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The Witches of World War II, written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo. This was neat - an alternate history in which Rudolf Hess's (real-life) flight to Glasgow was the result of manipulation by a team of (real-life) British occultists. I enjoy this kind of alternate history, and I like a good con story, and I liked the interplay and tension between belief and con-artistry, both between different people and internally. I also liked that I could tell and keep track of who everyone was, which is sometimes tricky with artists doing a more-realistic style, and great fun was being had with one character's devil-horns hairstyle.

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott. I was not enthusiastic about this - oh look, I thought, it's this year's obligatory big two entry, at least there's only one this year. I was so wrong! This was terrific! Epic story, gorgeous art, does interesting things with canon. Perhaps I should have considered from the start that Kelly Sue DeConnick is a more interesting writer than Tom King.

Bea Wolf, Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet. Cute concept, but seems very much like the kind of project that was more fun to do than it is to read. At least, I found it tedious, skimming through silently in one sitting - I can imagine it might work better as a readaloud, read to kids chapter by chapter. (I tried reading Q the first page and we agreed it seemed to work that way. If he was younger or we were all stuck on a road trip or something, maybe. But not really something I'm looking to do at this time.) Some fun panels art-wise.

I talked about Shubeik Lubeik here.

Saga Vol 11 - I was such a big Saga fan in the early years (that breastfeeding cover! I was sold!) but I did not miss Saga when it went away for a few years and I was not eager to see it when it came back (in fact last year's Graphic ballot was so generally uninteresting that I had forgotten whether Saga 10 was on it or not) and I think at this point I can liberate myself from feeling obligated by further Saga.

Similarly, Three Body Problem seems to be everywhere - two different television series, and this comic adaptation (and also apparently a movie, an animated series, and a series animated in Minecraft?) - and I just don't feel like I need to read or watch any of it.

My ballot behind the cut:

1 - Shubeik Lubeik, Deena Mohamed (Pantheon); as Your Wish Is My Command (Granta)
2 - Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott (DC Comics)
3 - The Witches of World War II written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo (TKO Studios LLC)
4 - Bea Wolf, written by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet (First Second)