What were your favorite comics of 2015?

[ozymandias]

My list:

 Roll Playing
 The Chrysalis
 Con 'Fused
 Lost Weekend
 The Persuader

My honorable-mention list:

 Saint James Infirmary -- too many threads to keep track of, but when it heats up, it's a blast. Becomes my favorite "periodically"
 Waiting Room -- hot, but waiting to see how things progress
 Bigger -- I am really enjoying this, though again, I want to see if it GOES anywhere from here
 Queen of Angels -- love it. Just barely less than the others above.
 The Hidden Knowledge -- but this has really slowed down and lost momentum since the original arc resolved. Waiting for a solid plot development.

Unrealized potential--waiting for the next update. All of these feel like great stories just waiting to break out.

 CFM Trading
 The Canadian Girlfriend
 Celestinon
 Checkered Past
 Enchanted Summer
 Free Trade Zone
 The Inheritance
 Sudo
 Unknown Pleasures
 Occurrence

Other notes:

 Maid, to Order -- I LOVED the EMCSA story. The artwork just didn't set it off for me.
 The Pleasure Garden -- similarly--I really liked the story, but the art just didn't convey the conversion to me in a way that I felt was compelling.
 Rapid Inductions -- 3 of the 6 have been awesome... but the other 3 just didn't push my buttons in any way. Picking the right point in time for the narrative seems to be the problem, i.e. I really liked the VP of HR one, but the door-to-door salesman one didn't do a thing for me.

[deleau]

My votes:

Cuckoo's Nest - My #1 favorite of the long running serials. Great art, silly but engaging story, plenty of recurring heat. Wish there was more.

Fantasy World - Nice departure in terms of style and pacing from most other comics. Stands out in that way very well.

Free Trade Zone - What initially brought me to this story (the great first issue induction) has turned into a genuine enjoyment of the story. I, almost, look forward to the next story more than the sex...almost.

Roll Playing - IMO, a much better take on the blending of nerd culture with MC than Confused.

Showing Off - I'm a big fan of Sturk, so that was a huge plus, but this was a fun take on the circus story.

[Haight]

I still really, really like THK. Obviously its only problem is that it doesn't update enough D:

[Tony]

I still really, really like THK. Obviously its only problem is that it doesn't update enough D:

http://mindcontrolcomics.com/forum/index.php?topic=1295.0

The way I counted it, there was only one comic with more issues than The Hidden Knowledge and that was Beyond Rubies. There were a number that had more pages in the 3 issues but all of those were poser work rather than drawn art comics.

Of course the big comic for the year is still Saint James Infirmary with a whopping 106 pages released this year along with a new cover.

What you hit on is the bigger problem of so many good comics and only limited publishing money and space. After all, there were 34 series or one shots released in 2015 and only 52 weeks in the year.

[Haight]

That's exactly it. I think I'd like less comics with more issues - not that most of the comics on this site aren't excellent, but I prefer depth to breadth. Of course there are logistical reasons why that's not being enacted, I'm sure. To be honest a lot of the one-shots kind of leave me dissatisfied for similar reasons- there isn't enough time to really get to the heat of the MC in 12 decompressed pages.

[GodWilling]

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[Haight]

Given that only one of my five choices is currently in the top ten in this poll - and that would have been my fifth choice (and it's only at number 9), I must say I wouldn't want to see a narrower range of comics based around what's popular.

That is a good point - this is niche stuff, and I think this site does its best to appeal to people who like (female-subject) MC in general... and not all of us who are fans of that like the same things.

[hereno]

Given that only one of my five choices is currently in the top ten in this poll - and that would have been my fifth choice (and it's only at number 9), I must say I wouldn't want to see a narrower range of comics based around what's popular.

Yeah, to play off this, I'm really surprised by how the list is shaking out this year.  It used to pretty reliably be a race between THK and BR, but that's clearly not the case anymore.  THK has come down (and I agree with what was said before: it's gotten a little directionless and MC-light), and 'Con Fused has come up.  Also I'm flabbergasted that Roll Playing is doing so well.

Takeaways appear to be: people like bodmod stories a lot, and also geek culture riffs.  I like but am not in love with both of those (though I did vote for CF, so take that for what you will).  So I hope Daphne doesn't veer too far that direction, but wouldn't blame her if she did.

