#MONSTRESS no.49

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MONSTRESS no.49 • cover & interior art • Sana Takeda [Feb 2024]

Every panel Sana Takeda creates is museum quality gorgeous. 🖌️

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Comics Read Day: 03/01/2024

Monstress #49

Radiant Black #28.5

Nadia & the Nomobots #1

Space Usagi: Death and Honor #2-3

Total Comics Read: 215

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47, 48, and 49 for the book asks!

47. The Iliad, The Dark Queens, and Monstress vol 8. I enjoyed all three of them.

48. I don't usually leave reviews for books I read, but sometimes I'll give them ratings.

49. I guess it depends on my mood. I often read darker books, but I like them to be at least somewhat hopeful. If I've read too many dark books in a row I try to read a more lighthearted one.

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Comics from Arcane for the week of February 28, 2024: Women of Marvel 1, White Widow 4, Monstress 49, Jay Garrick The Flash 5, Undiscovered Country 28, Power Girl 6, Newburn 15, Conan the Barbarian 8, Green Arrow 9, The Expanse: Dragon Tooth 9, Amazons Attack 5, The Cold Ever After TP, and Savage Sword of Conan 1.

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[some miscellaneous nabs hc questions: 2.) how loosely or strictly do they use the word 'friend'? 14.) how do they put out a candle? 27.) what's the worst gift they ever received? how did they respond? 49.) would they eat something they find gross to be polite?]

Weirdly Specific... - Accepting

2.

How easily she'll call someone her friend depends strongly on the context. All Gerudo are friends until proven otherwise, and it has to be ridiculously strong proof (to any outsider, she would have vehemently defended Ganondorf up until several months before she finally decided to act against him, though she'd distrusted and disliked him for years). To an outsider, it takes an insane amount of trust for her to call them a friend. After Ganondorf is defeated, she has many Hyrulean acquaintances, but few friends. Most of them were sages, though not all sages have earned her friendship (She doesn't trust Raru for reasons she can't quite place, Saria is nice but unnerves Nabooru a bit, and Ruto is. Ruto)

14.

She'll put out a single wick candle by blowing on it with her hand behind the flame to catch her breath, but she uses a cap for an oil lamp (she's learned the hard way that's the only way to do it)

27.

The gift of prophesy. Mmmm, the Gerudo aren't big on gift-giving in her canon verse so she cherishes most things she receives, even if they don't really suit her. Her least favorite gift was probably a stack of notebooks retrieved from her mother's study after her death that she had to read through when she was old enough, but that's more of a duty than a real gift. She did as she was asked, made note of the important bits, then sealed them away in a temple room as an "offering." 

In her modern verse, the worst gift she ever got was a ouija board that had a nasty poltergeist hanging onto it. It was a gag gift from an Uncle when she was 8 and her first interaction with the supernatural. It took her months before she was finally able to cleanse it and she vowed never to touch a ouija board again. In the mafia verse, it was both the best and worst gift she ever received: an illustrated guide to Hyrule's fauna and flora from her boyfriend at the time, Link. As context, she receives a lot of gifts in that verse, but they're never anything she has interest in. Diamonds, pearls, all kinds of jewelry, guns and other weaponry that she wants nothing to do with, but it had been years since she'd gotten something that spoke to her as a person instead of her role as an underboss. She still can't find it in her to get rid of it, even after she found out he was stringing her along for information to give to his true love, the chief of police. In the monstress verse, it absolutely was the gift of prophesy, since it was given to her at a much older age than it usually is. Most girls marked for the coven are stolen a few months after birth when their power becomes apparent to the nearest cell, but Nabooru's didn't awaken until she was almost ten. Unlike most of her witch-sisters, she remembers what the outside world is like and what was taken from her: she even remembers a few aramiac friends from when she was very, very young which makes her work all the more upsetting to her. 

49.

Almost never. Nabooru is honest to a fault, a terrible actress, and has been through too much exhaustion to play by niceties. She's also not terribly culturally sensitive - for example, Zorian food tends to unnerve her. With that said, she would only be mean about it if she was otherwise antagonistic toward the host. She would decline politely and turn her attention to something else so she wouldn't come across as too rude. Please also enjoy the image of Nabooru eating with Gorons, being presented with a rock, and staring at it for a few minutes before genuinely asking if it was the plate or the food.

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Yearly Reading Wrap Up: 2020

1. La Description Du Monde by Marco Polo ⭐⭐

2. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu #1) by Marcel Proust ⭐⭐⭐

3. Discours Du Récit by Gérard Genette ⭐⭐⭐

4. The Private Life of the Diary by Sally Bayley ⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. Let it Snow by John Green ⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe ⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes ⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. L'ignorance by Milan Kundera ⭐⭐⭐⭐

10. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story by Sylvia Plath ⭐⭐⭐⭐

11. Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

12. Enfance by Nathalie Sarraute ⭐⭐⭐⭐

13. Une femme by Annie Ernaux ⭐⭐⭐⭐

14. Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit by Annie Ernaux ⭐⭐⭐⭐

15. L’Amour, roman by Camille Laurens ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

16. Open City by Teju Cole ⭐⭐⭐⭐

17. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ⭐⭐⭐⭐

18. Philosopher ou faire l'amour by Ruwen Ogien ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

19. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ⭐⭐⭐⭐

20. The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo ⭐⭐⭐

21. On the Road by Jack Kerouac ⭐⭐

22. Les particules élémentaires by Michel Houellebecq ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

23. Red Doc> (Red #2) by Anne Carson ⭐⭐⭐⭐

24. Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

25. La Barque silencieuse by Pascal Quignard ⭐⭐⭐

26. L'autofictif père et fils by Éric Chevillard ⭐⭐⭐

27. All We Saw: Poems by Anne Michaels ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

28. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon ⭐⭐⭐⭐

29. Blue Horses: Poems by Mary Oliver ⭐⭐⭐⭐

30. The Latte Factor by David Bach ⭐⭐⭐⭐

31. La Poursuite du bonheur by Michel Houellebecq ⭐⭐⭐⭐

32. Rester vivant: et autres textes by Michel Houellebecq ⭐⭐⭐

33. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

34. I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

35. The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin ⭐⭐⭐

36. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

37. Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit ⭐⭐⭐⭐

38. The Red Scrolls of Magic (The Eldest Curses #1) by Cassandra Clare ⭐⭐⭐⭐

39. Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare ⭐⭐⭐⭐

40. Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified by Robert O. Friedel ⭐⭐⭐⭐

41. I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi ⭐⭐⭐⭐

42. Wild Is the Wind by Carl Phillips ⭐⭐⭐⭐

43. Unshakeable by Anthony Robbins ⭐⭐⭐⭐

44. Stray by Stephanie Danler ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

45. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki ⭐⭐⭐⭐

46. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

47. She Came to Slay by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

48. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey ⭐⭐⭐⭐

49. Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐

50. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51. Twilight (The Twilight Sage #1) by Stephanie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

52. Evermore by Julian Barnes ⭐⭐⭐

53. The Dark Between Stars by Atticus Poetry ⭐

54. The Truth About Magic by Atticus Poetry ⭐

55. Wenjack by Joseph Boyden ⭐⭐

56. It’s Hard to Be Human by Valerie Buhagiar ⭐⭐⭐⭐

57. New Moon (The Twilight Saga #2) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

58. The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off! by Gloria Steinem ⭐⭐⭐⭐

59. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 by Young Kim ⭐⭐⭐⭐

60. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga #3) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

61. Orbit: Poems by Cynthia Zarin ⭐⭐⭐

62. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ⭐⭐⭐⭐

63. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

64. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi ⭐⭐⭐⭐

65. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga #4) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

66. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin ⭐⭐

67. In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It by Lauren Graham ⭐

68. My Ideal Bookshelf by Thessaly La Force ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

69. Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

70. Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

71. I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

72. #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso ⭐⭐⭐⭐

73. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell ⭐⭐⭐⭐

74. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

75. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon ⭐⭐⭐

76. The Secret History by Donna Tartt ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

77. She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox ⭐⭐⭐

78. home body by Rupi Kaur ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

79. Wind in a Box by Terrance Hayes ⭐⭐⭐

80. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg ⭐⭐⭐⭐

81. Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

82. Normal People by Sally Rooney ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

83. Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories by Rainbow Rowell ⭐⭐⭐

84. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ⭐⭐⭐

85. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris ⭐⭐

86. Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven (Monstress #3) by Marjorie M. Liu ⭐⭐⭐⭐

87. Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen (Monstress #4) by Marjorie M. Liu ⭐⭐⭐

88. Monstress, Vol. 5: Warchild (Monstress #5) by Marjorie M. Liu ⭐⭐⭐

89. My Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

90. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (The Twilight Saga #3.5) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

91. The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

92. Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga #5) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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For the week of 17 June 2019

Quick Bits:

A Walk Through Hell #11 gives us a bit more insight into Shaw’s childhood and further fallout from the investigation, even as things seem to get nastier in the hell they’ve found themselves in. The fields of bones from Goran Sudžuka and Ive Svorcina are horrifying.

| Published by AfterShock

Age of X-Man: NextGen #5 is a bit of a gut punch for a final issue in this series. Some great art by Lucas Werneck and Jason Keith, though.

| Published by Marvel

Aquaman #49 concludes the “Mother Shark” two-parter as Arthur gets answers on who he is and how he died. This is a huge one. Kelly Sue DeConnick, Viktor Bogdanovic, Jonathan Glapion, Daniel Henriques, Ryan Winn, Sunny Gho, and Clayton Cowles do an incredible job with this story. Beautiful and heartbreaking. 

| Published by DC Comics

Assassin Nation #4 has the remaining assassins possibly figure out the entire plan as they take down another crime boss in this penultimate issue. Kyle Starks, Erica Henderson, and Deron Bennett have been delivering a highly entertaining series here with great art and a wicked sense of humour. Every book needs a Fuck Tarkington.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #4 is the end to what has been a great mini from Leah Williams,  Germán García, Addison Duke, and Crank! Very interesting use of time travel for this story.

| Published by Dynamite

Batman #73 sees Tom King, Mikel Janín, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles reveal as to just how demented Thomas Wayne is in part four of “The Fall and the Fallen”. His motivation is understandable, but this is insane.

| Published by DC Comics

Black Badge #11 reveals a lot of the remaining secrets that we’ve guessed about previously as to what exactly is going on with the entire Black Badge organization. Maybe. I’m still expecting more twists from Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins, and Jim Campbell when the series ends next issue.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Captain America #11 sees Steve’s jailbreak from the Myrmidon in earnest, while Sharon and the Daughters of Liberty run the operation. Beautiful artwork from Adam Kubert and Matt Milla.

| Published by Marvel

Daredevil #7 reminds us that Matt Murdock carries more guilt than an entire Catholic archdiocese. There’s a very compelling depth and complexity that Chip Zdarsky is bringing to this story, moving us away from the typical superheroics.

