The Top Comics to Buy for November 17, 2021 has a Batman comic, we have a Spider-Man comic, and we have three interesting and varied original comics stories. It is, in other words, a very good month to be following monthly comics.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Holy cow, whereas last week was a bit slim for our purposes, the Top Comics to Buy for October 13, 2021 list is just brimming.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Well folks, running a little bit behind this week with the top comics to buy for September 8, 2021 reading list…
Read MoreThis week’s list of Top Comics to Buy for July 21, 2021 has got new #1 comics to spare (many of them great), as well as some returning favorites. Check out our list now!
Read MoreThe list of Top Comics to Buy for June 23, 2021 is headlined by a pair of VERY strong entries from indie publisher Vault Comics, with Blue Flame #2 and Wasted Space #21.
Read MoreOn the Top Comics to Buy for March 3 list, one Grant Morrison comic ends and another begins — but they both make the weekly top 5. Checkout the other books that made our list too, and enjoy!
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Hey kids, high-concept sci-fi comics! Of several different varieties!…that’s basically the tagline for this week’s Top Comics to Buy for October 28, 2020, which features the latest chapter of the startlingly accurate dystopian Lazarus, the tournament getting under way in X of Swords, and the new series that everyone is buzzing about — Giga. It’s a great week for complex sci-fi, and a reminder of what comics has to offer (complicated fantastical ideas with quick(er) turnaround time) that other mediums do not.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Earlier today I wrote a blog entitled When Is Saga Coming Back: Not in 2020. The title kind of speaks for itself there, sadly. In the process of putting it together, however, I started to think about doing a new reading list, one aimed for more casual comics fans who might be left wondering during these fallow times — what other comics are like Saga?
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Another weekend is upon us with no new comics in site. Owing to the coronavirus crisis, there were no new comics last Wednesday and there has been little to indicate that there will be new comics this coming Wednesday. For many of us in the United States, physically going down to our local comic shop is not an option, what with 87 percent of the country under shelter in place orders as massive death tolls sweep through major cities.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — I’ve gotten myself into that familiar comics situation, where all my favorite series seem to come out on the same Wednesday. This time, it’s the third Wednesday of the month. Granted, the books I’m talking about here are largely indie fare, so the schedules are almost definitely soon to be interrupted by skip months, arcs ending, or miniseries wrapping up — but still. In both March and February, it’s felt like the months have been light and then — BAM! Everything I’m into comes out on the same week. Folks? This is that week. It’s so chock-full of excellent comics that I had to add a sixth spot to our features section.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — This is the third year that our committee (of one) has done these Best Of rankings, breaking down favorite books into three separate pieces. The final piece (coming this Friday!) will look at the Top 5 Best Comics of 2019, while yesterday’s piece looked at #16 - #25. Today’s, however, is all about our Top Comics of 2019, #6 - #15.
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