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And that’s one of the things we love about comics-- they’… - [Contact](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/contact.md) - Here's how to reach us! * @FromCovtoCov [https://twitter.com/fromcovtocov] on Twitter Loading… - [Contribute](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/contribute.md) - C [https://opencollective.com/ghost] [https://github.com/sponsors/TryGhost]oming soon. - [From Cover To Cover Team](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-cover-to-cover-staff.md) - Scott Cederlund Mike Baxter - [Privacy](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/privacy.md) - Wondering how Ghost fares when it comes to privacy and GDPR rules? Good news: Ghost does not use any tracking cookies of any kind. You can integrate any products, services, ads or integrations with Ghost yourself if you want to, but it's always a good idea to disclose how subscriber data will be us… - [Who We Support](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/who-we-support.md) - Here at From Cover to Cover, we believe in being upfront and honest about what cartoonists and journalists that I support through their online subscriptions or crowd-funding projects. Each month, I'll be updating this page and also putting a new post on the site. As much as this is to be forthright… ## Posts - [Noir and the Sunset Haze of Family Memory in Iman Vellani and Marianna Ignazzi's Chachu #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/iman-vellani-and-marianna-ignazzi-chachu-1-review.md) - This is a young woman who, as seen through the art and the writing, exudes a coolness— she’s trying to be the niece that a long-lost uncle in L.A. would want. - [A Lambent Thing-- Paul Chadwick's That Concrete: Stars Over Sand #2](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/a-lambent-thing-paul-chadwicks-that-concrete-stars-over-sand-2.md) - … this feels more like what the experience of waking up in an alien body would be— the confusion, disorientation, and fear… - [Breathe in the Sickness of Rob Williams & Henry Flint's Judge Dredd: And To The Sea Return](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/judge-dredd-and-to-the-sea-return-by-rob-williams-and-henry-flint-review.md) - These comics kick you, stab you with a rusty blade, and then try to gouge your eyes out. And you love every second of it. - [Bring Me The Head of Silvio Silvermane-- thoughts on Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber's The Superior Foes of Spider-Man](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-superior-foes-of-spider-man-by-nick-spencer-and-steve-lieber-review-2026.md) - Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber don’t portray these guys as villains. If anything, these criminals are working-class stiffs, maybe one step up from being a henchman. - [Gigs by Mark Mosedale and Si Smith](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/gigs-by-mark-mosedale-and-si-smith.md) - At the heart of Gigs is a brewing rebellion, encouraged by Syd and fought by Ivy and others against the systems built to oppress and control. - [Go Into Kiyohiko Azuma’s Yotsuba&! V16 With Childlike Wonder](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/go-into-kiyohiko-azumas-yotsuba-v16-with-childlike-wonder.md) - Kiyohiko Azuma’s Yotsuba&! V16 is a balm for cynicism… - [Urasawa explores the mystery of manga in Billy Bat Volume 1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/urasawa-explores-the-mystery-of-manga-in-billy-bat-volume-1.md) - Opening with a couple of chapters of Billy Bat comic, Naoki Urasawa exhibits a playfulness in that we have rarely seen from him before. - [Two American Kids Doin' the Best They Can-- thoughts on Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Five Gears In Reverse](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/ed-brubaker-and-sean-phillips-criminal-five-gears-in-reverse-review.md) - Maybe Ricky and Mallory have something true that in each other. In all of the hurt and pain, all of the struggle just to survive, maybe there’s a glimpse of hope for the future. - [What We Lost in the Zombie Apocalypse- thoughts on Everything Dead & Dying](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/everything-dead-dying-tate-brombal-jakob-phillips-review-2026.md) - We all want the happy, normal moments but Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips explore the damaged and messy lives that we actually have. - [A Shot in the Dark in Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips' Brutal Dark #3](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/brutal-dark-ezra-cain-mystery-3-by-chris-condon-and-jacob-phillips-review.md) - Ezra Cain could have been Indiana Jones but he became Phillip Marlowe instead. - [Comics at 120MPH-- thoughts on Jesse Lonergan's FASTER](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-jesse-lonergan-faster.md) - As he builds his pages in Faster, you need to pay attention to where Jesse Lonergan zigs in his storytelling when you expect him to zag. - [The Shared Headspace of Love and Rockets #17](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/love-and-rockets-17-gilbert-hernandez-jaime-hernandez.md) - More than a lot of issues of Love and Rockets, there’s a shared wavelength that Gilbert and Jaime are both operating on for these about this liminal space and time in these characters’ lives. - [Falling in Love and Saving the Universe in Ram V and Anand RK’s Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/falling-in-love-and-saving-the-universe-in-ram-v-and-anand-rks-resurrection-man-quantum-karma.md) - Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma finds room to explore different ways to fight the usual end-of-the-world battles. - [Growing Up Day by Day in Keigo Shinzo's Hirayasumi Volume 7](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/growing-up-day-by-day-in-keigo-shinzos-hirayasumi-volume-7.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/dennis-oneil-and-denys-cowan-restate-the-question.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-the-archives-jeff-lemires-the-nobody.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/beasts-of-burden-animal-rights-evan-dorkin-jill-thompson-review.