| Published by Marvel

Elephantmen 2261: The Pentalion Job #2 enacts the heist of the pentalions in the second part of this story from Richard Starkings and Alex Medellin. Hip Flask raises some interesting questions as all of the Bond actors seem to meet their end.

| Published by Comicraft

Excellence #2 is another excellent issue. Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez, and Deron Bennett are developing Spencer and his history, his family, and relation with the hierarchy of the Aegis in a very compelling way.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Fairlady #3 is the first issue that doesn’t really end “clean”. It’s still a single issue story, but the mystery remains and isn’t tidied up by the end. It’s another murder mystery, with an adventurer impersonating a Conan analogue. Like the previous issues, this is a great story from Brian Schirmer, Claudia Balboni, Shari Chankhamma, and David Bowman.

| Published by Image

Faithless #3 continues to be very strange. Very, very strange. As Faith’s roommate is murdered by what seems like a wolf from her phone, her relationship with Poppy, and then she has sex with Poppy’s father. As I said, strange. I’m still not entirely sure what Brian Azzarello, Maria Llovet, and AndWorld Design are trying to do with this story.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Gideon Falls #14 begins playing with time along with the alternate realities as Burke lands in a reality “closer to the centre” and is given a purpose to find “the five”. Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart, and Steve Wands are doing some amazing work here.

| Published by Image

Guardians of the Galaxy #6 concludes “The Final Gauntlet” from Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, David Curiel, and Cory Petit as the Guardians, all of the Guardians, take on Hela and the Black Order to try to prevent the resurrection of Thanos. It’s suitably epic.

| Published by Marvel

Hit-Girl: Season 2 #5 kicks off the “Hong Kong” arc from Daniel Way, Goran Parlov, Giada Marchisio, and Clem Robins. It may well be the arc with the most narration so far, but it doesn’t detract from the usual over-the-top violence and action in the start of this story of Mindy trying to take down the Liu Triad, with rather humorous results, it rather enhances it with some nice introspection.

| Published by Image

Justice League #26 is part one of “Apex Predator” from James Tynion IV, Javier Fernandez, Hi-Fi, and Tom Napolitano. The Justice League are pitching to the stars in order to stem the tide of Perpetua’s plans and the impending Doom brought on by the “Year of the Villain”. But everyone’s wondering if it’s just shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

| Published by DC Comics

Last Stop on the Red Line #2 is still very strange. Paul Maybury, Sam Lotfi, John Rauch, and Adam Pruett are crafting an intriguing murder mystery here as Torres and her new partner continue to try to solve the crimes on the subways, but it’s told through a very fluid, stylized way where we’re not sure what’s real and what’s just a character’s perception. It’s a very neat way to tell a story.

| Published by Dark Horse

Little Bird #4 is maybe the most heartbreaking issue yet in this masterpiece from Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram, Matt Hollingsworth, and Aditya Bidikar. There’s a lesson of survival, of children supplanting the parents, instilled here in the penultimate chapter as Little Bird and Gabriel have a bit of an understanding as siblings.

| Published by Image

Middlewest #8 attempts to pick up the pieces after Abel’s outburst and near destruction of the travelling circus. Also, more of the sheer monster that his father is. Gorgeous artwork from Jorge Corona and Jean-Francois Beaulieu.

| Published by Image

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #7 is a number of vignettes with Miles checking in with family and Bombshell before setting up the next arc. Wonderful use of guest artists with Ron Ackins & Dexter Vines, Alitha E. Martinez, and Vanesa Del Rey providing segments as well as regular artist Javier Garrón.

| Published by Marvel

Outpost Zero #10 explains all of the cats. It also gives a timeframe for the colony and a lot more questions as to why the old ship structure and tunnels were just completely abandoned by the colonists. Wonderful designs by Alexandre Tefenkgi.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Pearl #10 takes an interesting detour for a bit into “real life” as Pearl tries to hold down a “normal” job. Then we get back to the fallout of her chopping off Mr. Miike’s fingers. Absolutely stunning artwork from Michael Gaydos, with some very interesting layouts.

| Published by DC Comics / Jinxworld

Psi-Lords #1 is another great debut for Valiant. Fred Van Lente, Renato Guedes, and Dave Sharpe update one of the few Valiant properties that haven’t been brought back yet, with a bunch of seemingly newly activated psiots awakening in some kind of “Aztec sex dungeon”. The story keeps you off-balance from the beginning, adding a nice bit of mystery to what’s going on. And the artwork from Guedes is excellent.

| Published by Valiant

Rat Queens #16 begins the run by the new creative team of Ryan Ferrier, Priscilla Petraites, and Marco Lesko in earnest, following on the special. The Queens are essentially tearing themselves apart at this stage and nothing seems to be able to go right.

| Published by Image / Shadowline

Rumble #13 tackles the next Scourge Knight and Timah learns an interesting fact about the bundle of joy growing inside her. Great art as always from David Rubín and Dave Stewart.

| Published by Image

Savage Sword of Conan #6 is a single issue story from Meredith Finch, Luke Ross, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. It’s a captivating tale of revenge and Conan fighting through some insurmountable odds. Great art from Ross and Woodard.

| Published by Marvel

Usagi Yojimbo #1 begins a new era at IDW...in colour. Tom Luth joins Stan Sakai for the interiors in the first part of “Bunraku”. While it is a bit odd not to be black and white, this is still masterful storytelling, building on some traditional Japanese culture and providing an intriguing supernatural mystery. 

