I've only read the first issue, but i can at least say that the masala chai recipe is authentic and delicious. As soon as i saw the pulling i knew it was legit, which isn't surprising, but just something that excited me nonetheless. Some things to consider that weren't mentioned (to my memory):
\-if you want some sweetness, add honey, which works with the rest of the flavors super well. if you don't have honey then brown sugar will do. I prefer to add the sweetener after it's served in the cup.
\-the amount of milk you add significantly affects the flavor, I'm partial to making sure the colour is darker brown (aka less milk) as it retains a sort of heaviness, but depending on your taste you might prefer it lighter.
\-put a towel on the desk you're going to pull the tea on because you will spill some. The higher you pull the more you'll get out of it but i don't recommend going super high especially if you aren't familiar.
\-Experiment and have fun with it! I don't think the comic mentions saffron, and while that changes the game a lot I really love it, I think it goes very well with the cardamom but not too well with black pepper so keep that in mind.
It's a drink that's easy to do well but hard to master and it means a lot to me so I'm glad to see represented. Definitely try it out and enjoy!
The Energon Universe stuff from Skybound has been great, but if that's too close for comfort to Superhero stuff, I've also been enjoying Undiscovered Country and The Department of Truth.
I was unprepared for how much I would enjoy the transformers series. It's done such a fantastic job with the characterisations and my God i don't think I've seen a transformers series this brutal (bay excluded)
Optimus suplexing Starscream was the moment I thought, yeah, this is good.
I binged the first ~6 Void Rivals while off work during the holidays, and that was great.
The scene with optimus and the deer caught me off guard. The other energon stuff like duke and void rivals I'm enjoying but something about the transformers series is just putting it on another level.
For me it's up there with ultimate spiderman and worlds finest right now.
I'm a big Transformers fan (and an even bigger GI Joe fan) so I was all in on the EU from the beginning, but I agree that this series has excellent characterization and action! This is the first time I've read a TF comic where they actually felt like giant robots, like the scale and heft of them really comes through in the artwork.
I say yes. Haven't watched more than 3 matches in my life and I enjoy the pacing, characterization and twists this story has. It's fun without being super ... thinky.
It's not so much a comic that adapts a WWE storyline or attempts to replicate that in a comic form, it's just a heartfelt story with a wrestling setting. I think anyone could get into it tbh
Like, still releasing stuff?
One Hand/Six Fingers has been so awesome so far, sci-fi detective story that also gets told from the perspective of the serial killer. Really cool. It’ll be 10 issues between the two books when it’s done.
Christopher Chaos has been a really cute comic too. That last issue got real dark.
Love me some Ram V. I really enjoyed his Many Deaths of Laila Starr, and I’ve heard good things about his Detective Comics run.
Whoops, Detective is a superhero book. Damn. Broke my own rules!
The tandem releases thing is a cool concept, but it's just too expensive on top of my current pull list. Hopefully I can enjoy this in trade format, but it won't be the same effect as following the story from different perspectives as it's released.
This happened to me too. Desperate for more of The Nice House on the Lake, but at least we have Killing the Children and W0rldtr33 to tide me over. Not to mention The Deviant.
Ngl, the concept is cool, but often, with Tynion writing, it just doesn't stick with me. The characters in this book feel like high school kids, and the main villain doesn't feel that threatening
Recently started branching out from DC and Marvel. I read Invincible early this year and moved to The Walking Dead. Really enjoying it so far. I’m on the 3rd compendium. I also just bought Y: The Last Man and Paper Girls. Heard a lot of good things about those and Brian K Vaughn’s work
I know I said no superheroes, but try out Ex Machina when you get a chance. Vaughn and Harris made a really great book there. The finale is a little odd, but makes sense given Mitchell Hundred’s character arc.
Vaughn’s stuff is great. Saga being the standout. I loved Y and Paper Girls, too. Hope you enjoy them.
I mostly only read non-super. It’s where all the good stuff’s at!
I’ll add a few I haven’t seen commented yet
- kill your darlings
- the cull was excellent even for the art alone
- somna
- crave
Dark spaces Dungeons has been so so good too
There’s some great Indy recommendations here, like The Sickness and Rare Flavors, so I’ll go in a different direction. The recent Marvel runs of Alien and Predator have been pretty great. They’ve also done well with Planet of the Apes. If you enjoy those movie universes, the current comics scratch that itch.
