Comics

To get this community back on track: What are you currently reading? Did you discover any classics, find a new not well known series or the artist you've been looking for?

I'll start with Giant Days. I missed it when it was originally published, but started reading Bad Machinery two years ago and fell in love with John Allison's quirky writing and am buying anything with his name on it.

One of my favorite books right now is Newburn by Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Philips. It's has a lot of suspense and Jacob Philips is at least as good as his father.

And i read X-Amount of Comics by Don Simpson. This is a parody/follow up to Alan Moore's 1963 which was published in 1993 and had an announced Annual that never appeared. It's interesting to read Simpsons's account of what happened in the bonus material. The main story on the other hand didn't quite live up to my expectations. It was just a string of one off quips and cameos that didn't really go anywhere.

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/513

This is the first comic strip from my philosophy webcomic Noumena. A new strip just went online, but it might be easier to follow if you start from the beginning.

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Finally getting around to looking at the list, here are some notables. Sorry this is late, been sick this week. :(

Alligator Loki #1 - Digital series in physical print, fun "read" (barely any dialog like "It's Jeff!")

Coda #1 - Sequel to a 2018 high fantasy series of the same name.

Cull #2 - Kelly Thompson's new book. Good artwork!

Danger Street #9 - I'm really just buying this hoping that by #12 it will somehow make sense and be mindblowing.

From The World Of Minor Threats The Alternates #1 - Written by Patton Oswalt? May be worth a look.

Green Lantern #3 - Glad to see it back after that nighmare side trip.

Madness #2 - 2nd issue of Straczynski's new book. Creator of Babylon 5, had a super good run on Spider-Man.

Penguin Classics Marvel Collection - Penguin is doing super high quality collections of early Marvel, ensconcing them in the Western Canon. Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men are all out this month, joining the previous releases of Black Panther, Captain America, and Spider-Man. Paperback and hardcover editions.

Saint John #1 - Cheating here since this is a book about a Portland superhero and I live in Portland. :) Bonus variant cover by Matt Wagner. The Portland in this book hasn't existed for at least 10 years.

Superman Lost #6 - Still one of the better Supes books.

World’s Finest Teen Titans #3 - Kind of weird having 3 Titans books running at once, but I'll take it!

Fall of X
Astonishing Iceman #2
Children Of The Vault #2
X-Force #44

Not OC. By Ghostie Boi Comics. Found it on Reddit ages ago, don't have a direct link, sorry.

Indexed for September 13, 2023, by Jessica Hagy

https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/sad/

It sort of reads like a surrealist antijoke through modern eyes.

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The numbers make it the best-selling comic ever for growing independent publisher Vault and one of the top ordered indies of 2023, if not the decade.

Just because you CAN do all the work doesn’t mean you SHOULD do all the work

Let's see what's on deck this week... What are you planning on?

Barnstormers #3 - Good retro read so far!

Birds Of Prey #1 - Historically a good read, I'm hopeful.

Blue Beetle #1 - Trying to ride the movie synergy... Movie is worth a watch, comic? We'll see!

Cerebus In Hell Presents Aardvarkian Splendour #1 - My Dave Sim retirement fund marches on...

City Boy #4 - Nearing the end of the "We Are Legends" project, will be interesting to see if it has legs.

Doctor Strange #7 - Still the is Clea guilty murder mystery.

Fantastic Four #11 - New story arc starts here!

Justice Society Of America #6 - Feels like this should be farther along by now...

Moon Knight #27

Parker Girls #10 - Final issue! We'll see how this wraps up. TBH, these 10 issue arcs are kind of hit and miss. Motor Girl and Serial were good, but the long form Strangers in Paradise and Rachel Rising were better.

Peacemaker Tries Hard #5 - Looking forward to all of this.

Shazam #3 - Back on track after that nightmare crossover nonsense.

Fall of X:
Immortal X-Men #15
Magneto #2
X-Men #26

By me.

Art by Bill Bramhall