Top lists of 2008

For New Year's Day, let's take a look back and a look forward.

Top 5 ongoing series of 2008

1. Thunderbolts
2. Avengers: The Initiative
3. Secret Six
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
   
5. Captain America

Top 5 Marvel characters (as of 2008)

1. Iron Fist
2. Iron Man
3. Cyclops
4. Daredevil
   
5. Wolverine (it hurts to say that)

Top 5 DC characters (as of 2008)

1. Booster Gold
2. Guy Gardner
3. Batman
4. Power Girl
5. Black Adam

Top 5 Writers of 2008

1. Christos Gage (Thunderbolts, Avengers: The Initiative)
   
2. Dan Slott (Avengers: The Initiative, Amazing Spider-Man)
   
3. Matt Fraction (Invincible Iron Man, Immortal Iron Fist, Thor 1-shots)
   
4. Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy)
   
5. Grant Morrison (Final Crisis, Batman)
   

Top 5 2009 Projects I'm psyched for

1. Andy Diggle's Thunderbolts
2. Dan Slott's Mighty Avengers
3. Christos Gage's Avengers: The Initiative
4. Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges' Justice Society of America
5. Matt Fraction's new take on Invincible Iron Man