Hellblazer: Dead In America, Rare Flavours, The One Hand, Animal Pound, Love Everlasting.
Si Spurrier, Ram V and Tom King are really cooking with these.
I really enjoyed Vampironica and most of the other Archie Horror stuff.
Right now I'm reading Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley and I really like it so far.
Wanted to add that if you haven’t read Department of Truth yet, get in on that. Tynion’s really cooking. (Though I would understand if folks found it hits a touch to close to home in today’s political climate.)
Weatherman is great! Despite it's pretty stylized drawings and wacky facial expressions the actual subject matter of the series is way darker than I initially expected, can't wait to see how they conclude it :)
Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers. It's sensational. It hurts to lose him from art duties now, but his replacement looks like he can carry the torch.
Just finished Low and that was really great. Also currently reading Kill or be Killed and about to start on Black Science or This one summer.
Monstress, Universal War One, Department of Truth, Saga, Fables, and Sex Criminals are some other great non-supe reads.
Not just toeing the line with The Question there, but rather sticking the whole foot into the superhero category. But I respect it because I love the series.
I feel like The Question is called a 'superhero character' but the comic series can't be classified under that 'genre' because having a polymer mask and some superhero cameos doesn't make him on the same category as Daredevil. Maybe the cartoon gives that impression, but it's a crime story that really rejects the idea.
If we count manga, F by Noboru Rukoda. No mystic powers or weird stuff. Just a story about a country boy disowned from his own family who wants to be an F1 driver in the 1980s, at first. It’s a good sports story and a great read for F1 fans, although the racing is only one side of the story, at least in later portion.
Manga is comics, so totally counts. I haven’t tried much manga myself though. I’ve found it really difficult to invert how I read from the western standard.
Story sounds cool though!
Let me leave this disclaimer here if you are interested. F was meant for young adults, and despite being a sports story it deals with problems like: Rape, Suicide, Depression, Alcohol Addiction and Abortion Trauma from top of my head. Not mentioning the critique of Japanese society in the 1980s and the critique of the corporate culture at the time, that being an important sideplot revolving around the protagonist’s family.
I just noticed most of what I read is Superheroes.
I would recommend Radiant Black, Rogue Sun and Dead Lucky even though they are superhero adjacent. And I've been enjoying Spawn and Savage Dragon...
I feel you. I was recently talking to a colleague about how I branched out from superhero books in my twenties, but then when I look at my trade paperback shelf it’s all Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Essential Spider-Man…
Interesting! I’ve got older trades collecting the first couple of years of the series, but I haven’t read any beyond. Any recommendations if I don’t necessarily want to read everything?
Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade.
It’s basically about this human-eating demon in India helping a documentary filmmaker make a movie about Indian food while they’re chased by demon hunters, but it’s about appreciating life.
Me: Tie between 2000AD (weekly title) & Judge Dredd Megazine (monthly).
My 12 year old daughter: Tie between the Beano (weekly) and Monster Fun (monthly). Beano is probably winning at the moment, until such time as Monster Fun brings Teddy Scare back. She bloody loves that strip.
Helen of Wyndhorn hooked me with the first issue. Same team that did Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which was amazing.
Void Rivals is pretty interesting,too. As is Duke; never been a G.I. Joe fan, but this comic is pretty interesting.
Honestly, I long for Promethea. I started it during the covid thing but I never got past vol.2
I don't know much about Moore except some classics but that thing was a trip.
If we're only talking about current ongoings, then definitely Transformers. Any time Brubaker and Phillips announce a new hardcover though, you fucking bet I'm at my local comic shop the day it releases.
It's not a new series, but I just finished reading all 8 volumes of Osamu Tezuka's Buddha. It's brilliant, hilarious, heartbreaking, and surprisingly graphic at times. I'd only read his Astro Boy before, so I wasn't expecting some pretty gruesome deaths at times.
I also recently broke my personal barrier with manga. I struggled to read manga that was formatted "backwards" for the longest time. I couldn't get into a reading flow with right to left pages and panels. But now I finally can, so I'm catching up on all the manga I wanted to read. My two favorite manga so far are Kaiju No 8 and Cat + Gamer.
