The Year in Books - 2008
Since this is my professional blog, I thought it might be interesting to see all the things I read over the course of this year. As a writer, everything I write is informed by the things I read and this list is sort of a roadmap to show you how I got from January 1 to December 31, 2008. In an effort to be honest, I should mention that I finished The Guards before I went to bed on New Year's Eve, though it WAS technically 2009. For instance, it may not surprise anyone who reads the new Hurricane Kids work that I have been reading early Dragonball. This is me. Most of it I read because I wanted to, but every so often, there were other motives. I'll not qualify though. Some were great, some were not so great. But I read them all.
The Year in Books - 2008
January
Novels
Peter and the Starcatchers – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Survivor – Chuck Palahniuk
The Conqueror Worms – Brian Keene
13 Bullets – David Wellington
Graphic Novels
Criminal – Volume 1 – Coward – Ed Brubaker
Superman/Batman vs. Alien and Predator – Mark Schultz
February
Novels
Monster Nation – David Wellington
The Keeper – Sarah Langan
The Blonde – Duane Swierczynski
Con Ed – Matthew Klein
Graphic Novels
Manhunter – Book 1 – Street Justice – Marc Andreyko
Manhunter – Book 2 – Trial by Fire – Marc Andreyko
Manhunter – Book 3 – Origins – Marc Andreyko
Star Wars Omnibus – Tales of the Jedi – Vol 1 – edited by Randy Stradley
Batman Turning Points – Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Chuck Dixon
Light Brigade – Peter Tomasi
Empowered – vol 1 – Adam Warren
Aliens Omnibus – vol 1 – Mark Verheiden and John Arcudi
Scalped – vol 1 – Indian Country – Jason Aaron
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus – vol 2 – edited by Scott Allie
March
Novels
Money Shot – Christa Faust
Bangkok 8 – John Burdett
The Butcher’s Boy – Thomas Perry
Blackmailer – George Axelrod
Bust – Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
Graphic Novels
The Terminator Omnibus – vol 1 – edited by Chris Warner
Punisher: War Journal – Book 1 – Civil War – Matt Fraction
Fantastic Four: The End – Alan Davis
Batman: Terror – Doug Moench
The Quitter – Harvey Pekar
Cairo – G. Willow Wilson
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm – Percy Carey
The Boys: vol 1 – The Name of the Game – Garth Ennis
The Immortal Iron Fist – vol 1 – The Last Iron Fist Story – Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker
El Diablo – Brian Azzarello
Dynamo 5 – Jay Faerber
King City – Vol 1 – Brandon Graham
Sloth – Gilbert Hernandez
Y the Last Man – vol 2 – Cycles – Brian K. Vaughn
Y the Last Man – vol 3 – One Small Step – Brian K. Vaughn
American Virgin – vol 2 – Going Down – Steven Seagle
Y the Last Man – vol 4 – Safeword – Brian K. Vaughn
April
Novels
Slide – Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
Cop Hater – Ed McBain
Plunder of the Sun – David Dodge
Driving With Dead People – Monica Holloway
Graphic Novels
The Exterminators – vol 2 – Insurgency – Simon Oliver
Ultimate Spider-Man – The Clone Saga – Brian Michael Bendis
The Abandoned – Ross Campbell
Snow – vol 1 – Morgan Luthi
D. Gray Man – vol 1 - Katsura Hoshino
Zombiepowder – vol 1 – Tite Kubo
Bloody Mary – Garth Ennis
Repo – vol 1 – Rick Spears
