COMIC OF THE WEEK: Strange Academy #1 is a new high for Humberto Ramos

By d. emerson eddy — This week saw the release of a new magical series, Strange Academy #1, from Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado, and Clayton Cowles…which sits just ahead of another major superhero new book, Strange Adventures from the Distinguished Competition. Now, I’ve seen commenters online taking a cynical view (shocker!) of all of this, suggesting that Marvel fashioned the title and timed the release to muddy the waters here, which is a bit of a shame and a disservice to this series because on its own merits it's pretty damned good. I especially enjoyed the work here of Humberto Ramos, who may well be delivering some of the most beautiful artwork of his already historic career.

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