Multimedia Top Five: Pop Culture 2009

Here, my little internet snow ballz, are the top five multimedia nuggets that made my life bearable in 2009. Mr. JLG365’s picks as well as some of my minion’s picks will follow. And so …

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IN GRAPHIC NOVELS:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become – Released August 12, 2009
As the series progresses, the characters become more developed, and their personalities shift under the stress of a zombie apocalypse. Fighting growing despair — and sometimes each other — the group searches for a secure location which they can finally call home.
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IN MUSIC:
Siouxsie & the Banshees At The BBC – Released May 26, 2009
A stunning 84-track, all digitally-remastered, 4 disc hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 and 2001.

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ON DVD:
The Venture Bros. Season Three – Released March 24, 2009
A rich tapestry of past and present, cause and effect, unitards and bodystockings. Witness the genesis of villainous personae, the clash of sporadically opposing forces, and the birth of debilitating neuroses in this, the sturmiest, most drangful season yet.

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IN COLLECTED EDITION WORKS:
Absolute Death – Released October 20, 2009
Collecting the miniseries Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life together with “The Sound of Her Wings” and “Facade” from Sandman #8 and #20, “Death and Venice” from Sandman: Endless Nights, and the never-before reprinted stories “A Winter’s Tale” and “The Wheel.”

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IN MOVIES:
Zombieland – Released October 2, 2009
fantastic fun that will single-handedly revive a genre that many feared dead. Horror humor is back, and Zombieland has set the bar high for every film of this type.