Cable & Deadpool – vol 1 – If Looks Could Kill – Fabian Nicieza
Cable Classic – vol 1 – Louise Simonson and Fabian Nicieza
Warhammer 40,000: Damnation Crusade – Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton
Batman: Gotham County Line – Steve Niles
May
Novels
Grifter’s Game – Lawrence Block
Graphic Novels
Claymore – vol 1 – Norihiro Yagi
Boy Vampire – vol 1 – Carlos Trillo
Indiana Jones Omnibus – vol 1 – edited by Jeremy Barlow
Grendel Archives – Matt Wagner
Gunsmith Cats – Revised Edition – vol 1 – Kenichi Sonoda
The Irredeemable Ant-Man – vol 1 – Low Life – Robert Kirkman
Zombies Calling – Faith Erin Hicks
Blank – vol 1 – Pop Mhan
Thor – vol 1 – J. Michael Straczynski
Judas – vol 1 – Suu Minazuki
Tank Girl – book 1 - Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett
June
Novels
Psychosomatic – Anthony Neil Smith
Stiff – Mary Roach
Graphic Novels
Justice League International – vol 1 – Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis
Batman and the Outsiders Showcase – vol 1 – Mike W. Barr
The Champions Classic – Vol 1 – Tony Isabella and Bill Mantlo
The Punisher – vol 1 – In the Beginning – Garth Ennis
Kimmie66 – Aaron Alexovich
Black Cherry – Doug Tennapel
Metal Men Showcase – vol 1 – Robert Kanigher
The Killer – vol 1 – Matz
July
Novels
Dark Hollow – Brian Keene
When You Are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris
Go-go Girls of the Apocalypse – Victor Gischler
Graphic Novels
Pounded – Brian Wood
Popgun – vol 1 – edited by Mark Andrew Smith and Joe Keatinge
Hellboy – Vol 1 – Seed of Destruction – Mike Mignola
Hellboy – Weird Tales – Vol 2 – edited by Scott Allie
The Question – Vol 1 – Zen and Violence – Dennis O’Neil
Hellboy – Vol 2 – Wake the Devil – Mike Mignola
Hellboy – Vol 3 – The Chained Coffin – Mike Mignola
Hellboy – Vol 4 – Right Hand of Doom – Mike Mignola
The Brave and the Bold Showcase – vol 1 – Bob Haney
Hellboy – Vol 5 – Conqueror Worm – Mike Mignola
The Umbrella Academy – vol 1 – The Apocalypse Suite - Gerard Way
Hellboy – Vol 6 – Strange Places – Mike Mignola
August
Novels
Somebody Owes Me Money – Donald Westlake
Bonk – The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex – Mary Roach
Dead Sea – Brian Keene
Snuff – Chuck Palahniuk
The Hunter – Richard Stark
Graphic Novels
Black Metal – vol 1 - Rick Spears
Mini-Marvels – Rock, Paper, Scissors – Chris Giarusso
Hellboy – Vol 7 – The Troll Witch and Others – Mike Mignola
The Mask Omnibus – vol 1 – edited by Mike Richardson
2 Guns – Steven Grant
Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus – vol 1 – Edited by Chris Warner
Burnout – Rebecca Donner
Hellboy – Weird Tales – vol 1 – edited by Scott Allie
Army@Love – vol 1 – The Hot Zone Club – Rick Veitch
Elephantmen – vol 1 - Wounded Animals – Richard Starkings
September
Novels
Bad Monkeys – Matt Ruff
No House Limit – Steve Fisher
Graphic Novels
Green Lantern – Vol 1 – No Fear – Geoff Johns
Hellboy – vol 8 – Darkness Calls – Mike Mignola
Gantz – vol 1 – Hiroya Oku
Hell Girl – vol 1 – Miyuki Eto
MPD – Psycho – vol 1 – Eiji Otsuka
Franklin Richards Son of a Genius – Collected Chaos – Mark Sumerak and Chris Eliopoulos
Invasion! – Pat Mills
Wormwood: Corpse Gentleman – vol 2 – It Only Hurts When I Pee
Marvel Adventures The Hulk – vol 1 – Paul Benjamin
Dragonball VIZBIG vol 1 – Akira Toriyama
