Comic Picks – Week of 04/11/2015
Trashed TPB Derf Backderf (w), (a) Abrams Comicarts Liz says: Sometimes I get asked what my favourite autobiographical graphic novels are, and this happens: I say, ‘Well, there’s this one about a guy…
Trashed TPB Derf Backderf (w), (a) Abrams Comicarts Liz says: Sometimes I get asked what my favourite autobiographical graphic novels are, and this happens: I say, ‘Well, there’s this one about a guy…
Batman War Games Book One TPB Various (w),(a) DC Comics Liz says: This long-out-of-print crossover from a golden period during the mid-noughties epitomizes everything I love about Batman stories. It’s a believable crime…
The Amazing Spider-Man #2 Dan Slott (w), Giuseppe Camuncoli (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: They say that the more things change, the more they stay the same. So, Dan Slott’s Spider-Man run is…
Batman Year 100 HC Paul Pope (w), (a) DC Comics Liz says: Dark, action-packed and as trippy as you’d expect, Paul Pope’s Batman Year 100 is set in a dystopian future (one hundred…
Batman & Robin Eternal #1 James Tynion IV & Scott Snyder (w), Tony Daniel (a) DC Comics Liz says: I’ve been binging on a bunch of late-nineties/early-noughties Bat-books and it’s made me nostalgic…
Step Aside, Pops Kate Beaton Jonathan Cape Liz says: Finally! The second collection of ‘Hark! A Vagrant’ is out, and I get to laugh myself into hysterics all over again. Cartoonist Kate Beaton’s…
Captain America White TPB Jeph Loeb (w), Tim Sale (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: I have a big soft spot for all of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's collaborations. They always produce well-told,…
Nimona HC Noelle Stevenson (w/a) Harper Collins Liz says: Like everyone else who’s ever been on Tumblr, I started following Noelle Stevenson (AKA Gingerhaze) several years ago when her delightful fanart (based mostly…
Miracleman #1 Neil Gaiman (w), Mark Buckingham (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: Picking up where Alan Moore left off, we finally arrive at Neil Gaiman’s first issue of Miracleman, which means it’s time…
Loki: Agent of Asgard #17 Al Ewing (w), Lee Garbett (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: The final issue of Loki: Agent of Asgard came out not this week but last week, you say?…