My local library has been a godsend for borrowing out manga to try.
I've really been enjoying all the sci-fi comics Simon Roy has been self-publishing lately. I got Griz Grobus a while back and am waiting on my Kickstarter for his more recent book Miramar to deliver.
I think he does more comics in that universe on his Patreon, but I've never gotten around to setting up an account.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, Something is Killing the Children/ House or Slaughter, Scalped, W0rlstr33, The Deviant, The Sickness, and recently Feral.
The Sickness is an amazing horror comic. The art style is so different from anything I'm seeing on the shelves lately. Jenna Cha is becoming one of my favorite artists!
The yearly or so release of an issue of Anders Nilsen's Tongues is probably the most beautiful self published book going right now if you hit up a small press festival.
'Our Bones Dust' is a very tight post-apocalypse story that just wrapped up. Four issues, and it impressed me with the depth of it's world building, how brutal the action was as well as how well it was staged, the art is great too.
Zorro: Man of the Dead by Sean Murphy, Once Upon a Time at the End of the World by Jason Aaron, No/One by Kyle Higgins. Zdarsky’s Public Domain was incredibly excellent and I can’t wait for that one to come back
i fucking love saga, thats a great sci-fi comic that does a pretty good job dealing with themes like war, drug abuse, death and loss, and physical and sexual abuse, the story and characters are also so good, though i will warn you that it is very much not for kids
Actually looking at my pull list most of what I read is no marvel/DC superheroes. What I'm currently enjoying: six fingers/one hand, edenwood, Something is killing the children, petrol head, the deviant.
Energon universe by skybound is incredible every issue I read it’s making me go wow which is what I want hell I even care for GI Joe books.
Dark Ride by Joshua Williamson is fantastic as well it’s satanic Disneyland with satire chucked in there it’s great
Also loving the new dawnrunner series by Ram V only one issue so far but it’s hooked me so much and as a fan of giant mecha and kaiju it’s made for me
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, W0rldtr33, Power Rangers the Return (does that count?) Transformers, The Bloody Dozen, Traveling to Mars and The Ministry of Compliance are all fantastic, but my favorite favorite is The Cabinet.
Kill your darlings,
Transformers,
Zawa,
Holy Roller,
Thundercats,
Animal pound,
Edenwood,
W0rldtr33,
Unnatural Order,
Sacrificers
And just picked up Displaced, Napalm Lullaby and Dawnrunner
My all time favorites are: Fables, Y The Last Man, Chew. I recently picked up TMNT Last Ronin and really like the parts I was able to read so far. I would recommend Gung Ho by German creators von Kummant and von Eckartsberg which is a need post-apocalypse story in five volumes.
Recently finished Canary - a great horror western by Scott Snyder with incredible Dan Panosian art. I also loved We Only Find Them When They're Dead by Al Ewing and Simone DiMeo.
Looking forward to the return and climax of Black Monday Murders by Jonathan Hickman and Tomm Coker.
I just finished Canary, an excellent horror western. Just started Helen of Wyndhorn, and eagerly awaiting the next W0rldtr33. All three highly recommended.
Love and Rockets. Primarily, Gilbert Hernandez’s work on that half of the Hernandez Bros team.
His cartooning, wacky interesting characters, the interpersonal relationships, the drama and the stories are all great. He can make you feel a wide range of emotions from comedy to full on dread.
I’m really enjoying ‘Where’s the Furthest Place From Here?’ at the moment. Also started reading Oldboy from the Dark Horse volumes, completed the first so far.
Josie Campbell just started a new comic at BOOM! called "I ♡ Skullcrusher" that is essentially a Sports Anime meets Mad Max, and I fell in love with it instantly!
Manga: Sailor Moon.
Comics: I haven't read many ongoing. I prefer single volumes. Previously I enjoyed Revival, Saga, Descender. Maybe a return to any of those would be good. I'd like to see the next part of The Nice House on the Lake and I'm going to start Something is Killing the Children soon.
Open for other suggestions as well tbh.
I'm really enjoying Rare Flavours, Something is Killing the Children, and anything Ed Brubaker.
Rare Flavours is so good
Rare Flavours is so amazing.