| Published by IDW

Warlord of Mars Attacks #1 begins another property crossover mini-series from Dynamite, this time mixing John Carter with the Mars Attacks aliens, from Jeff Parker, Dean Kotz, Omi Remalante, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Nice bits of humour.

| Published by Dynamite

Wolverine: Infinity Watch #5 concludes this mini from Gerry Duggan, Andy MacDonald, Jordie Bellaire, and Cory Petit. It’s been a very entertaining follow-up to Infinity Wars, but it’s also served as a kind of weird clean-up to continuity that Marvel otherwise seems to have abandoned.

| Published by Marvel

Other Highlights: American Carnage #8, Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #1, Battlestar Galactica Classic #5, Captain Marvel #7, Clue: Candlestick #2, Curse Words #22, Deadpool #14, Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #9, Farmhand #9, Firefly #7, Go Go Power Rangers: Forever Rangers #1, Goddess Mode #6, Hellboy and the BPRD: The Beast of Vargu, Invisible Kingdom #4, James Bond 007 #8, Lab Raider #1, Livewire #7, Lucifer #9, Lumberjanes #63, Marvels Annotated #4, Mary Shelly: Monster Hunter #3, Monstress #23, Planet of the Nerds #3, Port of Earth #11, Red Sonja & Vampirella meet Betty & Veronica #2, Sabrina: The Teenage Witch #3, Shuri #9, Star Wars #67, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #3, Star Wars: Tie Fighter #3, TMNT: Urban Legends #14, Teen Titans #31, Tony Stark: Iron Man #13, Trout: The Hollowest Knock #1, Uncanny X-Men #20, The Unstoppable Wasp #9, War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery #5, War of the Realms: Spider-Man & The League of the Realms #3, War of the Realms: War Scrolls #3, The Warning #8, X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #2

Recommended Collections: Archie 1941, Dead Man Logan - Volume 1: Sins of the Father, High Heaven - Volume 1, Hillbilly - Volume 4: Red Eyed Witchery from Beyond, Giant Days - Volume 10, Hit-Girl - Volume 4, Low Road West, Lucifer - Volume 1: Infernal Comedy, Marvel Action: Spider-Man - Book 1, Prince of Cats, Rainbow Brite, Shadow Roads - Volume 1, Spookhouse - Volume 2, TMNT - Macroseries, Thor - Volume 2: Road to War of the Realms, Uncanny X-Men - Volume 1: Cyclops and Wolverine, Vampirella/Dejah Thoris, Winter Soldier: Second Chances, X-O Manowar - Volume 7: Hero

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Top 100 Comics of 2018 List

Thanks to everyone who watched the Top 100 Videos but to make it simpler o everyone, here’s the complete list all in one place.

1.      Upgrade Soul

2.      Saga 

3.      Mister Miracle

4.      Descender

5.      Green Lantern Earth One 

6.      Immortal Hulk 

7.      Giddeon Falls 

8.      Venom 

9.      Crowded 

10.   Batman White Knight 

11.   X-Men Red

12. West Coast Avengers

13.  Wrong Earth 

14.  Cosmic Ghost Rider 

15.   Paper Girls 

16.   Thanos 

17.   Drawn to Berlin

18.   Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles 

19.   Kill or Be Killed 

20.   Thor/Mighty Thor 

21.   Judas 

22.   Avengers: No Surrender 

23.   Prince and the Dressmaker 

24.   Black Hammer

25.   Weatherman

26.   Skyward

27.   Justice League

28.   Land of the Sons

29.   Black Panther

30.   Ice Cream Man

31.   Fearscape

32.   Abbott

33.   Justice League Dark

34.   Black Bolt

35.   Koshchei the Deathless

36.   Captain America (Coates)

37.   All New Wolverine

38.   Amazing Spider-Man (slot)

39.   Heavenly Blues

40.   High Heaven

41.   Infidel

42.   Detective Comics

43.   Flash

44.   Doomsday Clock

45.   Milk Wars

46.   Star Wars Doctor Aphra

47.   Sentry

48.   All My Heroes are Junkies

49.   Bingo Love

50.   Coda

51.   Highest House

52.   Avengers

53.   Royal City

54.   Fantastic Four

55.   My Boyfriend is a Bear

56.   Runaways

57.   Eternity Girl

58.   Wicked and Divine

59.   Jessica Jones

60.   Death Bed

61.   Rise of the Black Panther

62.   Domino

63.   Hawkman

64.   Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

65.   Fante Bukowski Three: A Perfect Failure

66.   Isola

67.   New World, The

68.   Monstress

69.   Injustice 2

70.   Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

71.   Bloodshot Salvation

72.   Dark Nights Metal

73.   Ms Marvel

74.   Extremity

75.   Giant Days

76.   Batman

77.   Persephone

78.   Punisher

79.   Amazing Spider-Man (spencer)

80.   Catwoman

81.   Superman/ Action Comics

82.   Marvel Two-In-One

83.   Magic Order

84.   Extermination

85.   Plastic Man

86.   Southern Bastards

87.   Terrifics

88.   Life of Captain Marvel

89.   Bitter Root

90.   Modern Fantasy

91.   Mech Cadet Yu

92.   Mr and Mrs X

93.   Murder Falcon

94.   Wasted Space

95.   Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man

96.   Why Art?

97.   Unbelievable Gwenpool

98.   Submerged

99.   Swamp Thing Winter Special

100. Exorsisters

[mk1comics]

This week's comics are due  Thursday 25 July 2019

Highlights - Comics

ACTION COMICS #1013 YOTV THE OFFER https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190373

ALIENS RESCUE #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR190274

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #26 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190825

