Top Comics to Buy for August 19, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — August is an exhausted month, perhaps this August more than any other, with everything that’s been going on in the world. Comics, in fact, had a rough week of its own, with one of the biggest corporate entities in the space — DC Comics and owners WarnerMedia — making known that it would soon be undertaking a restructuring that involves reduced staff. Even if it’s ultimately for the best (which very much remains to be seen), people losing their jobs in comics is no fun. That said, we’ve got a set of vibrant books — especially of the indie variety — arriving this week, and below you can find our picks for the Top Comics to Buy for August 19.

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Best New #1 Comics for March 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — It’s a miracle, folks. Here it is, still March, and I have finished the list for Best New #1 Comics for March 2020 (with the Best Comics for March 2020 slated to go live on April 1!). How did I — a guy who regularly posts these lists halfway into the following month, manage such a feat? Well, as you may have noticed, there is no new Top Comics to Buy piece for this week, owing to the fact that to my knowledge basically every publisher but DC and Marvel aren’t releasing new comics this week (digitally) due to the crisis.

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Top Comics to Buy for March 25, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — It’s another week of uncertainty, fueled by the rapid outbreak of the coronavirus, the full extent of which is just becoming clear in the United States as much-needed testing slowly trickles out to the populous. That last sentence sounds like the tagline for one of the comics we typically feature here, but it’s not. It’s reality, and it’s hard to deal with, but I continue to find that escaping into comics is as good a means of coping with this as any. So, onward.

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