YEAR IN REVIEW / Best of 2021

December 29, 2021 Jenny Robinson

By Jenny Robinson

Every year, we see headlines of how bizarre, insane and exciting the passing year has been. Although a bit better than 2020, this 2021 year has also been quite the ride.

We started with hopes for an end to covid with the distribution of vaccines. A mob stormed our capital. It was the year NTF’s took their first baby steps and rich people went to space. We saw plenty of memes of the large cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal and Bernie Sanders mittens. As we leave this wacky year, we said goodbye to Norm MacDonald, Anne Rice, Michael K. Williams, DMX, Ed Asner and sadly more. We are still struggling through the pandemic with the new Omnicron variant but also see the return of Hollywood blockbusters. As with each year, we have ups and downs but there has always been amazing entertainment to keep our head in the clouds (and our feet on the ground).

Atomic Geekdom has been busy this year as well. We have relaunched our website with new articles and reviews. We made it back to the Con and excited to post new videos of all the cosplayers again. Dave and Kyle now do live streams on Twitch, Facebook Live and YouTube that are must-see. We added some amazing guest writers (thank you Brandon, Dave2, Annie, Patrick and Allan) and look forward to working with them again, while also adding some other new voices next year.

We are very proud of our direction and momentum moving into 2022.

Now…THE LISTS!

It’s sometimes difficult to remember all the awesome stuff from the past 12 months. I loved going through everyone’s favorite lists of the year. Not only does it show how different we each are but also how very similar we seem to be.

In true Justin fashion, Pig topped his movie list. “Probably one of the best modern performances of Nicolas Cage. If you are a fan of Nic Cage in general, this film solidifies how he doesn't have to go "full Cage" to make a film great.” (check out the review Justin and I did for our Four Eyes Review and stay tuned for more of Justin’s “Nic Guage” articles in 2022).

Image Comic’s Stray Dogs also had quite a few top choice awards in the comic category. Stray Dogs is like Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs.

Annie tapped in with a “Hard Tie” for her top series by saying “Yellowjackets! Taken a lifetime to get Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci in a killer script! The wait has been worth it! A mid 90’s female Lord Of The Flies, with so much more! Can’t recommend enough! But then, CHUCKY!!! FINALLY got the continuation we deserved!! AND Tiffany!! Epic writing and casting. Hoping for Glenn & Glenda to make an appearance in s2!”

Comically, many of us struggled to nail it down to just one.

Spider-Man and Ghostbusters topped most lists for those who have been able to see them. The Green Knight (review HERE) and Heels received multiple mentions. Both myself and Matt still hold Relentless in the #1 book spot (reviews HERE).

Safe to say, it was a good year.

For each of the Atomic Geekdom’s team favorites of 2021:

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MOVIES: Last Night In Soho

SERIES/SHOW: What We Do In The Shadows S3 (Honorable Mentions: Sweet Tooth & Heels)

BOOK: Relentless by Jonathan Maberry

COMIC: Stray Dogs (Honorable Mentions: Bitter Root & BRZRKR)

GAME: n/a

ALBUM: Crawler by Idles

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MOVIE: Ghostbusters: Afterlife

SERIES/SHOW: The Stand, Heels & WandaVision