Picks of the Week for 9/2/15
The book of the week is an easy selection when we have Greg Rucka and Michael Lark delivering Lazarus #19 (Image). Lazarus takes a little something called “selective amplification of the observed present”...
Picks of the Week: August 24, 2015
The top pick for the week goes to They’re Not Like Us #7 (Image) by Eric Stephenson, Simon Gane, and Jordie Bellaire. I’m a big fan of these millennial takes on modernizing the basic X-Men concept of...
Picks of the Week: August 12, 2015
It’s easy to select the #BookOfTheWeek when Starve #3 (Image) is out from Brian Wood, Danijel Zezelj, and Dave Stewart. In some ways it’s the pinnacle of the Brian Wood creative ethos and instantly became...
Picks of the Week: August 4, 2015
I'm really looking forward to the Bowery Boys: Our Fathers HC (Dark Horse), featuring art by Ian Bertram, an artist I quickly became fascinated by after seeing a quirky fill-in issue of Batman Eternal. Bertram...
Picks of the Week: July 29, 2015
The book of the week will beLazarus #18 (Image) by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. It’s the best book coming out of Image Comics at the moment, and certainly a contender for best current ongoing series from any...
Picks of the Week: July 22, 2015
Well, with one big exception this is kind of a dud week for me, with nothing on my regular pull list that I’m terribly excited about. The exception I’ll lead with is Fante Bukowski (Fantagraphics)by Noah...
Picks of the Week: July 8, 2015
All eyes will be on San Diego Comic-Con International this week, so don’t let the spectacle of the big dance distract you from so many great books coming out! Brian Wood fans can rejoice because there will...
Picks of the Week: July 1, 2015
Big Week. Huge Week. I’m really excited about Airboy #2 (Image) by James Robinson and Greg Hinkle. The first issue was funny and meta and incredibly well-drawn, with the type of exaggerated reality that...
Picks of the Week: June 24, 2015
It’s a relatively small week after two very large weeks in a row, so let’s do something different and give it up for a trade, namely The Massive Vol. 5: Ragnarok (Dark Horse). This is the conclusion of the...
Picks of the Week: June 17, 2015
It’s another pretty big week for me. At the top of the list isLazarus #17 (Image) from Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, which I still tell people is all-around probably the best comic being published right now....
Picks of the Week: June 10, 2015
Well, I don’t remember the last time this happened, so let’s call it an “Unofficial Brian Wood Week,” as two of his books hit, both Rebels #3 (Dark Horse), the historical fiction series set in the...
Picks of the Week: June 3, 2015
Leading the charge this week is The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #6 (Image) by Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey. It’s the conclusion of the first arc, promising the showdown with the Bison Tribes, and...
Picks of the Week: May 27, 2015
There's a lot of great Creator Owned Comics out this week, but none more special than Pat Aulisio's indie masterpiece Infinite Bowman (Alternative Comics).Originally published in mini-comics installments...
Picks of the Week: May 20, 2015
It’s a great time to be a Warren Ellis fan, as he’s plunged back into comics in a big way recently. We’ve hadSupreme: Blue Rose, Blackcross, Injection, and now Trees #9 (Image) to thrill us. Ellis is...
Advance Review: Starve #1: “Stipple The Sky”
In some ways, Starve feels like the celebratory culmination of multiple elements in Brian Wood’s career as a comic book writer. Published by Image Comics, in collaboration with artist/co-owner Danijel Zezelj...