Crude Vol. 1
Steve Orlando, writer/creator; Garry Brown, artist/creator; Lee Loughridge, colorist
Image Comics, 2018
The distinguishing feature of this story is the Russian setting: it's possible to imagine it taking place in a violent working class
Read more…The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Gerard Way & Shaun Simon, script; Becky Cloonan, art; Dan Jackson, colors
Dark Horse Books, 2014
I'm a big Becky Cloonan fan, so I've always intended to get to this miniseries. Way had already established himself
Read more…Lazarus, Vol. 6: Fracture I
Greg Rucka, writing; Michael Lark, art; Santi Arcas, colors
Image Comics, 2020
It's been a long wait for Lazarus to resume, but it picks right up from Volume 5, and begins two years after the previous collection Lazarus:
Read more…Briggs Land Volume 2: Lone Wolves
Brian Wood, script; Mack Chater, art; Lee Loughridge, colors; and others
Dark Horse Books, 2018
Grace Briggs is now in charge of Briggs Land, but the situation is still far from settled. With everyone on edge, it may
Read more…Days of Hate: Act One
Aleš Kot, writer; Danijel Žeželj, drawing; Jordie Bellaire, colors; Aditya Bidikar, letters; Tom Muller, design
Image Comics, 2018
The title of this maxi-series says it all. Set in the United States in 2022, it depicts a country w
Read more…Black Badge Volume One
Matt Kindt, writer; Tyler Jenkins, illustrator; Hilary Jenkins, colorist
Boom! Studios, 2019
The Grass Kings team of Kindt and Jenkins reunite for this thriller, which basically is a Young Adult version of Kindt's Dark Horse ser
Read more…The Complete Suiciders: The Big Shake
Lee Bermejo: writer; Lee Bermejo, Alessandro Vitti, Gerardo Zaffino: artists; Matt Hollingsworth, Jordan Boyd: colorists
Vertigo Comics, 2016
This collection includes both Suiciders miniseries, beginning with "S
Read more…Oblivion Song, Volume Two
Robert Kirkman, writer/creator; Lorenzo De Felici, artist/creator; Annalisa Leoni, colorist
Image Comics, 2019
Nathan Cole begins this second chapter on trial, explaining how the original experiment had gone horribly wrong, a
Read more…Monstress Vol. 4: The Chosen
Marjorie Liu, writer; Sana Takeda, artist
Image Comics, 2019
The big event in this arc is Maika meeting her father. She doesn't trust him, or the coalition he is building. Her connection with the Ancients gives her a specia
Read more…The Dreaming Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations
Simon Spurrier, writer; Bilquis Evely, art; Mat Lopes, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
The first collection of the new titles in The Sandman Universe series. In addition to creating the characters these stories are
Read more…Infinite Dark Vol. 1
Ryan Cady, writer; Andrea Mutti, artist; K. Michael Russell, colorist
Image Comics, 2019
Quite a high concept here: it is set on a space station named the Orpheus located at the end of the universe. Our universe has been consumed b
Read more…The Empty Man
Created & written by Cullen Bunn; illustrated by Vanesa R. Del Rey; colors by Michael Garland
Boom! Studios, 2015
Horror writer Cullen Bunn has been so prolific that I completely missed this one. The Empty Man is a disease with bizarre (
Read more…November Vol. 1: The Girl On The Roof
Matt Fraction, writer; Elsa Charratier, artist; Matt Hollingsworth, colorist; Kurt Ankeny, letterer
Image Comics, 2019
The first of three novellas following the intersecting lives of three women. The tag line reads
Read more…The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 9: "Okay"
Kieron Gillen, writer; Jamie McKelvie, artist; Matthew Wilson, colorist; Clayton Cowles, letterer
Image Comics, 2019
Another long-term series finally concludes here. The narrative flow was a bit interrupted by Vol
Read more…Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy
Written by Dan Watters; illustrated by Max Fiumara & Sebastian Fiumara; colors by Dave McCaig
DCVertigo, 2019
I had high hopes for the new Lucifer: I'm a long-time fan. I thought the Mike Carey Vertigo series was fa
Read more…B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know Vol. 1: Messiah
Mike Mignola & Scott Allie, story; Laurence Campbell, art; Dave Stewart, colors
Dark Horse Comics, 2018
The Mignolaverse can be daunting: when I was buying monthly issues it sometimes felt like being a Batman
Read more…The Empty Man: Recurrence
Cullen Bunn, writer; Jesús Hervás, illustrator; Niko Guardia, colorist
Boom! Studios, 2019
The original The Empty Man series revealed enough about the Empty Man phenomenon to be self-contained. So where does a sequel go? It go
Read more…Paper Girls Vol. 6
Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Cliff Chiang, artist; Matt Wilson, colors; Jared K. Fletcher, letters
Image Comics, 2019
The finale of the series, so it goes without saying that Here There Be Spoilers. At the end of the previous volume t
Read more…The Beauty Vol. 4
Jeremy Haun & Jason Hurley, story; Matthew Dow Smith (Chapter 17), Thomas Nachlik (Chapters 18-21), art; Nayoung Kim, color; Thomas Mauer, lettering & design
Image Comics, 2018
The series has a pattern of beginning with a stand-alone
Read more…Ice Cream Man Vol. 4: Tiny Lives
W. Maxwell Prince, writer; Martín Morazzo, art; Chris O'Halloran, colors
Image Comics, 2019
After Vol. 3's look at the relationship between the Ice Cream Man and his nemesis Caleb (the cowboy), this is another installm
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