2011 roundup
Books
January
Cards of Grief – Jane Yolen
Fantasy in Death – J.D. Robb
The One That Got Away – Chris Ryan
Dead Men’s Boots – Mike Carey
Succubus Nights – Richelle Mead
Silver Phoenix – Cindy Pon
February
Close Encounters – Katherine Allred
Succubus Dreams – Richelle Mead
Storm Born – Richelle Mead
A Flight of Dragons – Vivian French
A Pocketful of Eyes – Lili Wilkinson
4.0 – Mike Lancaster
No Safe Place – Deborah Ellis
March
Agent 21 – Chris Ryan
The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart
The Shattering – Karen Healey
Tortall and Other Lands – Tamora Pierce
April
Scorpia Rising – Anthony Horowitz
Succubus Heat – Richelle Mead
Darkness Calls – Marjorie M Liu
Tall Story – Candy Gourlay
The Friendship Matchmaker – Randa Abdul-Fattah
Give Me Four Reasons – Lizzie Wilcock
Hunter’s Oath – Michelle West
Sacrifice – Joanna Orwin
Succubus Shadows – Richelle Mead
May
The Silver Metal Lover – Tanith Lee
Naked in Death – JD Robb
Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor
The Shattered City – Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Girl Who Circumnaviate Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making – Catherynne M Valente
Late Eclipses – Seanan McGuire
June
Aspergirls – Rudy Simone
Deadline – Mira Grant
Finder’s Shore – Anna MacKenzie
July
The Demon’s Surrender – Sarah Rees Brennan
Midnight Riot – Ben AaronovitchÂ
A Monster Calls – Patrick NessÂ
Greyglass – Tanith Lee
Moon Over Soho – Ben AaronovitchÂ
Northwood – Brian Falkner
August
The Bridge – Jane Higgins
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley JacksonÂ
Indulgence in Death – J.D. Robb
China Mountain Zhang – Maureen F McHugh
Gamerunners – BR CollinsÂ
On Creating Short Films for the Web – Hillman CurtisÂ
September
Aurora – Julie Bertagna
Supergods – Grant MorrisonÂ
Star Struck – Val McDermid
The Door to Lost Pages – Claude LalumièreÂ
Wolfsangel – MD LachlanÂ
October
Shatter Me – Tahereh MafiÂ
Succubus Revealed – Richelle Mead
Cast in Ruin – Michelle Sagara
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Tanigawa NagaruÂ
One Salt Sea – Seanan McGuire
The Swan Kingdom – Zoe Marriott
Absolute Midnight – Clive Barker
Nights of the Round Table – Tanya HuffÂ
The Kingdom of Gods – NK JemisinÂ
November
Dead Witch Walking – Kim HarrisonÂ
The Wild Ways – Tanya Huff
Metallic Love – Tanith LeeÂ
Mission Child – Maureen F McHughÂ
December
Death Most Definite – Trent Jamieson
The Talented Mr Ripley – Patricia HighsmithÂ
Carol – Patricia HighsmithÂ
Shattered – Robin Wasserman
Pink Smog – Francesca Lia Block
New York to Dallas – JD Robb
Managing Death – Trent Jamieson
Icefall – Matthew J KirbyÂ
Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz (reread)
Comics
January
Hellblazer: Stations of the Cross – Mike Carey + artists
Hellblazer: Reasons to be Cheerful – Mike Carey + artists
Hellblazer: Black Flowers – Mike Carey + artists
Hellblazer: Staring at the Wall – Mike Carey + artists
Hellblazer: The Gift – Mike Carey + artists
The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity – Mike Carey + Peter Gross
Hikaru no Go 22 – Hotta Yumi + Obata Takeshi
Silver Diamond 8 – Sugiura Shiho
Sand Chronicles 5 – Ashihara Hinako
The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity – Mike Carey + Peter Gross
Sand Chronicles 6 – Ashihara Hinako
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword – Barry Deutsch
Hellblazer: Red Sepulchre – Mike Carey + Peter Gross
The Last Unicorn – Peter B Gillis + artists
Shaolin Burning – Ant Sang
February
The Books of Magic: Death After Death – John Ney Reiber + artists
Amulet: The Cloud Searchers – Kazu Kibuishi
The Books of Magic – Neil Gaiman + artists
The Books of Magic (issues 50-75) – Peter Gross
The Names of Magic – Dylan Horrocks + Richard Case
Hunter: The Age of Magic – Dylan Horrocks + artists
March
Let Dai 1 – Sooyeon Won
A Distant Soil: The Gathering – Colleen Doran
A Distant Soil: The Ascendant – Colleen Doran
A Distant Soil: The Aria – Colleen Doran
A Distant Soil: The Coda – Colleen Doran
Northlanders: Sven the Returned – Brian Wood + Davide Gianfelice
