Today's entry in the A-Z of comic books I just keep going back to is Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. An older one for sure, but the edgy kid me loved it, and when the store opened, I read again for the first time in years, and was surprised by how much of it still resonated with me. Yeah, there's a lot of edge, but there's also spectacular art and creative criticism of how people explore and interact with the arts. I suppose there are plenty of reasons why this is still a book that folks just love...
Well done @jhnenvee
Love this one so much! Also a big fan of Squee 🖤
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There's a lot of shiny new things to grab #NCBD#NCBD, but this wee book has me fascinated! Not usually the kind of thing I'd go for, but the fire concept, the aesthetic, even the presentation of the book, all have me excited to find out more!
On the A-Z list of comic books that are weird enough for me to remember, this here comic book is exactly why I keep going back to Ice Cream Man!
I'm not quite so ill today, so the next part of the A-Z of comic books that have meant something gets a full shout-out! Home Sick Pilots showed me just how good both @danpgwatters & @caspar_wijngaard could be! Wasn't my first experience of their work, but first together, and the one I use as examples of just how good they are! Plus, it's really fun to describe what this book is about...
The A-Z continues with Grommets! I'm feeling very ill, so you're not gonna get much from me, but if you're an ex-skater kid, of a certain age, I'd say this one could land just as well with you.
If not? It's still a damned fine book!
Tonight finds me in Leeds, waiting to see the @dead.pioneers and I'm already having a killer night!
I've already spoken at length, on multiple videos about just why FML gets its spot in the A-Z of smaller press books that have stayed with me, and I think every comic book punk, outcast, anarchist, and scene kid needs to go and find copies of it...
I swear, it's pure coincidence that I'm once again promoting @thatjacobphillips & Chris Condon, but the A-Z of books I've loved continues with The Enfield Gang Massacre. I LOVED That Texas Blood but this is a true Western, and one that understands the flaws and falsehoods of the Great Man theories we're so used to seeing in that kind of story, and skewers them. It also muddies the water in who the heroes of this kind of story can be, but is perfectly clear when it comes to the villains...
Good morning #comicbook fans! Two of my favourite creators, @thatjacobphillips & Chris Condon have dropped the latest #DCVertigo book, and if you want a hard boiled noir tale, full of twists and mystery, I think this might do the job!