Here are 20 monthly comic book series that caught my interest lately.
Off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention…
…all published and / or collected in trade paperback collections in 2014.
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01: RICK REMENDER (writer): „Deadly Class“
ongoing high school thriller / mystery series, Image Comics
02: MARK MILLAR (writer): „Jupiter’s Legacy“
10-issue ongoing mini-series about the children of super-heroes, Image Comics
03: CLAUDIO SANCHEZ (writer): „Translucid“
philosophical and experimental super-hero tale, Evil Ink Comics
04: KEL SYMONS (writer), „The Mercenary Sea“
adventure and espionage, set in 1938, Image Comics
05: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK, „Pretty Deadly“
ongoing horror / fantasy western, Image Comics
06: LARIME TAYLOR (writer), „A Voice in the Dark“
ongoing horror / serial killer drama, Image Comics
07: ALES KOT (writer), „Zero“
ongoing spy thriller, Image Comics
08: KYLE HIGGINS (writer), „C.O.W.L.“
ongoing period drama about Chicago’s super-hero labor union, Image Comics
09: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (writer), „Nailbiter“
ongoing horror / serial killer small town drama, Image Comics
10: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (writer), „Ten Grant“
ongoing supernatural demon-hunter urban fantasy drama, Image Comics
11: JIM ZUB (writer), „Disney Kingdoms: Figment“
limited all ages fantasy mini-series about theme park Disney characters, Marvel Comics
12: ED BRUBAKER (writer), „The Fade Out“
ongoing noir crime drama set in Hollywood in 1948, Image Comics
13: CHRIS MISKIEWICZ, „Thomas Alsop“
ongoing superatural urban fantasy drama – might be whimsical and melancholic. BOOM! Studios
14: SIMON SPURRIER (writer), „Six Gun Gorilla“
ongoing sci-fi western action comedy (?), BOOM! Studios
15: CHARLES SOULE (writer), „Letter 44“
ongoing science fiction thriller about astronauts making first contact, Oni Press
16: RICK REMENDER, „Black Science“
ongoing crazy sci-fi adventure, Image Comics
17: MARK MILLAR (writer), „Starlight“
ongoing (?) golden-age style space opera, Image Comics
18: GREG RUCKA (writer), „Veil“
Urban Fantasy / horror ongoing, Dark Horse Comics
19: KIERON GILLEN (writer), „The Wicked + The Divine“
ongoing supernatural drama about deities, reborn as hipsters, Image Comics
20: JOE KEATINGE, „Shutter“
ongoing Young Adult science fiction adventure, Image Comics
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I’m shocked that so many Image Comics titles made the cut: Image has launched a lot of new series, and reviews / reception has been great for most.
I’m also curious about Brian Michael Bendis‘ mob drama „The United States of Murder“ and Jason Aaron’s „Southern Bastards“.
Bonus:
5 ongoing older (but still recent) series that I want to read soon:
- Tim Seeley: „Revival“
- Nick Spencer: „Bedlam“
- Francesco Francavilla: „The Black Beetle“
- Eric Stephenson: „Nowhere Men“
- David Hine: „Storm Dogs“
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…and all recent ongoing series that I read and enjoy:
- Ed Brubaker: Velvet
- Greg Rucka: Lazarus
- Chris Sebela: High Crimes
- Brian Wood: The Massive
- Brian K. Vaughan: Saga
- Brian K. Vaughan: The Private Eye
- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: Afterlife with Archie
- Matt Kindt: Mind MGMT
- Jonathan Luna: Alex + Ada
- G. Willow Wilson: Ms. Marvel
- Charles Soule: She-Hulk
- Matt Fraction: Hawkeye (his „Sex Criminals“ is okay, too)
- Tom Taylor: Injustice: Gods among us
- Bryan Q. Miller: Smallville
- Brian Azzerello: Wonder Woman
I’m also curious about Geoff John’s „Superman“, Cameron Stewart’s „Batgirl“ and Becky Cloonan’s „Gotham Academy“.
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related Posts:
- my 20 Best Books of 2013 (Link)
- my 20 Best Books of 2012 (Link)
- my 20 Best Books of 2011 (Link)
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
- Essay: “Futter für die Bestie – Literaturkritik in digitalen Zeiten” (Link, German)
and:
- Underdog Literature, September 2014 (Best New York Review of Books titles, Link)
- Underdog Literature, August 2014 (Best Books of the 1980s, Link)
- Underdog Literature, July 2014 (Best New Books 2014: Summer, Link)
- Underdog Literature, June 2014 (Best German Books of 2014, Link)
- Underdog Literature, May 2014 (Best YA Books of 2014, Link)
- Underdog Literature, April 2014 (Best Nonfiction of 2014, Link)
- Underdog Literature, March 2014 (Best Books of Spring 2014, Link)
- Underdog Literature, February 2014 (Best Books of World War One, Link)
- Underdog Literature, January 2014 (Link)
- Underdog Literature, December 2013 (Special Best-of-2013 Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, November 2013 (Special Young Adult Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, October 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature, September 2013 (Special Crime Fiction Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, August 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2013 (Special German Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: December 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: November 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: October 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: September 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Special German Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2012 (Link)
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