A SMATTERING OF THINGS I LIKE ABOUT JANUARY 2012 COMICS
Sincerest Form of Parody
KC Carlson looks at books in the new Previews including Fantagraphics’ Sincerest Form of Parody, DC’s Showcase Presents Young Love, and Archie’s Kebin Keller #1. He also has issues with solicitation copy and suggests some great books you may have missed.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Great Summer Reading 2011
Fighting American
Westfield’s Wayne Markley recommends some books for Summer reading, including Titan’s Fighting American, DC’s Yossel, and IDW’s Genius, Isolated.
For Your Consideration: Marvel’s Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus
by Robert Greenberger
Marvel’s Omnibus program has generated several worthy collections of material at affordable prices given the sheer volume of material you get between the covers. While most of these have come from the dawn of the Marvel Age, their March release comes from the 1980s and this run of Thor is perhaps one of the best bodies of work produced in modern times.