Best Of

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  Best of Podmass’ best podcasts of 2011 

  Our weekly recap of the podcasting world looks at the best podcasts of the year. 

  December 30, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The best comics of 2011: Graphic novels & art comics

  As great graphic novels showed the way to the future, some fine collections captured past greatness.

  December 29, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best comics of 2011: Superhero and mainstream 

  It was a tumultuous, but productive, year for mainstream publishers. 

  December 29, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best books we read in 2011 

  What we read, and why we loved it, in 2011. 

  December 28, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  Best of The least essential albums of 2011

  We scour the depths of our music slush pile in the quest for the least essential albums of the year.

  December 28, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The best games of 2011 

  The A.V. Club’s games writers offer their consensus picks and some personal favorites. 

  December 27, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  Best of The best browser games of 2011

  Overwhelmed by holiday togetherness? Tune out your relatives with our Sawbuck Gamer picks of the year.

  December 27, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  Best of The Year In Swag 2011: The wallowing in luxury edition 

  Our annual look at how companies are successfully buying The A.V. Club’s love. 

  December 27, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The worst TV of 2011 

  They can’t all be Breaking Bad and Louie, but do they have to be this bad? 

  December 23, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Holiday Highlight Reel: Ghosts of A.V. Club past 

  Remember the CHRIST-mas tree? Or how about “Father Christmas F****d My P***y”? 

  December 22, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of Beyond the Top 30: other 2011 TV highlights 

  Highlights from shows outside The A.V. Club’s best-of list. 

  December 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Best TV of 2011 

  We pick the best shows of an extremely good year in television. 

  December 21, 2011 | 12:03am -

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  Best of The best TV series of 2011: The ballots

  Who voted for which series? Which shows barely made the cut? And which less-heralded shows do you need to start DVRing? Read on.

  December 21, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The TV Club Awards 2011 

  We single out television’s most remarkable/strangest/curious accomplishments.

  December 21, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The A.V. Club’s 2011 Highlight Reel

  The best The A.V. Club had to offer in 2011.

  December 19, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The worst films of 2011 

  We've talked about the best of 2011. Here's the opposite of that.

  December 15, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Best films of 2011

  Anyone looking for great films in 2011 didn't have to look very far. Here's some of The A.V. Club's favorites. 

  December 13, 2011 | 12:02am -

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  Best of 2011: The year in band names

  Our annual look at the memorable band names we encountered this year returns. Is the world ready for Salem Bitch Trials?

  December 9, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The best comedy albums of 2011

  It was a good year for comedy albums—here are the 10 best.

  December 8, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  Best of A year in song (40 great tracks in 40 sentences) 

  Forty great songs from artists who didn’t make Noel Murray’s best-of-2011 ballot. 

  December 6, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The best music of 2011: The Ballots  

  Curious who voted for what in our Best Music 2011 piece? Want a lot more 2011 music commentary and recommendations? It’s all here. 

  December 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best music of 2011 

  The A.V. Club's music writers pick the year's best music.

  December 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Constructing the pop-culture bubble: The 2011 A.V. Club Gift Guide

  Escape the terrifying world outside by immersing yourself in 102 discs of Law & Order.

  November 29, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The year in swag 2010: The greed edition

  We get plenty of free stuff at The A.V. Club. Read about it and you’ll stop being jealous.

  January 4, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best books we read in 2010

  What we read, and loved, this year.

  December 30, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best podcasts of 2010

  The best of what we listened to in 2010.

  December 29, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best games of 2010

  The games that kept us busiest—and happiest—in 2010.

  December 27, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The TV Club Awards 2010

  Singling out television's most remarkable/strangest/curious accomplishments.

  December 23, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The worst new series of 2010

  Some shows aren’t just bad. They’re the worst.

  December 22, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Best TV 2010, part two: 45 standout episodes from series that didn't make our Top 25

  Forty-five unforgettable episodes from some of 2010’s other most memorable shows.

  December 21, 2010 | 12:00am -