Comics and graphic novels

[Nolan]

I recently got 3 volumes of CRIMINAL as a present. Don't know how they went under my radar but I enjoyed them immensely. Quickly bought all other books I could find by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips and all were great, esp. RECKLESS.

Recently read volume 3 of the deluxe edition, many years after reading the first two mostly because I was confused regarding the content.

For Phillips and Brubaker I'm a big fan of Sleeper and Incognito.

Was disappointed by the Satanic panic Houses of the Unholy

[impulse manslaughter]

Yes, I have these 3 deluxe volumes as well. Also got the 5 Reckless books, the Fade Out, Kill or be Killed, Pulp and where the Body Was. Will look into Incognito and Sleeper as well. Maybe Fatale as well but I wasn't sure I'd like it..

[Nolan]

Fatale didn't really do it for me. It wasn't bad though.

Kill or be Killed, and Where the Body was are both really strong.

For my tastes The Fade Out was good but not essential, and the Reckless series felt like increasingly diminished returns with each book.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Back in the day Robert Crumb was massive influence. Haven't followed much what he has been up to in recent years.. or decades.. but noticed that old man getting his new comic book out even as Finnish translation during 2026!

[Vrenndel]

Recently discovered Jennifer Blood, by Garth Ennis, author of Hellblazer, The Boys and else. Great graphics, although I'm not a huge fan of the story-telling diary/inner monologues.

[NightsAquarium]

Was very saddened to hear that Sam Kieth died in early March. Perhaps best known as the creator of The Maxx, and as the artist on the first arc of The Sandman.

The Maxx was one of the first comics I read once I started exploring the medium beyond Spawn and anything that spun out of Spawn, and coming into that book with the expectation that it was just going to be more of the urban horror and ultraviolence I already liked (based on it also being an early Image book with, at first glance, very similar aesthetics and ideas to what McFarlane was doing) resulted in a serious headfuck. One of those experiences which fundamentally re-write your understanding of not just the art form it is operating within, but art as a whole. A visionary. RIP.