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/mark-russell-and-mike-feehan-exit-stage-left-the-snagglepuss-chronicles-review.md) - Mark Russell and Mike Feehan’s comic is a reminder and a call to arms. - [Friends and Sinners in Sammy Harkham’s Crickets #9](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/sammy-harkham-crickets-9-review.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/linus-liu-cat-mask-boy-review.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/na-na-na-na-hey-hey-goodbye-to-2025-comic-bookmarks-for-january-4-2026.md) - The year that was... - [Is There Life on Mars? — a look at Paul Pope’s Total THB Volume One](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/total-thb-volume-one-review-paul-pope.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/ed-brubaker-sean-phillips-giant-size-criminal-1-review.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/charles-soule-and-steve-mcniven-daredevil-cold-day-in-hell.md) - 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](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/die-loaded-1-by-kieron-gillen-and-stephanie-hans-the-bones-continue-to-roll.md) - Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans remind us that some stories just don’t end. - [The Rebellious Comics in Jason's Death In Trieste](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-rebellious-comics-in-jasons-death-in-trieste.md) - Jason doesn’t give you any more than he has to and that’s often less than you think you need. - [Off to College in Caroline Cash's Adventure Time Alternate Universe Story](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/adventure-time-the-bubbline-college-special-caroline-cash.md) - So if we know that the story is a meet-cute story, that allows Cash to focus on how we move through this story. - [The Kids Aren't Alright Part 2-- Jason Aaron & Rafa Sandoval's Absolute Superman: Last Dust of Krypton](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-kids-arent-alright-part-2-jason-aaron-rafa-sandovals-absolute-superman-last-dust-of-krypton.md) - So what does the story of an alien boy, saved from a dying world by his parents and sent to Earth, look like in 2025 when “alien” is an extremely loaded and fraught word? - [Loving the Grid in Giovanna Fabi’s Perfect Love (mini kuš! #133)](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/giovanna-fabi-perfect-love-mini-kus-133.md) - Giovanna Fabi uses her artwork to evoke so many feelings out of the reader. - [The Kids Aren’t Alright-- Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman Volume One: The Zoo](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-scott-snyder-and-nick-dragottas-absolute-batman-volume-one-the-zoo.md) - Nick Dragotta jumps between the child-like innocence of childhood to the darkness of modern existence where it seems like nothing means anything anymore. - [We Don’t Need No Education- A Look at Judge Dredd: A Better World](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-judge-dredd-a-better-world-by-rob-williams-arthur-wyatt-henry-flint-jake-lynch-and-boo-cook.md) - The perfect comic that we need in 2025. - [Review— Kevin Smith Presents: Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-kevin-smith-presents-archie-meets-jay-silent-bob.md) - Why does this comic exist? - [Review: I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-im-so-glad-we-had-this-time-together-by-maurice-vellekoop.md) - This forms the space for Vellekoop to dig into these different relationships in his life, some of which are deep-rooted while others are fleeting connections that are more building blocks for Maurice to learn about himself. - [More Diamond, Alpha Flight, and the Quest for a Good Superman Comi — The Comic Bookmark, June 15th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/more-diamond-alpha-flight-and-the-quest-for-a-good-superman-comi-the-comic-bookmark-june-15th-2025.md) - Forgot to hit publish this morning so this is going up late. It’s still out on Sunday so that counts for something. Previously on FC2C Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá Expand the Family Tree in The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1The Umbrella Academy has been a family story from the start, using the language of… - [Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá Expand the Family Tree in The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/gerard-way-gabriel-ba-the-umbrella-academy-plan-b-1-review.md) - The Umbrella Academy has been a family story from the start, using the language of superheroes to explore family dynamics. - [The Family Circus, A Defense of R. Crumb, a New Distributor, and More-- The Comic Bookmarks June 8th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-family-circus-a-defense-of-r-crumb-a-new-distributor-and-more-the-comic-bookmarks-june-8th-2025.md) - It's the beginning of summer and, honestly, not too much is happening. Not much news but go down to the reviews/criticism portion and there's some really good stuff there, including a good video about the zombification of the Family Circus comic strip. Previously on FC2C The Tease and the Promise o… - [The Tease and the Promise of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun: Road to the Six #0](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-cullen-bunn-and-brian-hurtts-the-sixth-gun-road-to-the-six-0.md) - Sometimes a tease is all you need. - [RIP Peter David, Eisner Noms, Living in a Post-Diamond World and more... The Comic Bookmarks— June 1st, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic-bookmarks-june-1st-2025.md) - Our summer season started this week. You may remember that last year, our 2024 summer season included posts (almost) every week between Memorial Day and Labor Day. I'm not too sure if we're going to be that ambitious this year but I do have plans for it as well as a theme to it just to help me keep… - [More Than Just Another Crisis— a look at Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki’s Assorted Crisis Events #3](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/more-than-just-another-crisis-a-look-at-deniz-camp-and-eric-zawadzkis-assorted-crisis-events-3.md) - This comic is not apologetic about being a bit preachy. - [RIP Butch Guice, Jenny Blake's First Comic Book Credit, the Diamond Soap Opera and More... The Comic Bookmarks-- May 11th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/rip-butch-guice-jenny-blakes-first-comic-book-credit-the-diamond-soap-opera-and-more-the-comic-bookmarks-may-11th-2025.md) - We're