I cannot express just how much I love Jamie Colville.

A man who number-crunches comics far beyond my humble ability–or patience. He has spent the year so for collating all the Best Comics of 2018 lists (194 of them) to create one huge master list. A Best of the Best Comics of 2018 List. And has allowed Bleeding Cool to share his discoveries.

Here is his Top 149 for 2018, including all titles that had at least 5 mentions in Best Of The Year lists. With the clear winner, The Prince And The Dressmaker by Jen Wang published by First Second–who also scored third place with On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, with Sabrina by Nick Drnaso in between the two, from Drawn & Quarterly.

This is followed by the best-reviewed DC Comics of the year, Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads. Jason Lutes' Berlin gives Drawn & Quarterly their second of three titles in the top ten in fifth place, followed by Marvel's best-reviewed title, Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Paul Mounts and followed by Image Comics' best-reviewed title, Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples. It's followed by Exit, Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, Sean Parsons, Paul Mounts–Mounts is the only creator credited in two books in the top ten.

Jamie also breaks down publisher stats:

Image was the most popular with 90 different titles.

DC and Marvel are tied for 2nd with 73 different titles.

Fantagraphics is 3rd with 52 different titles.

Dark Horse has 42 titles.

Boom! did well with 33 titles.

104 Self-Published books made the list too.

Book Title Count Writer Artist Publisher 1 The Prince and the Dressmaker 46 Jen Wang Jen Wang First Second 2 Sabrina 41 Nick Drnaso Nick Drnaso Drawn and Quarterly 3 On A Sunbeam 39 Tillie Walden Tillie Walden First Second 4 Mister Miracle 37 Tom King Mitch Gerads DC Comics 5 Berlin 34 Jason Lutes Jason Lutes Drawn and Quarterly 6 Immortal Hulk 32 Al Ewing Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Paul Mounts Marvel Comics 7 Saga 28 Brian K. Vaughan Fiona Staples Image Comics 8 Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles 26 Mark Russell Mike Feehan, Sean Parsons, Paul Mounts DC Comics 9 Woman World 24 Aminder Dhaliwal Aminder Dhaliwal Drawn and Quarterly 10 Why Art? 24 Eleanor Davis Eleanor Davis Fantagraphics 11 Venom 24 Donny Cates Ryan Stegman Marvel Comics 12 Infidel 23 Pornsak Pichetshote Aaron Campbell, Jose Villarrubia Image Comics 13 Be Prepared 23 Vera Brosgol Vera Brosgol First Second 14 Young Frances 21 Hartley Lin Hartley Lin AdHouse Books 15 Gideon Falls 21 Jeff Lemire Andrea Sorrentino Image Comics 16 The Lie and How We Told It 20 Tommi Parrish Tommi Parrish Fantagraphics 17 My Boyfriend Is A Bear 20 Pamela Ribon Cat Farris Oni Press 18 Hey, Kiddo 20 Jarrett J. Krosoczka Jarrett J. Krosoczka Scholastic 19 Upgrade Soul 19 Ezra Claytan Daniels Ezra Claytan Daniels Lion Forge 20 All the Answers 19 Michael Kupperman Michael Kupperman Simon & Schuster 21 X-Men: Grand Design 18 Ed Piskor Ed Piskor Marvel Comics 22 Nancy 18 Olivia Jaimes Olivia Jaimes United Features Syndicate 23 Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet 17 Julie Doucet Julie Doucet Drawn and Quarterly 24 Crowded 17 Christopher Sebela Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Triona Farrell Image Comics 25 Bingo Love 17 Tee Franklin Jenn St-Onge, Joy San Image Comics 26 Black Hammer: Age of Doom 17 Jeff Lemire Dean Ormston, Rich Tommaso, Dave Stewart Dark Horse Comics 27 Monstress 16 Marjorie Liu Sana Takeda Image Comics 28 Prism Stalker 16 Sloane Leong Sloane Leong Image Comics 29 Abbott 16 Saladin Ahmed Sami Kivelä Boom! 30 My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies 15 Ed Brubaker Sean Phillips Image Comics 31 Frontier #17 15 Lauren Weinstein Lauren Weinstein Youth In Decline 32 X-Men Red 14 Tom Taylor Mahmud Asrar, Carmen Carnero, Roge Antonio Marvel Comics 33 Coyote Doggirl 14 Lisa Hanawalt Lisa Hanawalt Drawn and Quarterly 34 Check, Please!: #Hockey 14 Ngozi Ukazu Ngozi Ukazu First Second 35 Batman 14 Tom King Lee Weeks, Jorge Fornés, Mikel Janin, Mark Buckingham, Clay Mann, Joëlle Jones, Michael Lark DC Comics 36 Batman: White Knight 14 Sean Murphy Sean Murphy