This was not the best year for science fiction movies.
When compiling these separate lists, there just was not much on the Best side of the ledger.
As a rule, I have always excluded superhero movies as sci-fi films, even though they could be considered. In fact, Fantastic Four could absolutely be considered a science fiction film. But it is excluded.
We have kept track of the Best Horror Movie (but not the worst). Here is the previous winners:
Best Sci-Fi Movie
Previous Winners: Upgrade, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, The Martian, Ex Machina, Star Trek Into Darkness, Edge of Tomorrow, Freaks, The Invisible Man, Dune, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Avatar: The Way of Water, Doctor Who Special 2: Wild Blue Yonder, Dune: Part II
Runner-Up: I only have one and it is Bugonia. I did like this film, as it was filled with complete insanity. Companion is kind of sci-fi.
Best Sci-Fi Movie of 2025:
Predator: Badlands
Predator has had a resurgence over the last few years since Prey. The new film Predator: Badlands features a protagonist who is an actual predator. Elle Fanning was great in the film as the synth Thia.
Worst Sci-Fi Movie of 2025…
We do not have previous winners, but we have a ton of runners-up.
Runners-Up: Tron: Ares, Star Trek: Section 31, M3GAN 2.0, 2073, Electric State. Mickey 17 was on the border between fresh and rotten, but I had it just under the positive.
Worst…
War of the Worlds
There will be more to say about this one down the line. This is just a horrendous film. I feel for poor Ice Cube. What chance did he really have. I mean, if only he worked for Amazon Prime!
The Batman and Robins are the awards we give out every year for the worst of the worst. The awards for rottenness are given out to stuff that just did not work.
Worst Movie: To be revealed at the Least Favorite Movies list.
Worst Actor: Ice Cube (War of the Worlds). Ice Cube is a talented performer who gave a horrible performance in a horrible movie.
Worst Actress: Gal Gadot (Disney’s Snow White). She was miscast as the Evil Queen and nothing that happened in Snow White showed that she could not elevate the material.
Worst Director: Justin Tipping (HIM). One of the worst films of the year. It’s so bad that they needed to pretend that Jordan Peele had something to do with it.
Worst Sequel: Fear Street: Prom Queen. The first Fear Street trilogy was so good and a lot of fun. This was the antithesis of that.
Worst CGI: Star Trek: Section 31. Not much was good about this one.
Favorite Rotten Movie: Captain America: Brave New World. There is a lot of hate for this movie, but I enjoyed it a lot. It could have been better, but it does not deserve as much hatred as it got.
Worst Movie That I Did Not See: The Smurfs
Cashing a Paycheck: Richard Dreyfuss (Into the Deep). Dreyfuss was one of the reasons why I watched this shark movie. That was a mistake.
Worst Reboot/Remake: I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Most Successful Bad Movie: A Minecraft Movie
Worst Movie Based on TV/Video Game: Smurfs
Worst Superhero Movie: Old Guard 2
Worst Trailer: A Minecraft Movie. This trailer showed me how terrible this was going to be
WTF: 2073. It was from HBO Max, but it was a bizarre mixture of doc and horrific film.
Worst Performance by Oscar Winner: Michelle Yeoh (Stra Trek: Section 31)
Worst TV Show I Watched: Alien: Earth. Started great, but fell off quickly. Too boring for an alien show.
Worst Product Placement: Amazon Prime in War of the Worlds. It played more like an advertisement for Amazon Prime.
There were so many great TV shows on streaming and TV. We split them into four categories: Drama, Comedy, Genre and Animated.
Starting with Animation:
#5. Eyes of Wakanda(Disney +). Good show with four episodes dropped all on one day. Second half of those episodes were considerably better.
#4. Win or Lose(Disney +). Pixar show on Disney + that I watched during the Sunday Morning Sidewalk. Highly entertaining and well written.
#3. Marvel Zombies(Disney +). This one turned out way better than I ever thought it would. Another one day drop by Marvel on Disney +.
