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What comics are you reading in 2022?

1edgewood
Bearbeitet: Mrz. 31, 2022, 5:41 pm

My local comic shop got in a long box of undergrounds & other comics, well-preserved from a storage space. I snagged a few, and am engaged in nostalgic readings from my wayward 1970's youth, with many who are still among my favorite artists: Justin Green, Kim Deitch, Spiegelman, Bobby London, Gilbert Shelton, and the whole Zap crew (Crumb, Griffin, Moscoso, Spain, Williams, Wilson).

2edgewood
Mrz. 31, 2022, 5:44 pm

3apokoliptian
Bearbeitet: Apr. 5, 2022, 9:32 pm

That is really great. I have got a Skull Comics with a Spain's cover as a back issue.

4edgewood
Mai 8, 2022, 6:42 pm

Finished a few things this week:

The Incal -- a big omnibus (300+ pages). The story was a rather silly cosmic space opera, though with a nicely mystic ending. But Mobius was a genius artist, great with action poses, crowds, faces, and deep perspectives to get lost in (landscapes, outer space, deep multilevel underground cities).

Now: The New Comics Anthology #11 -- the usual unusual mix of mostly good art comics, in all ranges of funny, tragic & surreal. I really like these collections.

A couple recent books by Terry Moore: Ever: The Way Out concerns the Lilith character from Judaic mythology. I liked it. Serial: Cat & Mouse is the second (seems like final) collection following Zoe (an eternally ten-year-old serial killer, but likeable, really!) trying to stop another serial killer who has killed Zoe's best friend. Gruesome, but I enjoyed this series. :-)

5Euryale
Mai 9, 2022, 8:03 pm

Between another pandemic winter and a health issue that kept me housebound for a bit in early spring, I sort of lost my attention span for reading prose. So I compensated by reading a lot of comics and graphic novels. Here's what I've read this year so far that I liked (apologies for the ridiculous long list):

- Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu - Horror tropes/art applied to the joys of pet ownership for comedic effect. Less sugary-sweet than other cat manga, but still cute.
- Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels - Sci-fi/horror centering on questions of aging, identity, and the perils of building a "better" human.
- Abbott, 1973 by Saladin Ahmed - Sequel to Abbott; start with the first one. 1970s style noir combined with fantasy/horror, and I hope there's a shorter wait until volume 3.
- The Good Asian, Vol. 1 by Pornsak Pichetshote - Straight up classic California noir. And like any good noir, doesn't pull any punches.
- Coma by Zara Slattery - Interesting memoir about the author's time in a coma, from the perspectives of her and her family.
- Heartbreak Soup by Gilbert Hernandez - Classic soap opera about life in a small town in Latin America. Ashamed to say I'd never read much Love & Rockets before now. I'll be picking up some Locas stories next.
- Himawari House by Harmony Becker - Young adult; coming of age story about foreign students rooming together in Japan.
- Tunnels by Rutu Modan - Very funny but biting comedy about Israeli archaeologists searching for the Ark of the Covenant by tunneling into Palestinian territory.
- Umma's Table by Yeon-sik Hong - Slice of life/fictionalized memoir (?) about trying to balance new fatherhood with caring for aging parents.

6edgewood
Jul. 31, 2022, 11:41 am

I'm doing a selective re-read of X-books. Just finished Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men (2001-2004). Next up: Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men (2004-2008). Then to finish, Brian Bendis' parallel run on All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men (2013-2015).

7edgewood
Bearbeitet: Sept. 4, 2022, 11:22 am

The latest of two series that make me happy:

8edgewood
Sept. 19, 2022, 12:35 am

I really enjoyed The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner, a graphic memoir of being a biracial/black high school kid c. 1990 in small desert town, contending with racism, loneliness & an absent father.

9SolerSystem
Sept. 21, 2022, 6:32 pm

I'm reading Alan Moore's Providence. It's been a few years since I read any Lovecraft, but I'm really enjoying making the connections between the comic and his fiction.

10edgewood
Nov. 21, 2022, 12:45 am

With thanks to my local public library, recently read:

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, a memoir by Kate Beaton. Highly recommended.

The Book Tour by Andi Watson, a (deliberately) Kafkaesque nightmare of everything that could go wrong on said tour.

As a Cartoonist by Noah Van Sciver, a nice collection of stories, many autobiographical.

The Clitoris by Danish cartoonist Rikke Villadsen, surreal, dreamlike (or the depiction of an actual dream).

West Coast Avengers Vol. 1: Best Coast, a cute romp with a somewhat dysfunctional Marvel team. I find Kelly Thompson a reliably entertaining writer.

She-Hulk By Rainbow Rowell Vol. 1, a welcome return to a more humorous approach to She-Hulk, a la Dan Slott's run.

11edgewood
Jan. 14, 2023, 12:09 am

Two books I really enjoyed:

Saga Volume 10 Staples & Vaughan are a genius team.

Paris A sweet love story.