[GodWilling]

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[Tony]

01 (01) Beyond Rubies
02 (--) Con'Fused
03 (06) Roll Playing
04 (02) The Chrysalis
05 (04) By The Book
06 (03) The Hidden Knowledge
07 (07) Free Cable
08 (09) Audiophilia
09 (16) The Persuader
10 (11) Bigger

And if we compare this to the number of issues for each this year we get this…

01 (01) 4 Issues -- Beyond Rubies (#8-#10)
02 (--)  3 Issues -- Con'Fused (#4-#6)
03 (06) 3 Issues -- Roll Playing (#4-#6)
04 (02) 3 Issues -- The Chrysalis (#10-#12)
05 (04) 3 Issues -- By The Book (#16-#18)
06 (03) 3 Issues -- The Hidden Knowledge (#14-#16)
07 (07) 2 Issues -- Free Cable (#7-#8)
08 (09) 3 Issues -- Audiophilia (#8-#10)
09 (16) 1 Issue  -- The Persuader (#4)
10 (11) 3 Issues -- Bigger (#9-#11)

As you can see, the only 4 Issue series for 2015 is at the top. All of the 3 Issue series for 2015 are in the top 10. And no one-shot or serials comics are in the 10 ten either. Yet I'd be hugely disappointed each week of my 2-3 issues of SJI were missing...

I think Con'fused and Roll Playing were helped this year because they are getting into the heart of the arc 1 story plot.

The Hidden Knowledge got hurt a little since it concluded the Arc 1 story line and is transitioning to Arc 2. (Similar to what happened in Chapter 4 of Rubies or after the Night of the Watch in Saint James Infirmary.

The Persuader is probably there since it was a pivotal Chapter in the arc 1 storyline with excellent art work.

Personally I voted for 5 out of the 6 new series stories since all 6 were good and I knew that my old time favorites would be at the top poll anyway.

[hereno]

01 (01) Beyond Rubies
02 (--) Con'Fused
03 (06) Roll Playing
04 (02) The Chrysalis
05 (04) By The Book
06 (03) The Hidden Knowledge
07 (07) Free Cable
08 (09) Audiophilia
09 (16) The Persuader
10 (11) Bigger

And if we compare this to the number of issues for each this year we get this…

01 (01) 4 Issues -- Beyond Rubies (#8-#10)
02 (--)  3 Issues -- Con'Fused (#4-#6)
03 (06) 3 Issues -- Roll Playing (#4-#6)
04 (02) 3 Issues -- The Chrysalis (#10-#12)
05 (04) 3 Issues -- By The Book (#16-#18)
06 (03) 3 Issues -- The Hidden Knowledge (#14-#16)
07 (07) 2 Issues -- Free Cable (#7-#8)
08 (09) 3 Issues -- Audiophilia (#8-#10)
09 (16) 1 Issue  -- The Persuader (#4)
10 (11) 3 Issues -- Bigger (#9-#11)

As you can see, the only 4 Issue series for 2015 is at the top. All of the 3 Issue series for 2015 are in the top 10. And no one-shot or serials comics are in the 10 ten either. Yet I'd be hugely disappointed each week of my 2-3 issues of SJI were missing...

I think Con'fused and Roll Playing were helped this year because they are getting into the heart of the arc 1 story plot.

The Hidden Knowledge got hurt a little since it concluded the Arc 1 story line and is transitioning to Arc 2. (Similar to what happened in Chapter 4 of Rubies or after the Night of the Watch in Saint James Infirmary.

The Persuader is probably there since it was a pivotal Chapter in the arc 1 storyline with excellent art work.

Personally I voted for 5 out of the 6 new series stories since all 6 were good and I knew that my old time favorites would be at the top poll anyway.

The top 10 are also all very "in your face" with the MC.  The subtler comics -- Sudo, Enchanted Summer, even SJI -- aren't doing so well.  That doesn't mean that people don't like them, but it also implies that they don't love them.

[GodWilling]

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[HarryManBack]

Heh, Beyond Rubies has been drawn out since issue 2.  It was never originally intended to have an issue 3. 

As for Con`Fused cosplay:

Barbara (the blond) is usually a DnD something or other. From a dragon rider (her own character cosplay)to a wench to a Gorean slave girl.
Lori (the redhead) went from a Disney princess to a Black Widow to Baywatch to Poison Ivy.
Kathleen (brunette) went from normal hot cloths to Gila from Our Man Flint to Bayonetta.

[GodWilling]

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[Tony]

Barbara (the blond) … DnD something or other … a dragon rider … Gorean slave girl ...
Lori (the redhead) … Disney princess … Black Widow … Baywatch … Poison Ivy ...
Kathleen (brunette) … normal hot cloths … Gila from Our Man Flint … Bayonetta ...