Obviously, it's that time of year. That time when all the best-of-the-year lists start trickling through. Today, we've got two more, one from Amazon and one from Barnes & Noble. Amazon also released its list of the bestselling graphic novels of 2009 (two Diary of a Wimpy Kid books occupy the first two slots, followed by R. Crumb's Book of Genesis Illustrated.

Writer and Boom! Studios chief Mark Waid has one of the more interesting takes on superherodom. I like his views on what makes a hero and what makes a villain (most famously explored in his current Irredeemable series and of course in Kingdom Come.

Pastemagazine.com has compiled their list of 20 best graphic novels for the 2000s. It's pretty skewed toward recent releases and collections (like the really well done Hellboy, Vol. 1 Library Edition and the Fables Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1). They did a nice job with the list, and while lists (and individual positions on the list) are always debatable, this is a pretty solid gathering. And No. 1 deserves every accolade it gets.