playing a bit of catch up here from the past couple of weeks. We took a week off but that doesn't mean that everyone else did. Previously on FC2C Superheroes, Aliens, and Cartoons, Oh My!!! - a review of Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Chris Weston’s Paranoid GardensGerard Way and Shawn Simon do… - [Superheroes, Aliens, and Cartoons, Oh My!!! - a review of Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Chris Weston’s Paranoid Gardens](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/review-of-gerard-way-shaun-simon-and-chris-westons-paranoid-gardens.md) - Gerard Way and Shawn Simon doing their obscure Vertigo book, just for Dark Horse. So who better to get to draw than Chris Weston? - [Neil Gaiman Just Won’t Go Away, Not So Fast Alliance, and more… The Comic Bookmarks— April 27th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-april-27th-2025.md) - The more includes Superman Lawsuit, the loss of Bookscan numbers, a Megalopolis adaptation, and an interview with Rebecca Burke. - [Living Outside of the Law in Inio Asano’s Mujina Into the Deep Volume 1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/inio-asanos-mujina-into-the-deep-volume-1-review.md) - The opening is action-packed, a thrill ride that gets us into Inio Asano’s book but it’s not the story that Asano is telling. - [Think Twice Before Traveling to the States, FIBD Boycott, Star Wars Kickstarter and More-- The Comic Bookmarks April 20th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/think-twice-before-traveling-to-the-states-fibd-boycott-star-wars-kickstarter-and-more-the-comic-bookmarks-april-20th-2025.md) - It's getting hard to have a link column that isn't somehow political. - [The Big Tease That Is Summer of Superman Special #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-big-tease-that-is-summer-of-superman-special-1.md) - Sometimes, you just want to read a Superman comic. It's a bit surprising how hard that is to do without getting pulled into all kinds of other drama. - [Everything’s Broken, From Immigration to Tariffs, but the Comics Are Still Good— The Comic Bookmarks April 6th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/everythings-broken-from-immigration-to-tariffs-but-the-comics-are-still-good-the-comic-bookmarks-april-6th-2025.md) - This is unfair to those of us Larry Hama turned into lefty anarchists. [image or embed] — Jason (@jason1749.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM I think/hope that Jason speaks for a lot of us right now. Previously on FC2C It’s Time to Wake Up- Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp & Javier R… - [Trying to Escape the Past in Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook‘s Out of Alcatraz](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/trying-to-escape-the-past-in-christopher-cantwell-and-tyler-crooks-out-of-alcatraz.md) - It’s the American dream told through the dream of freedom but struggling through the morals of its time. - [It’s Time to Wake Up- Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/absolute-martian-manhunter-1-by-deniz-camp-javier-rodriguez.md) - DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 delivers a radical reimagining with Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez creating a mind-bending sensory experience that transcends traditional superhero storytelling. - [Diamond Saved(?), The Beat Interviewed, and a Casanova update— The Comic Bookmarks March 30th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/diamond-saved-the-beat-interviewed-and-a-casanova-update-the-comic-bookmarks-march-30th-2025.md) - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. - [The Disappearing Web, Top Selling Comics that I’ve Never Heard Of, and NFTs Are Still a Thing (?)— The Comic Bookmarks March 23rd, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic-bookmarks-march-23rd-2025.md) - So, it’s been a while. Over a month since the last one of these link posts but almost a month between published reviews as well. Not the track record that I really want for this site but it was probably needed. I was reading books and have stuff written down in the Notes app but for some reason, I… - [Back in the Day, We Used To Be Punk — on Jaime Hernandez’s Life Drawings](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/jaime-hernandez-life-drawings.md) - Is this Love and Rockets: The Next Generation or the continuation of an ongoing story that started over 40 years ago? - [Ram V, Riccardo Federici, and Evan Cagle Build On Jack Kirby in The New Gods #3](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-new-gods-3-by-ram-v-riccardo-federici-and-evan-cagle.md) - Ram V, Riccardo Federici, and Evan Cagle’s The New Gods #3 is another attempt to go back to Kirby, firmly planted in the original source, being true to it while pushing in new directions. - [This Week in Gaiman, Diamond, Book Banning, and Joe Casey— The Comic Bookmarks February 9th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-february-9th-2025.md) - It’s a bit of a quiet week so let’s just dive into some of what happened. Previously on FC2C “The music of the future needs a future to exist in.”— Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard’s The Power Fantasy Volume One: The SuperpowersThe question in The Power Fantasy isn’t if the world is going to end… - [“The music of the future needs a future to exist in.”— Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard’s The Power Fantasy Volume One: The Superpowers](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/kieron-gillen-and-caspar-wijngaards-the-power-fantasy-volume-one-the-superpowers.md) - The question in The Power Fantasy isn’t if the world is going to end but how is it going to end? - [On Substack, Diamond, AI, and Decentralized Comic Events- The Comic Bookmarks February 2nd, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic-bookmarks-february-2nd-2025.md) - All of the comic book links you could want on a lazy Sunday morning (or anytime of the week.) - [Jules Fieffer, more on Diamond’s Bankruptcy, Angoulême Pre-Reads, and More— The Comic Bookmarks January 26th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-january-26th-2025.md) - Your comic links for the last week of January - [Taking the Plunge into Paul Chadwick’s Concrete: Depth](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/paul-chadwick-concrete-depth-review.md) - The story of a man whose brain has been put into an alien body is the stuff of B-level science fiction, the b/w movies that we used to be able to watch on Saturday afternoons. And there’s plenty of that in Concrete: Depth but it’s not the only type of story that Paul Chadwick wants to tell. - [More on Neil Gaiman, the State of Diamond and Comics Journalism, Remembering David Lynch, and More— The Comic Bookmarks for January 19th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-for-january-19th-2025.md) - RIP David Lynch (and links to help LA)Oh, this one hurts. This hurts a lot. A lot of things in the world are terrible, so it takes something major to burst through and occupy the center of my mind. No one could do that like David Lynch. With the death of Lynch, we’ve lost one ofBurner AccountMauree… - [The Comic Bookmarks— January 12th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-january-12th-2025.md) - This week, I deactivated my Facebook accounts, including Instagram and Threads. It’s something that’s been coming for a while now as the whole Facebook experience has just su cked for at least the past few years. When you take recent moves Meta has made, it just made sense that now was the time to… - [Imaging Space and Silence in Oscar Zarate’s Thomas Girtin: The Forgotten Painter](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/oscar-zarate-thomas-girtin-the-forgotten-painter-review.md) - “Oscar Zarate is telling a story about art and the ways that it’s a life choice by making these characters face several other choices that may or may not be related to art. But with every challenge faced, with every decision made, it always comes back to Art.“ - [WaPo Cartoonist Quits, Scholastic Earnings Short, Best Of Lists, and more— The Comic Bookmarks January 5th, 2025](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-january-5th-2025-2.md) - Welcome to another year at FC2C. Hope you had a great New Year. So after the holidays and everything, it’s time to get back to business as normal around here, meaning it’s time to link blog. Since it’s been a few weeks, here’s what‘s been piling up since right before Christmas. Previously on FC2C F… - [From Cover to Cover’s Favorite Comics of 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-cover-to-covers-favorite-comics-of-2024.md) - Scott’s favorite books of 2024 - [The 2024 In Reviews and News— Comic Bookmarks December 29th, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-2024-in-reviews-and-news-comic-bookmarks-december-29th-2024.md) - A review of the writing at FC2C in 2024 - [Reader’s Polls, Angouleme’s American invasion, Content Mills Strike Back, and More— Comic Bookmarks December 22, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/readers-polls-angoulemes-american-invasion-content-mills-strike-back-and-more-comic-bookmarks-december-22-2024.md) - From the Archives The holidays caught up with us and nothing got finished this week so hereare two pieces by Mike and myself from our days at Panel Patter. A Compassionate Time of Mourning in Jiro Taniguchi’s A Journal of My FatherComic Reviews and commentaryPanel PatterScott CederlundWhy Do Humans… - [Off To Blue Skies, Amos on Gaiman, Best Of 2024 Lists, and more — The Comics Bookmarks December 15th, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/off-to-blue-skies-amos-on-gaiman-best-of-2024-lists-and-more-the-comics-bookmarks-december-15th-2024.md) - So it’s been a month or so since we did one of these. It felt like we were rolling along pretty good there since we started doing these link posts in the early summer but then we hit November and let’s just say, things happened in November. But one of the big ones that impacted what I was doing was… - [The Breaking of a Good Man— a look at Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov’s The Punisher: Valley Forge, Valley Forge](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/garth-ennis-and-goran-parlov-the-punisher-valley-forge-valley-forge.md) - Maybe it’s not the right time to be writing about a lone gunman prowling the streets of NYC. Or maybe it is as Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov are less focused on the exploits of Frank Castle the man and more dialed into the symbol that is The Punisher. The Punisher: Valley Forge, Valley Forge (2008)… - [A Life Formed by Manga: a look at Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tokyo These Day](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/taiyo-matsumoto-tokyo-these-day-review.md) - Tokyo These Days isn’t a travelogue or a how to but it wants to let the reader know about the spirit of Tokyo and manga, how they’re intertwined, and how they weigh down on the artists and editors who create them. - [How Do We Respond to Trump? “God of Horror” Passes Away and a lot of reviews— The Comic Bookmarks November 10th, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic-bookmarks-november-10th-2024.md) - O.k. So I missed last week. In my defense, it was a busy weekend (two concerts and a wedding to attend) and then this past Tuesday just knocked the wind out of everything else that was happening. The Nice House On The Sea #4 by Tynion IV, Bueno, and Bellaire— Mini ReviewÁlvaro Martinez Bueno and Jo… - [The Fight for Justice in Absolute Superman #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/absolute-superman-1-jason-aaron-rafa-sandoval-review.md) - What does Truth, Justice, and the American Way mean after November 5, 2024? - [The Nice House On The Sea #4 by Tynion IV, Bueno, and Bellaire— Mini Review](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-nice-house-on-the-sea-4-by-tynion-iv-bueno-and-bellaire-mini-review.md) - Álvaro Martinez Bueno and Jordie Bellaire’s artwork enhances James Tynion IV’s The Nice House stories, highlighting the contrast between the two houses and the characters’ evolving relationships. - [The Return of the Monthly Sales List, Remembering Bernie Mireault, and An Appearance by Alan Moore— Comic Bookmarks October 26, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-return-of-the-monthly-sales-list-remembering-bernie-mireault-and-an-appearance-by-alan-moore-comic-bookmarks-october-26-2024.md) - I was sick last week so didn’t get one of these out so there’s interesting reads from the last couple of weeks