Lists of Bests: johnofjack's "What I read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61641 It's mostly comics and children's books so, in terms of time spent, it really doesn't compare to an equal number of prose books for adults. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:54 GMT en-us 0 50 157 50 0 The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811238 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> Feed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22162 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22162"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763622591.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M.T. Anderson</div> Curse of the Bologna Sandwich, The (Melvin Beederman, Superhero) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477399 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477399"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0805078363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65593020_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Trine</div> Granny Torelli Makes Soup http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3021959 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sharon Creech</div> The Golden Compass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249166 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The Subtle Knife Deluxe Edition (His Dark Materials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2601400 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2601400"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375846727.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45181110_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> The Amber Spyglass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249170 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> Nightfall (Bantam Spectra Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15801 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15801"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553290991.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122548878_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> The Walking Dead Book 1 (Walking Dead) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/770327 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/770327"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582406197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kirkman</div> The Walking Dead Book 2 (Walking Dead) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2930307 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2930307"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/015iXnYGJyL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kirkman</div> Spider-Man: The Other (Black Costume Cover) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2879551 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2879551"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/1162xesKAGL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter David</div> Lyra's Oxford http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2832390 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2832390"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01kO%2BAUfkNL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Pullman</div> Understanding Comics : The Invisible Art http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1683644 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott McCloud</div> Whales on Stilts: M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132277 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132277"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0152053948.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54572372_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. T. Anderson</div> Superman: True Brit (Graphic Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/183479 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/183479"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401200230.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Howard Johnson</div> Runaways Vol. 1: Pride and Joy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/228819 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/228819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785113797.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian K Vaughan</div> Igor, The Bird Who Couldn't Sing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5529818 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5529818"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NFEVP5QPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Satoshi Kitamura</div> X-men Onslaught: The Complete Epic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5529819 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Waid</div> Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19834 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19834"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689711735.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judith Viorst</div> Goggles (Picture Puffin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/582535 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/582535"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140564403.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ezra Jack Keats</div> Runaways Vol. 2: Teenage Wasteland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3068691 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3068691"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11kkBzEXh7L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian K. Vaughan</div> Spider-Man: Back In Black TPB (Spider-Man (Graphic Novels)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3167008 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Michael Straczynski</div> Sloth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5048050 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5048050"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eU-pfbw4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> I Never Liked You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2680277 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2680277"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MH0V0K.01-A18ZL6VC1DNMCH._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chester Brown</div> Bookhunter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5529823 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jason Shiga</div> Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10: New Avengers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79608 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79608"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0785117644.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Michael Straczynski</div> Clan Apis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/97724 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/97724"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/096772550X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay Hosler</div> A Birthday for Cow! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3825086 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3825086"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CNC6JhSoL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jan Thomas</div> Colonia: Islands and Anomolies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5529825 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5529825"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518589TWADL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Nicholson</div> The Night the Scarecrow Walked http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039836 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natalie Savage Carlson</div> Tuesday By David Wiesner http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3904684 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Wiesner</div> City of Glass: The Graphic Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47074 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312423608.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> There's a Nightmare in My Closet (Pied Piper Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/252342 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/252342"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140547126.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056421525_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mercer Mayer</div> Spider-Man: Birth Of Venom TPB http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2416644 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Shooter</div> Happy Birthday to You! (Classic Seuss) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138920 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138920"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394800761.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dr. Seuss</div> Laika http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1777957 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Abadzis</div> Good-bye, Chunky Rice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147399 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147399"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714766.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Craig Thompson</div> Shutterbug Follies: Graphic Novel (Doubleday Graphic Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40821 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40821"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385503466.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113640923_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jason Little</div> One Hundred Demons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72191 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72191"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1570614598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynda Barry</div> Epileptic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180228 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David B. (David Beauchard)</div> Stuck Rubber Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30202 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30202"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1563892553.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Cruse</div> American Born Chinese http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5491758 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene Luen Yang</div> Gifted (Astonishing X-Men) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/387623 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joss Wheedon</div> Dangerous (Astonishing X-Men) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53108 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joss Whedon</div> Sleepwalk: and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34162 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34162"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1896597122.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Tomine</div> Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1435882 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Bechdel</div> Life Sucks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/686622 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jessica Abel</div> Black Hole http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2956217 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Burns</div> The Golem's Mighty Swing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70862 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70862"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1896597718.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Sturm</div> Summer Blonde http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34171 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34171"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1896597572.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adrian Tomine</div>