A roundup of end-of-the-year (and decade) pieces

• The editors of The National Post's book blog name the best books of 2009, including David Mazzuchelli's Asterios Polyp.
• Comic Book Resources rolls out the first part of its Top 100 Comics of 2009, as selected by the websites contributors. The list so far includes such titles as Randall Munroe's xkcd, Kevin Cannon's Far [...] http://tinyurl.com/y8w4fyd