#2. Hazbin Hotel (Amazon Prime). Second season of the Hell musical was awesome. Wonderful music and amazing voice acting.
#1. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney +). One of the best animated Spider-Man series in quite a long time. Great characterization, not only for Peter, but also for Lonnie (Tombstone). I loved the adjusted origin and the tie ins to the MCU was clever.
Comedy
#4. Poker Face (Peacock). Always entertaining. Natasha Lyonne is great as Charlie. Every time is seemed like the show made an adjustment. And that was the truth.
#3. Stick (Apple TV +). Owen Wilson starred as a former golf pro who finds a skilled kid who he wanted to help become a pro. Funny and clever.
#2. The Studio (Apple TV +). Insider story starring Seth Rogan as a movie studio exec and his struggles to get his films out. Hilarious writing and a ton of brilliant cameos.
#1. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu). The fifth season of this venerable series was remarkably entertaining and funny. There has been some great seasons of this show, and the fifth one worked so well.
Drama
#10. The White Lotus (HBO Max). This was my least favorite of the three seasons of White Lotus. I was only really interested in one of the stories, and I was unhappy with the resolution.
#9. Squid Game Season 3 (Netflix). Squid Game was really great, but was tainted by the finale, which left way too much undone and unsolved. The end hurt this badly.
#8. The Bear (Hulu). A much better season than the previous one. The Bear felt like it got back to the success from the early seasons. This is in a drama because it is NOT a comedy.
#7. Duster (HBO Max). This was a fun series with Josh Holloway and a duster car. This sadly did not get a second season, but it was much better than it got credit for.
#6. The Pitt (HBO Max). This one might be higher if I had watched the entire series. I am currently at episode 7. Great medical show with Noah Wylie.
#5. Pluribus (Apple TV +). Another one that might be higher on this list if it is finished. There is only one more episode left, but it is really great.
#4. Yellowjackets (Paramount +). The third season continues to show the weirdness of the forest. The story of the mysterious events are still exceptional.
#3. Adolescence (Netflix). Four episode mini series from Netflix with a teenage boy who is charged with murder. Brilliant performances from Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper.
#2. Dexter: Resurrection(Showtime). After the up and down nature of Dexter: Original Sin, I did not expect much out of Resurrection. However, this was a sensational series with Dexter taking up residence in New York. This was so fabulous.
#1. Paradise (Hulu). One of the best new series of the year. The mystery behind the death of the President and what was going on with the story. Paradise was so wonderful. I did not expect it to be this good.
Genre
#15. Alien: Earth (FX). This started great, but it fell off quick. I actually never finished this series.
#14. Fallout (Amazon Prime). I have only seen one episode of season two so far, which is why this is as low as it is. It might be on the 2026 list too.
#13. Silo (Apple TV +). The ending part of the season came into 2025 and it was a very strong season.
#12. Perry Jackson and the Olympians (Disney +). Another show that would be higher on the list had there been more episodes released by now. I do like the mythologically based show.
#11. The Last of Us (HBO Max). The second season of The Last of Us was a step down from the first season.. mainly because of the results of Joel’s fate. It was brutal and damaged the show.
#10. Wednesday(Netflix). The second season of this show was good, but maybe not as great as season one. Still solid and it had some great new characters.
#9. Doctor Who (Disney +). I am sad that Ncuti Gatwa was gone from the role by the end of the season. I loved him as The Doctor. This was a great season with some excellent episodes.
#8. Ironheart (Disney +). Ironheart was better than I expected and… MEPHISTO CONFIRMED!!!
#7. Gen V (Amazon Prime). Gen V does a great job setting up for the end of the Boys in 2026. The characters are excellent and the story was awesome. Brutal as always.
#6. Murderbot (Apple TV +). Surprise series with a robot that becomes sentient. A fun sci-fi series with a wonderful group of characters that are easy to root for.
#5. Strangers Things 5 (Netflix). The first part of the final season of Stranger Things was so great, especially the ending of episode 4 with Will.
