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This Week’s Must Read Comics

Friday, January 20th

It was a great week for new books! Here are some of my personal favorites…

Prophet #21

Great sci-fi story, cannot wait to see where it goes. Don’t let the #21 keep you from checking it out; for all intents and purposes, it’s a #1.

Batman #5

Insane. A game-changing Batman story. Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have been killin’ it on this title.

Daredevil #8

I love fun and sexy Daredevil! This issue picks up where Amazing Spider-Man #677 (drawn beautifully by Emma Rios) left off.

Ultimate Spider-Man #6

This series has been fantastic. I could not be more pleased with Miles Morales as the new Spidey.

Runners-up: Amazing Spider-Man, Moon Knight (with my favorite issue of the series so far), Catwoman, Chew.

Pretty big week for Marvel!

-SHQjulie-

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7 Billion Needles

Friday, January 13th

I am fairly new to the world manga. Besides the seriously incredible 20th Century Boys I haven’t read all that much; it’s a genre that I’m still learning about little by little.

So far, my method for picking a new series to read has been to literally judge a book by its cover and grab whatever looks cool off the shelf. Luckily, this lead me straight to 7 Billion Needles.

From the publisher:

Hikaru Takabe may not be the most social of teens. Always sporting her headphones, she gives off an aloof aura that rubs her classmates the wrong way. But her not being part of the crowd takes on a different dimension when she becomes involved in an intergalactic game of cat and mouse.

Inspired by Needle, the Golden Age hard sci-fi classic by the late Hal Clement, Nobuaki Tadano’s debut work brings a unique take on alien invasion up to date and into the maelstrom that is the Japanese high school girl.

7 Billion Needles is emotionally intelligent science fiction in a compact four volumes.

The art is both beautiful and, at times, grotesque (reminds me a lot of what Travel Foreman has been doing on DC’s Animal Man.) The story is fun, emotionally gripping, and totally bonkers. The series is definitely a good first step into manga if you’re a newbie like me, but I’m sure it would satisfy the most hardcore manga fan as well.

-SHQjulie-

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Jason + Hellboy…

Wednesday, January 11th

… two great tastes that taste great together!

“Hellboy… painted on a cigarette case.”

From Jason’s wonderful blog cats without dogs. I discovered the blog thanks to Fantagraphics’s “Jason Conquers America” one shot from last month. It’s got interviews with Jason, his colorist Hubert, some great Jason fan art, and more. Good stuff.

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Daredevil #10 Cover, Holy Mackerel!

Friday, January 6th

The cover for the upcoming Daredevil #10 was released a little while ago, and it’s blowing. my. mind. Seriously, how good is Paolo Rivera? That guy.

Daredevil is easily one of the most fun and refreshing superhero comics to come out in a long time, and the art is a huge reason why. If you’re not reading this book, get on it.

Time lapse video of Rivera creating the cover:

-SHQjulie-

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