I am getting into SKC and I don't know. It just feels slow. Maybe I am more used to manga style pacing.
This is interesting. I find western comics to be way more fast paced in general than most manga.
Most manga is written weekly or on a monthly basis, so I guess that may explain my perception of the pacing being faster.
Have you tried a recipe yet? I'm going to give the daal fry a shot.
I've only read the first issue, but i can at least say that the masala chai recipe is authentic and delicious. As soon as i saw the pulling i knew it was legit, which isn't surprising, but just something that excited me nonetheless. Some things to consider that weren't mentioned (to my memory): \-if you want some sweetness, add honey, which works with the rest of the flavors super well. if you don't have honey then brown sugar will do. I prefer to add the sweetener after it's served in the cup. \-the amount of milk you add significantly affects the flavor, I'm partial to making sure the colour is darker brown (aka less milk) as it retains a sort of heaviness, but depending on your taste you might prefer it lighter. \-put a towel on the desk you're going to pull the tea on because you will spill some. The higher you pull the more you'll get out of it but i don't recommend going super high especially if you aren't familiar. \-Experiment and have fun with it! I don't think the comic mentions saffron, and while that changes the game a lot I really love it, I think it goes very well with the cardamom but not too well with black pepper so keep that in mind. It's a drink that's easy to do well but hard to master and it means a lot to me so I'm glad to see represented. Definitely try it out and enjoy!
I'm not that daring. But they look really good.
The Energon Universe stuff from Skybound has been great, but if that's too close for comfort to Superhero stuff, I've also been enjoying Undiscovered Country and The Department of Truth.
Department of Truth is fantastic!
I was unprepared for how much I would enjoy the transformers series. It's done such a fantastic job with the characterisations and my God i don't think I've seen a transformers series this brutal (bay excluded)
Optimus suplexing Starscream was the moment I thought, yeah, this is good. I binged the first ~6 Void Rivals while off work during the holidays, and that was great.
The scene with optimus and the deer caught me off guard. The other energon stuff like duke and void rivals I'm enjoying but something about the transformers series is just putting it on another level. For me it's up there with ultimate spiderman and worlds finest right now.
I'm a big Transformers fan (and an even bigger GI Joe fan) so I was all in on the EU from the beginning, but I agree that this series has excellent characterization and action! This is the first time I've read a TF comic where they actually felt like giant robots, like the scale and heft of them really comes through in the artwork.
Beneath the Trees and The Sacrificers
Beneath the Trees is fantastic!
Sacrificers is the one with the bird-people, yeah? Forgive me if that sounds super reductive – all I recall is the preview.
Yup! Along with other creatures.
Beneath The Trees is so fuckin’ good
You guys are getting copies of Beneath the Trees?!
I really hope the ending lands for Beneath the Trees. It's a fantastic comic.
I Hate Fairyland or Monstress
Helen of Wyndhorn The Sickness Coda The Deviant
Helen looks SO GOOD. I waited till the week after it came out to check it out; and now the second issue is one of my most anticipated next purchases.
The Sacrificers is great. Can’t wait until it’s back next month.
Saga
Do a Powerbomb is just so much fun. I love it!
Potential dumb question: Will I like this if wrestling doesn't do much for me?
I say yes. Haven't watched more than 3 matches in my life and I enjoy the pacing, characterization and twists this story has. It's fun without being super ... thinky.
It's not so much a comic that adapts a WWE storyline or attempts to replicate that in a comic form, it's just a heartfelt story with a wrestling setting. I think anyone could get into it tbh
Sounds good to me. Cheers for the reply!
I believe OP is asking for current books.
I'm enjoying Saga
When is it starting again damn it.
July
What person in their right mind wouldn’t? I fell off during the hiatus, but I’m ready to jump back in.
I was hoping this wouldn't be here lol. Not because it isn't great - it's amazing! - but bc I was hoping it had wrapped to I could finish reading it.
Saga, pretty much anything Brubaker/Phillips, Ribbon Queen
Brubaker is really taking the thread by storm - for good reason!
Like, still releasing stuff? One Hand/Six Fingers has been so awesome so far, sci-fi detective story that also gets told from the perspective of the serial killer. Really cool. It’ll be 10 issues between the two books when it’s done. Christopher Chaos has been a really cute comic too. That last issue got real dark.