#4. Andor (Disney +). The second and final season of Andor is amazing. You knew what the fate of these characters would be, yet the drama of this series was never lacking.
#3. Peacemaker (HBO Max). John Cena’s second season dealt with the multiverse and Peacemaker has to confront so many of his personal demons. A great season for this show… and another brilliant opening credits.
#2. Daredevil: Born Again (Disney +). Daredevil returned and brought Kingpin with him. Shocking death in the first ten minutes set the tone for the season. I wish they had done more with Muse, but it had a great episode in a bank.
#1. It: Welcome to Derry (HBO Max). The prequel to the movie series was so great. The first episode introduced us to a group of kids, made us love them, and then killed them off. Then, we meet another group of kids who had to struggle against Pennywise. Bill Skarsgård was amazing as Pennywise, scary and sinister. A satisfying conclusion with one of the best finale of the year.
It was a big year for the child actors. There have been some truly powerful performances in the world of entertainment in 2025. The days of kid actors getting cast because they were the niece of the director is probably over (at least, unless that niece is incredibly talented).
Previous winners:
I See Kid Actor Award
Previous Winners: Emjay Anthony (Chef), Jacob Trembley (Room), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Dafne Keen (Logan), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Noah Jupe (Honey Boy), McKenna Grace (Troop Zero), Jeremy T. Thomas (Antlers), Alisha Weir (Matilda the Musical, Abigail), Madeleine Yuna Voyles (The Creator)
Runners-Up: Last year, I speculated that our only two-time winner of the I See Kid Actor Award, Alisha Weir, was rumored to be up for Dorothy in Wicked: For Good and that she might be a threepeat. She was not cast in the role and will need to wait for awhile to gain that third award. Cary Christopher carried a lot of weight in the hit film Weapons as the one boy who did not disappear. His scenes were very powerful. Christian Convey has been a runner up for this award multiple times from his past work as Sweet Tooth, Cocaine Bear, and Oliver in Invincible. He is back in the runner-up column for his role in The Monkey.Maia Kealoha had a huge job stepping into the live action role of Lilo in Lilo & Stitch. The young girl did a fantastic job. The Gomer Award winner this year, Sketch, had a group of kids who were at the center of the story and did a tremendous job including Bianca Belle, Kue Lawrence, and Kalm Cox. Group of kids fighting monsters has been a popular trope lately. Stranger Things 5 has returned with a couple of new kids to go with the rapidly aging kids from past seasons. Nell Fisher became Holly, sister of Mike, and Jake Connelly, who stole the show in episode 4 as “Dipshit Derek.” Then, It: Welcome to Derry had two groups of kids. The first group Pennywise murdered including Matty, played by Miles Ekhardt. Teddy and Phil, played respectfully by Mikkal Karim-Fidler and Jack Molloy Legault, also died in the first episode, shocking us all. However, the next group of kids really became the focal point of the show, especially Will, played by Blake Cameron James, Lilly, played by Clara Stack, Marge, played by Matilda Lawler, and everyone’s favorite hero Rich, played by Arian S. Cartaya. I would have considered Cartaya for this award because of the impact that character had on the show, if the award winner wasn’t so obvious. Alfie Williams was one of the lead actors in 28 Years Later, and he did a great job in a very difficult role. Other actors included Helena Zengel (The Legend of Ochi), Sara Wong (Bring Her Back) and Patrick Scott McDermott (Rust).
The winner of the I See Kid Actors Award for 2025 is…
Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
I knew this winner back when I watched Adolescence on Netflix in March/April. Owen Cooper played Jamie Miller, the young boy accused of murder in the four episode miniseries.
Cooper was absolutely staggering in the role. He carried off the character with the professionalism of a long time actor. This was his first major role. He wound up receiving an Emmy Award for his performance.
Specifically episode three of the show, which was a continual one shot (as all of the show was) between Jamie and clinical psychologist Briony, played by Erin Doherty. The performance was chilling as the show dived deeply into the mind of the damaged boy.
