The 1st Annual Kara Awards!!!!!!! ;*)

Happy New Year all you fabulous friends that I have & have not met! *hugs&kisses!* :*)

Here in the 1st week of 2012 I am going to pick my favs from 2011 & grant them a prestigious Kara Award or an SG! & to assist me I would like to welcome Mister Iron Man himself..............ROBERT DOWNEY JUNIOR! lol! ;9

All of the greatest comix start with a great story & all of the greatest stories start with a great writer...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Writer are..........

1. Gail Simone for Secret 6, Birds of Prey, Batgirl & Fury of Firestorm!
2. Scott Snyder for Detective Comics, Batman, American Vampire & Severed!
3. Chris Roberson for Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love & iZombie!
4. Bryan Q. Miller for Batgirl & Smallville!
5. Ed Brubaker for Criminal: The Last Of The Innocent, Captain America & Secret Avengers!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

While all of the above writers were absolutely fabulous in 2011 Scott Snyder was the most consistently incredible with his run on Detective Comics flowing seamlessly in to Batman! & I feel like Mister Snyder was the 1 writer that made Dick Grayson ( ;9 ) as Batman different than Bruce Wayne as Batman but still true to Dick`s character.

Once a story is formed it is the task of the artist to put that story on paper...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Artist are..........

1. J. Calafiore for Secret 6!
2. Steve McNiven for Captain America!
3. J.H. Williams for Batwoman!
4. Jock for Detective Comics!
5. Michael Allred for iZombie!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

The art work on this cover by Jock is my absolute favorite work of the year! It is horrifying & beautiful & could be on a museum wall! All 5 artists above are deserving of the artist SG.............& if there were a category for sweetest guy Steve McNiven would get it hands down!...............but Jock`s art work on Detective Comics this year was absolutely to die for!

When art work & story blend each & every month consistently then a comic book becomes a fabulous story...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Series are..........

1. Secret 6 (DC)!
2. Detective Comics (DC)!
3. Supergirl (DC)!
4. Angel & Faith (Dark Horse)!
5. Batgirl (DC)!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

The Secret 6 by Gail Simone & J. Calafiore was taken away from us far before its time! :`(

Before a series can become great it must have a great issue...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Single Issue are..........

1. Secret 6 #36 (DC)!
2. Captain America & Thor The Mighty Fighting Avengers Free Comic Book Day Special (Marvel)!
3. Detective Comics #875 (DC)!
4. Batgirl #24 (DC)!
5. Detective Comics #877 (DC)!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

Detective Comics #875 is a story about Commissioner James Gordon & his family..............& it is fabulously brilliant! If this had been the only comic book that I had read this year it would have been very satisfying! Amazing!

Great stories & great series require great characters...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Character are..........

1. Dick Grayson!
2. Barbara Morse!
3. Kara Zor-el!
4. Zinda Blake!
5. Stephanie Brown!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

In 2010 I barely knew who Stephanie Brown was & in 2012 I do not think she exists..........but as of Batgirl #24 she became my Batgirl forever! :')

Mini Series & One Shots allow writers & artists to tell a great story about a great character in a self contained portion...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Mini are..........

1. Criminal: The Last Of The Innocent (Icon / Marvel)!
2. Fear Itself (Marvel)!
3. Flashpoint (DC)!
4. Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love (Vertigo / DC)!
5. America Vampire: Survival Of The Fittest (Vertigo / DC)!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

Soooooooooo amazing! Criminal: The Last Of The Innocent by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips is such a strange story of that red head from Riverdale after he grows up! lol! X))

Once a great story has been told or a great character created then Hollywood will come to grab it up...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Movie are..........

1. Green Lantern!
2. Thor!
3. Captain America: The First Avenger!
4. The Green Hornet!
5. X-men: First Class!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

As with the other categories my fav movie was limited to the movies that I had watched but Captain America was soooooooo much fun! & omg Chris Evans chest is just....................X9 !

DC Comics restarted the whole universe this year to provide same day publishing in comic book & online formats demonstrating the power of the belief that the internet is the future of comix...........the nominees for Kara's Favorite Webcomic are..........

1. Questionable Content!
2. The Adventures of Superhero Girl!
3. The Pound: Horror Business!
4. Hark! A Vagrant!
5. True Story By Mike Holmes!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................


THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERHERO GIRL
The Adventures Of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks is just lots & lots of fun! Go & read it right after you are finished here! You will not be sorry!

So what do I think will be the comic book that will win all of the SGs next year? What do I think was the best new comic book of the last year? The nominees for Kara's Favorite New Comic are..........

1. Animal Man (DC)!
2. Angel & Faith (Dark Horse)!
3. Supergirl (DC)!
4. Nightwing (DC)!
5. Batman (DC)!

& the winner of the SG is *drumroll!*.....................

Supergirl! It started out a little bit rough but I really like where the story looks like it is heading..................the only element that I hope hope hope hope hope that they change are Kara's boots! I ♥ shoes but those just do not work! 9,9














Omg! Look at the time! Thanx to all of the nominees! You are all winners to me! & thanx to RDJ for looking so yummy! Looking forward to Avengers! & looking forward to Justice Society! & looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises! Maybe next week's blog should be about what I am looking forward to in 2012! Good night!