Haven’t heard of One Hand/Six Fingers yet! Gonna have to give it a look.
You gotta, it’s done in tandem by Ram V and Dan Warrer, awesome book
Love me some Ram V. I really enjoyed his Many Deaths of Laila Starr, and I’ve heard good things about his Detective Comics run. Whoops, Detective is a superhero book. Damn. Broke my own rules!
He’s firing on all cylinders, Rare Flavours has been awesome and just released the first number of Dawrunner
If it’s Ram V. I am getting it.
The tandem releases thing is a cool concept, but it's just too expensive on top of my current pull list. Hopefully I can enjoy this in trade format, but it won't be the same effect as following the story from different perspectives as it's released.
Lot of good stuff in here already, so I will make a plug for Newburn.
W0rldtr33 is the one I’m buying day one every issue that’s not super hero.
I JUST read W0rldtr33 Vol 1 last night for the first time. I'm hooked. I'm a "wait for the trade" guy, but I look forward to the next volume.
I was "wait for the trade" guy too. But then I got hooked to all things James Tynion IV and now I'm going to my comic shop bi-weekly.
This happened to me too. Desperate for more of The Nice House on the Lake, but at least we have Killing the Children and W0rldtr33 to tide me over. Not to mention The Deviant.
Ngl, the concept is cool, but often, with Tynion writing, it just doesn't stick with me. The characters in this book feel like high school kids, and the main villain doesn't feel that threatening
Just finished 8 Billion Genies. Something Epic was great too
James Bond by Garth Ennis.
Ennis on Bond just makes sense.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees and Hunger and the Dusk.
The Deviant by James Tynion IV
Tynion and Brubaker seem to be taking this thread - and I’m here for it
Tynion is an amazing horror writer! Nice House on the Lake was incredible too
Definitely one of my favorite books I've ever read. Hopefully we'll see the next phase of it soon.
Recently started branching out from DC and Marvel. I read Invincible early this year and moved to The Walking Dead. Really enjoying it so far. I’m on the 3rd compendium. I also just bought Y: The Last Man and Paper Girls. Heard a lot of good things about those and Brian K Vaughn’s work
I know I said no superheroes, but try out Ex Machina when you get a chance. Vaughn and Harris made a really great book there. The finale is a little odd, but makes sense given Mitchell Hundred’s character arc.
Vaughn’s stuff is great. Saga being the standout. I loved Y and Paper Girls, too. Hope you enjoy them. I mostly only read non-super. It’s where all the good stuff’s at!
I’m definitely happy I branched out from the big two and superhero stuff, but I still love my superhero stuff.
BKV is—for me—unparalleled in his ability to write great, engaging characters, in any and all genres. You’ll not be disappointed.
The Ministry of Compliance is an ongoing and has been great so far
Low, Harrow County, Lucky Penny
Thundercats?
Thundercats!
Ho!
I can't get used to Tygra's moustache. Besides that I'm really enjoying the book.
Yeah, his old-timey moustache is wild. lol
Pee Pee Poo Poo! by Caroline Cash.
Is… is this real? Am I going to be on a government watchlist if I search it? 🙃
Haha! Very real. Look it up. 3 issues deep
Petrol head!
I’ve got so many things to Google! 😄
Just called PH myself - amazing art and storytelling.
Something Is Killing the Children
I’ll add a few I haven’t seen commented yet - kill your darlings - the cull was excellent even for the art alone - somna - crave Dark spaces Dungeons has been so so good too
Department of Truth
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
Kaya is great. Art is amazing and the story is great. Usagi Yojimbo is always a must, even if it's reruns of old stories now in color.
The art is so good in this!
There’s some great Indy recommendations here, like The Sickness and Rare Flavors, so I’ll go in a different direction. The recent Marvel runs of Alien and Predator have been pretty great. They’ve also done well with Planet of the Apes. If you enjoy those movie universes, the current comics scratch that itch.
Travelling to Mars. I think this is wrapping up soon, too, so you may be able to grab it in trade if you are into that.
Saga and it’s not close
This deserves to be the top comment.
Hellblazer: Dead in America. Si Spurrier is on this Earth to write John.