I knew he would get this award and, despite some heavy competition above, Owen Cooper is the I See Kid Actor Award winner for 2025.
The flip side of the Gomer, The Spider-Man 3 Disappointment of the Year is the film that I had expected big things from, but it came up short. I might have liked a film that gets this award (this year is an example), but I found more problems than I expected.
The Spider-Man 3 Disappointment of the Year
Previous Winners: In the Heart of the Sea, The Snowman, Amazing Spider-Man 2, After Earth, Dark Knight Rises, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Batman v. Superman, Christopher Robin, IT: Chapter Two, Tenet, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Halloween Ends, Next Goal Wins, Gladiator II
This year’s runners-up: There was a film from Netflix this year that starred Chris Pratt called Electric State. It was a sci-fi movie that should have been fantastic, but it was far from it. A film that had Jordan Peele’s name on the advertising was called HIM. This had no right to be as bad as it was. M3GAN, the original, was a Gomer runner up, but the sequel to it, M3GAN 2.0 was just dumb and took the worst parts of the original and expended on it. Many people think this will win the Oscar this year for Best Picture, but I was disappointed with One Battle After Another. It was fine. I just expected more than what I saw. I love Ke Huy Quan, but Love Hurts hurt when I had to watch it. Another two movies that I heard positives about, but hated was Friendship and Together. Both big on Rotten Tomatoes, but not at EYG.
And this year’s Spider-Man 3 Disappointment of the Year was…
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
I did like this movie. I gave it a fresh rating. It got like 3.5 stars from me.
And yet, it is getting the Spider-Man 3 Disappointment of the Year.
The final film in the Mission Impossible franchise should have been one of the best films of the year. The first hour or so of this movie was just too dull and repetitive. The ending was great, but I just did not like getting there. The film was too long and could not be totally saved by the great last hour. Then the final shot of the film was disappointing too.
This is a good movie that should have been mind-blowing.
The Gomer is the award for the biggest pleasant surprise in the movie world. It is a movie that I did not expect to like or anticipated disliking it, only to have a great time with it. As Gomer Pyle would say “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!”
The Gomer for the Biggest Surprise
Previous Gomer Award Winners: The Gift, Ferdinand, Edge of Tomorrow, We’re the Millers, The Campaign, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Bumblebee, Crawl, Greenland, Free Guy, Deadstream, Totally Killer, Transformers One
The surprises this year includes the following films: Final Destination: Bloodlines, Strange Harvest, Good Fortune, Dangerous Animals.
The runner up was this film, that I nearly gave this award: K-Pop Demon Hunters. This film certainly was a surprise. I had no belief that this was a movie that I would like, but it was awesome. However, the actual Gomer winner is a film that is in the top five of the year for me.
Gomer Award for Biggest Surprise …
Sketch
I thought this was just going to be a fun little flick with kids and monsters. It turned out to be a five star film that has a definite chance to finish in the top 5 of my movies of 2025. That is a surprise.
Sketch is so emotional, funny, exciting and fun. Everything that you could want from a film is in Sketch. And I did not see it coming.
Previous Winners: Robin Williams (Aladdin- honorary), Auli’i Cravalho (Moana), Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War), Ryan Reynolds (Detective Pikachu), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Jeffrey Wright and Chadwick Boseman (What If…?), Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), AJ LoCascio (X-Men ’97)
So, with this award, there are plenty of really great voice acting performances this year. There have been a bunch of great animated movies, as well as other formats. But this year’s winner has been a long time coming and remarkably well earned. He is a Hall of Famer and deserves this award for the first time.
Runners-Up: Jason Bateman (Zootopia 2), Ginnifer Goodwin (Zootopia 2), David Harbour (Marvel Zombies), Ralph Ineson (Fantastic Four: First Steps), Erika Henningsen (Hazbin Hotel), Christin Borle (Hazbin Hotel), Amir Talai (Hazbin Hotel).