Northlanders: The Cross + the Hammer – Brian Wood + Ryan Kelly
iZombie: Dead to the World – Chris Roberson + Michael Allred
The Unwritten: Dead Man’s Knock – Mike Carey + Peter Gross
April
Tyranny: I Keep You Thin – Lesley Fairfield
May
The Night Bookmobile – Audrey Niffenegger
Hikaru no Go 23 – Hotta Yumi + Obata Takeshi
Courtney Crumrin Tales: The League of Ordinary Gentlemen – Ted Naifeh
Hellblazer: City of Demons – Si Spencer + Sean Murphy
Bayou 1 – Jeremy Love
Bride of the Water God 1 – Yun Mi-kyung
Runaways: Dead Wrong – Terry Moore + Humberto Ramos
Iron Man: The Inevitable – Joe Casey + Frazer Irving
Children of the Sea 1–2 – Igarashi Daisuke
June
Children of the Sea 3–4 – Igarashi Daisuke
X-Men: First Class 1–2 – Jeff Parker + artists
Nyx: No Way Home – Marjorie Liu + artists
Ms Marvel: Secret Invasion – Brian Reed + Adriana Melo
Thor: Secret Invasion – Matt Fraction + Doug Braithwaite
Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers – Robert Rodi + Esad Ribib
Ms Marvel: Operation Lightning Storm – Brian Reed + artists
Lola: A Ghost Story – J. Torres + Elbert Or
Astonishing X-Men 1 – Joss Whedon + John Cassaday
Thor: The Mighty Avenger 2 – Roger Langridge + artists
Avengers: House of M – Christos Gage + Mike Perkins
Iron Man: The End – various
Wolverine First Class: The Rookie – Fred Van Lente + artists
Generation Hope: The Future’s a Four-Letter Word – Kieron Gillen + Salvador Espin
Siege: Thor – Kieron Gillen + artists
Sigil (issues 1–3) – Mike Carey + artists
Journey Into Mystery (issues 622–624) – Keiron Gillen + Doug Braithwaite
July
Small Favors – Colleen Coover
Power Pack: Day 1 – Fred Van Lente + artists
Thor: The Mighty Avenger 1 – Roger Langridge + artists
Hellblazer: Original Sins – Jamie Delano + artists
Seige – Brian Michael Bendix + Olivier Coipel
The Order – Matt Fraction + artists
Cable and Deadpool: If Looks Could Kill – Fabian Nicieza +artists
Wolverine First Class: Leader of the Pack – various
Thor 1 – J. Michael Straczynski + Olivier Coipel
Northlanders: Blood in the Snow – Brian Wood + artists
X-Men: Messiah Complex – various
Gingerbread Girl – Paul Tobin + Colleen Coover
The Ultimates: Super-Human – Mark Millar + Bryan HitchÂ
The Book of Lost Souls – J. Michael Straczynski + Colleen Doran
Thor 2 – J. Michael Straczynski + Olivier CoipelÂ
Phonogram: The Singles Club – Kieron Gillen + Jamie McKelvie (reread)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 – Alan Moore + Kevin O’Neill
Huntress : Year One – Ivory Madison + artists
Thor: Latverian Prometheus – Kieron Gillen + Billy Tan
August
MeruPuri 1–4 – Hino Matsuri (reread)
Wanted – Hino Matsuri (reread)
Silver Diamond 1–8 – Sugiura Shiho (reread)
X-men: Sins of the Father – Mike Carey + artistsÂ
Ythaq: No Escape – Christophe Arleston + Adrien Floch
Thor: Wolves of the North – various
Phonogram: Rue Britannia – Kieron Gillen + Jamie McKelvie  (reread)
Grand Guignol Orchestra 1 – Yuki Kaori
Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted – Matt Wagner + artists
Ultimates: Homeland Security – Mark Millar + Bryan Hitch
Magic Knight Rayearth 1–3 – Clamp (reread)
Fushigi Yuugi 1–3 – Watase Yuu
Cable and Deadpool: The Passion of the Cable – Fabian Nicieza + artistsÂ
Batwoman: Elegy – Greg Rucka + JH Williams III Â
Nana 19–21 – Yazawa AiÂ
Burnout – Rebecca Donner + Inaki MirandaÂ
Spell Checkers 1 – Jamie S Rich + Nicolas Hitori de + Joelle JonesÂ
Cable and Deadpool issues 13–50 – Fabian Nicieza + artistsÂ
Generation Hope 1 – Kieron Gillen + artists  (reread)
New X-Men 1–3 – Christina Weir + Nunzio Defilippis + artistsÂ
Ooku 6 – Yoshinaga FumiÂ
Halcyon – Marc Guggenheim + Tara Butters + artistsÂ
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl – Peter Milligan + artists (reread)
The Vinyl Underground: Pretty Dead Things – Si Spencer + artistsÂ
Butterflies, Flowers 1 – Yoshihara YukiÂ
Cable 1–2 – Duane Swirczynski + Ariel Olivetti
Generation Hope issues 6–10 – Kieron Gillen + Salva Espin
September
X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations – various
Malinky Robot – Sonny Liew
Hexed – Michael Alan Nelson + Emma Rios
