Comicon’s Best Writers Of 2024

The following are Comicon’s Best Comic Series of 2024.

5. Daniel Warren Johnson

It’s not hard to write a comic about giant transforming robots beating the hell out of each other. It is very hard to turn that comic into one that humanizes those robots, showing how Optimus Prime is the kind and compassionate being that fans always thought he was. Johnson has revitalized Transformers on a level that no creator has in a very long time, while also launching a beloved new creator owned story with The Moon Is Following Us.

— Tony Thornley

4. Scott Snyder 

Let’s start with the obvious. Snyder’s year – maybe his entire career – has been rejuvenated by his Absolute Batman. Snyder’s brutal take on a character he knows so well is as unexpected as it is admired. Throw out what you thought you knew about his New 52 Batman and embrace Snyder’s Brutal Knight. Yet for all the success of “AbBats”, Snyder is not one to let moss grow on his keyboard. In 2024, he also wowed audiences with Arcbound (co-written by Frank Tieri and Tom Hardy), Duck and Cover, Dark Spaces: Dungeon, White Boat, and By a Thread (co-written with his son Jack Snyder). And his All-Star Batman received a deluxe edition, collecting all 14 issues of that series. Not a bad year!

— Tom Smithyman

3. Kelly Thompson

At this point, it should be impossible for Thompson to keep topping herself, yet somehow she produced another incredible crop of titles this year. It’s the quality, not quantity, though, that makes committing to a Thompson series so easy. There were the continuing series, like a second arc of Black Cloak for Image and more Birds of Prey for DC. Jeff the Land Shark became host to a venom symbiote and realized the full potential of having a long tongue in Venom War: It’s Jeff. Thompson even made time for a few Powerpuff Girls issues for Dynamite and a new Absolute Wonder Woman series. One of the keys to Thompson’s success, though, is the trust she shows in her collaborators and it’s her work on a G.I. Joe miniseries, Scarlett, for Skybound that might best exemplify that. Scarlett’s actions often don’t match her words and, as a spy, silence can be golden. If Thompson and artist Marco Ferrari weren’t in total sync, it would never work, but they are, and it does, and the only travesty is that Scarlett only lasted five issues.

— Rachel Bellwoar

2. Ram V

Detective Comics. Rare Flavours. The One Hand. Any of those and all of those are the reasons that Ram V is on this list of writers. Truly, he is easily placed into the category of a five-tool (co-opted baseball term) writer. Essentially, one that can do everything. Plotting, character development, engaging and emotional. The man wrote a piece about an ancient demon centered around Indian cuisine followed by half of a double-running crime/noir series at the same time he was writing an instant classic Batman epic. If that doesn’t speak to the talent and amazing nature of his writing, then nothing can. There is no telling what 2025 will bring for this dynamic writer, but surely, it’ll be fantastic.

— Scott Redmond

1. Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly

Collectively known as the Hivemind, Lanzing and Kelly had a banner year. While continuing a franchise-defining run on IDW’s Star Trek, the duo launched a title of the most difficult relaunch of the year — X-Men From The Ashes. The duo’s NYX quickly topped most X-Men fans’ lists, creating a series that honored the past while forged forward. It was proof that they “got it” all while they continue to grow as creators.

— Tony Thornley