Seeing lots of online comic strips posted here, not a lot of discussion about actual comic BOOKS.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I put up a link to the comics list for last Wednesday, 6/28. If there’s interest I can do it again for next Wednesday, 7/3…
Picked up:
Action #1056 - Never thought I’d bee buying Superman stuff again, but everything since the “Dawn of DC” launch has been really good.
Batman: Brave and the Bold #2 - Oversized anthology book, Joker story from Tom King and Mitch Gerads has been really good.
Cerebus In Hell 6/2023 - Really just a pity buy at this point. It’s not particularly good, but Sim has some major health challenges and if buying it helps him keep the lights on, fine.
Cityboy #2 - Really liking the “We Are Legends” books. This, Spirit World, and The Vigil. Maybe more this and Spirit World than the Vigil.
Green Arrow #3 - See “Dawn of DC” message for Action. All of it has been solid so far.
The Oddly Pedestrial Life of Christopher Chaos #1 - Written and illustrated by people I’ve never heard of, it’s a solid read. Not sure I fully understand it yet. I guess the best way to describe it is Christopher is a Mathemagician. He does stuff with formulas you shouldn’t be able to do. Like a cross between Jenny Quick saying a super speed formula out loud crossed with Doctor Strange.
I can’t say Iiked it enough to put it on my pull list, but I’ll give it a few issues.
I’m burnt out on heroes. I’ve been enjoying comics that turn them on their head. I’ve been rereading/ reading: “The Watchman”, “Omniman”, “The Boys”, etc…
I’m thinking of checking out spider punk.
Also, not a “comic” but I’ve been reading Junji Ito like a mad man.
I found a bunch of issues of “This Magazine Is Haunted!” on the Internet Archive this week. Having a good time considering horror comics outside of EC and Warren traditions. Some clunky stuff but also foundational. Glad it’s still available to read :)
Immortal Hulk (again)
Black Bolt by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward - Story is nothing special but the art is amazing. Haven’t been reading superhero-style comics for a long while, just getting back into it. Recently discovered Christian Ward and would love recommendations of similar comic artists.
All I want is more Lockjaw in my life. :)
Back in the 70s, Lockjaw and Ben Grimm teamed up all the time! Can we go back to that?
I am finally working my way through Sandman, i’m on book 6 now. I do find myself enjoying this one a little less than the others.
Is that “Fables and Reflections”? One of the collections of all the single issue stories?
Yeah, I could see reading them all at once being a little disjointed. I bought all of Sandman as it came out, one issue at a time, one month at a time, so it was a different experience. :)
I’d also suggest picking up “Sandman: The Dream Hunters”, but the trick to that is there are two editions… The original is a text piece with illustrations by a Japanese artist named Yoshitaka Amano.
After that, they turned it into a proper comic book style story with art by P. Craig Russell.
it is! I am only about 20 or so pages in so far but I am feeling a bit lost. It just seems completely disjointed from what I have read so far. For a few pages I was wondering if I had somehow got the books out of order.
I mean, technically, yeah, Fables and Reflections is out of order. :)
Here’s how the collections relate to the individual issues:
Preludes and Nocturnes = Sandman #1–8
The Doll’s House = 9-16
Dream Country = 17-20
Season of Mists = 21–28
A Game of You = 32–37
So it’s all pretty straight forward until the jump between Season of Mists and Game of You.
Where you’re at now:
Fables and Reflections - #29–31, 38–40, 50; The Sandman Special #1; and Vertigo Preview No. 1
I kind of hate it when they do stuff like this. #29-31 should have been added to the end of Season of Mists. Then put 38-40 at the end of A Game of You.
Next is Brief Lives, which is 41–49, so #50 could have been easily added there.
The GOOD news is, after that, it’s a straight shot to the end:
Worlds’ End - 51–56
The Kindly Ones - 57–69 +Vertigo Jam No. 1
The Wake - 70–75
Sandman: Overture - 1-6.
