A Shot in the Dark in Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips' Brutal Dark #3
Ezra Cain could have been Indiana Jones but he became Phillip Marlowe instead.
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Comics at 120MPH-- thoughts on Jesse Lonergan's FASTER
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
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
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
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Rebellious Comics in Jason's Death In Trieste
Jason doesn’t give you any more than he has to and that’s often less than you think you need.
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Off to College in Caroline Cash's Adventure Time Alternate Universe Story
So if we know that the story is a meet-cute story, that allows Cash to focus on how we move through this story.
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The Kids Aren't Alright Part 2-- Jason Aaron & Rafa Sandoval's Absolute Superman: Last Dust of Krypton
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?
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Loving the Grid in Giovanna Fabi’s Perfect Love (mini kuš! #133)
Giovanna Fabi uses her artwork to evoke so many feelings out of the reader.
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The Kids Aren’t Alright-- Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman Volume One: The Zoo
Nick Dragotta jumps between the child-like innocence of childhood to the darkness of modern existence where it seems like nothing means anything anymore.
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We Don’t Need No Education- A Look at Judge Dredd: A Better World
The perfect comic that we need in 2025.
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Review— Kevin Smith Presents: Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob
Why does this comic exist?
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Review: I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop
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.