And this year’s winner….
Mark Hamill (The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants)
Mark Hamill is in the EYG Hall of Fame. Of course, part of that is probably because of a little role he had in Star Wars. However, his voice work has been sensational over the years. He is the voice of the Joker to a lot of people. He has been Skeletor, Merv Pumpkinhead, Chucky, The Trickster, Hobgoblin, Skips, Fire Lord Ozai, among others.
Now, it the new SpongeBob movie, Mark Hamill is the Flying Dutchman. He does a great job as the main antagonist of that film, but who would have thought that it would be anything but epic?
This is something that is being used so much more lately. De-Aging and/or Deep Fakes are commonplace any more in the world of entertainment. This award is for the best of those…
The Kurt Russell EGO De-Aging Award
Previous Winners: Robert DeNiro (The Irishman), Mark Hamill (The Mandalorian), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things season 4), Samuel L. Jackson (Secret Invasion), Tom Hanks and Robin Wright (Here)
The Runners-Up: Sarah Michelle Geller (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things 5), Brad Pitt (F1), Ian McShane (Ballerina), Anjelica Huston (Ballerina), Gabriel Byrne (Ballerina)
And this year’s winner of the Kurt Russell EGO De-Aging Award is…
This was a big year for comic books. DC was Absolute while Marvel was Ultimate. Independent books came from all sorts of companies from Mad Cave to Dynamite to Oni Press to Bad Idea. Blind Bags were the hot item once again, at least when Mark Spears covers were the prize. Not so much with Turtles. Doom took over the Marvel Universe. Darkseid prepared to return to the DC Universe. Batman and Deadpool teamed up…twice. Thor died and came back as a mortal. The X-Men found themselves in another alternate future. The Justice League let everyone in. Three men escaped from Alcatraz. The Hulk became Infernal, Dr. Strange an Asgardian, and Tony Stark insurgent. Universal Monsters were all over Image. A priest is marked for death in Ordained. Miss Fury teamed up with Green Hornet, and then she teamed up with Red Sonja, Vampirella and Dejah Thoris. We had Godzilla, zombies and vampires. Storm became an Avenger. Transformers and G.I. Joe were a thing.
And that was just a taste.
Here are the awards given to comics over the last year.
Best Marvel Comic: Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell
Best DC Comic: (TIE) Absolute Batman; Black Canary: Best of the Best
Best Independent Comics: Exquisite Corpses, No Man’s Land, Feral, Wild Animals, and Out of Alcatraz
Most Stylistic Comic: News From the Fallout
Best Character: Absolute Batman
Best Rebooted Cartoon Character: Blue Falcon & Dynomutt
Best Writer: (TIE) James Tynion IV; Ryan North
Best Artist: Szymon Kudranski
Best Cover Artist: Mark Spears
Best Graphic Novel: The Knives by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Best #1: Wild Animals #1
Best Surprise: Doug Ramsey is Revelation
Under Appreciated: Pinupocalypse
Best Vampire Series: Vatican City
Best One Shot: Ice Cream Man: The Mortal Coil Shuffle (story in a deck of cards)
Best X-Book: Uncanny X-Men
Best Imprint: Ghost Machine (from Image)
BiggestOopsie of the Year: Red Hood #1 (When a regular series suddenly becomes a one-shot)
Best Anthology Series: Assorted Crisis Events
Crossover of the Year: Batman/Deadpool
Trend of the Year: Anthology comics (horror, sci-fi, Twilight Zone etc.)
Comic Character 2025 MVPs: Absolute Batman, Mr. Terrific, Ms. Marvel, Dr. Doom, Speed Racer, Space Ghost, Rogue
Company of the Year: Mad Cave
Best Individual Issues of the Year: Out of Alcatraz #1, No Man’s Land #1, Survive #1, Absolute Batman Annual #1, Mark Spears Monsters #8, Uncanny X-Men #17, Exquisite Corpses #1, Assorted Crisis Events #6.
