Staying on top of your favourite comics can be difficult, especially if you have an otherwise incredibly busy life. I know I can barely remember to put on pants when I meet the medicine delivery person at the door (because I also can’t remember to actually pick stuff up when I am out). For those of us with scattered brains and busy lives, trade paperbacks and graphic novels are the best way to enjoy comic books and the medium as a whole.
Among the many trade paperbacks and graphic novels being released this week (February 21, 2018), the following are the ones we are looking forward to the most. Let us know which ones you are eager to pick up, which titles you never miss, and which ones you’d like us to review in the future!
DC Universe by Neil Gaiman
Written by: Neil Gaiman
Art by: Kevin Nowlan, Mark Buckingham, Simon Bisley, Andy Kubert, Mike Allred, and Matt Wagner among others
Coloured by: Alex Sinclair, among othersNeil Gaiman is a master of almost all literary mediums, including comic books. This trade collects several of Gaiman’s best stories for DC, including Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader, Wednesday Comics #1 through #12, Batman #686, Detective Comics #853, and Secret Origins #36 among others. Full disclosure, I’m a huge Neil Gaiman fan, so I may be a bit bias when I say that this is a must own for any DC fan, but it’s not too far of a stretch.
Mother Panic Vol 2: Under Her Skin
Written by: Jim Krueger, Jody Houser
Art by: Phil Hester, Shawn Crystal, John Paul Leon, Ande Parks
Coloured by: Tommy Lee Edwards, Dave Stewart, and Jean-Francois BeaulieuMother Panic (aka socialite Violet) is the newest vigilante to hit Gotham’s streets. After a tragic event strikes someone she once saved, Violet becomes introspective, re-examining her mission and revenge-based motivations. As she struggles with this inner conflict…Read more.
via Geeks in Art