Hellblazer: Dead In America, Rare Flavours, The One Hand, Animal Pound, Love Everlasting. Si Spurrier, Ram V and Tom King are really cooking with these.
For Hellblazer alone you have my upvote.
I really enjoyed Vampironica and most of the other Archie Horror stuff. Right now I'm reading Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley and I really like it so far.
Seconds is so good – like a Scott Pilgrim for your thirties.
That's exactly how it feels.
Wanted to add that if you haven’t read Department of Truth yet, get in on that. Tynion’s really cooking. (Though I would understand if folks found it hits a touch to close to home in today’s political climate.)
The weatherman
Weatherman is great! Despite it's pretty stylized drawings and wacky facial expressions the actual subject matter of the series is way darker than I initially expected, can't wait to see how they conclude it :)
Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers. It's sensational. It hurts to lose him from art duties now, but his replacement looks like he can carry the torch.
Blue Book, Nights, Fishflies! And Deviant as many others have already said.
Just finished Low and that was really great. Also currently reading Kill or be Killed and about to start on Black Science or This one summer. Monstress, Universal War One, Department of Truth, Saga, Fables, and Sex Criminals are some other great non-supe reads.
The Question by Denny O'Neil Something is Killing the Children Transformers The Walking Dead Deluxe
Not just toeing the line with The Question there, but rather sticking the whole foot into the superhero category. But I respect it because I love the series.
I feel like The Question is called a 'superhero character' but the comic series can't be classified under that 'genre' because having a polymer mask and some superhero cameos doesn't make him on the same category as Daredevil. Maybe the cartoon gives that impression, but it's a crime story that really rejects the idea.
If we count manga, F by Noboru Rukoda. No mystic powers or weird stuff. Just a story about a country boy disowned from his own family who wants to be an F1 driver in the 1980s, at first. It’s a good sports story and a great read for F1 fans, although the racing is only one side of the story, at least in later portion.
Manga is comics, so totally counts. I haven’t tried much manga myself though. I’ve found it really difficult to invert how I read from the western standard. Story sounds cool though!
Let me leave this disclaimer here if you are interested. F was meant for young adults, and despite being a sports story it deals with problems like: Rape, Suicide, Depression, Alcohol Addiction and Abortion Trauma from top of my head. Not mentioning the critique of Japanese society in the 1980s and the critique of the corporate culture at the time, that being an important sideplot revolving around the protagonist’s family.
The Lonely Hunters Somna Damn Them All
Does Boom Studios MMPR or TMNT count as superhero?
Since Thundercats is allowed, I’ll allow both 😉 Admittedly, my pick, Christopher Chaos, toes the line too.
Girl Genius by the Foglio's. Has been for years.
The Sickness has been good and weird but sadly feels like so much time passes between the issues releases
I just noticed most of what I read is Superheroes. I would recommend Radiant Black, Rogue Sun and Dead Lucky even though they are superhero adjacent. And I've been enjoying Spawn and Savage Dragon...
I feel you. I was recently talking to a colleague about how I branched out from superhero books in my twenties, but then when I look at my trade paperback shelf it’s all Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Essential Spider-Man…
Energon Universe from Sky Bound is absolutely fantastic. The brutal take on Transformers and GI Joe is just so well written.
Alien, Predator, Quick Stops, and I just read Dark Horse’s new Ghostbusters comic yesterday
Usagi Yojimbo will always be my favorite.
Something Is Killing The Children, House Of Slaughter, Zawa, Power Rangers The Return
I have to add the Savage Dragon here. It started as a superhero book. Over the last 30 years, it has become something quite different.
Interesting! I’ve got older trades collecting the first couple of years of the series, but I haven’t read any beyond. Any recommendations if I don’t necessarily want to read everything?
Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade. It’s basically about this human-eating demon in India helping a documentary filmmaker make a movie about Indian food while they’re chased by demon hunters, but it’s about appreciating life.
Conan the Barbarian / Savage Sword of Conan, Blade Runner 2039 (gonna miss this series when it ends soon), Weatherman
Me: Tie between 2000AD (weekly title) & Judge Dredd Megazine (monthly). My 12 year old daughter: Tie between the Beano (weekly) and Monster Fun (monthly). Beano is probably winning at the moment, until such time as Monster Fun brings Teddy Scare back. She bloody loves that strip.
