im on issue 57
issue 50 the ramadan story was one of the best single issues of a comic ive ever read

@Tha7osavage when we startin???

Y’all read bprd plague of frogs? I have hoopla so much to read.

Y’all should listen to supercontext, fire podcast that examines media including comics

I actually did like a full on read of Mignola's Hellboy stuff in it's entirety. Plague of Frogs was prob some of the best parts of the read so far.

Bet. I got so much to read

Bprd
Paper girls- series on Amazon coming soon
Black hammer
Lazarus
Prophet
Kill or be be killed

Lowkey think that Amazon should be the image hub. They do indie comics very well

Paper Girls was amazing from start to finish. Black Hammer as well, and all the spin-offs they created for it are just as strong. Kill or be Killed was also heat. That was my first time actually reading any Brubaker surprisingly lol

I read a little bit of Lazarus and Prophet, and from the very little that i did peep they were both solid.

You got some great picks tho fasho.

Paper girls crazy so far. It should be stranger things level when it comes out. Kill or be killed reminded me of death note Highkey but more realistic, def needs to be a show.

Black hammer is legendary so have to read but just so much content

Image has just so much content that can be turned into series. Gideon falls, east of west, chew, killadelphia, saga, southern b******s. Best thing is they aren’t just cut and dry superhero series either, more stakes and creativity. Also need an ex machina tv series, would prob be a goat level tv series

100% agree fam. I was in heaven when i first encountered the stuff at Image/Darkhorse/Boom/etc. Like to me all i ever knew were capes comics at DC/Marvel before i found the indies.

What's your top5 for indie series rn? can be on-going or completed series lol. jw

That’s honestly tough to be real with you. There’s so many good series at this point.

I feel like the must reads in terms of hype, people entering the space are:

Invincible
Spawn
Hellboy
Saga
And last one is tough, maybe between Ex Machina, Black Hammer and Deadly Class.

If you’re including Vertigo, sandman and fables gotta be in there for sure

One series I’ve been looking for and can’t find the find the full is Proof. Art is amazing.

What you got?

Black Hammer is the best. I’ve read all the spin offs and main series. Love Jeff Lemire

Good morning comic thread

Those are all must reads for sure.

For me just off top it'd be

God Country
Paper Girls
East of West
Descender
and prob a mix of Seven to Eternity and something like Black Science.

Now that i think about it... Image really got some f***in heat

Is mabi readin or r we waitin onnat bih

Not that avid of a comic book, I've dabbled in some stuff over the years. But enough coming across this thread after just seeing a headline about the latest run of Superman comics not doing well in terms of sales.

What's that all about?

He is. I think let's just have all four issues read by end of this week and we good

Aight BET

I think it's a lot of things. They had like a pseudo-reboot just a few years back in like 2016 i think called DC Rebirth, and tbh the Supes books they had during that reboot were f***ing amazing. Totally changed my mind on the character and what he means. They sorta re-introduced his son (Jon Kent) and the comic series was almost like a really heartfelt Father/Son book.

Now... fast forward a few years, they bring this mf Brian Michael Bendis on to write Superman, and he ends up aging Jon Kent up for no f***ing reason whatsoever. I think this is the point where things gradually started to go bad. Jon Kent as a kid and his interactions with the DC world and his Father were dope, and then they straight turn him into a Teen outta nowhere.

Recently, Jon Kent has come out as Bi in his own book. Doesn't really bother me much except for the fact that it just felt SUPER shoehorned in. I was reading his series, and when news came out about DC's decision to make him Bi, it just felt forced.

SO i think with all that said, these are prob the main reasons why the titles aren't selling. You gotta have the right creators attached to these books who understand these characters and are able to tell new captivating stories... and i think they been lacking in that regard for the last couple years.

hes already teased it in Venom and other books

ZDARSKY BATMAN WHAT

This man does not lose

Currently on a classic Daredevil run and gets to handle the flagship Batman run at the same time

Wait he's taking over the main title!? I know he has that other "the knight" book out, but if he's taking over the main Batman book.... man we in for a treat.

Yeah seems like Williamson only wanted to do 1-2 stories. Chip is taking over in the summer

trying to read maus, loving the story but artstyle is so jarring.

just brought the black monday murders & the hellboy library editions books. excited!