DC Comics 37 Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures 13 Yvan Alagbé Yvan Alagbé New York Review Comics 38 The Mighty Thor 13 Jason Aaron Russell Dauterman, Matt Wilson Marvel Comics 39 Passing for Human 13 Liana Finck Liana Finck Random House 40 Runaways 13 Rainbow Rowell Kris Anka, Matthew Wilson Marvel Comics 41 Parallel Lives 13 Olivier Schrauwen Olivier Schrauwen Fantagraphics 42 Eternity Girl 13 Magdalene Visaggio Sonny Liew DC Comics 43 Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World 13 Pénélope Bagieu Pénélope Bagieu First Second 44 Poochytown 12 Jim Woodring Jim Woodring Fantagraphics 45 Coda 12 Simon Spurrier Matias Bergara Boom! 46 Skyward 11 Joe Henderson Lee Garbett Image Comics 47 Ice Cream Man 11 W. Maxwell Prince Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran Image Comics 48 Girl Town 11 Carolyn Nowak Carolyn Nowak Top Shelf 49 The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins 10 Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Carey Pietsch Carey Pietsch First Second 50 The Wild Storm 10 Warren Ellis Jon Davis-Hunt DC Comics 51 Speak: The Graphic Novel 10 Laurie Halse Anderson Emily Carroll Farrar, Straus and Giroux 52 One Dirty Tree 10 Noah Van Sciver Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics 53 Love That Bunch 10 Aline Kominsky-Crumb Aline Kominsky-Crumb Drawn and Quarterly 54 Isola 10 Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl Karl Kerschl, Msassyk Image Comics 55 Fearscape 10 Ryan O'Sullivan Andrea Mutti, Vladimir Popov Vault Comics 56 Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows 10 Jeff Lemire Max Fiumara, Dave Stewart Dark Horse Comics 57 Chlorine Gardens 10 Keiler Roberts Keiler Roberts Koyama Press 58 The Cardboard Kingdom 9 Chad Sell Chad Sell Knopf Books 59 Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310 9 Chip Zdarsky Chip Zdarsky Marvel Comics 60 Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection 9 Junji Ito Junji Ito Viz 61 Justice League Dark 9 James Tynion IV Alvaro Martinez DC Comics 62 Grip 9 Lale Westvind Lale Westvind Perfectly Acceptable Press 63 Dark Nights Metal 9 Scott Snyder Greg Capullo DC Comics 64 All Summer Long 9 Hope Larson Hope Larson Farrar, Straus and Giroux 65 Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction 9 Inio Asano Inio Asano Viz 66 Black Panther 9 Ta-Nehisi Coates Daniel Acuña Marvel Comics 67 The Winner 8 Karl Stevens Karl Stevens Retrofit Comics 68 These Savage Shores 8 Ram V Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone Vault Comics 69 Thor 8 Jason Aaron Mike Del Mundo, Christian Ward Marvel Comics 70 The Weatherman 8 Jody Leheup Nathan Fox Image Comics 71 Soft X-Ray/Mindhunters 8 A. Degen A. Degen Koyama Press 72 Paper Girls 8 Brian K. Vaughan Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson Image Comics 73 Home After Dark 8 David Small David Small Liveright 74 Kill or Be Killed 8 Ed Brubaker Sean Phillips Image Comics 75 Brat 8 Michael DeForge Michael DeForge Koyama Press 76 Black Hammer: The Quantum Age 8 Jeff Lemire Wilfredo Torres, Dave Stewart Dark Horse Comics 77 West Coast Avengers 7 Kelly Thompson Stefano Caselli Marvel Comics 78 Thanos Wins 7 Donny Cates Geoff Shaw Marvel Comics 79 Supergirl: Being Super 7 Mariko Tamaki Joëlle Jones DC Comics 80 The Wicked + The Divine 7 Kieron Gillen Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson Image Comics 81 Your Black Friend And Other Strangers 7 Ben Passmore Ben Passmore Silver Sprocket 82 The Seeds 7 Ann Nocenti David Aja Dark Horse Comics 83 Sleepless 7 Sarah Vaughn Leila del Duca Image Comics 84 Eternal 7 Ryan K. Lindsay Eric Zawadski, Dee Cunniffe Black Mask Studios 85 East of West 7 Jonathan Hickman Nick Dragotta Image Comics 86 Fake Blood 7 Whitney Gardner Whitney Gardner Simon & Schuster 87 Love And Rockets 7 Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez Fantagraphics 88 Fence 7 C.S. Pacat Johanna the Mad, Joana Lafuente Boom! 89 Friendo 7 Alex Paknadel Martin Simmonds Vault Comics 90 Illegal 7 Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin Giovanni Rigano Sourcebooks 91 Green Lantern: Earth One 7 Gabriel Hardman Corinna Bechko DC Comics 92 Bitter Root 7 David F. Walker, Chuck Brown Sanford Greene, Rico Renzi