Shin Megami Tensei (Kahn) – Kazuaki Yanagisawa
Spider-man j – vol 1 – Japanese Knights – Yamanaka Akira
The Vinyl Underground – vol 1 – Watching the Detectives – Si Spencer
Batman Black and White – vol 3
Sand Land – Akira Toriyama
Mouse Guard – Book 1 – Fall 1152 – David Petersen
October
Novels
The Man With the Getaway Face – Richard Stark
The Year of Living Biblically – A.J. Jacobs
The Blade Itself – Marcus Sakey
Graphic Novels
Crecy – Warren Ellis
Peace Maker – vol 1 – Nanae Chrono
Kamikaze – vol 1 - Satoshi Shiki
Iron Man – Enter the Mandarin – Joe Casey
PX! – vol 1 – a girl and her panda – Eric Anderson
The Un-Men – vol 1 – Get Your Freak On! – John Whalen
Wisdom – Rudiments of Wisdom – Paul Cornell
Black Jack – vol 1 – Osamu Tezuka
Emiko Superstar – Mariko Tamaki
Northlanders – vol 1 – Sven the Returned – Brian Wood
November
Novels
Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Cleaner – Brett Battles
Graphic Novels
Astro Boy – Books 1 & 2 – Osamu Tezuka
Ballad of Halo Jones – Alan Moore
Ex-Machina – deluxe – vol 1 – Brian K. Vaughn
Ghostbusters manga – vol 1 – Ghost Busted – Nathan Johnson and Matt Yamashita
The Alcoholic – Jonathan Ames
Tokyo Tribes – vol 1 – Santa Inoue
Thirteen – Mike Carey
The Embalmer – vol 1 – Mitsukazu Mihara
Bullet Points – J. Michael Straczynski
War Angels – vol 1 – Jae-Hwan Kim
Swamp Thing – Book 1 – Saga of the Swamp Thing – Alan Moore
The Incal – book 1 – Alexandro Jodorowsky
December
Novels
Quantum of Solace – Ian Fleming
Gun Work – David Schow
Killing Castro – Lawrence Block
The Guards – Ken Bruen
Graphic Novels
Dead Space – Antony Johnston
Shaman Warrior – vol 1 – Park Joong Ki
Banya the Explosive Deliveryman – vol 1 – Kim Young-Oh
Mail – vol 1 – Housui Yamazaki
Batman: Death Mask – Yoshinori Natsume
The Drifting Classroom – vol 1 – Kazuo Umezu
Freakangels – vol 1 – Warren Ellis
Kamiyadori – vol 1 – Kei Sanbe
The Complete Ace Trucking Co. – Vol 1 – Alan Grant
Planet Blood – vol 1 – Kim Tae-Hyung
Totals:
Novels: 39
Graphic Novels: 130
The Year in Books - 2008
January
Novels
Peter and the Starcatchers – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Survivor – Chuck Palahniuk
The Conqueror Worms – Brian Keene
13 Bullets – David Wellington
Graphic Novels
Criminal – Volume 1 – Coward – Ed Brubaker
Superman/Batman vs. Alien and Predator – Mark Schultz
February
Novels
Monster Nation – David Wellington
The Keeper – Sarah Langan
The Blonde – Duane Swierczynski
Con Ed – Matthew Klein
Graphic Novels
Manhunter – Book 1 – Street Justice – Marc Andreyko
Manhunter – Book 2 – Trial by Fire – Marc Andreyko
Manhunter – Book 3 – Origins – Marc Andreyko
Star Wars Omnibus – Tales of the Jedi – Vol 1 – edited by Randy Stradley
Batman Turning Points – Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Chuck Dixon
Light Brigade – Peter Tomasi
Empowered – vol 1 – Adam Warren
Aliens Omnibus – vol 1 – Mark Verheiden and John Arcudi
Scalped – vol 1 – Indian Country – Jason Aaron
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus – vol 2 – edited by Scott Allie
March
Novels
Money Shot – Christa Faust
Bangkok 8 – John Burdett
The Butcher’s Boy – Thomas Perry
Blackmailer – George Axelrod
Bust – Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
Graphic Novels
The Terminator Omnibus – vol 1 – edited by Chris Warner