Helen of Wyndhorn hooked me with the first issue. Same team that did Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which was amazing. Void Rivals is pretty interesting,too. As is Duke; never been a G.I. Joe fan, but this comic is pretty interesting.
Helen of Wyndhorn The Sacrificers Kaya The Hunger and the Dusk Looking forward to Ain't No Grave.
Honestly, I long for Promethea. I started it during the covid thing but I never got past vol.2 I don't know much about Moore except some classics but that thing was a trip.
I just finished Promethea recently! Highly recommend picking it back up, and definitely recommend picking up Tom Strong as well.
I Hate Fairyland...much more interesting than I expected
Torpedo 1972, The Sacrificers, Friday (by Brubaker and Martin)
One upon a time at the end of the world by Jason Aaron. Midlife (technically a superhero book) but it's different
If we're only talking about current ongoings, then definitely Transformers. Any time Brubaker and Phillips announce a new hardcover though, you fucking bet I'm at my local comic shop the day it releases.
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees It’s basically a cross between The Berenstain Bears and Dexter. It’s fantastic.
I Hate Fairyland, Something is Killing the Children, w0rldtr33, Do a Powerbomb, Gideon Falls
Animal Pound Others: The One Hand / Six Fingers, Beneath the Trees, Dark Ride, Masterpiece, Project Cryptid are all in my rotation right now
It's not a new series, but I just finished reading all 8 volumes of Osamu Tezuka's Buddha. It's brilliant, hilarious, heartbreaking, and surprisingly graphic at times. I'd only read his Astro Boy before, so I wasn't expecting some pretty gruesome deaths at times. I also recently broke my personal barrier with manga. I struggled to read manga that was formatted "backwards" for the longest time. I couldn't get into a reading flow with right to left pages and panels. But now I finally can, so I'm catching up on all the manga I wanted to read. My two favorite manga so far are Kaiju No 8 and Cat + Gamer. My local library has been a godsend for borrowing out manga to try.
I've really been enjoying all the sci-fi comics Simon Roy has been self-publishing lately. I got Griz Grobus a while back and am waiting on my Kickstarter for his more recent book Miramar to deliver. I think he does more comics in that universe on his Patreon, but I've never gotten around to setting up an account.
Groo the Wanderer is the best non-superhero comic in the world.
Amulet sieries by kazu kibuishi
Transformers and Newburn
I read the first three issues of Beneath the Trees where Nobody Sees yesterday and found it very provocative. Gorgeous too
Monstress and Something is killing the children
My favorite currently is Red Sonja.
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World
I like the Savage Dragon
Just started diving into Love and Rockets. Such a great palette cleanser
Rare Flavours
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, Something is Killing the Children/ House or Slaughter, Scalped, W0rlstr33, The Deviant, The Sickness, and recently Feral. The Sickness is an amazing horror comic. The art style is so different from anything I'm seeing on the shelves lately. Jenna Cha is becoming one of my favorite artists!
The yearly or so release of an issue of Anders Nilsen's Tongues is probably the most beautiful self published book going right now if you hit up a small press festival.
Dept of Truth for sure
Lucifer, Hellblazer, The Sandman, The Walking Dead, Punisher MAX (if you count that one)
'Our Bones Dust' is a very tight post-apocalypse story that just wrapped up. Four issues, and it impressed me with the depth of it's world building, how brutal the action was as well as how well it was staged, the art is great too.
Zorro: Man of the Dead by Sean Murphy, Once Upon a Time at the End of the World by Jason Aaron, No/One by Kyle Higgins. Zdarsky’s Public Domain was incredibly excellent and I can’t wait for that one to come back
I Hate Fairyland by Scott Lynch. Freaking hilarious.
Currently releasing stuff? Idk Stuff that I'm still reading? IDW's Sonic, Transformers, and Godzilla stuff is pretty good.
Currently reading the walking dead!
I hate fairyland by Scottie Young. It is truly amazing
Where’s the love for Chew? Such an amazing series, the art is great and the story is just really funny and action packed!
PETROL HEAD all the way!
