Joe Quinn's Poltergeist
David Almond, writer; Dave McKean, illustrations
Candlewick Press, 2019
This is an illustrated David Almond short story rather than a true graphic novel. But it's illustrated by Dave McKean, an artist whose multimedia work is n
Read more…Moonshine Vol. 3: Rue Le Jour
Brian Azzarello, writer; Eduardo Risso, art & colors
Image Comics, 2020
This series has been slow, but it continues to build. This installment begins with Lou Pirlo and his lover Delia in New Orleans, seeking a cure for h
Read more…Invisible Kingdom Volume 1: Walking The Path
G. Willow Wilson, writer; Christian Ward, artist
Berger Books, 2019
My perspective on these creators may be different from most. I know writer G. Willow Wilson from her Vertigo work (the graphic novel Cairo
Read more…Rusty Brown
Chris Ware, writing & art
Jonathan Cape, 2019
Chris Ware began work on Rusty Brown immediately after completing the acclaimed Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth. There are definite similarities between the two: both were partially
Read more…Trees Volume 3: Three Fates
Warren Ellis, writer; Jason Howard, artist
Image Comics, 2020
Warren Ellis has said this is the last Trees collection "for the foreseeable future," but that hopefully the creative team will return to it someday. The series
Read more…DC has changed their DRC policy (at least for me), where I can no longer download the books. Instead, I can read them, but only between the time they're posted (usually Friday afternoon) and when they're removed (Monday morning). Since reviews are em
Read more…Farmhand, Vol. 2: Thorne in the Flesh
Created, written & drawn by Rob Guillory: colors by Taylor Wells
Image Comics, 2019
The second installment opens with a new crisis: former patients of Jedidiah's plant organ replacement treatment have been converg
Read more…Bog Bodies
Declan Shalvey, writer; Gavin Fullerton, artist; Rebecca Nalty, colorist; Clayton Cowles, letterer
Image Comics, 2020
Irish comics creator Declan Shalvey is probably best known as an artist, having illustrated the Marvel titles Moon Knight,
Read more…Palomino Volume 1
Written & illustrated by Stephan Franck
Dark Planet Comics, 2020
Los Angeles is not usually thought of as a country music town. But in the 1980s there were lots of country bars, and the main venue was The Palomino Club in North Hol
Read more…Ascender Vol. 2: The Dead Sea
Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen: storytellers
Image Comics, 2020
The previous volume ended with Andy regaining consciousness in the harbor. Out of the frying pan and into the fire: after a magical Healer fixes him, he is put
Read more…Hex Wives
Ben Blacker, writer; Mirka Andolfo, art; Marissa Louise, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
There is a strong Stepford Wives feeling to this story, but instead of secret robotics it is underlain by secret magic. The narrative opens with history: witche
Read more…The Green Woman
Written by Peter Straub & Michael Easton; art by John Bolton
Vertigo Comics, 2010
Renowned horror novelist Peter Straub revisits the world of his "Blue Rose Trilogy" and the character serial killer Fielding “Fee” Bandolier (last seen i
Read more…Deadly Class Volume 9: Bone Machine
Rick Remender, writer; Wes Craig, artist; Jordan Boyd, colorist
Image Comics, 2020
Picking right up where the previous volume ended: no sooner had Saya and Maria reunited then they had to fight off a ninja attack. S
Read more…Pretty Deadly Vol. 3: The Rat
Kelly Sue DeConnick, script; Emma Ríos, art & covers; Jordie Bellaire, coloring; Clayton Cowles, lettering
Image Comics, 2020
Vol. 1 of this series had an old West setting, and Vol. 2 had a wartime setting. The storytel
Read more…Two Dead
Van Jensen, story; Nate Powell, art
Gallery 13, 2019
Set in Little Rock, Arkansas just after the end of World War II, Two Dead weaves a complex fabric made up of post-traumatic stress, racial conflict, mob violence, political corruption, and
Read more…Right State
Mat Johnson, writer; Andrea Mutti, artist
Vertigo Comics, 2012
I was embarrassed to discover that I actually had read this earlier (blame my memory, not the story telling). But for some reason I only wrote a short review on Goodreads. I ga
Read more…Goddess Mode
Zoë Quinn, writer; Robbi Rodriguez, art; Rico Renzi, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
The creative team is a big draw on this series. Writer Zoë Quinn is mainly known as a video game developer. She made the news after a blog post by her ex-boyfr
Read more…American Carnage
Bryan Hill, writer; Leandro Fernández, artist; Dean White, colorist
DC Vertigo, 2019
An especially timely story, American Carnage is a nine-issue miniseries about alt-right politics. Businessman/philanthropist Wynn Morgan is at the ce
Read more…Slash & Burn
Si Spencer, writer; Max Dunbar, penciller; Ande Parks, inker; Nick Filardi, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
At first this miniseries looks like a cliché: a firefighter who is also a pyromaniac. But it quickly turns into a more complex story
Read more…Lodger
David Lapham & Maria Lapham, writers; David Lapham, art & cover
Black Crown, 2019
Lodger finds David and Maria Lapham in familiar black and white crime noir territory, a creative space very similar to their continuing magnum opus Stray Bullet
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