Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Julia Wertz’s latest autobiographical comic puts all the rest of them — Drinking at the Movies, Museum of Mistakes (to be rereleased next month), The Infinite Wait and Other Stories — into new context. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story is 300-plus pages of deceptively simply, impressively...

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Self-Published Good Omens Graphic Novel Announced

As longer-term site readers know, I loved the Good Omens TV show. Season 2 now has a release date (July 28), and the latest news is that Neil Gaiman, the Terry Pratchett Estate, and Colleen Doran are creating a graphic novel version that will be self-funded via Kickstarter. Doran, a long-time co-creator...

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Holmes Coming

I’m a fan of “Sherlock Holmes in the modern era” stories. I love the way they illustrate how the detective character is timeless while making entertainment out of the culture clash between the Victorian era and today. The latest version I’m aware of is the novel Holmes Coming, published at the end of...

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Sheffield Holmes, Adventure in a New Generation: About Major Holmes & Captain Watson

This article originally appeared in Sherlock Holmes magazine issue #11, Winter 2022/23. Writer Jeff Rider launched the original Sherlockian comic book, Major Holmes & Captain Watson, via crowdfunding. The four-issue miniseries, illustrated by Ismael Canales, funded through two rounds in fall 2020...

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I’m on the News Talking About Free Comic Book Day

One of the local channels, NBC 15, sent a camera to Westfield Comics for Free Comic Book Day yesterday. Here’s the coverage on their website, where I’m quoted in the text article. The video there aired at 9 PM. I’m not in it, but I was in the 10 PM video, as seen here. from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/tf51m3p Sourced...

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Returnability Returns at Oni Press

Oni Press, promoting the release of Lamentation #1, has announced both returnability and a secret bonus initiative variant cover. They’re acting on the principle that selling to comic readers means selling to retailers first. Launching this month, Lamentation is a three-issue horror miniseries written...

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It’s Free Comic Book Day Today!

Today is the national comic book store holiday, Free Comic Book Day! Stop by a participating retailer to get some free comics — and maybe buy something, as retailers do put money into this promotion. I’m happy that my local store, Westfield Comics, is one of those participating in the Ant-Man and The...

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Exclusive: Drifters Returns in Dark Horse Omnibus

Dark Horse has announced that they will be releasing Drifters Omnibus Volume 1. The series, by Kohta Hirano (Hellsing), inspired the hit anime. This new edition will reprint the first three volumes of the action-fantasy epic in a supersized, value-priced collection. Dark Horse Manga originally released...

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Animal Rescue Friends

Young readers might enjoy these slight stories about kids helping animals, but overall, Animal Rescue Friends is bland. It’s written by Gina Loveless and Meika Hashimoto and illustrated by Genevieve Kote. Maddie finds a lost dog in the park and takes it home. Since her apartment building doesn’t allow...

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