ASCENDER #4 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190053

BATGIRL #37 YOTV THE OFFER https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190379

BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #1 (OF 8) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190356

BOOKS OF MAGIC #10  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190392

DETECTIVE COMICS #1008 YOTV THE OFFER https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190402

DIAL H FOR HERO #5 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190404

DOCTOR STRANGE #16 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR190865

FARMHAND #10 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190066

FEARLESS #1 (OF 3) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190735

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #7 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190851

HISTORY OF MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190714

HOUSE OF X #1 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190690

INVISIBLE KINGDOM #5 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190253

IRON MAIDEN LEGACY O/T BEAST VOL 2 NIGHT CITY #2 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR191799

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #13 YOTV THE OFFER https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190429

LAZARUS RISEN #2 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190081

LIFE IS STRANGE #7 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY191961

MAGIC THE GATHERING CHANDRA #3 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV180703

MAGNIFICENT MS MARVEL #5 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190871

MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS #6  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR190631

MARVEL ACTION CLASSICS HULK #1  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190600

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #6  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY198638

MARVEL RISING #5 (OF 5) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190889

MARVEL TALES HULK #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190806

MARVELS EPILOGUE #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190681

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #45 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190877

ROLLED AND TOLD #11  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY191799

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY198640

SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #49 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190444

SECRET WARPS ARACHKNIGHT ANNUAL #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190790

SHURI #10 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190861

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #19  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190590

SPIDER-MAN LIFE STORY #1 (OF 6) 3RD PTG ZDARSKY VAR https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY198641

SPIDER-MAN LIFE STORY #2 (OF 6) 3RD PTG ZDARSKY VAR https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY198642

STAR PIG #1 (OF 4) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190557

STAR WARS #69 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190915

SWORD MASTER #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190757

TANK GIRL #5  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY191939

TERRIFICS #18 YOTV THE OFFER https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190454

TONY STARK IRON MAN #14 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190738

TRUE BELIEVERS ABSOLUTE CARNAGE MANIA #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190771

TRUE BELIEVERS ABSOLUTE CARNAGE SEPARATION ANXIETY #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190772

VALKYRIE JANE FOSTER #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190727

WEB OF VENOM FUNERAL PYRE #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190842

WICKED & DIVINE #44 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR190257

X-MEN #137 FACSIMILE EDITION https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190764

 Highlights - Volumes

BATMAN BEYOND TP VOL 05 THE FINAL JOKE https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR190527

HELLBLAZER TP VOL 21 THE LAUGHING MAGICIAN (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR190547

HOUSE OF WHISPERS TP VOL 01 THE POWER DIVIDED (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR190546

JAMES BOND ORIGIN HC VOL 01 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR191186

MILES MORALES GN TP SPIDER-MAN https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR190939

MOB PSYCHO 100 TP VOL  03 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/FEB190390

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 01 CULT OF KOGA THUN https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190954

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 01 CULT OF KOGA THUN B&W DM VAR https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190955

SELF MADE TP  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190045

WILLIAM GIBSON ALIEN 3 HC  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR190278

 Next Week's Schedule has been announced here https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/231807-PREVIEWSworlds-New-Releases-For-7312019

BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #2 (OF 3) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190360 

BATMAN SECRET FILES #2 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190387 

BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #7 (OF 7) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190448 

MONSTRESS #24 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190086 

SPAWN #299 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190105 

DEATHS HEAD #1 (OF 4) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190748

POWERS OF X #1 (OF 6)  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190703

STAR WARS AOR SPECIAL #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190922

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[lobocomicsandtoys]

New @ Lobo Comics | 09/05/2018

Happy Sunday, comic book fans. We’re here with this week’s update of all things new in the comic world! Take a look and see if there’s anything you can’t wait to get your hands on!

Make sure you never miss a title again! We have a pull box system that you can learn how to sign up for here and have all your comics and trades pulled for you every week.

   Missed an issue already? Can’t find a trade paperback you want? Ask us to special order for you and you’ll have it in about a week!

Comics

ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS #2 (OF 12) ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #5 (OF 5) APHRODITE IX ARES (ONE-SHOT) ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 ASTONISHING X-MEN #15 AVENGERS #7 BATMAN #54 BEN REILLY SCARLET SPIDER #23 BLACK SCIENCE #38 BORDER TOWN #1 BREATHLESS #4  BULLY WARS #1 CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 CLANKILLERS #3 COME INTO ME #3 COSMIC GHOST RIDER #3 (OF 5) COVER #1 (OF 6)  CURSE OF BRIMSTONE #6 DARK ARK #10 DEAD HAND #6 DEADPOOL #4 DEATH OF INHUMANS #3 (OF 5) DEATHSTROKE #35 DREAMING #1  GREEN ARROW #44 GREEN LANTERNS #54 HARLEY QUINN #49 IMMORTAL HULK #5 INJUSTICE 2 #33 INVADER ZIM #34 JAMES BOND ORIGIN #1  JINXWORLD SAMPLER #1 JUSTICE LEAGUE #7 LAST SIEGE #4 (OF 8)  LEVIATHAN #2 NEW LIEUTENANTS OF METAL #3 (OF 4) NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ZEROS JOURNEY #2 NIGHTWING #48 OLD MAN LOGAN ANNUAL #1 OPTIMUS PRIME #23 OUTPOST ZERO #3 PAPER GIRLS #24 PARADISO #7  PESTILENCE STORY OF SATAN #4 PREDATOR HUNTERS II #2  QUICKSILVER NO SURRENDER #5 (OF 5) RELAY #3 SHADOW ROADS #3 SILVER SURFER ANNUAL #1 SNOTGIRL #11  SPAWN #289 SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #38 STAR WARS #53 STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA ANNUAL #2 STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #38 THANOS LEGACY #1 TMNT URBAN LEGENDS #5  TRANSFORMERS LOST LIGHT #23 TRANSFORMERS UNICRON #4 (OF 6) UNEXPECTED #4 UNITED STATES VS MURDER INC #1 (OF 6)  UNNATURAL #3 (OF 12)  VAMPBLADE SEASON 3 #5 VAMPIRONICA #3 VENOM FIRST HOST #2 (OF 5) WALKING DEAD #183  WEAPON X #23 X-MEN GOLD #35

