COMICS
READ in 2013: 807
COMICS
READ IN 2014:
JAN.
74
FEB.
89
MAR.
99
APR.
54
MAY
161
JUN.
93
JUL.
105
AUG.
65
SEP.
129
OCT.
96
NOV.
104
DEC.
110
Total
comics (including graphic novels) read in 2014: 1179
I READ 807 comics in 2013, but upped my game in 2014 to read a whopping 1179 comics - that's nearly 100 comics a month! Listen to my podcast HERE where I discuss the best and worst that I read last year. Below are my lists.
Cheers, Dann
BEST of
2014:
Lynd
Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts (Library of America,
2010) *****
Featuring
Gods’ Man (1929), Madman’s Drum (1930), Wild Pilgrimage (1932), Prelude to a
Million Years (1933), Song Without Words (1936) and Vertigo (1937)
Blue Is The Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010, 2013) *****
Stray
Bullets: Über Alles Edition (Image, 2014) *****
-
originally published in Stray Bullets
#1-41 (El Capitan, 1995-2005, 2014)
Writer/artist:
David Lapham
Stray
Bullets: Killers #1-3 (Image, 2014)
*****
Writer/artist:
David Lapham
Rachel
Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow Of Death
(Abstract Studio, 2012) ****½
-
originally published in Rachel Rising
#1-6 (Abstract Studio, 2011-12)
Writer/artist:
Terry Moore
Rachel
Rising #7-25 (Abstract
Studio, 2012) *****
Writer/artist:
Terry Moore
Miracleman #1 (Marvel, 2014) *****
-
originally published in various comics (1954, 1956, 1982, 1985)
Writer:
Mick Anglo/Artist: don Lawrence, Mick Anglo (1954, 1956)
Writer:
Alan Moore/Artist: Garry Leach (1982, 1985)
Miracleman #2 (Marvel, 2014) *****
-
originally published in various comics (1954, 1955, 1982, 1985)
Writer:
Mick Anglo/Artist: Don Lawrence, Mick Anglo (1954, 1955)
Writer:
Alan Moore/Artist: Garry Leach (1982, 1985)
Miracleman #3 (Marvel, 2014) *****
Writer:
Alan Moore/Artists: Alan Davis & Garry Leach
Miracleman #4 (Marvel, 2014) *****
-
originally published in various comics (1983, 1984, 1989)
Writer:
Alan Moore/Artists: Garry Leach, Alan Davis
Miracleman #5-6 (Marvel, 2014) *****
-
originally published in various comics (1954-55, 1983)
Writers:
Alan Moore, Mick Anglo/Artists: Garry Leach, Alan Davis, John Ridgway, Mick
Anglo, Don Lawrence
The
Spirit #4-5, 9 (Kitchen
Sink Comix, 1984-85) *****
Writer/Artist:
Will Eisner & friends
Death (Vertigo, 2014) *****
-
originally published in a bunch of different comics (Vertigo, 1989-2003)
Writer:
Neil Gaiman/Artists: Dave McKean & many others
Andre
The Giant: Life And Legend (First Second, 2014)
*****
Writer/artist:
Box Brown
Maximum Minimum Wage (Image,
2013) *****
-
originally published in Minimum Wage Book
One, Minimum Wage #1-10 (Fantagraphics, 1995-99)
Writer/artist:
Bob Fingerman
Minimum
Wage #1 (Image, 2014)
****
Writer/artist:
Bob Fingerman
Minimum
Wage #2 (Image, 2014)
****½
Writer/artist:
Bob Fingerman
Read a
forthcoming blog at for my thoughts on this excellent comic.
Minimum
Wage #3 (Image, 2014)
****½
Writer/artist:
Bob Fingerman
Minimum
Wage #4 (Image, 2014)
*****
Writer/Artist:
Bob Fingerman
Minimum
Wage #5 (Image, 2014)
*****
Writer/Artist:
Bob Fingerman
Minimum
Wage #6 (Image, 2014)
****½
Writer/Artist:
Bob Fingerman
Graphic
Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely (DC,
2014) *****
- some
pieces originally published as Batman:
Scottish Connection (writer: Alan Grant, 1998); The Kingdom: Offspring #1 (writer: Mark Waid, 1999); Batman And Robin #1-3 (writer: Grant
Morrison, 2009), The Sandman: Endless
Nights (writer: Neil Gaiman, 2003); The
Invisibles Vol. 3 #1 (writer: Grant Morrison, 2000)
Tom Of
Finland: The Complete Kake Comics (Taschen,
2014) *****
-
originally published in Kake #1-26
(various publishers, 1968-86)
Writer/artist:
Tom of Finland
Sweet
Tooth #1-25, Vols 5&6
(Vertigo, 2009-13) *****
- originally
published in Sweet Tooth #1-40
(Vertigo, 2009-13)
Writer:
Jeff Lemire/Artists: Jeff Lemire & friends
The
Arrival (Lothian, 2006,
2014) *****
Writer/artist:
Shaun Tan
The
Graveyard Book Vol. 1 (Bloomsbury,
2014) *****
Writer:
Neil Gaiman (novel), P. Craig Russell (adaptation)/Artists: P. Craig Russell
& friends
The
Graveyard Book Vol. 2 (Bloomsbury,
2014) *****
Writer:
Neil Gaiman (novel), P. Craig Russell (adaptation)/Artists: P. Craig Russell
& friends
75.-81. Locke
& Key: Alpha & Omega (IDW, 2014) *****
-
originally published in Locke & Key:
Alpha #1-5 & Locke & Key:
Omega #1-2 (IDW, 2012-13)
Writer:
Joe Hill/Artist: Gabriel Rodriguez
The Sixth Gun Vol. 6:
Not The Bullet, But The Fall (Oni Press, 2014) *****
-
originally published in The Sixth Gun #36-41 (Oni Press, 2014)
Writer:
Cullen Bunn/Artists: Tyler Crook, Brian Hurtt
WORST:
Image
Firsts: Low #1 (Image, 2014) DUD
Writer:
Rick Remender/Aritst: Greg Tocchini
Chesty
Sanchez #2 (Antarctic Press,
1996) DUD
Writer:
Steve Ross/Artists: Scott Michaud & Jayne Wu
Arrow
Special Edition #1 (DC, 2012) DUD
Writers:
too many/Artist: Omar Francia
East
MeetsWest #1 (Innovation,
1990) -*****
Writer:
Paul Ppower/Artist: Paul Ppower & friends
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