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Urasawa explores the mystery of manga in Billy Bat Volume 1
Opening with a couple of chapters of Billy Bat comic, Naoki Urasawa exhibits a playfulness in that we have rarely seen from him before.
Growing Up Day by Day in Keigo Shinzo's Hirayasumi Volume 7
Keigo Shinzo’s slice-of-life story captures the ups and downs that most of us face every day, reflecting them through our own insecurities as we watch these mismatched cousins try to navigate their lives.
Dennis O'Neil and Denys Cowan Restate The Question
Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan reintroduce The Question only to tear him down again before they can build him back up.
From the Archives- Jeff Lemire's The Nobody
Jeff Lemire's stories remain based in rural settings and contain a timeless quality to them, as if these places always have and always will exist.
From the Archives- Beasts of Burden: Animal Rights
Have you looked inside your dog’s house today to see who or what is in there?
“Change Your Heart…”— Lessons from Mark Russell and Mike Feehan’s Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Mark Russell and Mike Feehan’s comic is a reminder and a call to arms.
Friends and Sinners in Sammy Harkham’s Crickets #9
Crickets #9 contains many stories and yet feels like a singular, unified comic book.
Linus Liu Dreams Of A Long Lost Childhood in Cat Mask Boy
There were days during childhood that were full of endless possibility and that’s the nostalgia that Linus Liu is remembering here. Cat Mask Boy is the story of a simpler time, before every kid had a cellphone or a traveling sports team to keep them occupied.
Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye (to 2025)-- Comic Bookmarks for January 4, 2026
The year that was...
Is There Life on Mars? — a look at Paul Pope’s Total THB Volume One
Total THB doesn’t feel like a 30 year old comic book.
The Life and Times of Ricky Lawless— Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips Giant Size Criminal #1
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillip explore the tragedy of living under the sins of our fathers.
Charles Soule and Steve McNiven Explore Ghosts in Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell
Frank Miller casts a long shadow over this story and Charles Soule and Steve McNiven know it.
Die Loaded #1 by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans— The Bones Continue to Roll
Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans remind us that some stories just don’t end.