Ongoing titles have to contend with readers with short attention spans, sales attrition, readers waiting for collected editions and the dozens of titles to choose from each week. It is tough to keep a good thing going, so when a comic book can continue to thrill us for a year, two or many more, we must recognize its ability to entertain for the long run.

We couldn’t include every great ongoing title, but we wanted to share a sampling of 20 of our favorites, sticking close to Blastr’s coverage of all things sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, that have maintained that excellence and endurance over the past year. These are in no particular order. Let us know you favorite ongoing comics of the year in the comments.