics!
Winner: Saga (Image)
Runner Up: Ragemoor (Darkhorse)
Honorable Mention: Rocketeer Adventures (IDW)
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