Punisher: War Journal – Book 1 – Civil War – Matt Fraction
Fantastic Four: The End – Alan Davis
Batman: Terror – Doug Moench
The Quitter – Harvey Pekar
Cairo – G. Willow Wilson
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm – Percy Carey
The Boys: vol 1 – The Name of the Game – Garth Ennis
The Immortal Iron Fist – vol 1 – The Last Iron Fist Story – Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker
El Diablo – Brian Azzarello
Dynamo 5 – Jay Faerber
King City – Vol 1 – Brandon Graham
Sloth – Gilbert Hernandez
Y the Last Man – vol 2 – Cycles – Brian K. Vaughn
Y the Last Man – vol 3 – One Small Step – Brian K. Vaughn
American Virgin – vol 2 – Going Down – Steven Seagle
Y the Last Man – vol 4 – Safeword – Brian K. Vaughn
April
Novels
Slide – Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
Cop Hater – Ed McBain
Plunder of the Sun – David Dodge
Driving With Dead People – Monica Holloway
Graphic Novels
The Exterminators – vol 2 – Insurgency – Simon Oliver
Ultimate Spider-Man – The Clone Saga – Brian Michael Bendis
The Abandoned – Ross Campbell
Snow – vol 1 – Morgan Luthi
D. Gray Man – vol 1 - Katsura Hoshino
Zombiepowder – vol 1 – Tite Kubo
Bloody Mary – Garth Ennis
Repo – vol 1 – Rick Spears
Cable & Deadpool – vol 1 – If Looks Could Kill – Fabian Nicieza
Cable Classic – vol 1 – Louise Simonson and Fabian Nicieza
Warhammer 40,000: Damnation Crusade – Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton
Batman: Gotham County Line – Steve Niles
May
Novels
Grifter’s Game – Lawrence Block
Graphic Novels
Claymore – vol 1 – Norihiro Yagi
Boy Vampire – vol 1 – Carlos Trillo
Indiana Jones Omnibus – vol 1 – edited by Jeremy Barlow
Grendel Archives – Matt Wagner
Gunsmith Cats – Revised Edition – vol 1 – Kenichi Sonoda
The Irredeemable Ant-Man – vol 1 – Low Life – Robert Kirkman
Zombies Calling – Faith Erin Hicks
Blank – vol 1 – Pop Mhan
Thor – vol 1 – J. Michael Straczynski
Judas – vol 1 – Suu Minazuki
Tank Girl – book 1 - Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett
June
Novels
Psychosomatic – Anthony Neil Smith
Stiff – Mary Roach
Graphic Novels
Justice League International – vol 1 – Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis
Batman and the Outsiders Showcase – vol 1 – Mike W. Barr
The Champions Classic – Vol 1 – Tony Isabella and Bill Mantlo
The Punisher – vol 1 – In the Beginning – Garth Ennis
Kimmie66 – Aaron Alexovich
Black Cherry – Doug Tennapel
Metal Men Showcase – vol 1 – Robert Kanigher
The Killer – vol 1 – Matz
July
Novels
Dark Hollow – Brian Keene
When You Are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris
Go-go Girls of the Apocalypse – Victor Gischler
Graphic Novels
Pounded – Brian Wood
Popgun – vol 1 – edited by Mark Andrew Smith and Joe Keatinge
Hellboy – Vol 1 – Seed of Destruction – Mike Mignola
Hellboy – Weird Tales – Vol 2 – edited by Scott Allie
The Question – Vol 1 – Zen and Violence – Dennis O’Neil
Hellboy – Vol 2 – Wake the Devil – Mike Mignola
Hellboy – Vol 3 – The Chained Coffin – Mike Mignola
Hellboy – Vol 4 – Right Hand of Doom – Mike Mignola
The Brave and the Bold Showcase – vol 1 – Bob Haney
Hellboy – Vol 5 – Conqueror Worm – Mike Mignola
The Umbrella Academy – vol 1 – The Apocalypse Suite - Gerard Way
Hellboy – Vol 6 – Strange Places – Mike Mignola
August
Novels
