Sex Criminals Vol. 5: Five-Fingered Discount
Matt Fraction, writer; Chip Zdarsky, artist
Image Comics, 2018
It feels like there's a time jump (weeks or months, not years) between this collection and the previous arc. Jon and Suzie are completely estran
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Vol. 32: Rest In Peace
SPOILER ALERT: Everything about this collection was very carefully kept secret--especially the issue number of the final issue. Even now the solicitations for the collection avoid mentioning that it is the finale! There is no
Read more…Frankenstein Alive, Alive!: The Complete Collection
Steve Niles, story & script; Bernie Wrightson, story, layouts & art; Kelley Jones, art
IDW Publishing, 2018
The final horror collaboration between writer Steve Niles and artist Bernie Wrightson bega
Read more…Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil
Written by Jeff Lemire; art, letters, and colors by David Rubín
Dark Horse Books, 2018
Despite the title, this prequel set in the Black Hammer Universe is mainly about Lucy Weber uncovering the truth abou
Read more…Cemetery Beach
Warren Ellis, writer; Jason Howard, artist and book design
Image Comics, 2019
Warren Ellis suggested this miniseries as a break from Trees, the other series he co-created with artist Jason Howard. It certainly is quite a contrast: a nea
Read more…B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know, Vol. 2: Pandemonium
Mike Mignola & Scott Allie, story; Sebastian Fiumara, Mike Mignola & Laurence Campbell, artists; Dave Stewart, colors
Dark Horse Comics, 2019
Hellboy is back--reunited with Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien--bu
Read more…The Beauty Vol. 5
Jeremy Haun & Jason Hurley, story; Thomas Nachlik, art; Nayoung Kim, color; Thomas Mauer, lettering & design
Image Comics, 2019
This collection brings together two story lines from earlier volumes. Gang-banger Timo and transgender as
Read more…The Quantum Age (From the World of Black Hammer)
Jeff Lemire, writer; Wilfredo Torres, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist; Nate Piekos, letterer
Dark Horse Books, 2019
This story begins in "Spiral City, One Hundred Years From Now." The teenage superhero te
Read more…Ascender Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy
Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen, storytellers
Image Comics, 2019
Set a decade after the explosive climax of the Descender series, Ascender tells the story of the changed universe that resulted. Magic has taken the place
Read more…House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided
Written by Nalo Hopkinson; illustrated by Dominike "Domo" Stanton; colors by John Rauch
DC Vertigo, 2019
Unlike the other series, this one is something new: it does not relate to either earlier Sandman or DC
Read more…Ice Cream Man Vol. 3: Hopscotch Mélange
W. Maxwell Prince, writer; Martín Morazzo, art; Chris O'Halloran, colors
Image Comics, 2019
The stories in this volume go deeply into the relationship between the Ice Cream Man and his nemesis, the cowboy Caleb.
Read more…Books of Magic Vol. 1: Moveable Type
Kat Howard, writer; Tom Fowler, illustrator; Jordan Boyd, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
This one opens with a brief history of Tim Hunter's initiation into the world of magic by the Trenchcoat Brigade in the original The
Read more…The Weatherman Vol. 1
Jody LeHeup, writer; Nathan Fox, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist
Image Comics, 2019
The year is 2770, and Nathan Bright is the titular weatherman. He is a huge television star on terraformed Mars, beloved for his outrageous behavio
Read more…Regression Vol. 1: Way Down Deep
Cullen Bunn, story; Danny Luckert, art; Marie Enger, colors/letters
Image Comics, 2017
I'm a big fan of Cullen Bunn's horror writing from The Sixth Gun and Harrow County. So I'm surprised I overlooked this one (althoug
Read more…Oblivion Song Chapter One
Robert Kirkman, writer/creator; Lorenzo De Felici, artist/creator; Annalisa Leoni, colorist
Image-Skybound, 2018
A decade ago 300,000 citizens of the city of Philadelphia (and the 30 square miles they occupied) were abruptly
Read more…My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies
Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Image Comics, 2018
Didn't realize until I started reading this that it is subtitled "A Criminal novella." None of the recurring Criminal characters appear, but it does indeed feature lots o
Read more…Die Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker
Kieron Gillen, writer; Stephanie Hans, artist; Clayton Cowles, letterer
Image Comics, 2019
Writer Kieron Gillen is like the world's biggest nerd. Phonogram, his first big creator-owned project, related directly to hi
Read more…She Could Fly Volume One: Obsessive Propulsion
Christopher Cantwell, writer; Martin Morazzo, artist; Miroslav Mrva, colorist
Dark Horse Books, 2019
This is my first Berger Books project, and it certainly has the tone of a Vertigo book. The title makes
Read more…Bodies
Si Spencer, writer; Dean Ormston, Phil Winslade, Meghan Hetrick, Tula Lotay, artists; Lee Loughridge, colorist
Vertigo, 2015
An ambitious eight-part miniseries which spans four time periods, each illustrated by a different artist, united by the
Read more…Eclipse Vol. 1
Zack Kaplan, writer; Giovanni Timpano, artist; Chris Northrop, colorist
Image Comics, 2017
Writer Zack Kaplan makes his comics debut with this dystopian story. The setting looks contemporary. But ten years previously the world suffered
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