Welcome to another week of comics! This week has another great spread going on, with 3 books from DC, five indie titles, and eight from Marvel, two of which are X of Swords X-Men books. Of those, there are two new beginnings to comics, a one-shot, and the 100th Spider-Woman comic ever released, Karla Pacheco's fifth of her ongoing series.
Spotlights will be plentiful this week, again! I'm discussing Argentinian-American comic writer and legend Fabien Nicieza and his surprisingly heft history in the industry, then I'll be talking about Faith, from Faithless II, and her complicated sexual orientation. Last, I'm spotlighting Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman herself, on the occasion of her 100th solo comic! Continue Reading for all this and more!
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New week, new pull list! Getting started earlier, this time, so what happened last week doesn't happen again. I'm trying to get more into writing reviews of single issues that strike me as remarkable, so head to the reviews section to see what I've added so far! Also see the comic book Pick Lists for shorter reviews.
This week's pulls bring in thirteen comics! Which is about average for me, recently. Of those, there are three one-shots, FIVE indie titles, five from Marvel, one of Dawn of X (X of Swords), and one non-one-shot DC comic. There's a lot to be read and learned about in comics this week! I'm doing a shorter Spotlight this week, on industry writer and colorist Jordie Bellaire! She's one of two colorists I've come to think of as favorites, both of which are women (the other being Tamra Bonvillain)! Bellaire has some excellent work under her belt as an art team member and a writer, so she's more than worth learning more about. Continue Reading to see what's good in comics this week!
I was really trying to avoid this, this week, but life has required me to stop and catch up with non-SSG things, so I didn't have time to do the pull list and spotlights the way i normally would. Instead, I'll do a VERY brief overview of what I'm reading, what I'm excited for, and who the spotlights were going to be on. Next week, however, already has me excited about writing the week's pull blurbs, so I have no doubt I'll get those done, no problem.
Here's the very brief, non-pretty rundown of this week in comics: fifteen comics seven indie 3 dawn of x 1 other marvel 2 DC Again, I'm not doing blurbs for this week's pulls, just some very quick-and-dirty chat about select comics from my list. Continue reading for the most basic pull list I've ever done!
It's another banger of a comics week, with books of all kinds! At Marvel, the EMPYRE event wages on, leaving both excellence and stupidity in it's wake; plus X-books, some spiders, and a few unjustly digital-first released books finally getting their print release. DC has two doomed books, Mariko Tamaki's second issue of WONDER WOMAN, and more METAL! The indie stack is fairly well represented, with a new #1, Matt Fraction and the Dodsons' ADVENTUREMAN, and more Image books from Christopher Priest!
You may note I didn't do a "pick list" for last week. Usually I try to do them on Thursday, after binging the weekly comics by that afternoon. This week, however, I went on a road-trip Thursday instead! We went to the Bay Area for toy and comic book hunting, and I am pleased to report we found some INCREDIBLE collection pieces! I'll be writing somewhat about those eventually, but for now, onto the coming week's pulls! Continue Reading to see all the comics goodies I have picked out this week! Back in Business! Comic Book Pulls+ SPOTLIGHTS on POC, LGBTQ+, and Women in Comics-- July 12th, 20207/12/2020
It has been a minute, hasn't it?
It feels diminutive to try and list all the goings-on of the world and my life in the past 6-months or so, so I'm not going to try and do that here. I might make a long-winded general blog post later, but don't wait for that one. World news is constantly updating, so it may be some time before I figure out how to address these situations. This is my first post since February, and I've just finished redesigning the layout of the site, as well! I'm changing up the format of my posts a little, which I hope will make sense, and also changing the format of the weekly Pull lists. I want to be sure to include and point out the weekly books of great representation. Be it the creative team or subject matter, representation of all people belongs in comics. To further drive this point, I will be including in my pull lists Spotlights on the books that have quality real-world representation in some way. On that note, this also happens to be an EXCELLENT week to start reading new comics--I've got FIVE series premiers picked out and a few more "jumping on points" for ongoing books, all of which make great starting points for new readers! Continue Reading for the down-low on some of the best comics in the biz! NEW Comic Book Pulls for November 25th, 201911/25/2019 I can't believe November is almost over! The past few months have been flying by, marked only by the massive influx of weekly comics. Last week was a doozy. I still haven't finished everything the week gave us, even as I write the update for the following week! What's truly remarkable about that is everything I have read from this past mega-week of comics was all brilliant. I didn't find myself lacking in quality material among the incredible stack of books last week gave us. This week has a lesser eleven issues I'll be reading, and even then, only that many because I'm throwing a few extras in. There are key issues of things coming out that I want to catch, and you won't want to miss them either! Continue reading to find out what's good this week in comics! |
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