here to catch up. Do not obey in advance. Lesson 1, first page, of my pamphlet "On Tyranny" https://t.co/C3857ouRzO pic.twitter.com/FWIDPecber — Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) October 25… - [Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theater #1– Mini Review](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/monsterpiece-theater-1-mini-review.md) - An idea in search of a story. - [Absolute Wonder Woman #1— Mini review](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/absolute-wonder-woman-1-mini-review.md) - This isn’t quite the hero that we know but it is the woman who inspires everyone. - [The Power Fantasy #3– Mini Review](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-power-fantasy-3-mini-gillen-wijngaard-review.md) - In this issue, we learn so much but realize that we know so little about this world. - [Hate Revisited #4 by Peter Bagge- Mini Review](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/hate-revisited-4-by-peter-bagge-mini-review.md) - Nostalgic without the nostalgia. - [Transformers Volume 1: Robots in Disguise— Mini Review](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/transformers-volume-1-robots-in-disguise-mini-review.md) - Daniel Warren Johnson makes you feel something for these toys. - [A follow up on Desert Island Comics, The Comics Courier, An Appreciation of a Letter and More— Comic Bookmarks October 13, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic_bookmarks_october_13_2024.md) - The week that was in link form. - [On Junji Ito](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/on-junji-ito.md) - I discovered Juni Ito’s manga about 9 years ago, when Viz started rereleasing his work again, starting with Uzamaki. At Panel Patter, I jumped on his stuff, getting sucked into Uzamaki and GYO. Other books followed and there are some that I need to still catch up with (Remina is still on the to-rea… - [A Tribute to Bernie Mireault, Shortbox Comics Festival is Live, Kurtzman, Toxic Fandom and more- Comic Bookmarks- October 5, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/a-tribute-to-bernie-mireault-shortbox-comics-festival-is-live-kurtzman-toxic-fandom-and-more-comic-bookmarks-october-5-2024.md) - Some great news, interviews, and reviews from the last week. - [The Form Is the Story in Kevin Huizenga's Fielder #3](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/kevin-huizenga-fielder-3.md) - Huizenga’s playful pages lead to the truth of his cartooning. - [A look at Banned Comic Books, Award Season Never Ends, Kieron Gillen Speaks, Reviews, and More — Comic Bookmarks September 29, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/a-look-at-banned-comic-books-award-season-never-ends-kieron-gillen-speaks-reviews-and-more-comic-bookmarks-september-29-2024.md) - I've had a review I've been wrestling with all week so nothing new from this site but that doesn't mean that there wasn't all kinds of good, interesting, and thoughtful things happening this past week. Hopefully I’ll get this review done this week and be able to be a small part of the discourse nex… - [Dragotta’s Batman, Kirby Commerials, Scott Pilgrim and more— Comic Bookmarks- September 22, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/dragottas-batman-kirby-commerials-scott-pilgrim-and-more-comic-bookmarks-september-22-2024.md) - It's been a few weeks as I've taken a brief break from the site so now it feels like having to get back to using some muscles that have already been forgotten a bit. And maybe it's just that it's the end of the summer but happenings around the internet feel very light even after being gone for a co… - [With Great Power, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda... thoughts on Jonathan Hickman and Macro Checchetto's Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1.](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/jonathan-hickman-macro-checchetto-ultimate-spider-man-volume-1.md) - It’s the small changes that say the most about Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto’s Ultimate Spider-Man. - [All New Collectors’ Edition #56: Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/all-new-collectors-edition-56-superman-vs-muhammad-ali.md) - Neal Adams’ artwork demands that you enjoy it now the way you would have in 1978. - [The Summer Season 2024– Comic Bookmarks Sept 1st, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-summer-season-2024-comic-bookmarks-sept-1st-2024.md) - A look back on the reviews and news of the summer. - [The Ghost of Bourdain Haunts Ram V and Filipe Andrade's Rare Flavours](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-ghost-of-bourdain-haunts-ram-v-and-filipe-andrades-rare-flavours.md) - This tale itself is a feast as we travel with the demon and the filmmaker. Andrade’s art tickles all of your senses even as it only interacts with one of them. - [Not Just One of the Boys-- thoughts on Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette's Wonder Woman Earth One](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/not-just-one-of-the-boys-thoughts-on-grant-morrison-and-yanick-paquettes-wonder-woman-earth-one.md) - Morrison and Paquette challenge the power structures that are inherent to our world to try tot show a better way forward. - [The Apple Tax Hits Patreon, Comics’ Award Season Continue, a Zoe Thorogood Poetry Comic on Instagram, and more -- The Comic Bookmarks Aug 18th, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic_bookmarks_aug_18_2024.md) - The summer must end but not yet. There's still a few weeks left to it. This week on the site, I explored John Porcellino's latest issue of King-Cat Comics & Stories. A Great Comic for the Dog Days of Summer- King-Cat Comics & Stories #83 by John PorcellinoCartooning as a worldview, as therapy, as c… - [A Great Comic for the Dog Days of Summer- King-Cat Comics & Stories #83 by John Porcellino](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/a-great-comic-for-the-dog-days-of-summer-king-cat-comics-stories-83-by-john-porcellino.md) - Cartooning as a worldview, as therapy, as confession, and as autobio. - [Human Trafficking at SDCC, Original Art Market, the Stolen Art Market — Comic Bookmarks 8/11/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/human-trafficing-original-art-market-the-stolen-art-market-comic-bookmarks-8-11-2024-2.md) - Let's start off with