Best Of

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  Best of (Re)discover the best of The A.V. Club with our 2012 highlight reel

  Start 2013 off right, by reliving how you procrastinated last year.

  January 4, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  Best of The Year In Swag 2012: In which we try to re-gift a year’s worth of promo crap

  Our friends and relations really want a Jersey Shore Shark Attack stuffed shark and a Punkin Chunkin Viking helmet, right?

  January 2, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best graphic novels and art comics of 2012

  It was another banner year for fiction, non-fiction, and archival collections.

  December 31, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The best superhero and mainstream comics of 2012

  Image dominates an outstanding year for mainstream comic books.

  December 31, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The best books we read in 2012

  Once again, our book reviewers look back on a year of dedicated reading, and pick some of their favorites.

  December 31, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, part two

  Everything from series finales of long-running cult hits to aging sitcoms to news coverage makes our supplemental list.

  December 28, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The worst TV of 2012

  ¡Rob!, Oh Sit!, and the other, non-exclamatory detritus of another banner year for TV.

  December 28, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, part one

  Everything from series finales of long-running cult hits to aging sitcoms to news coverage makes our supplemental list.

  December 27, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best TV series of 2012: The ballots

  Find out what series almost made the list—and which writers need to be bugged about not watching Game Of Thrones.

  December 26, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best TV of 2012

  The A.V. Club names the best TV show of 2012.

  December 26, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best film scenes of 2012

  These film scenes epitomized greatness or elevated mediocrity this year.

  December 21, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The worst films of 2012

  We’ve talked about the best of the year. Here’s the opposite of that.

  December 20, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best films of 2012

  Vivid histories, haunted landscapes, and revitalized genre fare defined the year in film.

  December 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best podcasts of 2012

  Some old faces, some new faces, and a lot of Paul F. Tompkins.

  December 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The least essential albums of 2012

  It’s not that they’re bad, necessarily. It’s that they’re pointless.

  December 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Fartbarf, Neon Piss, and more: the year in band names 2012

  Our annual look at strange, terrible, funny, and otherwise notable names returns.

  December 13, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The best music of 2012

  See who tops The A.V. Club’s list of 2012’s best records.

  December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best music of 2012: The ballots

  Scrutinize every point assigned, every album liked, and every honorable mention awarded.

  December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best comedy albums of 2012

  It was another strong year for comedy, as a few new faces mingle with the usual suspects.

  December 10, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Best of Happy holidays… for now: The A.V. Club’s apocalypse-ready 2012 Gift Guide

  Preparing you for The End, one frivolous pop-culture item at a time.

  December 5, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Best of The 10 best films of the 1890s

  Ten artistically compelling, historically significant films from the 1890s.

  October 19, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Best of The best films of the ’90s: orphans, outliers, and personal favorites

  Our critics’ personal favorites that didn’t make the main list.

  October 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The 50 best films of the ’90s (3 of 3)

  Our cinema countdown hits its top 10, with a double feature from a single filmmaker.

  October 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The 50 best films of the ’90s (2 of 3)

  Our cinema countdown continues, with entries from Robert Altman, the Coen brothers, and more.

  October 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The 50 best films of the ’90s (1 of 3)

  We begin our countdown of the best cinema of the ’90s, from James Cameron to the Wachowskis.

  October 8, 2012 | 12:00am -

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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 -