My pal Brandon Burpee returns to the show for Off Panel's annual year in review episode. Burpee joins me to discuss the year that was in comics, the different flavors of comics, how we read these days, the appeal of micro lines, where the Big Two are, the From the Ashes era for the X-Men, surprise standout moments for us, and more, before we both count down our 20 favorite comics of the year.

Also, by popular demand, you can find Brandon and I's lists below.

David

1. Hirayasumi 2. Frontier 3. Nights 4. Public Domain 5. The Library Mule of Córdoba 6. Self-Esteem and the End of the World 7. Local Man 8. Tokyo These Days 9. The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn 10. The Jellyfish 11. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees 12. The Power Fantasy 13. Marriage Toxin 14. Lunar New Year Love Story 15. Dog Days 16. Fantastic Four 17. Ultimate Universe 18. Helen of Wyndhorn 19. Kaya 20. In Utero

Brandon

1. Batman & Robin: World's Finest 2. Grommets 3. Falling in Love on the Path to Hell 4. Batman 5. Wolverine 6. NYX 7. Redcoat 8. Radiant Black 9. Avengers Twilight 10. Cobra Commander 11. Ultimate Spider-Man 12. Local Man 13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 14. Batman: Dark Age 15. Geiger 16. Spider-Man: Reign 2 17. X-Men 18. Uncanny X-Men 19. Wolverine Deep Cut 20. Green Arrow

Off Panel #478: It's the End of the Year (As We Know It) with Brandon Burpee