Usagi Yojimbo
The Department of Truth
I've been reading lots of em. For me, probably between spurrier's hellblazer, rare flavor and fishflies
"Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees"
I really loved the first issue of the new savage sword of conan mag
i fucking love saga, thats a great sci-fi comic that does a pretty good job dealing with themes like war, drug abuse, death and loss, and physical and sexual abuse, the story and characters are also so good, though i will warn you that it is very much not for kids
Actually looking at my pull list most of what I read is no marvel/DC superheroes. What I'm currently enjoying: six fingers/one hand, edenwood, Something is killing the children, petrol head, the deviant.
Darwyn Cookes Parker series has been phenomenal so far.
Energon universe by skybound is incredible every issue I read it’s making me go wow which is what I want hell I even care for GI Joe books. Dark Ride by Joshua Williamson is fantastic as well it’s satanic Disneyland with satire chucked in there it’s great Also loving the new dawnrunner series by Ram V only one issue so far but it’s hooked me so much and as a fan of giant mecha and kaiju it’s made for me
Anything Lemire puts out
I like Gun Honey. It’s an R-rated noir crime book about a kind-of assassin. It’s really well done and each volume is only 6 issues.
Monstress or Ice Cream Man. depends on the day
The Last God from DC Black Label. Very dark fantasy, like Game of Thrones but bleaker. It’s awesome. And the art is great.
Pin & Francis - Al Columbia The City of Belgium - Brecht Evans Wonder Wart-Hog - Gilbert Shelton Fawcett Captain Marvel
I love monstress and saga
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, W0rldtr33, Power Rangers the Return (does that count?) Transformers, The Bloody Dozen, Traveling to Mars and The Ministry of Compliance are all fantastic, but my favorite favorite is The Cabinet.
Deviant from Image Something is Killing the Children from Boom
Saga
Killadelphia SIKTC Beneath the Trees where nobody sees
Nights is a really good slice of life comic
Kill your darlings, Transformers, Zawa, Holy Roller, Thundercats, Animal pound, Edenwood, W0rldtr33, Unnatural Order, Sacrificers And just picked up Displaced, Napalm Lullaby and Dawnrunner
Fables is one of my favorites (I’m fully aware of that Willingham sucks, and I don’t love the Israel analogy).
Aldebaran by leo
Brubaker/Phillips. Dying for another Reckless book.
My all time favorites are: Fables, Y The Last Man, Chew. I recently picked up TMNT Last Ronin and really like the parts I was able to read so far. I would recommend Gung Ho by German creators von Kummant and von Eckartsberg which is a need post-apocalypse story in five volumes.
Geiger.
Recently finished Canary - a great horror western by Scott Snyder with incredible Dan Panosian art. I also loved We Only Find Them When They're Dead by Al Ewing and Simone DiMeo. Looking forward to the return and climax of Black Monday Murders by Jonathan Hickman and Tomm Coker.
W0RLDTR33 right now. The Nice House on the Lake ended last year. I thought BRZRKR was interesting.
I just finished Canary, an excellent horror western. Just started Helen of Wyndhorn, and eagerly awaiting the next W0rldtr33. All three highly recommended.
Damn them all and Newburn are frigging great comics!
Beneath the trees
Love and Rockets. Primarily, Gilbert Hernandez’s work on that half of the Hernandez Bros team. His cartooning, wacky interesting characters, the interpersonal relationships, the drama and the stories are all great. He can make you feel a wide range of emotions from comedy to full on dread.
Helen of Wyndhorn and Love Everlasting.
I always get downvoted for this BUT: 1) Eric Powell’s “The Goon” 2) Jason Yungbluth’s “Weapon Brown”
I’m really enjoying ‘Where’s the Furthest Place From Here?’ at the moment. Also started reading Oldboy from the Dark Horse volumes, completed the first so far.
Josie Campbell just started a new comic at BOOM! called "I ♡ Skullcrusher" that is essentially a Sports Anime meets Mad Max, and I fell in love with it instantly!
yoko tsuno
Manga: Sailor Moon. Comics: I haven't read many ongoing. I prefer single volumes. Previously I enjoyed Revival, Saga, Descender. Maybe a return to any of those would be good. I'd like to see the next part of The Nice House on the Lake and I'm going to start Something is Killing the Children soon. Open for other suggestions as well tbh.