Nomad: Girl Without a World – Ed Brubaker + Sean McKeever + artistsÂ
X-Force/Cable: Messiah War – variousÂ
Hellblazer: Hooked – Peter Milligan + artists
Uncanny X-Men: The Birth of Generation Hope – variousÂ
Ruse – Mark Waid + artistsÂ
Deadpool Pulp – Mike Benson + Adam Glass + Laurence Campbell
Cable 3–4 – Duane Swierczynski + artists
X-Men: Second Coming – variousÂ
User – Devin Grayson + John Bolton + Sean PhillipsÂ
Young Allies – Sean McKeever + artists
Young Avengers Presents – various
Avengers Academy Giant-Size #1 – Paul Tobin + artists
iZombie: uVampire – Chris Roberson + Mike Allred
Black Cat – Jen Van Meter + Javier PulidoÂ
Ms Marvel: 2–9 – Brian Reed + artistsÂ
The Ultimates vol 2 – Mark Millar + artistsÂ
October
Avengers Academy issues 1–18 – Christos Gage + artists
The Mighty Avengers issues 1–20 – variousÂ
Sailor Moon 1 – Takeuchi Naoko (reread)
Codename Sailor V 1 – Takeuchi Naoko
Incognito – Ed Brubaker + Sean Phillips
Spider-Girl: Family Values – Paul Tobin + Clayton Henry + Matthew Southworth
The Incredible Hercules 1–6 – Fred van Lente + Greg Pak + artistsÂ
Young Avengers 1–2 – Allan Heinberg + Jim Cheung
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways – Zeb Wells + Stefano Caselli
Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers – Chris Yost + artistsÂ
5 Ronin – Peter Milligan + artists
The Unwritten: Leviathan – Mike Carey + artistsÂ
X-Men First Class: Finals – Jeff Parker + Roger Cruz
X-Men Origins – various
Hellblazer: India – Peter Milligan + artists
Wolverine and Jubilee – Kathryn Immonen + Phil Noto
The Invincible Iron Man: Tales of the Golden Avengers – various
X-Men: With Great Power – Victor Gischler + Chris Bachalo
Iron Man: Armor Wars – Warren Ellis + Steve Kurth
November
Demon – Matt Wagner + Art NicholsÂ
Soldier X – Darko Macan + Igor KordeyÂ
Son of M – David Hine + Roy Allen Martinez
Silent War – David Hine + Frazer IrvingÂ
Thor 3 – Michael Straczynski + Marko Djurdjevic Â
Ms Marvel 2, 4 – Brian Reed + artistsÂ
Chaos War – Greg Pak + Fred Van Lente + Khoi PhamÂ
World War Hulk: The Incredible Hercules – Greg Pak + artistsÂ
The Incredible Hercules: Secret Invasion – Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente + Rafa SandovalÂ
Black Widow and the Marvel Girls – Paul Tobin + Salva EspinÂ
Patsy Walker: Hellcat – Kathryn Immonen + David Lafuente GarciaÂ
Wonderman: My Fair Superhero – Peter David + Andrew HenneseyÂ
Thor: The World-Eaters – Matt Fraction + Pasqual FerryÂ
December
Ceres: Celestial Legend – Watase Yuu (reread)
Eternal Sabbath – Soryo Fuyumi (reread)
X-23 – Craig Kyle + Chris Yost + Billy TanÂ
The Incredible Hulk: Love and War, The Incredible Hercules, Dark Reign – Fred van Lente + Greg Pak + artists (reread)
Movies
January
Starcrash
Cliffhanger
Gremlins (but I fell asleep during the gremlin action)
Sleeping Dogs
The Social Network
The Losers
Tangled
Zombieland
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
The Green Hornet
Black Swan
February
Ong Bak
Resident Evil
Ong Bak 2
True Grit
Battle Royale (rewatch)
Chocolate
March
The Rebel
Fearless
Scream
Power Kids
The Protector
The One
Max Magician and the Legend of the Rings
Ong Bak 2 (yes, again)
Clash
Dragon Tiger Gate
April
Bangkok Adrenaline
Arthur
May
Infernal Affairs
Ong Bak
Raging Phoenix
Thor
Kung-Fu Girl
Source Code
June
Peacock
7 Mikroi Kommandos
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
X-Men: First Class
Wanted
China Dragon
City of Ember
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
July
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2
Equilibrium
Starter for 10
Salt
Mr and Mrs SmithÂ
Chocolate (rewatch)
The Social Network (rewatch)
ArriettyÂ
August
Captain AmericaÂ
Gantz Â
Gantz: Perfect AnswerÂ
September
The Incredible Hulk
Pieces of my Heart
Jane Eyre
The Omega Man
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceÂ
October
Thor (rewatch)
Iron Man 2 (rewatch)
The Assassin Next Door
November
The Royal Space Force Â
CenturionÂ
December
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Brazil
Ninja AssassinÂ
CargoÂ
PathfinderÂ
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