Meme of the Year is not an award we give out every year, but this year there is one absolute meme that has taken over the culture.
TikTok brought us a bunch of these “Brain Rot” words that kids were using. Among the “rizz,” “Ohio,” and “skibiti toilets” came two numbers… 6-7.
You had to throw a hand gesture in with the numbers, extending seven a bit.
One of the best (???) parts about 6-7 is that it means nothing. I mean, not literally nothing, it just has no intrinsic meaning, and that caused plenty of confusion among adults.
Of course, adults have confiscated the word for jokes or cringe moments. Still, it does not seem as if 6-7 is going anywhere.
It originally came from a song called “Doot Doot.”
Then, it came from a nickname of a basketball player…
Probably going to have some controversy over this… but I had been wracking my brain to think of what was my favorite trailer of 2025. Most of the films of 2025 had trailers that opened in 2024, so I was having a tough time coming up with this award.
This is just the second official year for his award…
The Logan “Hurt” Trailer of the Year Award
Previous Winners: Superman (2024)
I saw this officially today… our winner is…
Avengers: Doomsday
I know there was some anger over this. I know it had been leaked, but I tried to avoid it. Sadly, I could not so I expected to see what I saw at Avatar: Fire and Ash today.
I thought this was a great use of a trailer. The line STEVE ROGERS WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY was epic. It showed that Chris Evans was back for the film, something that had only been speculated on… and what about that BABY?
It is a character trailer, which I think is smart considering we have almost a year to wait yet. I loved the countdown clock that popped up at the end of it as well.
So… bring on the hate, Internet. Avengers: Doomsday’s first teaser is my winner of the Logan “Hurt” Trailer of the Year Award.
Yesterday saw the final week in our competition for the Best Comic Book Cover Art for 2025. I give out three (sometime 4) medals a week: Gold, Silver and Bronze, and we keep track. A Gold Medalist receives three points, Silver receives two points and a Bronze garners one point. The tallies are taken.
Best Comic Cover Artist of the Year
Previous Winners: Alex Ross (2024)
In this post, I will also be giving out medals for the Best Covers of the Year. I will give medals for the Best Primary Cover (Cover A) and medals for Best Variant Cover. I will then give out a Platinum Metal for the Best Cover of the year, choosing between the two Gold Medalists.
Kicking off with the Best Comic Cover Artist…
Last year Alex Ross ended up with 14 points as the winner. This year, it is a little different.
Bronze Medalist
Szymon Kudranski
Kudranski had one major series this year, No Man’s Land. He received all ten of his points from that series. He got three Gold Medals and one Bronze.
Silver Medalist
Jorge Fornes
Jorge Fornes had more different covers this year than Szymon Kudranski. He had two Gold Medals, two Silver Medals and two Bronze Medals for a total of 12 points. He did art for Exquisite Corpses, Ordained, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nightwing, and House of Slaughter.
Gold Medalist
Mark Spears
We were just a few months into the new year and it was apparent who was going to win this award for 2025. Mark Spears wound up with a staggering eleven Gold Medals, eight Silver Medals and eight Bronze Medals for a total of 57 points, blowing away all the competition. He was very prolific with his cover art this year. He not only had his own two series from Keenspot, Mark Spears Monsters and Monsters and the Wolf, but he did covers for Shazam, Return of the Living Dead, Space Ghost, Green Hornet/Miss Fury, Vampirella, DC’s Absolutes #1 (Trinity reprints), The Atom Project, Silverhawks, Gargoyles: Demona, Vampirella: Armageddon, Thundercats, and Harley Quinn X Elvira. There was one week this year where he received all three medals in the week, becoming the first artist to do so in the three years we have done this. His Blind Bag releases for Monsters and the Wolf and Mark Spears Monsters #8 are massive hits. He is the clear winner of this competition and the EYG Comic Cover Artist of the Year.
Comic Cover Medal Winners
Regular Cover (A Cover)
Bronze Medalist
Uncanny X-Men #17
Cover art by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson
The debut of Mutina was big, but this cover really made it an issue that everyone had to have. Release date: July 9th.
