You’re the best…around!

March 4, 2008 on 4:36 pm | In Reviews

Proving that nothing’s gonna ever keep him down, Bookslut’s Jeff Vandermeer re-teams with his fellow judges from last year’s Eisner Awards to present their picks for the best comics of 2007.

Don’t they seem like a fun bunch?

I find it interesting that last year’s judges are sticking together for two reasons:

1 – When the nominees for the 2008 Eisner’s are announced later this year, it might be fun to look back at the above lists to see how the Class of 2007’s picks match up against the Class of 2008’s picks and whether or not there’s an actual critical consensus for what the best comics of the year are.

2 – I find the idea that a group of judges sticking together over the years leading to an eventual “Jets Vs. Sharks” style showdown at the Hyatt bar at Comic Con very funny. Of course, I may just be weird like that.

While I’m at it, I should also remind folks that this year’s judges are Bookazine Company’s John Davis, writer Paul Di Filippo, retailer Atom! Freeman, Entertainment Weekly writer Jeff Jensen and librarian Eva Volin. Also, you can check out out a rad interview with Vandermeer and crew about their picks for last year’s awards at The Pulse, which is where I nabbed the above photo from.

– KP