VUNDACAST ch. 37 Pop-Culture Flow Chart: Top Comics of 2014 plus Justice League #38 & Bitch Planet #1 Review ep.5

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On this week's Vundacast we close out January with a Pop-Culture Flow chart all about comic books. Stephen and Mr. J give out some Vundacast seals of approval. They breakdown their respective Top 5 Comic Books of the year, as well as the best new series, Favorite Writer and Artist of the year. We also do some comic book reviewing talking about Justice League #38 from DC comics and Bitch Planet #1 from Image comics.  Lots of fun is had, so join us in this celebration of comics. Tweet us @Vundablog or @Vundacast let us know your thoughts, comments, suggestions or your top comics of 2014.  Please subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. 


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Click through after the break to see the comics and creators we celebrate on this episode. 



Vundacast's 

Top 5 Comics of the Year 2014

Unanimous #5



Justice League


DC comics
written by: Geoff Johns
art by: Jason Fabok, Joe Prado, and Ivan Reis

   








Stephen's #4


The Accelerators 


Blue Juice Comic
written by: R.F.I. Porto
art by: Gavin Smith












Mr. J's #4


Multiversity


DC comics
written by: Grant Morrison
art by: Ivan Reis, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Ben Oliver, and Doug Mahnke











Stephen's #3



Headlocked: The Last Territory


written by: Michael Kingston
art by: Michel Mulipola












Mr. J's #3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

IDW
written by: Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman
art by: Cory Smith, Mateo Santouloco, and Kevin Eastman













Stephen's #2



Future's End 


DC comics
written by: : Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens, and Keith Giffen
art by: Ethan Van Sciver, Patrick Zircher, Jesus Merino, Dan Green, Dan Jurgens, Mark Irwin, Aaron Lopresti, Art Thibert, Scot Eaton, Drew Geraci, Georges Jeanty, Dexter Vines, Cully Hamner, Andy MacDonald, Tom Raney, Aaron Lopresti, Scot Eaton, Art Thibert, Scot Eaton, and Scott Hanna




Mr. J's #2 / Stephen's #1



Image Comics
written by: Brian K. Vaughan
art by: Fiona Staples











Mr. J's #1


Batman

DCcomics
written by: Scott Snyder
art by: Greg Capullo







Mr. J's Favorite Writer of 2014

Scott Snyder for Batman














Stephen's Favorite Writer of 2014

Kurt Busiek for Astro City














Mr. J's Favorite Artist of 2014

Fiona Staples for Saga














Stephen's Favorite Artist of 2014

Ryan Ottley for Invincible














Stephen's Favorite New Series

Big Trouble in Little China 

Boom! Studios

written by: John Carpenter and Eric Powell
art byt: Brian Churilla
















Mr. J's Favorite New Series

Bitch Planet

Image Comics
written by: Kelly Sue DeConnick
art by: Valentine de Landro

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