Trades

BATMAN CATWOMAN THE WEDDING ALBUM DELUXE ED HC BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 07 BATMAN ETERNAL BATMAN PRELUDES TO THE WEDDING TP BATMAN THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA ESSENTIAL EDITION TP BERLIN HC COMPLETE EDITION BTVS SEASON 11 GILES GIRL BLUE TP VOL 01 DARK KNIGHT III THE MASTER RACE TP FIX TP VOL 03 FURTHER ADV OF NICK WILSON TP VOL 01 HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 04 HELLBOY IN HELL  INVADER ZIM TP VOL 06 MARVEL KNIGHTS BLACK PANTHER BY PRIEST & TEXEIRA TP MONSTRESS TP VOL 03 MONSTRO MECHANICA TP VOL 01 MOON KNIGHT BY JEFF LEMIRE AND GREG SMALLWOOD HC MY LITTLE PONY ART IS MAGIC TP VOL 02 PERDY HC VOL 01  PRISM STALKER TP VOL 01 RIVERDALE TP VOL 03 TMNT ONGOING TP VOL 20 KINGDOM OF RATS WALKING DEAD TP VOL 30 NEW WORLD ORDER WOLVERINE OLD MAN LOGAN TP VOL 08 TO KILL FOR X-MEN RED TP VOL 01 HATE MACHINE

Manga

ASTRA LOST IN SPACE GN VOL 04 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE GN VOL 04 BORUTO GN VOL 04 NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS  CHI SWEET ADVENTURES GN VOL 02 CUTIE HONEY CLASSIC COLLECTION HC DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA GN VOL 02 DR STONE GN VOL 01 OTHERWORLDLY IZAKAYA NOBU TP VOL 01

Toy

DBZ GRANDISTA RESOLUTION OF SOLDIERS SON GOKU V3 F DC ESSENTIALS AQUAMAN AF DC ESSENTIALS BLACK MANTA AF DC ESSENTIALS BRAINIAC AF DC ESSENTIALS SUPERMAN AF FINAL FANTASY BAHAMUT CREATURES BRING ARTS AF MARVEL PREMIERE VENOM STATUE MARVEL UNIVERSE VARIANT PLAY ARTS KAI CYCLOPS AF  NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST FREDDY FURNACE DIORAMA  POP ANIMATION MHA W2 SHOTA AIZAWA VINYL FIG POP ANIMATION MHA W2 TSUYU VINYL FIG POP MEGA MAN MEGA MAN JUMPING VINYL FIGURE  POP RICK & MORTY PICKLE RICK NO LIMBS PX VINYL FIG ROCK CANDY DC BOMBSHELLS HARLEY QUINN FIG 

[westofwonder]

Pull List (11/25/2020)

Batman Beyond #49 Batman/Superman #14 Daredevil #24 Detective Comics #1031 Excalibur #15 Fantastic Four: Antithesis #4 Monstress: Talk-Stories #1 Red Hood #51 Shang-Chi #3 Wonder Woman #767 X of Swords: Destruction #1 X-Men #15

Batman Beyond - Dan Mora did covers for this and the last issue - that was enough for me. That and the Batman and Booster Gold team-up.

Batman/Superman - I need to catch up desperately with this book because it sounds so silly it must be awesome.

Daredevil - Mike Hawthorne is doing art - so that’s going to keep me on this title for the time being.

Detective Comics - Bilquis Evely is doing interior which I find her art awesome.

Excalibur - Last issue of Excalibur I’m getting for a while. I have too much to read and the only X-books I plan on reading in the near future are the main X-Men book and New Mutants (because of Vita Ayala.) This book was teetering on the fence for awhile because while the art is good and I like all the characters here - all the Captain Britain stuff was starting to be a bit not for me. It’s good, but I really would be rather be reading something else.

Fantastic Four: Antithesis - This series was a trip.

Monstress: Talk-Stories - I need to catch up!

Red Hood - Lobdell is off this book - that’s worthy of checking this title out! I don’t care for Jason Todd.

Shang-Chi - The whole secret sister thing is usually a plot point I can’t stand, but the problem here is that I don’t know that much about Shang-Chi to begin with to fully understand if I should be upset about that. I don’t like Tan’s art, but I feel that’s a minor thing in a pretty solid book to read.

Wonder Woman - I saw a spoiler for this book and I can say I am behind it! For the most part. I don’t like Maxwell Lord as a Wondy villain.

X of Swords: Destruction - The big ending to the first X-crossover is here. Will it be worth it? Some will tell me yes, others will tell me no. It’s up to the beholder to determine if there is to be any satisfaction from what the X-Men and mutants are going through in the Marvel universe right now.

X-Men - Is Apocalypse snuffing it. That’d be an interesting turn of events.