Somebody Owes Me Money – Donald Westlake
Bonk – The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex – Mary Roach
Dead Sea – Brian Keene
Snuff – Chuck Palahniuk
The Hunter – Richard Stark
Graphic Novels
Black Metal – vol 1 - Rick Spears
Mini-Marvels – Rock, Paper, Scissors – Chris Giarusso
Hellboy – Vol 7 – The Troll Witch and Others – Mike Mignola
The Mask Omnibus – vol 1 – edited by Mike Richardson
2 Guns – Steven Grant
Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus – vol 1 – Edited by Chris Warner
Burnout – Rebecca Donner
Hellboy – Weird Tales – vol 1 – edited by Scott Allie
Army@Love – vol 1 – The Hot Zone Club – Rick Veitch
Elephantmen – vol 1 - Wounded Animals – Richard Starkings
September
Novels
Bad Monkeys – Matt Ruff
No House Limit – Steve Fisher
Graphic Novels
Green Lantern – Vol 1 – No Fear – Geoff Johns
Hellboy – vol 8 – Darkness Calls – Mike Mignola
Gantz – vol 1 – Hiroya Oku
Hell Girl – vol 1 – Miyuki Eto
MPD – Psycho – vol 1 – Eiji Otsuka
Franklin Richards Son of a Genius – Collected Chaos – Mark Sumerak and Chris Eliopoulos
Invasion! – Pat Mills
Wormwood: Corpse Gentleman – vol 2 – It Only Hurts When I Pee
Marvel Adventures The Hulk – vol 1 – Paul Benjamin
Dragonball VIZBIG vol 1 – Akira Toriyama
Shin Megami Tensei (Kahn) – Kazuaki Yanagisawa
Spider-man j – vol 1 – Japanese Knights – Yamanaka Akira
The Vinyl Underground – vol 1 – Watching the Detectives – Si Spencer
Batman Black and White – vol 3
Sand Land – Akira Toriyama
Mouse Guard – Book 1 – Fall 1152 – David Petersen
October
Novels
The Man With the Getaway Face – Richard Stark
The Year of Living Biblically – A.J. Jacobs
The Blade Itself – Marcus Sakey
Graphic Novels
Crecy – Warren Ellis
Peace Maker – vol 1 – Nanae Chrono
Kamikaze – vol 1 - Satoshi Shiki
Iron Man – Enter the Mandarin – Joe Casey
PX! – vol 1 – a girl and her panda – Eric Anderson
The Un-Men – vol 1 – Get Your Freak On! – John Whalen
Wisdom – Rudiments of Wisdom – Paul Cornell
Black Jack – vol 1 – Osamu Tezuka
Emiko Superstar – Mariko Tamaki
Northlanders – vol 1 – Sven the Returned – Brian Wood
November
Novels
Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Cleaner – Brett Battles
Graphic Novels
Astro Boy – Books 1 & 2 – Osamu Tezuka
Ballad of Halo Jones – Alan Moore
Ex-Machina – deluxe – vol 1 – Brian K. Vaughn
Ghostbusters manga – vol 1 – Ghost Busted – Nathan Johnson and Matt Yamashita
The Alcoholic – Jonathan Ames
Tokyo Tribes – vol 1 – Santa Inoue
Thirteen – Mike Carey
The Embalmer – vol 1 – Mitsukazu Mihara
Bullet Points – J. Michael Straczynski
War Angels – vol 1 – Jae-Hwan Kim
Swamp Thing – Book 1 – Saga of the Swamp Thing – Alan Moore
The Incal – book 1 – Alexandro Jodorowsky
December
Novels
Quantum of Solace – Ian Fleming
Gun Work – David Schow
Killing Castro – Lawrence Block
The Guards – Ken Bruen
Graphic Novels
Dead Space – Antony Johnston
Shaman Warrior – vol 1 – Park Joong Ki
Banya the Explosive Deliveryman – vol 1 – Kim Young-Oh
Mail – vol 1 – Housui Yamazaki
Batman: Death Mask – Yoshinori Natsume
The Drifting Classroom – vol 1 – Kazuo Umezu
Freakangels – vol 1 – Warren Ellis
Kamiyadori – vol 1 – Kei Sanbe
The Complete Ace Trucking Co. – Vol 1 – Alan Grant
Planet Blood – vol 1 – Kim Tae-Hyung
Totals:
Novels: 39
Graphic Novels: 130
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