Silver Medalist
Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1
Cover art by Steve McNiven
Such a beautiful cover with the old man Murdock in from of the image of Daredevil in the back. The graveyard behind him giving that extra level of metaphor. Add the white background and this is a definite winner. Release April 2nd.
Gold Medalist
No Man’s Land #1
Cover art by Szymon Kudranski
Our Bronze Medalist for cover artist of the year got his first gold medal for this cover. The creepiness of the eyeball with the reflection in the pupil is fabulous. And the red blotch against the grey color is excellent. Release Date: September 17.
Variant Cover of the Year
Bronze Medalist
Something is Killing the Children #45
Cover art by Stefano Simeone
This virgin cover had the golden foil teeth on Erica’s mask and it is stunning. This was most recent of the medalist having been released on December 3.
Silver Medalist
Feral #13
Cover art by Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner
Feral has had some great horror movie inspired variant covers this year, but none as epic as this one, an homage to Friday the 13th. Release Date: May 28th.
Gold Medalist
Mark Spears Monsters #3
Cover Art by Mark Spears
This was my favorite variant cover immediately when I saw it in Previews. It cost a lot of money, but I had to have it. It was a metal variant and had this amazing image of Jaws on the cover. Release date: January 29.
Platinum Metal Winner for 2025
Favorite Comic Cover of the Year (Platinum Medalist)
Previous Winners: Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #2 (2024)
Mark Spears Monsters #3 (Metal Variant)
Next week’s covers will be an extra for 2025, and the new competition begins the week after. Congrats to all our metal winners for 2025!
One of the oldest of the awards we give out in the Year in Review is the John Carter Memorial Award, which goes out to the biggest flop of the year.
This has ben a tough year to judge this, because there has been a down year at the box office while movie studios still seem to greenlight large, potentially out of control budgets for films that have little chance to make that money back.
There has also been films that are pretty good to great that have not made the money that they wanted. Even the MCU films of the year did not reach the expectation of money made.
A film can be a flop and be really enjoyable. Thunderbolts* did not make the money that it should have, because that movie was damn good.
However, the movies on the list have been financial flops and most of them were not as good.
John Carter Memorial Award
Previous winners: John Carter, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Lone Ranger, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Expendables 3, Jem and the Holograms, Pan, Rock the Casbah, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Robin Hood (2018), Mortal Engines, Playmobil: The Movie, The Rhythm Section, Reminiscence, Strange World , The Flash, Megalopolis
Runners-Up for the John Carter Memorial Award Included: Disney’s Snow White, In the Lost Lands, Captain America: Brave New World, Mickey 17, Elio, Ballerina, Christy, Wolf Man, The Smashing Machine, and After the Hunt.
2025 John Carter Memorial Award recipient
Tron: Ares
The budget of the film was reportedly somewhere between $180-220 million dollars and it has only made $142 world wide.
This means that, potentially, the film could lose $130 million dollars.
This most likely ended the Tron big screen franchise once and for all.
There have not been as many musicals this year as in the past. In fact, my winner this year is not, exactly, a musical. It does have a lot of music in the film and people in the cast sing. However, it was the one I enjoyed the most this year, so I’m giving it to them.
Movie Musicals
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Whiplash (2014), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), La La Land (2016), The Greatest Showman (2017), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Rocketman (2019), Hamilton (2020), Tick, Tick… Boom! (2021), Matilda the Musical (2022), The Color Purple (2023), Wicked (2024)
Runners-Up: Wicked: For Good, Ka-Pop Demon Hunters, O’Dessa.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Spinal Tap returned for a special concert, despite their inter-band conflicts. The film had special guest cameos from Paul McCartney and Elton John (both who did songs).
Spinal Tap is always a good time and this sequel to the Hall of Fame film This is Spinal Tap was a lot of fun and creative.
EYG- Embrace Your Geekness 