Big week! I am trying to curtail my list because there are just so many titles right now and I need to still get through “King in Black” come December.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy readings!

[herwitchinesss]

annual list of books i have read this year

(i’m already doing my favorite reads of the year in instagram posts, so look out for those instead of my usual bold = favorite that i do; if you want to know about a specific book or if i have it available to lend out on eBook or give to you via Audible, send me a message! xo)

1) Mrs. Zant and the Ghost by Wilkie Collins 2) Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier 3) DC Bombshells Vol 3 by Marguerite Bennett 4) The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell 5) The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 6) Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi 7) The Devourers by Indra Das 8) A Good Idea by Cristina Moracho 9) The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski 10) The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan 11) Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson 12) A Word For Love by Emily Robbins  13) The Strange Case of the Alchemists Daughter by Theodora Gross 14) Ahsoka by EK Johnston 15) Gwenpool Vol 2 by Christopher Hastings 16) Spell On Wheels by Kate Leth 17) Hi-Fi Fight Club by Carly Usdin 18) Beauty Vol 1 by Jeremy Haun 19) American Housewife, stories by Helen Ellis 20) 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac 21) Imprudence by Gail Carriger 22) The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian 23) Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 24) Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn 25) The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney 26) Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds 27) The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay 28) My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix 29) Crash Override by Zoe Quinn 30) Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal 31) Belle: The Slave Daughter & the Lord Chief Justice by Paula Byrne 32) Invincible Summer by Alice Adams 33) Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray 34) The Trap by Melanie Raabe 35) The End of Everything by Megan Abbott 36) A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas 37) Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (re-read) 38) The Girls by Emma Cline 39) I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest 40) The Likeness by Tana French 41) Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch 42) A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler 43) The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck 44) Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch 45) Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong---- and the New Research that’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini 46) In the Woods by Tana French 47) The Mothers by Brit Bennett 48) Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch 49) Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal 50) The World Is Bigger Now by Euna Lee 51) Hope In the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit 52) Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch 53) The Psychopath Inside by James Fallon 54) Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 55) iZombie vol 1 by Chris Roberson 56) The End of the Affair by Graham Greene 57) The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch 58) Mercury by Margot Livesey 59) The Witches of New York by Ami McKay 60) The Girl At Midnight by Melissa Grey 61) Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller 62) Caraval by Stephanie Garber 63) Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace 64) Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor 65) The World According to Star Wars by Cass R Sunstein 66) Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero 67) The Sleeper & the Spindle by Neil Gaiman 68) Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley 69) The Runaways by Brian K Vaughan 70) Monstress Vol 1 by Marjorie M Liu 71) Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage 72) November 9 by Colleen Hoover 73) The People We Hate At the Wedding by Grant Ginder 74) How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett 75) Mosquitoland by David Arnold 76) Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll 77) The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee 78) Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian 79) Fire with Fire by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian 80) Burn for Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian 81) Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 82) Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood 83) The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson 84) How To Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather 85) The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia 86) You’re Never Weird On the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day 87) One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 88) Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (re-read) 89) Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris 90) Lost Stars by Claudia Gray 91) The Mistletoe Murder & Other Stories by PD James 92) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 93) I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman by Nora Ephron 94) Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo & the Battle That Defined a Generation by Blake J Harris 95) We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 96) Dear Mr You by Mary-Louise Parker 97) Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 98) The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant 99) Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt 100) Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth by Warsan Shire 101) Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela 102) We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley 103) Girl Walks Into a Bar... by Rachel Dratch 104) Bloodline by Claudia Gray 105) Romeo & Juliet by David Hewson 106) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 107) You Don’t Look Your age... And Other Fairy Tales by Sheila Nevins 108) The Regional Office Is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales 109) Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce 110) The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender 111) The Inseperables by Stuart Nadler 112) Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel 113) Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple 114) Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto 115) We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to Covergirl, the Buying & Selling of a Political Movement by Andi Zeisler 116) Beast by Brie Spangler 117) Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 118) Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey 119) The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald 120) Dare Me by Megan Abbott 121) Eleven Hours by Pamela Erens 122) Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett 123) Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor 124) Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde 125) The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami 126) The Fever by Megan Abbott 127) Illusionarium by Heather Dixon 128) Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 129) Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson 130) The Dinner by Herman Koch 131) The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters 132) In the Country by Mia Alvar 133) Putin’s Russia by Anna Politkovskaya 134) You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott 135) The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura 136) Jackaby by William Ritter 137) Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson 138) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 139) Rain by Amanda Sun 140) Norwegian by Night by Derek B Miller 141) The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco 142) Iron Cast by Destiny Soria 143) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 144) Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn & David Leviathan 145) The Long Way To a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 146) What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami 147) People of the Book, Jewish Sci-Fi/Fantasy anthology by various authors 148) Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, re-read 149) Exit, Pursued by a Bear by EK Johnston 150) The Bear & the Nightingale by Katherine Arden  151) The Nature of a Pirate by AM Dellamonica 152) Ink by Amanda Sun 153) More Than This by Patrick Ness 154) The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson 155) A Daughter of No Nation by AM Dellamonica 156) Lucky Us by Amy Bloom 157) This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper 158) Child of a Hidden Sea by AM Dellamonica 159) Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín 160) Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick 161) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy 162) Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 163) Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly 164) Candide by Voltaire 165) After You by JoJo Moyes 166) Pocket Full of Posies by Angela Roquet 167) Snow Flower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See 168) English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs 169) The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close 170) DC Bombshells vol 4 by Marguerite Bennett 171) DC Bomsbells Vol 5 by  Marguerite Bennett 172) DC Bombshells Vol 6 by  Marguerite Bennett 173) The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe by CS Lewis re-read 174) Breakfast At Tiffany’s by Truman Capote, re-read 175) The Love Artist by Jane Alison 176) Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, re-read

[fansplaining]

Listener email re: comics!

