Top Comics to Buy for August 5, 2020

By Zack Quaintance — I absolutely love this week’s selection of the Top Comics to Buy, and the reason is that every single one of these books is friendly to new readers. Some of them — Ice Cream Man, namely — are anthology series, in which every issue is friendly to new readers. Others — like Coffin Bound or Usagi Yojimbo — are starting new story arcs that are about as friendly to new readers as is possible. Whatever the case, all five of the issues in this week’s list are comics we highly recommend readers picking up, regardless of familiarity with the individual series.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of July 31, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — Last weekend saw the advent of the 2020 Eisner Awards (a nice compliment to our own Extra Eisner Awards). One of the marquee prizes is the BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD, and this year’s prize went to the creator-owned title from Image Comics, Bitter Root. You can read more about Bitter Root in this excellent piece by Ariel Baska…and then when you’re done, you can head over to comiXology and buy the first volume of the series at a great sale price.

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Top Comics to Buy for July 29, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — The Top Comics to Buy for July 29, 2020 are a disparate and powerful bunch. The stories in this week’s crop of top recommendations range from a pair of major superhero debuts, to the return of one of the best Image Comics series to the finale of the very underrated Kill Lock from IDW Publishing. And! On top of all that, we get a new original graphic novel from one of the best teams in comics, with Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips releasing Pulp. In other words, there’s a lot going on this week and it’s great.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of July 24

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By Zack Quaintance — I’ll just come out and say it…this week is essentially the best of modern Image Comics, featuring five books from the publisher that I absolutely love. They’re all available here in giant, long-read formats for great prices (generally about half off). Basically, if you’ve been wanting to catch up on the most-talked-about creator-owned books of the past decades, then this Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of July 24 is for you.

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Top Comics to Buy for July 22, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — New releases have all but resumed full strength since the COVID-19-induced distribution stoppage earlier this year, as was made evident earlier this month by a letter from Marvel Comic’s editor-in-chief welcoming readers back to the fold. This resumption is bore out in the rising number of monthly comics coming to shelves. That said, the majority of titles on our Top Comics to Buy for July 22 are comics that we’ve been consistently praising in the recent past...and you can find them all below.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of July 17

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By Zack Quaintance — One thing I found a bit odd during the pandemic was that Image Comics wasn’t actively running any sales on digital comics. This perplexed me, because there has never been a better time to sell digital comics than during that stretch of weeks when physical comic shops were mostly closed. That, however, has now changed! And we’re back in business with an excellent Image sale. In fact, four of this week’s five Best comiXology Sales are Image comics.

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Top Comics to Buy for July 15, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — I feel like I keep saying this, but this Top Comics to Buy for July 15 feels like one of the first of these columns that has a full compliment of industry-wide monthly books to choose from. The distribution stoppage feels increasingly behind us after both Marvel and DC took the week before July 4 off, and now we have a great selection of comics from the Big 2, from indie publishers, and also from book publishers, with Tom Scioli’s excellent Jack Kirby book standing out as the cream of that crop.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of July 10

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By Zack Quaintance — Another week, another set of new comiXology Sales. This week finds a red hot Netflix adaptation available through Image Comics, the usual slate of Avengers and Avengers adjacent titles from Marvel, and a Justice League summer grab bag from DC, all of which we’ve highlighted now in our best comiXology sales for the weekend of July 10.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of July 3

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By Zack Quaintance — It’s a holiday weekend, and that means big sales on digital comics. This week, we have as always combed through the current comiXology sales to render to you (our dear readers!) this list of five great choices within them. This weekend’s list includes some of the best DC Comics ever made (which also tie into an upcoming reading project for this site), an all-time great modern Marvel Comics run, all of Umbrella Academy, and more.

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Great Comics by Non-Male Creators

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By Zack Quaintance — The last couple weeks have been difficult for the industry side of comics, with a number of creators being revealed as perpetrators of sexual misconduct, often by young and talented female creators who were discouraged from continuing on in an already-difficult industry by the unwanted advances. An important part of this discourse has been around what other men in comics can do to create a safer and more welcoming atmosphere.

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Top Comics to Buy for July 1, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — It’s an usual week, with no new releases from DC or Marvel Comics. Marvel is still ramping up to a full return from the COVID-19 driven distribution stoppage, essentially alternating weeks of release for physical titles as they recover. DC Comics, meanwhile, is quitting Diamond Comics Distribution, in favor of two new distributors. That’s a whole other thing, but the point is that as a result, there are no new DC books this week for our Top Comics to Buy for July 1, 2020.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of June 27, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — I think this is a thing that has been ingrained in me since I was a kid, but summer is when I do most of my comics binging, especially those that belong to the escapist disposable superhero variety. There’s just something about a morning of yardwork, a cool air-conditioned room, and a seemingly-infinite stack of colorful stories. Maybe that’s all why the Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of June 27, 2020 skew hard toward superhero stores.

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Top Comics to Buy for June 24, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — After an onslaught of new books last week, the top comics to buy for June 24, 2020 represents a bit of a return to the post-COVID-19 crisis normal, with a little bit of a scaled back lineup. Among that, however, there are still plenty of gems, including a fantastic DC Comics - Black Label one-shot, the continuation of the best long-form superhero run today, two phenomenal fantasy comics, and more.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of June 19, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — The thing about perusing these comiXology sales, is that there’s not really a unified aesthetic week-to-week. Some weeks, we have all indie books and literary-minded graphic novels; other weeks its all capes and tights superheroes. The best comiXology sales for the weekend of June 19 is very much the latter, going hard with superhero stories.

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Top Comics to Buy for June 17, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — This week’s comics feel more robust than past offerings in some ways but clearly lagging in others. This is due to DC Comics coming out with its fullest slate of books since distribution resumed, while Marvel Comics new releases are regulated to online only. It is, however, a nice glimpse of half of what we can come to expect again by the end of this summer.

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of June 12, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — This week’s comiXology sales are here…and it’s Hickman week. At least, that’s a big part of it. All of visionary superhero/sci-fi writer Jonathan Hickman’s comics through Marvel are on sale now, including Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and some of his early X-Men stuff. But that’s not all there is available at enabling prices this week.

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Top Comics to Buy for June 10, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — Of all the weeks since distribution has resumed, this one feels the most typical of the volume of releases we’ve been accustomed to. To be sure, we’re still not there yet, but both Marvel Comics and DC Comics have a healthy set of forthcoming titles, which goes a long way to restoring normalcy. With that in mind, let’s check out our Top Comics to Buy for June 10, 2020. Enjoy!

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Best comiXology Sales: Weekend of June 5, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — It’s been a rough week in the wider world, and at times it’s been a challenge to even get lost in hobbies. I know I’ve struggled. I’m pushing through, however, and staying hopeful that the time will come again when I can balance my interest in being an additive force for society and keeping myself centered by consuming art. With that in mind, I have once again combed through the best comiXology sales for the weekend, and my choices can be found below. Be well!

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Top Comics to Buy for June 3, 2020

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By Zack Quaintance — Another Wednesday (or Tuesday for DC), another week of recovery for the distribution mechanisms that drive the industry. This week sees no new physical releases from Marvel Comics, but things continue to stir back to life. Our recommendations for Top Comics to Buy for June 3 can be found below, with a special focus on some of the new original graphic novels that are on the way.

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