Ok, this is getting embarrassing. There's only so many weeks I can get away with having a mostly-Marvel pull list before it starts to look like I'm a massive Marvel stan (a term I hate and immediately regret using). Don't get me wrong, I obviously really like Marvel, but my Marvel-heavy pull lists are more of a comment on the current state of the comics industry than my personal taste. Go to any twitter page/message board/Reddit sub, you'll see a surprising amount of comic book fans reporting confusing and lazy editing, writing, and events at DC Comics in the past year or so. I'm sad to say it's a pattern I noticed as well, and the reason I only have a handful of DC books on my subscription list at all. And, of those, they're almost entirely Black Label books--the publishing house under DC where they put all their out-of-canon hero stories and non-cape comics. For these reasons, I've been working on adding more independent publisher content to by subscription list. There's a lot of new indie books starting in 2020, so now is the perfect tie to spread my comic-reading wings. And, if you've been keeping up, none of this is news. These are trends I've been writing about for months now, and it's only getting more obvious. Publishing giant disappointments aside, there's always amazing comics still coming out. INCLUDING some great DC books ;). Continue reading to see what I have this week!
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NEW Comic Books for JANUARY 1ST, 2020!12/29/2019 Happy New Year! I've been AWOL for a week or two, as last week didn't have much by way of comics, and I was still pretty swamped with work and hobbies through the holidays. Plus, what an INSANE week we had just before Christmas, with average pull lists of dedicated readers reaching over twenty books that Wednesday. Thea year is starting off a little easier on our wallets than that, but that's not to say the books being released are any less interesting. In fact, the year starts off strong this week with three new series' that I'll be reading, among the other pulls. Last year, one of my goals was the broaden my comic book reading list--add variety. I feel like this year I've done a great job of that, and because of it, I've been reading some really excellent books. This year, I'll grow off that sentiment, and say my comic book reading goal is to not waste my time (and money) on series' that aren't what I wished for. In short, I'll be continuing to read just as much and more, but I'll get a little picky. If I'm not feeling a series, that's fine, there are plenty more to replace it with. Adding on to that as well, I already have a few creator-owned titles on my list for their debut in March, so I expect my comic pull list t be very rounded out by the end of 2020. With all that out of the way, continue reading to find out what's good for the first week of comics in 2020! New Comic Book Pulls DECEMBER 4th, 201911/30/2019 If there's anything that's true about my life today, it's that I'm thoroughly enjoying my weekly comics. It feels like around every corner, there's another excellent new series sitting there, waiting to be explored. These past few weeks have been BUSTING at the seams with new comics, so this week's nine is a nice quieter week. Three more X-Books, as it looks like Hickman has his team on 2-week intervals, Tom King's second-to-last every issue of Batman, and the well-regarded creative team of Thor is back with what promises to be a legendary one-shot with some of the best characters. It's officially December now, which means the countdown to 2020 is fully on! What should I do for the end of the year, a favorites summary? Top-5 comics of the year? Top-10? In any case, Continue Reading for this week's pulls! Nothing is slowing down here but the year. This week I'm talking about THIRTEEN different comics that come out Wednesday. I know I talk about having challenged myself at the beginning of the year to read more, and more variety of, comic books, but what has that really resulted in? My reading lists each week are much longer on average, and I've started this site to host my comic book babbling. As the year winds down, I think this winter I'll work on compiling a list of titles that have stuck with me, beginning to end, this year. Not only will that be a great annual wrap-up, and include my personalized recommendations for comics from 2019, but it will really show what kind of variety I've leaned into and what I read of each publisher. It'll be a small cross-section of this part pf my life, so to say. That'll be coming in a few weeks this December, but for now, Continue Reading for more comics babble this week! I can't believe we're already halfway through October! The season of spook has begun, as shown on my comics list this week with the continuation of three issues from Marvel's current horror event: Absolute Carnage #3, Absolute Carnage: Avengers #1, and Absolute Carnage: Scream #3. Those three are out of the twelve total titles I'm talking about this week. Will I be able to keep this up? If I end up dropping any of these, I guess we know the answer to that. As usual, each book's solicitation will be included for a basic rundown from the publisher. There's a lot of great stuff happening in comics, all the time, so I'm listing some issues coming out this week that I don't read, but are well loved and enjoyed by others, at the end. There's also a lot of new titles starting up this fall and winter, and great starting points for ongoing ones. Meanwhile, Continue Reading for more comics talk! |
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