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Podmass’ best podcasts of 2011 

by Erik Adams, Jason Diamond, D.X. Ferris, Marcus Gilmer, Scott Gordon, Andrew Johnstone, Genevieve Koski, Steven Moore, Maureen Morrison, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Kyle Ryan, Maggie Serota, Scott Tobias, Todd VanDerWerff, and Claire Zulkey December 30, 2011 -

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

The best comics of 2011: Graphic novels & art comics

by Noel Murray December 29, 2011 -

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

The best comics of 2011: Superhero and mainstream 

by Oliver Sava December 29, 2011 -

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

The best books we read in 2011 

by Ellen Wernecke, Vadim Rizov, Zack Handlen, Jason Heller, Rowan Kaiser, Michaelangelo Matos, Kevin McFarland, Samantha Nelson, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Todd VanDerWerff December 28, 2011 -

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

  • Best of
    Podmass’ best podcasts of 2011 
  • Best of
    The best comics of 2011: Graphic novels & art comics
  • Best of
    The best comics of 2011: Superhero and mainstream 
  • Best of
    The best books we read in 2011 

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • Best Of 2011 Video The Year In Swag 2011: The Swagdown, part one

    The promo items unusually suitable for wearing, caressing, or smuggling home from the office when no one else is looking.

    December 27, 2011 | 12:01am -

  • 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 -

  • Best Of 2011 Video The Year In Swag 2011: The Swagdown, part two

    We conclude our year-end countdown of the top 10 ridiculous promotional items we received this year.

    December 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • Best of Best TV of 2011 

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

    December 21, 2011 | 12:03am -

  • 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 -

  • Best of The TV Club Awards 2011 

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

    December 21, 2011 | 12:01am -

  • Best Of 2011 Video The best of TV: The video

    Wrapping up a great year for TV with passionate discussion.

    December 21, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • 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 -

  • Dining For A Dollar The necessary 2011 return 

    For the first time since 2007, we ventured into our local dollar stores in search of the finest, most frightening, and especially cheapest foods we could find. 

    December 16, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Best Of 2011 Video Dining for a dollar: holiday edition

    Can a luxurious setting make White Chicken & Buffalo Style Sauce go down easier?

    December 16, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • 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 -

  • Best Of 2011 Video Unsung films Of 2011

    The A.V. Club singles out a handful of our favorite films in danger of flying under the radar. 

    December 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • Best Of 2011 Video They Might Be Giants & The A.V. Club cover "Tubthumping" (Live)

    They Might Be Giants and members of The A.V. Club take to the stage at Chicago's Vic Theatre to re-create A.V. Undercover's big hit.

    December 9, 2011 | 12:01am -

  • Best Of 2011 Video They Might Be Giants & The A.V. Club cover "Horse With No Name" (Live)

    They Might Be Giants didn't just want to do "Tubthumping" with The A.V. Club. They wanted to take on America.

    December 9, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • 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 -

  • Best Of 2011 Video Our Favorite Moments

    The year in 5-10 seconds (each)

    December 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • AVQ&A Worst Christmas music 

    Christmas, Christmas time is neeeaaar / Time for toys and time for those same annoying carols over and over and over again.

    December 2, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • 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 -

  • My World Of Flops Family-Unfriendly Case File #2: Death To Smoochy

    Maybe people weren’t ready for this mean comedy with a heart of gold.

    November 9, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • The Walkthrough Vince Gilligan walks us through season four of Breaking Bad (part 1 of 4)

     In the first of a four-part series, the creator of Breaking Bad guides us through the show's heart-stopping fourth season.

    October 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The Walkthrough Louis C.K. walks us through Louie’s second season (Part 1 of 4)

    The writer-director-star of FX’s Louie offers episode-by-episode insights into the show’s second season.

    September 19, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • My Year Of Flops Furtively Feminist, Mostly Misunderstood Case File #197: Sucker Punch 

    Is Zack Snyder's vision just another leering, fanboy fantasy or a self-aware critique of the same? 

    September 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Inventory “And no one will ever mention it again, under penalty of torture”: 21 forgotten TV subplots 

    The A.V. Club’s weekly list. 

    September 5, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • AVQ&A Best TV show, worst episode 

    A reader asks the staff and commenters to identify the worst installments of their favorite TV shows. 

    September 2, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • AVQ&A The best of 2011 so far 

    We’ve passed 2011’s halfway point: Time for a look back at our favorite books, films, music, and TV from the year so far. 

    July 29, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • For Our Consideration Five albums we missed (and you shouldn’t) so far in 2011

    We didn’t review these albums, but it’s never too late.

    July 11, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Inventory Don’t slam the door on your way out: 24 accidental TV finales that worked as series-enders

    The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

    June 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The Walkthrough Dan Harmon walks us through Community’s second season (part 1 of 4)

    In the first of a four-part interview, the creator of Community talks about the ups and downs of the show’s second season.

    June 7, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Great Job, Internet! Oscar Wilde takes on Jersey Shore, hilarity ensues

    Yes, it's the importance of being JWoww.

    April 26, 2011 | 9:00am -

  • Clarissa Explains It All

    Memory Wipe Clarissa Explains It All

    We rip off the rose-colored glasses to determine, once and for all, whether this Nickelodeon darling really was “way cool.”

    March 4, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Black Swan

    For Our Consideration The "Can Natalie Portman Act?" Conundrum

    Maybe we've been asking the wrong question.

    February 23, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • By the time we got to Woodstock 99 …

    Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation? Part 10: 1999: By the time we got to Woodstock 99 …

    A decade of alt-rock ends in flames at Woodstock 99.

    February 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

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