Comic Books

Looks like trunks are back in style!

FCBD is this Saturday! 5/4!

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jim-lee-posts-his-art-for-dc-vs-marvel-amalgam-omnibus-covers/

This week's list is up! Let's see..

Lester of the Lesser Gods #1 - Sounds interesting enough,

"Lester, the larping bastard son of the Odin, wanders the post-apocalyptic wasteland after thwarting Satan’s attempt to bring about the end of days. But can this hero of the downtrodden survive the battle arena of Will Frye the Technomancer Guy."

Minor Threats II The Fastest Way Down #2 - I'm all in on Minor Threats, Patton Oswalt done did it again.

Blood Brothers Mother #1 - "For fans of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." Well, that's me.

Light week for me it seems, what about you?

I was excited for the Krakoa/House of X/Powers of X era of X-Men where they're actually doing well for once instead of living in Hell and fighting to stay alive.

I eventually fell off near Dawn of X or X of Swords because my attention is limited and fickle but i wanna get back to it and finish it.

So if i want to read the whole saga, can you help me with the order of the trades, and what, if anything is vital to enjoying or reading the story and may not be in the collected trades?

Free comic book day, first Sat in May (May 4th 2024)!

Here seems to be a list of the releases, I'll be grabbing

Hellboy

And/or

Tons of strange

What're you grabbing?

I just got issue #1 of Radiant Black. I initally found them because I just got into comics. I wanted to read about new superheroes other than what I grew up with in the Marvel and DC universes. Radiant Black was recommended over on the comicbooks subreddit wiki.

I like the design so far of the character. The suit looks pretty awesome. I'm pretty excited to go back to the comic book store and grab a few more issues.

Man's Best #2 - I liked #1 a lot, looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Rare Flavours #5 - Ram V is killing it in this one and I love Filepe Andrade's art.

Dawnrunner #2 - Mechs vs ...eldritch kaiju? I'm in.

Operation Sunshine Already Dead #1 - If you missed the first run of Op Sunshine check it out. Made by the Last Podcast On The Left guys Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski (aka Gary from Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell), who also did Soul Plumber. The last run sets up the world and the plan for an Arcane Oceans 11 situation, this run they execute the plan. Art by David Rubin.

Spectregraph #1 - I'll probably pick this up, the dude who does w0rldtr33 is doing it.

Mythologies And Apocrypha #1 - If my shop has it, they usually neglect Fantagraphics.

Six Fingers #3 - Following both sides of this one.

Universal Monsters Black Lagoon #1 - SOLD! And it's Ram V? Sold again.

W0rldtr33 #9 - This series is great!

Honorable Mention: Pooh vs Bambi #1 - What the FUCK?!

"In war there are rules, but the forest has none. Abandoned by his country, betrayed by those he once called family, and hunted by those who want nothing more than to keep him as a trophy, Pooh is on a mission and no amount of honey will sate his thirst-he wants revenge!"

Lotus land #6- Been ok, kinda just finishing it up because I already have the rest.

Blue book 1947 #3 - I like this one, the story of the origins of our alien lore

Batman off world #4 - I love this one, weird little batman series.

Golgotha Motor Mountain #2 - Meth from space turns people into cronenberg monsters. I'm in.

7174AD #1 - Idk shit about it, I'm 100% judging this book by its cover, but it looks interesting.

That's it for me this week, what about you guys?

List is up! Short list for me but one I'm excited about:

Bat-Man First Knight #2 - 1930s The Bat-Man (just had to lable it that way instead of "Batman" huh?) #1 was great!

Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #5 - You know me, love this series

I Hate Fairyland #13 - This one is right up my alley as well

Napalm Lullaby #2 - #1 was ok, not sure I'll stick with it.

What're y'all reading?

A lot this week it looks like, might have to make some cuts, let's see..

Minor Threats II The Fastest Way Down #1- I have loved the first series and The Alternates, gonna keep going on this one. I like Patton Oswalt's writing and the art is great.

Geiger #1- I liked the last series on this one too.

Redcoat #1 - Ghost Machine, shared universe with Geiger and Rook

Rook Exodus #1 - Damn man all in the same week? Can we stagger these?!

Sacrificers #7 - New arc, probably most excited about this one this week, or tied with Minor Threats.

Deadpool #1 - I did read all of Deadpool Vs Cable back in the day, maybe I pick this up.

Previously:

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/ed-piskor-exhibition-postponed-over-sexual-misconduct-allegations-25664597

Ed Piskor exhibition postponed over sexual misconduct allegations

The Twitter is saying the death was a suicide.

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/ed-piskor-suicide-note-comic-refuted-sexual-misconduct-allegations-claimed-internet-bullies-murdered-him-article-108955016

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please reach out immediately to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988/partner-toolkit/end-cards-media

"The "official" title part was important in comics because, as noted in an ancient edition of Comic Book Legends Revealed, postal service laws required that, whenever a publication began a new volume, that it reapply for a new postal code for subscriptions, and, naturally, pay a new fee."

They went easy on me this week!

Primer #1 - I totally didn't used to write graffiti so I'm definitely not intrigued by the cover. We'll see, if she's more bomber than "street artist" I'll be picking this up.

Six Fingers #2 - I think I prefer The One Hand so far but it's really cool having both sides. The One Hand (Ram V) follows the detective, The Six Fingers (Other Guy) follows the murderer.

That's it! Thankfully, because next week might be kinda heavy. What're you pullin'?

Ed Piskor, for those who may not know, did the highly acclaimed Fantastic Four: Grand Design and X-Men: Grand Design books for Marvel.