Thirsty Thursdays February 2019: A Thirsty Valentine’s Day
By Allison Senecal — Welcome to a special and somewhat oversized Valentine’s edition of Thirsty Thursday! It’s not all smoochin’, but there sure is a lot of it. And now, without further adieu, let’s get to this month’s very special look at a certain intense type of comicbook art.
Enjoy!
Artist: Matteo Buffagni
Colorist: Federico Blee
Asgardians of the Galaxy #6: Angela/Sera shippers have been waiting 84 years for this reunion and were rewarded with a kiss as soon as the two shared page-time again. Happy Valentine’s Day indeed!
💦💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Forget about guarding the galaxy, who’s going to guard my heart?
Penciler: Carlos Villa
Inker: Juan Vlasco
Colorist: Carlos Lopez
Flashback Art: Gerardo Sandoval
Shatterstar #5 – What? You wouldn’t reach through time and space to rescue your sad, hot, stabby boyfriend? Very seriously going to miss the team of Villa, Sandoval, Vlasco, and Lopez on this, but hey they get to do some Uncanny this summer...
💦💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Call me a romantic, but I think it’s sweet when one goes to the trouble to “reach out across the universe and find your unique signature.”
Artist: Marco Checchetto
Colorist: Sunny Gho
Daredevil #1 – HOW DO YOU EVEN pick a single panel from this %$#&ing comic? Matt gets to spend some quality time in bed with his three favorite things: Catholic guilt, batons, and a lot of blood. Elektra would approve.
💔💦💔💦💔 out of 5
Read our review of Daredevil #1!
Is that your Catholic guilt, or are you just happy to see me?
Penciler: Paco Medina
Inker: Juan Vlasco
Colorist: Jesus Aburtov
Avengers: No Road Home #2 – In peak Hawkeye fashion, Clint spent Valentine’s Day in a hospital bed, scruffy and sad. And crying! Hell, I’ll fight the Hulk myself.
💔💦💔💦💔 out of 5
Can someone get me the heart rate monitor next? I think Clint just stole mine.
Artist: Sana Takeda
Monstress #20 – Liu and Takeda know how to summon me from the void. Arranged lesbian wedding? A bowl of sacramental blood? Now drink it and KISS!
💦💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Once again, my favorite thing is Monstress.
Artist: Geoff Shaw
Colorist: Marte Garcia
Guardians of the Galaxy #2 – Come for the Thanos mystery, stay for the soft girlfriends content with Phyla and Heather. On a later page, they’re grumpy and wearing comfy PJs. It’s the best.
💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Also, check out our Guardians of the Galaxy #2 review!
And apparently there’s something going on with Thanos in this book too?
Artist: Mattia De Iulis
Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter #2 – Back in October, I said Emma would automatically make this list every time she made an appearance, and in the spirit of journalistic integrity (and De Iulis’s Emma Frost being a stunner), voila! The Black King, darling.
💦💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Also, check out Jessica Jones, Comic of the Week!
And long may she reign.
Artist: Jon Davis-Hunt
Colorist: Steve Buccelatto
Wild Storm #20 - MIDNIGHTER AND APOLLO ARE 100% BACK, BABY. And in such style. 💦💦💦💦 out of 5
I can’t remember the last time this lovely couple has looked so good.
Artist: Amilcar Pinna
Colorist: Ulises Arreola
Forgotten Queen #1- I love when my tastes are so specifically catered to, as they were here. A charmingly foul-mouthed millennia-old personification of conflict? Is this for me? I would die for Vexana, and I’m sure she’d let me.
💦💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Clearly, Valiant has not forgotten about my tastes.
Artist: Gang Hyuk Lim
West Coast Avengers #8 - More kissin’! This time courtesy of America and Ramone! Love that Gang Hyuk Lim is coming onto this title for a few issues. Everyone (even tired slobbery Kate) comes across dynamic, hot, and incredibly fun.
💦💦💦💦💦 out of 5
Sure, this art is thirsty, but it’s a really fun kind of thirsty.
I also have to shout-out the Stephanie Hans cover for the 2nd printing of Die, which kept me awake several nights this month….
I am 100 percent going to die from lack of sleep due to this cover.
Hope you’re looking forward to March aka my birthday month aka the Month of Bêlit.
Check out The Thirstiest Comics of January.
Allison buys books professionally and comics unprofessionally. You can find her chaotic neutral Twitter feed at @maliciousglee.