We recently got a great email from @redgoldsparks, reading (more or less in full):

As you may know, I have a Master's degree in Comics from California College of the Arts, and am working towards a full time career as cartoonist. Naturally, I prick up my ears whenever comics are mentioned on your show. Before this latest episode I'd have said the show generally had a tentative enthusiasm for the form with only a mild negative view of comic fans/comic shops. It was really only in this latest episode that a more extreme negative position towards interactions with other comics people came out. It seems that this is mostly based on bad experiences that Flourish had in comic shops in the past, maybe as many as 10 years ago. That is such a shame, because there are really a huge number of very supportive and welcoming comics shops all around the county. I would know, because not only have I walked into them in the hopes of buying comics, but with the hope of selling my own comics to the shop. I've visited every one of the 10 shops within reasonable driving distance of where I live in the Bay Area, and a few in Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, Bethesda, Maryland and New York City. Not once have I been made to feel uncomfortable in a shop and not only that, I have never had my work turned away. Every single shop owner I've spoken to wanted to monetarily support the up and coming artists in their area. How many other industries can say that? Perhaps it is relevant to say that I am a nonbinary, assigned female at birth person who uses weird pronouns. Yet I've fallen hard for comics because comics was what took me in as a naive illustration major in despair of ever landing book deal. Comics are so, so much more than superheroes. The world of comics is so much wider than Marvel and DC. I read 49 comic books in 2016 and only two of them were from one of The Big Two (coincidentally, they were titles mentioned by the Desi Geek Girls- Miss Marvel and Squirrel Girl). Instead of superhero comics I read Congressman John Lewis' heartwrenching biography of violence and bravery as a Civil Rights leader (the three volume March series, from Top Shelf); I read four volumes of John Allison's fabulous webcomic Bad Machinary about a group of elementary school detectives in a haunted town in England (in print from Oni Press); I read Sisters and Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier, two stories of sibling love and rivalry, published by Scholastic Graphix, both of which dominated the New York Times best sellar's list; I read three volumes of Hellboy by Mike Mignola, a series that has been running for over 20 years from Dark Horse; I tried the first volumes of Bitch Planet, Paper Girls, Monstress and Giant Days, all out from Image Comics to rave reviews; I caught up on Saga; I read By Chance or Provenance, a collection of Becky Cloonan's originally self-published short stories; Finder: Third World by Carla Speed McNeil; a comic about the history of Tetris by Box Brown, a whole anthology of queer paranormal romance stories, a comic about people's deepest fears, a comic on film history, a comic about being a tall ship sailor and about three years of James Kochalka's diary comics. That doesn't even include the roster of webcomics that I keep up with (from gay smut like Starfighter to sweet fluff like Always Raining Here) or the huge piles of mini comics and zines I bought and traded for at the six comics conventions I attended OR the political journalism comics I subscribe to on sites like The Nib and Every Feminism! Comics is a vast, multi-faceted world. Does it have problems? Yes, absolutely. Is it still dominated by white, straight, heterosexual narratives? Yes, but less and less all the time. I read somewhere recently that if you counted all the comic books published on kickstarter as coming from a single publisher, kickstarter now puts out more comics than either of The Big Two. And a huge amount of those books are helmed by queer authors of color, or trans authors, or nonbinary authors. If you spend some time getting to know comics, it will open up around you, offering its many and varied tales. As a professor of mine in grad school said: Comics will love you back.

We don’t have a lot to respond to in this, we were just thrilled to get it and wanted to share it with our readers! Well, actually that’s not strictly true - partly in response to this and partly in response to another recent listener comment, from @missyuka, Flourish wrote a personal essay about her experiences with comics. So go take a peek at that as well...!

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Nominees announced for the 2019 British Fantasy Awards

The British Fantasy Society has announced the nominees for the 2019 British Fantasy Awards, which include a “Best Comic/Graphic Novel” category.

The entrants are selected after two rounds of nominations, and votes are tallied from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon. Winners will be announced Oct. 20 at FantasyCon 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Monstress took home the award for the past two years, but isn’t nominated this year.

The nominees are:

Best Comic / Graphic Novel 100 Demon Dialogues, by Lucy Bellwood (Toonhound Studios) B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis, Tyler Crook & Dave Stewart (Dark Horse) Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, by Mike Mignola and others (Dark Horse) The Prisoner, by Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw (Luna Press Publishing) Saga #49-54, by Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image Comics) Widdershins, Vol. 7, by Kate Ashwin

You can see all the nominees across 14 categories at the BFS website.

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New Single Issues (21/6)

Age of X-Man: Amazing Nightcrawler #5 Aquaman #49 Batman #73 Batman #73 (Variant) Captain Marvel #7 Guardians of the Galaxy #6 Invisible Kingdom #4 Justice League #26 Marvel's Spider-Man: City At War #4 Justice League #26 (Variant) Marvels Annotated #4 Monstress #23 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #7 Nightwing #61 Nightwing #61 (Variant) Sabrina the Teenage Witch #3 Stranger Things: Six #1 Cover A Superman: Year One #1 Superman: Year One #1 (Variant) Uncanny X-Men #20 Unstoppable Wasp #9 Wonder Woman #71 (Variant)