Recent Comics Recommendation Thread

**Stressfactor** · 06-12-2012, 01:36 PM

Let's see...

"Chew". If you're not reading this you're just plain wrong.

"Fatale" is also pretty interesting. It's Brubaker outside Marvel's sandbox as he tells a story about a mysterious, seemingly immortal woman, who inspires obsession in the men she meets and kind of ends up ruining their lives much to her eternal pain.

Only discovered "The Unwritten" in the last few months and am STILL playing catch-up on the trades but I'm enjoying the hell out of what I've read so far.

IDW's "Rocketeer Adventures" -- an anthology comic has also been really interesting with some fun, inventive stories and some really heart-rending ones as well all set against a backdrop of 1930's and 1940's America with a hero with a jetpack.

**Stressfactor** · 06-12-2012, 01:40 PM

Also, I like Marc Guggenheim's "Nowhere Man" out of Dynamite Entertainment

And, while I've only seen the preview so far there's something kind of interesting about Abnett and Lanning's "Hypernaturals" coming out of Boom! Studios.

**MacQuarrie** · 06-12-2012, 02:06 PM

Usagi Yojimbo
Sergio Aragones' Funnies
Groo the Wanderer
Reed Gunther.
Honor Brigade
Underneath

**FanboyStranger** · 06-12-2012, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Stressfactor

Only discovered "The Unwritten" in the last few months and am STILL playing catch-up on the trades but I'm enjoying the hell out of what I've read so far.

One of the things I love about The Unwritten is that it's one of the few titles that reallly experiments with its storytelling. Not that they do something something radical every issue or even arc, but there's these issues where you just marvel at the choices Carey and Gross make in how they convey information on the page, which is fitting as how information spreads and morphs is one of the themes of the series. I think it's the most ambitious title out there these days.

**FanboyStranger** · 06-12-2012, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by RobStaeger

My recommendation is Resident Alien, from Dark Horse. It's a 4-issue mini by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (issue 0 and 1 are out so far; 0 collects 3 stories from Dark Horse Presents) about a space alien who's been living like a hermit disguised as a retired doctor in a northwestern American town. He gets pulled out of retirement to serve as the medical examiner when the town's doctor is murdered, and has since been treating the residents... and realizing that, despite his fear of being discovered as an alien, he's been lonely. So it's a cross between Northern Exposure and The X-Files, with a little murder mystery stirred in. I love it.

I'm going to check this out. I've always had a real soft spot for Steve Parkhouse's art-- he drew Mutuk Wolfsbreath, Hard-Boiled Shaman, one of my favorite minis, and "Dead Man Fall", my favorite issue of The Invisibles. Hogan's usually solid, too.

**FanboyStranger** · 06-17-2012, 07:39 PM

Siegfried OGN by Alex Alice. Archaia is probably tops amongst North American comics publishers in terms of quality (if not sales), and this translation of Alex Alice's best selling European album is a good indication why. I've seen the myth of Siegfried interpreted at least four times in comics (once by Gil Kane, and once by P Craig Russell), but this is by far the best.

**The Funketeer** · 06-18-2012, 03:18 PM

Anyone been reading Alabaster Wolves from Dark Horse? It's the kind of material that's not usually my cup of tea but I try to buy anything Steve Leiber's involved with and I've been pleasantly surprised.

**bert** · 06-18-2012, 03:32 PM

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Re: Alabaster Wolves.

the fact that it's written by one of my all time favorite people, Caitlín R. Kiernan, guaranteed that I'd like it.

but yeah, if you like Cait's work, you'll LOVE this.

just dark/gothic/horror enough, that it will give you nightmares, and a concept that no one else (other than maybe Lovecraft) could have come up with.

made of Win.

**Karen El** · 06-18-2012, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by sunbird

Thunderbolts recently became Dark Avengers. Jeff Parker's been killing it on his run, and this is a great place to jump on.
Also, Journey into Mystery looks pretty special. I've only picked up the New Mutants Crossover and the latest issue, but the latest issue seems a great place to jump on. It was easy to follow, epic and hilarious.

Places to jump on are also often places to jump off. I've been reading Thunderbolts for ages, but dropping the team in mid-story in order to start a whole different team doing something unrelated has also killed my interest. I'm sad because a few years ago I would have picked up anything that Jeff Parker wrote, but his Red Hulk bores me and now this.

I'm hesitant to recommend Ultimate Spidey, even though I'm enjoying it a lot. It's just not written to be read in monthly installments. The artwork is fantastic in places, and the writing is sharp, but when it's four issues before you'll find new-Spidey in costume anywhere other than the cover, you are not really reading a monthly superhero comic.

**The Funketeer** · 06-18-2012, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by bert

^
Re: Alabaster Wolves.

the fact that it's written by one of my all time favorite people, Caitlín R. Kiernan, guaranteed that I'd like it.

but yeah, if you like Cait's work, you'll LOVE this.

just dark/gothic/horror enough, that it will give you nightmares, and a concept that no one else (other than maybe Lovecraft) could have come up with.

made of Win.

I had never heard of her until I read this. Didn't even know it was based on a novel until I read the backmatter at the end of the first issue. I might have to check out some of her other stuff if I can get the stack of books on my nightstand whittled down to a reasonable number.