Static
Matt Lesniewski, script, art & letters; Carlos Badilla, colorist
Dark Horse Books, 2021
Static is an actual original graphic novel, with a visual style that would be a fit for an indie comics company much smaller and more esoteric than Dark Ho
Read more…John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 1: Marks of Woe
Simon Spurrier, Kat Howard, writers; Aaron Campbell, Matías Bergara, Marcio Takara, Tom Fowler, Craig Taillefer, artists; Jordie Bellaire, Cris Peter, Jordan Boyd, colorists
DC Black Label, 2020
John
Read more…House of Whispers Vol. 3: Watching the Watchers
Nalo Hopkinson & Dan Watters, writers; Dominike "DOMO" Stanton, Matthew Dow Smith, artists; Zac Atkinson, colors
DC Vertigo, 2020
The Corinthian makes his way to the House of Watchers, as promised in the
Read more…Deadly Class Volume 10: Save Your Generation
Rick Remender, writer; Wes Craig, artist; Lee Loughridge, colorist
Image Comics, 2021
Back after a long hiatus, the narrative jumps around chronologically, as it has in recent volumes (the early ones all h
Read more…Parasomnia
Cullen Bunn, script; Andrea Mutti, art & colors; Simon Bowland, lettering
Dark Horse Books, 2022
This dark fantasy tale is about two worlds split between dreams and reality. The cover picture makes this clear, but the story is more ambiguo
Read more…The Closet Vol. 1
James Tynion IV, writer; Gavin Fullerton, art; Chris O'Halloran, colors; Tom Napolitano, letters
Image Comics, 2022
This is the story of a troubled marriage and a cross-country move to what is supposed to be a fresh start. Thom has
Read more…Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book
by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips; colors by Jacob Phillips
Image Comics, 2021
It's 1988, and Ethan Reckless says it's the year he started to feel old, that he'd lost a step. Fortunately he has Anna's help: "You r
Read more…The Human Target Volume One
Tom King, writer; Greg Smallwood, artist
DC Black Label, 2022
This collects the first half of a twelve-issue maxiseries that brings back Christopher Chance, the Human Target. Created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino and i
Read more…The Beauty Volume Six
Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley, story; Thomas Nachlik, Matthew Dow Smith, Jeremy Haun & Danny Luckert, art; Nayoung Kim & Brett Weldele, color
Image Comics, 2022
The series ends here, after a big pandemic pause. The collection
Read more…The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
Ram V., writer; Filipe Andrade, illustrator
BOOM! Studios, 2022
This five-issue miniseries is set in India, and pursues its questions about life and death in a Hindu context. As the story begins the avatar of Death (who
Read more…Locke & Key: The Golden Age
Joe Hill, writer; Gabriel Rodríguez, artist; Jay Fotos, colorist
IDW Publishing, 2022
The stories in this collection were developed over the course of a decade: the oldest story was written and drawn in 2011, while the mos
Read more…Stray Dogs
Tony Fleecs, writer; Trish Forstner, artist; Brad Simpson, colorist; Tone Rodriguez, layouts
Image Comics, 2021
At the outset, this is a story about a group of talking stray dogs. They are Disney-cute, completely devoted to their master, a
Read more…Chronophage
Tim Seeley, writer; Ilias Kyriazis, artist
Humanoids, 2022
Another original graphic novel, this time in a more obviously European style. Chloe is a single mother who is having a rough time: working two jobs to make ends meet, and dealing
Read more…Basilisk Vol. 1
Cullen Bunn, writer; Jonas Scharf, illustrator; Alex Guimarães, colorist
BOOM! Studios, 2021
The story begins with five ordinary-looking people coming down from the mountains into a town. Called the Chimera (although I don't recall th
Read more…Crossover Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains
Donny Cates, story; Geoff Shaw, art; Dee Cunniffe, colors; John J. Hill, letters & design
Image Comics, 2021
Another comic with a unique core concept: the Crossover of the title refers to an actual event that occurre
Read more…Time Before Time Vol. 1
Declan Shalvey & Rory McConville, writers; Joe Palmer, artist; Chris O'Halloran, colors; Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, letterer
Image Comics, 2021
This wild time-travel adventure has the year 2140 as its central focus. There a crimin
Read more…The Ghost in You
Ed Brubaker, writer; Sean Phillips, artist; Jacob Phillips, colors
Image Comics, 2022
There is a reason that Ethan Reckless is not on the cover of this one. He spends most of the story out of town on a case, which leaves his assistan
Read more…Karmen
Guillem March, story & art
Image Comics, 2022
The story opens with Catalina (Cata) and her friend Xisco as schoolchildren. Ten years later, the pair are romantically involved, but it's complicated: Xisco has a couple of other female friends,
Read more…The Dreaming: Waking Hours
G. Willow Wilson, writer; Nick Robles, Javier Rodriguez & M.K. Perker, artists; Matheus Lopes & Javier Rodriguez, colorists
DC Black Label, 2021
This big 12-issue miniseries has the feeling of a conclusion, like a capstone
Read more…Sea of Sorrows
Rich Douek, writer; Alex Cormack, artist; Justin Birch, letterer
IDW, 2021
1926, and the aftermath of the Great War left rich salvage available in the North Atlantic Ocean. This five-issue miniseries follows the crew of the SS Vagabo
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