Best GN and Comics of 2023:

Brooklyn’s Last Secret, Leslie Stein

Flung Out of Space, Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer

Gotham City: Year One, Tom King

The Human Target, Tom King

Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Ram V

The Naked Tree, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Public Domain, Chip Zdarsky

River’s Edge, Kyoko Okazaki

Saga, Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Strangers in Paradise, Terry Moore (reissued)

Superman: Space Age, Mark Russell

Why Don’t You Love Me? Paul B. Rainey

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, Kelly Sue Deconnick

World’s Finest, Mark Waid

Best GN and Comics new to me in 2023 (lots from 2022):

Catwoman: Lonely City, Cliff Chiang

Chivalry, Neil Gaiman

Incognegro, Mat Johnson

It’s Lonely at the Center of the Earth, Zoe Thorogood

It’s So Magic, Lynda Barry

On Loving Women, Diane Obomsawin

Over Easy, Mimi Pond

Palestine, Joe Sacco

Revenge of the Librarians, Tom Gauld

Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley

She-Hulk, Rainbow Rowell

Summer Blonde, Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine

Supergirl: World of Tomorrow, Tom King

Walk Me to the Corner, Anneli Furmark

Best Films/TV of 2023:

Adventure Time

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (restored)

Blue Eye Samurai

Bob’s Burgers

Brother

Beau is Afraid (Acts 1 and 2)

Cassandro

Falling for Christmas

Full Circle

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Harley Quinn

Invincible

The Killer

Magic Mike’s Last Dance (Final Act)

Master Gardener

Pacifiction

Rye Lane

Talk to Me

Best films I watched in 2023 that were new to me (partial list):

12 Angry Men

Army of Shadows

Cow

Decision to Leave

The French Connection

Loving Highsmith

Moon, 66 Questions

Moonage Daydream

Mr. Klein

The Night of the Hunter

The Parallax View

Paths of Glory

Touki Bouki

Triangle of Sadness

Vortex

Women Talking


I can’t believe people were paid to make these in 2023:

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Ahsoka

Aquaman

Asteroid City

Bones and All

The Creator

The Flash

Loki

Mandalorian

Rebel Moon (didn’t watch, but trailer + reviews… yeah.)

Secret Invasion

Shazam

Transformers

The Whale