Image Comics 93 All the Sad Songs 7 Summer Pierre Summer Pierre Retrofit Comics 94 Doomsday Clock 7 Geoff Johns Gary Frank DC Comics 95 Aquicorn Cove 7 Katie O'Neill Katie O'Neill Oni Press 96 Action Comics 7 Brian Michael Bendis Ryan Sook, Patrick Gleason, Yanick Paquette DC Comics 97 Belonging: A German Reckons With History And Home 7 Nora Krug Nora Krug Scribner 98 Blammo #10 7 Noah Van Sciver Noah Van Sciver Kilgore Books 99 Superman 6 Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason Barry Kitson, Scott Hanna, Gabriel Eltaeb DC Comics 100 The New World 6 Aleš Kot Tradd Moore Image Comics 101 The Dreaming 6 Simon Spurrier Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes DC Comics 102 Shit is Real 6 Aisha Franz Aisha Franz Drawn and Quarterly 103 Shanghai Red 6 Christopher Sebela Joshua Hixson Image Comics 104 My Brother's Husband 6 Gengoroh Tagame Gengoroh Tagame Pantheon 105 My Hero Academia 6 Kohei Horikoshi Kohei Horikoshi Viz 106 Rogue & Gambit 6 Kelly Thompson Pere Pérez Marvel Comics 107 Photographic: The Life Of Graciela Iturbide 6 Isabel Quintero Zeke Peña Harry N. Abrams 108 Justice League 6 Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV Jorge Jimenez, Jim Cheung, Francis Manapul, Mikel Janin, Doug Mahnke DC Comics 109 Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman 6 Box Brown Box Brown First Second 110 From Lone Mountain 6 John Porcellino John Porcellino Drawn and Quarterly 111 Farmhand 6 Rob Guillory Rob Guillory, Taylor Wells Image Comics 112 Judas 6 Jeff Loveness Jakub Rebelka Boom! 113 Hawkeye: Kate Bishop 6 Kelly Thompson Leonardo Romero Marvel Comics 114 Giant Days 6 John Allison Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar Boom! 115 I Am Young 6 M. Dean M. Dean Fantagraphics 116 Art Comic 6 Matthew Thurber Matthew Thurber Drawn and Quarterly 117 Assassinistas 6 Tini Howard Gilbert Hernandez, Rob Davis IDW 118 A Perfect Failure: Fante Bukowski 3 6 Noah Van Sciver Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics 119 Black Bolt 6 Saladin Ahmed Christian Ward Marvel Comics 120 Death Or Glory 6 Rick Remender Bengal Image Comics 121 Amazing Spider-Man 6 Nick Spencer Ryan Ottley Marvel Comics 122 Captain America 6 Ta-Nehisi Coates Leinil Francis Yu, Sunny Gho Marvel Comics 123 The Dead Hand 5 Kyle Higgins Stephen Mooney, Jordie Bellaire Image Comics 124 Von Spatz 5 Anna Haifisch Anna Haifisch Drawn and Quarterly 125 The Pervert 5 Michelle Perez Remy Boydell Image Comics 126 The Weaver Festival Phenomenon 5 Ron Regé Jr. Ron Regé Jr. Self-Published 127 Wasted Space 5 Michael Moreci Hayden Sherman, Jason Wordie Vault Comics 128 Wonder Woman: Earth One 5 Grant Morrison Yanick Paquette DC Comics 129 The Nameless City 5 Faith Erin Hicks Faith Erin Hicks First Second 130 The Vision 5 Tom King Gabriel Hernandez Walta Marvel Comics 131 The New World: Comics From Mauretania 5 Chris Reynolds Chris Reynolds New York Review Comics 132 The Bride Was a Boy 5 Chii Chii Seven Seas Entertainment 133 The Nib: Death 5 Various Various The Nib 134 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 5 Ryan North, Will Murray Erica Henderson, Zac Gorman, Derek Charm Marvel Comics 135 Multiple Man 5 Matthew Rosenberg Andy Macdonald Marvel Comics 136 Oblivion Song 5 Robert Kirkman Lorenzo De Felici Image Comics 137 Manfried The Man 5 Caitlin Major Kelly Bastow Quirk Books 138 Long Lost 5 Matthew Erman Lisa Sterle Scout Comics 139 Koshchei The Deathless 5 Mike Mignola Ben Stenbeck, Dave Stewart Dark Horse Comics 140 Flavor 5 Joseph Keatinge Wook Jin Clark, Tamra Bonvillain Image Comics 141 Euthanauts 5 Tini Howard Nick Robles IDW 142 Descender 5 Jeff Lemire Dustin Nguyen Image Comics 143 Dognurse 5 Margot Ferrick Margot Ferrick Perfectly Acceptable Press 144 Cosmic Ghost Rider 5 Donny Cates Dylan Burnett Marvel Comics 145 Angloid 5 Alex Graham Alex Graham Kilgore Books 146 Darth Vader: Lord Of The Sith 5 Charles Soule Giuseppe Camuncoli, Jim Cheung Marvel Comics 147 All-New Wolverine 5 Tom Taylor Juan Cabal, Marco Failla, Djibril Morissette-Phan, Ramon Rosanas, David Lopez Marvel Comics 148 Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation 5 Ari Folman David Polonsky Pantheon 149 Beneath The Dead Oak Tree 5 Emily Carroll Emily Carroll Shortbox