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The fans have voted and the top five in each category are all in for the Best of 2015 Fan Poll! It was an intense voting process only made better by the fan participation and sheer number of nominees submitted for this year’s poll. It was a fantastic variety of talent from across the comic industry with some familiar names along with some new additions we didn’t see last year!

The breakout category was “Biggest Surprise Good Read” which consisted of titles from several different genres of comics and the most collection of votes. There were several surprises to come out in some categories and we even have a new number one for “Best Publisher” which according to several fans, is very well deserved. Also, it’s looking like another great year for creator owned projects just from the sheer number of submissions that came through. Once again proving that it’s not all metahumans and mutants from the Big Two that comic fans are craving either!

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BEST ALTERNATE MEDIA (TV)
1. JESSICA JONES (S1)
2. DAREDEVIL (S1)
3. THE FLASH (S2)
4. THE WALKING DEAD (S6)
5. AGENT CARTER (S1)

BEST ALTERNATE MEDIA (NOVEL)
1. STAR WARS: JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: SHATTERED EMPIRE by Greg Rucka & Marco Chechetto
2. BLACK WIDOW: FOREVER RED by Margaret Stohl
3. DEADPOOL: PAWS by Stefan Petrucha
4. BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT – THE RIDDLERS GAMBIT by Alex Irvine
5. THE SUPERHERO COSTUME: IDENTITY and DISGUISE IN FACT and FICTION by Barbara Brownie & Danny Graydon

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
1. STAR WARS REBELS
2. STEVEN UNIVERSE
3. ADVENTURE TIME
4. TEEN TITANS GO!
5. MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

BEST COLLECTED EDITION
1. DEATH VIGIL Vol 1 (Top Cow)
2. CONCRETE PARK Vol 2. “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” (Dark Horse)
3. WAYWARD DELUX BOOK 1 (Image)
4. BOUNCE Vol 1: FIRST ROUND OF SHOTS! (Bounce! Comics)
5. CHRONONAUTS Vol 1 (Image)

BEST COMIC BOOK MOMENT
1. Jane Foster revealed as the new Thor
2. Eternal Warrior defeats the entire Unity team
3. Doctor Doom kills Thanos by ripping out his skeleton in Secret Wars
4. Pre New 52 DC Characters returning during the Convergence event
5. Batman becomes a New God.

BEST COMIC BASED MOVIE (Live Action/Animated)
1. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
2. KINGSMAN: SECRET SERVICE
3. ANT-MAN
4. JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS
5. BATMAN vs ROBIN

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL
1. SUNSTONE (Image)
2. CONCRETE PARK Vol. 2 “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” (Dark Horse)
3. SANDMAN: OVERTURE (Vertigo)
4. BATMAN: EARTH ONE (DC)
5. NIMONA (Harper Teen)

BIGGEST SURPRISE GOOD READ
1. DIVINITY (Valiant)
2. BLOOD & GOURD (Dead Peasant)
3. DEATH VIGIL (Top Cow)
4. BAT-MITE (DC)
5. JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS (IDW)

BEST COLORIST
1. DAVID BARON (Divinity)
2. TONY PURYEAR (Concrete Park)
3. TAMRA BONVILLAIN (Wayward)
4. JUSTIN PONSOR (Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man)
5. IVE SVORCINA (Secret Wars)

BEST INDIE ARTIST
1. MICO SUAYAN (Bloodshot Reborn)
2. STJEPAN SEJIC (Sunstone)
3. TONY PURYEAR (Concrete Park)
4. FIONA STAPLES (Saga)
5. ERIC POWELL (Big Man Plans)

BEST INDIE WRITER
1. MATT KINDT (Ninjak)
2. ERIKA ALEXANDER/TONY PURYEAR (Concrete Park)
3. BRIAN K. VAUGHAN (Saga)
4. KURTIS J. WEIBE (Rat Queens)
5. GAIL SIMONE (Red Sonja/Swords of Sorrow)

BEST BIG 3 ARTIST
1. GREG CAPULLO (Batman)
2. MARGUERITE SUAVAGE (DC Bombshells)
3. STUART IMMONEN (Star Wars)
4. NICOLA SCOTT (Wonder Woman)
5. IVAN REIS (Cyborg)

BEST BIG 3 WRITER
1. G. WILLOW WILSON (Ms. Marvel)
2. GAIL SIMONE (Secret Six)
3. DAVID F. WALKER (Cyborg)
4. SCOTT SNYDER (Batman)
5. JASON AARON (Thor)

BEST LICENSED SERIES
1. JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS (IDW)
2. AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (Dark Horse)
3. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (BOOM!)
4. SAMURAI JACK (IDW)
5. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (IDW)

BEST EVENT SERIES
1. BOOK OF DEATH (Valiant)
2. SECRET WARS (Marvel)
3. DARKSEID WAR (DC)
4. CONVERGENCE (DC)
5. NEW 52: FUTURE’S END (DC)

BEST MANGA
1. ONE-PUNCH MAN (Viz Media)
2. ATTACK ON TITAN (Kodansha Comics USA)
3. NARUTO (Viz Media)
4. ULTRAMAN (Viz Media)
5. TOKYO GHOUL (Viz Media)

BEST ANIME
1. ONE-PUNCH MAN
2. GHOST IN THE SHELL: THE NEW MOVIE
3. DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION ‘F’
4. GANGSTA
5. MY LOVE STORY

BEST ALL-AGES TITLE
1. LUMBERJANES (BOOM!)
2. INVADER ZIM (Oni Press)
3. PRINCELESS: THE PIRATE PRINCESS (Action Lab)
4. MOUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOl 3 (Archaia)
5. ADVENTURE TIME (Kaboom!)

BEST ONGOING INDIE SERIES
1. BLOODSHOT REBORN (Valiant)
2. CONCRETE PARK (Dark Horse)
3. RAT QUEENS (Image)
4. WICKED + DIVINE (Image)
5. RED SONJA (Dynamite)

BEST NEW INDIE SERIES
1. DIVINITY (Valiant)
2. SWITCH (Top Cow)
3. IMPERIUM (Valiant)
4. NIOBE: SHE IS LIFE (Stranger Comics)
5. MONSTRESS (Image)

BEST NEW SUPERHERO COMIC
1. WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR (Valiant)
2. DOCTOR STRANGE (Marvel)
3. CYBORG (DC)
4. SECRET SIX (DC)
5. WE ARE ROBIN (DC)

BEST ONGOING SUPERHERO COMIC
1. X-O MANOWAR (Valiant)
2. MS. MARVEL (Marvel)
3. BATMAN (DC)
4. THOR (Marvel)
5. CYBORG (DC)

BEST PUBLISHER
1. VALIANT
2. IMAGE
3. MARVEL
4. DARK HORSE
5. DC COMICS

So there you have it! Some of the best in comics, creators, manga, movies, and more to come out in 2015! Here’s hoping that 2016 gives us even more to look forward to and plenty of new stories to get excited about. But  maybe the best part about all of this is finding a new title or creator to check out and enjoy!

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