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January 28, 2013 8:11 pm Crazy how the week this episode airs, Marvel announces that Paul Giamatti will be portraying the Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

January 27, 2013 2:36 pm Chris Hardwick: Mandroid vs. Jenny McCarthy Fembot! In the beginning they worked together, but in the end, they'll tear each other apart! Will Hardwick be the vaccine to McCarthy's evil, or will McCarthy be the vaccine to Hardwick's good?! (That's a play on Jenny McCarthy crazy vaccination views. Yay! Jokes are always funny when you have to explain them...)

January 25, 2013 5:07 pm I bought this issue based on this recommendation. The iFanboy track record is strong, so in the future I will still probably go after many of the team's recommendations. With that said... I didn't care for it. Maybe it's just me, but the only 2 pages I liked were the 2 that made up the first 2-page spread. Props to McKelvie on that spread, but the rest...eh.

January 7, 2013 3:23 pm I would say their "numbers" are a little more inline with something like a Rotten Tomatoes measuring scale. Since their numbers are based on weekly gut and opinion nominations for Picks of the Week and these end of the year lists, it feels like the numbers represent their opinions over time. In the case of Rotten Tomatoes, movies with high reviews are more often nominated for prestigious awards than movies with lower reviews. In the case of your Kristen Stewart example, her films while grossing a lot of money have not done so well recently in the Tomato Meter (the average rating of critics who liked or disliked a film). Now of course, I high review doesn't guarantee an Oscar, but you're more likely to get one when you are on a movie with consistent good reviews. I would argue some numbers are good measurements of quality. You just need to know what numbers to look at.

January 6, 2013 1:55 pm I didn't mention sales.

January 4, 2013 5:23 pm curse

January 4, 2013 5:22 pm So what your saying is...Image is due to have a horrible year, this year. After you picked DC...it plummeted from iFanboy's and many readers favor. Your "Publisher Pick of the Year" is like the Madden cover course!

January 4, 2013 4:49 pm It was wise to post this "Publisher of the Year" article before your "By The Numbers" article since it reveals that Marvel actually, in your joint opinions, puts out the top book, weekly. Before you get in a huff, consider several things...and then I'll consider some. 1. While an argument about the total of Image books being better than the total of Marvel books may have some validity, I must point out that of the 12 POWs that were Image books, 4 pics (1/3) were the same book (Saga). 2. There are five primarily Marvel artists (this past year) on your best of artist list. That's more than Image...I believe...that can be double checked. 3. On the best single issue list, you have 2 Image books and 6 Marvel. Now to be fair, some of the iFanboy lists did include more Image writers, than Marvel (best 2012 writers list). Also, when thinking about the POW choices, it is possible that the runner up books could have been Image books on weeks when another Image, or other non-marvel, books won. Sometimes all of the good stuff comes out in one week. Also, sometimes you 3 are just not on your game. I'd like to see the POW data for what fans considered the top picks. Which publisher's books did fans most often pick? That may very well be Image. In summary, I understand your conclusion on a gut level, but by the numbers...it does not compute! Errorrrr.

December 7, 2012 6:45 pm Nice list. I'd add Hickman's Manhattan Projects Vol. 1, but like whatevees.

November 19, 2012 5:56 pm Nice interview. I love how excited Josh sounds about his work. You can tell he really loves what he does.