usual with what was happening around here this week before diving into the news and reviews of the week. It’s About The Ethics of Super Powers in Gillen and Wijngaard’s Power Fantasy #1Relaxed but always on edge until the narrative bomb drops, you can see how far Gillen and Wij… - [It’s About The Ethics of Super Powers in Gillen and Wijngaard’s Power Fantasy #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the.md) - Relaxed but always on edge until the narrative bomb drops, you can see how far Gillen and Wijngaard are willing to go with this story. - [The launch of K-ComicsBeat, the fight against AI comics, and more— The Comic Bookmarks 8/4/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-launch-of-k-comicsbeat-the-fight-against-ai-comics-and-more-the-comic-bookmarks-8-4-2024.md) - Your links for the post-SDCC week. - [Atsushi Kaneko Uses Action To Reveal Character in Search and Destroy Vol. 1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/atsushi-kaneko-uses-action-to-reveal-character-in-search-and-destroy-vol-1.md) - Search and Destroy is a revenge thriller you feel in your bones. - [More Jay Stephens’ comics, the classic DC Logo, Inoue’s Slam Dunk and more — Comic Bookmarks 7/28/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/more-jay-stephens-comics-the-classic-dc-logo-inoues-slam-dunk-and-more-comic-bookmarks-7-28-2024.md) - Comics news from the last week - [One Last Dose of Joe Matt’s Self-Deprecating Humor in Peepshow #15](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/one-last-dose-of-joe-matts-self-deprecating-humor-in-peepshow-15.md) - Joe Matt is the target of the ridicule and jokes but he’s also the one telling the jokes. - [Manga awards, Samnee and some other guy on Batman, and a bunch of reviews— Comic Bookmarks 7/21/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/manga-awards-samnee-and-some-other-guy-on-batman-and-a-bunch-of-reviews-comic-bookmarks-7-21-2024.md) - Things to read from the past week in the world of comics. - [Sidestepping the Event to Tell the Story in Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s G.O.D.S.](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/gods-by-jonathan-hickman-valerio-schiti-marte-gracia.md) - Hickman and Schiti pull away from telling the huge story that we expect and find another way to tell a character-driven story between the context of those loud battles. - [More on Neil Gaiman, lots of manga news, and a killer X-Men #1 review— Comic Bookmarks 7/14/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/more-on-neil-gaiman-lots-of-manga-news-and-a-killer-x-men-1-review-comic-bookmarks-7-14-2024-2.md) - The comic news you need to know for July 14, 2024. - [Gaiman accusations, Ukazu’s next book, manga announcements, French rights to Dan Clowes, and more — Comic Bookmarks 7/7/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/gaiman-accusations-ukazus-next-book-comic-bookmarks-7-7-2024-2.md) - It’s July. That means all the sites start running SDCC announcements- who’s going to be there, what big signings they’ll be having, and what “major” releases they’ll be hawking. Let’s see if we can survive this month together, shall we? This week on the site, I spent some time thinking about Richar… - [When Richard Corben met Hellboy](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/when-richard-corben-met-hellboy.md) - The humanity of Richard Corben’s Hellboy work is that it doesn’t try to spare the reader of anything. - [Maus banned, The Beat Covers SDCC, My Hero Academia ending, and more— Comics Bookmark 6/30/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic-bookmarks-6-30-2024.md) - Maus ban. Who created Wolverine? The best selling comic of 2025 already announced. New Mignola!!!!! All that and more in this week’s links. - [Finding the Truth in Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips’ The Enfield Gang Massacre](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/finding-the-truth-in-chris-condon-and-jacob-phillips-the-enfield-gang-massacre.md) - The title gives away what’s going to happen but The Enfield Gang Massacre is about stories as much as it is about the massacre. - [How do you mess up Superman’s S symbol? Bad AI artwork I guess —Comic Bookmarks 6/22/2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-6-22-2024.md) - An AI focused week. - [The 1990s speak to 2024 in Peter Bagge’s Hate Revisited #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/hate-revisited-1-b.md) - It’s 2024. Do we really need more HATE in our lives? (Answer: Yes) - [300,000 copies sold, Ping Pong, selling comics or produce, and more on Van CAF— Comic Bookmarks June 15, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic-bookmarks.md) - Comics link for the second week of June. - [Barda IS — a look at Ngozi Ukazu’s new comic book BARDA.](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/barda-by-ngozi-ukazu-review.md) - It’s a meet-cute story set in the torture dungeons of Darkseid's Apokolips. - [The Comic Bookmarks- VanCAF, Emil Ferris @ CPL, new Manga Awards, Marvel fumbling Pride comic, a couple of returns to the blogosphere and more…](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-comic-bookmarks-june-7th-2024.md) - It's the end of Krakoa and I feel fine. - [Feeling Gravity’s Pull in Melissa Mendes’ The Weight #13 & 14](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-weight-13-14-by-melissa-mendes.md) - This is one of those rare comics that makes you feel something deep and heart-wrenching. It’s painful to read; that’s part of why it’s so good. - [Gaiman and Buckingham write the new gospel of Miracleman in The Silver Age](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/gaiman-and-bucking-ham.md) - You’ve got to wonder what Miracleman: The Silver Age would have read like if it had come out in the 1990s instead of the 2020s. - [The Weekly Debrief- May 17th, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-weekly-debrief-may-17th-2024.md) - A Cake fundraiser, musings on comic culture, thinking about Don Perlin and cooking comic books. - [The Weekly Debrief- May 10th, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-weekly-debrief.md) - But until we meet again, read about the goings and comings in the comic journalism realm, a poetry comic by Hagai Palvesky and Danielle Taphenel, and some thoughts on Lynda Barry, Grant Morrison, and Neil Gaiman. And John