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This Week in Comics Journalism - Saying Goodbye to a Great Artist and The Year in Review

Mike Baxter

Dec 31, 2021 — 2 min read

Image from Halcyon. Art by Ryan Bodenheim and Mark Englert

I'm not entirely sure what to say about the passing of Ryan Bodenheim. In the world of comics, he was a dynamic artist who an aesthetic depth to some of my favorite science fiction comics. I was reminiscing about first picking up Halycon, my introduction to his work, and it breaks me up to realize the man is gone. Not the artist, but the father, the husband, the son, the friend. If you want to read a beautiful account of everything that is right about fandom, take a moment to read James Kaplan's appreciation before meeting Bodenheim at Heroes Con.

Longtime and frequent collaborator Jonathan Hickman devoted a newsletter post to Bode.

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And there is a wonderful new issue of PanelxPanel, with a cover story about the wonderful Catwoman: Lonely City series by Cliff Chiang.

One of my favorite things about the end of the year is the opportunity to read through other people's best of lists, thereby creating my own to read list to start the new year. Here is a sampling.

This Week in Comics Journalism - Saying Goodbye to a Great Artist and The Year in Review

Mike Baxter

Broken Frontier

Gate Crashers

James Kaplan

Rachel Lapidow

Sean Cohea

Rob McMonigal

Ryan Carey

Strangers Fanzine

AIPT

Comics Beat

Michael Cavna and David Betancourt

Nerdist

Newsarama

Polygon

Non-comics Press

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