In no particular order my favorites from the year were as follows:

Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett:
This is probably one of the best runs on the Hulk of all time(easily up there with Peter David and Bruce Jones) with it's mix of horror, action and pathos. Not every issue reads as great but the over all quality of story telling is simply amazing in its ability to give us a fascinating new take on the not so jolly green giant.

Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai:
I don't know why I was a little sad when it was announced that Usagi was moving from Darkhorse to IDW, it was never Darkhorse that made the book; it was always the man behind it, so it was no surprise that the new volume of Usagi put out this year was a lot of fun. The first story with Sasuke the Demon Queller was a little shaky, it's true, but the issues that followed have been nothing short of fantastic and although I think I'll always think of Usagi as a black and white comic the colors by Bluth are a nice addition. 

William Gibson's Aliens 3 by Johnnie Christmas:
For fans of the Alien franchise the story of the third films many stops and starts is old news but this comic did something the many leaked scripts and snyopsis that have made their way to the internet over the years never could: it made it a real cinematic experience. Reading this book was like seeing a glimpse into an alternate universe, one where Gibson's rejected script was green lighted and brought to life, and it was amazing!

Marvel Comics Presents by Various: 
Although it became a bit of a chore towards the end with fewer and fewer features interesting me I still think it was a great anthology and is a format I'm sad isn't used much these days. The ability to tell multiple stories covering a variety of topics, themes and moods in a single book is a great way to give the reader a sense of breath and also of value and I loved seeing the Marvel universe through that lens if even ever so briefly. 

Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips:
There aren’t many creative teams out there who can do crime comics like Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips...or just comics in general like Brubaker and Phillips, I'd honestly read anything they'd put out no matter the genre, they're just that good. While I didn't have many doubts going into this given the team, I was curious how the story would read as a monthly comic as it had previously been done as a series of graphic novels and I have to say that although it's been occasionally agonizing waiting for more of the story I've really enjoyed how they've played with telling their tale are a truly episodic experience. 

Wolverine: The Long Night by Benjamin Percy:
I still haven't gotten around to reading the podcast audio drama this mini-series was based on but aside from Criminal this was seriously one of the best noir comics I've read in a long time. I'm not a huge fan of Wolverine, but this book was just dripping with atmosphere in mystery as it detailed an investigation of a grizzly murder in a small Alaskan town. Instead of being front and center, Wolverine is more plot device here as the mystery of this small town is the real main feature and that's a great way to use a character like Wolverine, the less we know about him or his motivations the better in my book.

Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin:
Green Lantern is one of those books that I've always felt like I should love as with the mix of space opera, fantasy and crime tropes it should be right up my alley but it's just never clicked with me(even Grant Morrison's recent take failed to land for me)...until Jemisin came along. It's just so fresh, beautiful and fully alien that it just wraps you up instantly into it's world giving me everything I felt like Green Lantern should be. 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz:
TMNT has had an amazing run at IDW but the work that came out in 2019 was simply amazing. For years they've been telling deeply emotional stories that had lasting effects on the Turtles and their world and it all came to a head here with the Shredder returning as a quasi-ally...and the death of their father. Yeah, that one took me back too. But it's an amazing book and it's only going to get better in 2020 with the return of Peter Laird.

And I'm sure there were some that I missed too, all in all a great year for reading.