Oliver. - [The Comics Debrief-May 3rd, 2024](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-world-is-a-link-post.md) - '97 pic.twitter.com/l7daKt2f5r — Michel Fiffe (@MichelFiffe) April 29, 2024 Consider this a soft-launch of a semi-regular link post- the .1 issue of you will allow us to use some comic parlance. For the next couple of weeks, we will be testing out ways to collect links as well as formats for these… - [Igort's 'How War Begins': A Poignant Portrait of Ukraine's Struggle, Echoing Global Calls for Compassion](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/how-war-begins-by-igort-review.md) - Igort’s "How War Begins" shows the human toll of the Russian invasion on Ukraine through personal narratives, urging readers to empathize with the individuals worldwide affected by conflict. - [From the Archives: The Micronauts #1-12 by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-the-archives-micronauts-1-12-by-bill-mantlo-and-michael-golden.md) - As Akira Kurosawa is to Star Wars, George Lucas is to The Micronauts, Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden’s 1979 comic series that was based on a toy line. - [Lost Reflections on a Photograph in Paco Roca's Return to Eden](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/return-to-eden-by-paco-roca-review.md) - In Paco Roca’s new book, each generation just wants to see their mothers smile. - [Comics Sure Are Expensive and Other Curmudgeonly Thoughts](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comics-sure-are-expensive-and-other-curmudgeonly-thoughts.md) - Does this difference in price and presentation align with a hierarchy of comics? - [My Claremont Year- The End](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-the-end.md) - Chris Claremont’s X-Men were rarely about the costumes or their super-heroics - [It's the End of the World-- a look at Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/20th-century-boys-by-naoki-urasawa.md) - It’s weirdly prophetic to read 20th Century Boys in 2024, looking back on the last decade and wondering how we missed Urasawa’s possible warning of all of this. - [Tekkonkinkreet by Taiyo Matsumoto](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/tekkonkinkreet-by-taiyo-matsumoto-review.md) - Tekkonkinkreet, now 30 years old, is this story of aging, growing old, and trying to preserve the innocence of youth. - [From Cover to Cover’s Favorite Comics of 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-cover-to-covers-favorite-comics-of-2023.md) - James, Mike and Scott take a look at our favorite comics of 2023. - [The Devil Redux in Matt Wagner's Grendel Devil By The Deed Master’s Edition](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/grendel-devil-by-the-deed-masters-edition-by-matt-wagner.md) - Just because you can return to the original story doesn’t mean that you have to. - [My Claremont Year- Inferno (Sept/Oct)](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-inferno-sept-oct.md) - Madelyne Pryor died in Inferno so that Jean Grey could live (and die and live again.) - [Thinking About Darwyn Cooke's Parker 10 years after Slayground](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/parker-by-darwyn-cooke.md) - There are the Parkers of the world and then there's the rest of us who live in their shadows. - [One Panel- The Actress and the Bishop Throw a Party by Brian Bolland](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-actress-and-the-bishop-by-brian-bolland.md) - A look at one of Brian Bolland’s best panels. - [Daniel Warren Johnson Gets To Play With Some Cool Toys in Transformers #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/transformers-1-by-daniel-warren-johnson.md) - This issue functions not as a reimagining of the Transformers story but as a reestablishing of it. - [The Kids Aren’t Alright in Kyoko Okazaki's River’s](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/rivers-edge-by-kyoko-okazaki-review.md) - How can you have compassion for other people when you have none for yourself? - [The American Dream at the End of Old Hollywood in Sammy Harkham’s Blood of the Virgin](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/blood-of-the-virgin-by-sammy-harkham.md) - Seymour seems to be searching for something but if you asked him, I don’t know if he would be able to articulate what it is. - [My Claremont Year- July/August 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-july-august.md) - Claremont’s X-Men takes shape as being the story of Storm. - [The Spy Who Could Be You (But Hopefully Isn't)— Matt Kindt’s Spy Superb](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/spy-superb-by-matt-kindt-and-sharlene-kindt.md) - Matt Kindt hides what may be the greatest Spy Superb in plain site of everyone— someone who is so bad at everything that he may actually be good at being a spy. - [Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise by Tradd Moore and Heather Moore](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/doctor-strange-fall-sunrise-by-tradd-moore-and-heather-moore.md) - Tradd Moore has synthesized the vocabulary of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko with Mike Mignola and Jim Woodring’s sense of time, space, and movement.. - [Too Cute to Be Scary or Too Scary to be Cute?— Jay Stephens’ Dwellings #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/dwellings-1-by-jay-stephens.md) - Somehow, these stories manage to be disturbingly dark but adorably cute. - [Advance Review: We Will No Longer Have To Cover Each Other’s Wounds by Siyuan Wen](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/advance-review-we-will-no-longer-have-to-cover-each-others-wounds-by-siyuan-wen.md) - Call it empathy or just a collective response to loss but Wen’s pages draw you into Anna and Wayde’s presences to create a triangular bond between the two characters and the reader. - [“… So Film Me Until My Dying Breath.”- Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/goodbye-eri-by-tatsuki-fujimoto-review.md) - Whether it’s to protect himself or his characters, Tatskuki Fujimoto sets up this distance, holding his audience back from being there with these two. - [Learning To See the Unseen in Jenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler's The Sickness Chapter One](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-sickness-chapter-one-by-jenna-cha-and-lonnie-nadler-review.md) - Jenna Cha creates a realism in the things that we can’t see. - [My Claremont Year- May/June 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-may-june-2023.md) - Chris Claremont starts setting up for the X-Men’s future, starting by removing links to their past. - [The Seductive Dive into the Underbelly of Desire and Escapism in Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Night Fever](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/night-fever-ed-brubaker-sean-phillips-review.md) - Brubaker and Phillips enter some real Hitchcockian territory, exploring an ordinary man entering into extraordinary circumstances. - [Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle - A Dark and Complex Journey of Revenge and Redemption](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/poison-ivy-the-virtuous-cycle-g-willow-wilson-marcio-takara.md) - Poison Ivy has lost something and this trip is her attempt to regain it. It’s more than just her powers that are lost; it’s her direction. - [Noah Van Sciver Explores Childhood Turmoil and the Power of a Good Comic in Maple Terrace #1](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/noah-van-sciver-maple-terrace-1.md) - Through captivating artwork and a narrative self-portrait, Noah Van Sciver explores the impact of fear and the transformative power of Spawn #5. - [Rick Veitch's The One: A Cold War Comic Reflecting Today's Superhero Culture and Humanity's Struggle for Unity](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-one-rick-veitch.md) - Rick Veitch's The One challenges the notion of superhero power, reflecting the failures of a broken world. - [The Gull Yettin is a Minimalist Masterpiece](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-gull-yettin-joe-kessler.md) - Form is at the heart of Kessler’s art. As free-flowing, and perhaps occasionally haphazard as it might seem on first blush, it is ultimately an exercise in precision. - [My Claremont Year- March/April 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-march-2023.md) - This period around 1982/1983 marked a shift in the X-Men characters themselves, turning them from superheroes into characters who are often wrestling with themselves as much as they are the bad guys. - [Leslie Stein's "Brooklyn's Last Secret": A Road Story about the Band You Wish You Knew](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/brooklyns-last-secret-by-leslie-stein.md) - Experience the Ultimate Hangout with Major Threat As They Hit the Road For a Summer Tour - [Getting the same tax breaks as the heterosexuals- a look at Rob Kirby's Marry Me a Little](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/marry-me-a-little-rob-kirby-review.md) - Rob Kirby's “Marry Me a Little” Sheds Light on the Daily Struggles of Queer Identity in America. - [Good and Bad Days in Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/look-back-by-tatsuki-fujimoto.md) - Fujimoto comes back to the image of the girls working on their manga many times and it has a ring of truth to it like he’s speaking from his own experience, bordering somewhere along the sacred and the mundane. - [My Claremont Year- February 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-february-2023.md) - Days of Future Past establishes the story that Claremont told in Uncanny X-Men but it takes him a few years to realize that. - [The Dead and the Dying in The Human Target #12](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/human-target-12-by-tom-king-and-greg-smallwood.md) - The Human Target #12 is about saying goodbye without letting go. - [Explore the Mystery of Time in Richard McGuire's Here (1989)](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/here-1989-richard-mcguire.md) - Take a trip through time in Richard McGuire's Here. - [23 Reads for 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/23-reads-for-2023.md) - Mike picks 23 upcoming graphic novels, series, and collections that should be on your radar for 2023. - [Playing By The Rules in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi’s The Good Asian](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/the-good-asian-by-pornsak-pichetshote-and-alexandre-tefenkgi.md) - If any book can live up to the legacy of “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown,” it’s Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi's The Good Asian. - [My Claremont Year- January 2023](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/my-claremont-year-january.md) - Chris Claremont's earliest X-Men stories chart a new course for superhero comics. - [The Empty Writing of Todd McFarlane](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/todd-mcfarlane-spawn-batman-spawn-unwanted-violence.md) - Todd McFarlane’s two recent books lack one critical thing— actual writing. - [From Cover to Cover's Favorite Comics of 2022](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comics-of-2022.md) - Scott and Mike take a look at their favorite comics from 2022. - [From Cover to Cover's 2022 Favorite Archival Editions and Collections](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/from-cover-to-covers-2022-favorite-archival-editions-and-the-like.md) - Mike and Scott take a look at some of their favorite collected editions from 2022. - [Can a kid just be a kid? Thoughts on Casanova Frankenstein and Glenn Pearce's How To Make A Monster](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/how-to-make-a-monster-by-casanova-frankenstein-and-glenn-pearce-review.md) - Casanova Frankenstein and Glenn Pearce map out the childhood trauma that forges the person we become, allowing us to accept the monster in us. - ["Go home, traveler"- thoughts on Tradd Moore's Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #1 (and maybe a few words on Ronin Book II #1)](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/doctor-strange-fall-sunrise-1-by-tradd-moore-and-heather-moore.md) - Tradd Moore’s artwork is strange and fantastic, inspired by pop art as much as it is by comics. He’s telling a story about magic and his art is imbued with a different kind of magic. ## Optional - [RSS Feed](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/rss/) - [Sitemap](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/sitemap.xml) - [Full content of pages and posts](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/llms-full.txt)