Each week, hundreds of new comics hit the shelves, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 4/20/16:
Holy cow this is going to be a deviate ting week. Let’s just get on with it. The sound you hear in the background is just my wallet weeping.
Returning Favorites
Poison Ivy Circle of Life and Death #4– the story has been strong and the art is fantastic. Well worth the $2.99 each month.
Carver Paris Story #3– this has been one of my favorite new small press books in a long time. First issue did well on the secondary market as well.
Haunted Mansion #2– nothing to explain. Tons of Disney fans and people love this ride (and the experience).
Tokyo Ghost #6– Remender is awesome. This book has been such a good read and has changed course twice. Always interested to see where it’s going.
Small Press Gems
Black Eyed Kids #1– this should be a $1.99 book but also suffers from the price error. Creepy modern day urban legend, just look it up on you tube. Now someone has to do a Slender Man comic and I will be a happy camper. Seriously though, this book looks awesome and I wouldn’t even read the PDF review copy because I want to read the floppy.
4 Kids Walk Into A Bank #1– Matthew Rosenberg’s follow up series to We Can Never Go Home. Tons of variants on this but stick to the main cover.
The Fan Favorite
Dept. H #1– People love Matt Kindt this new Dark Horse mystery SCi Fi series is at the perfect home, along with Hellboy and BPRD.
The Retro Gem
Madballs #1– this is selling out all over the place because guys like me loved these as a kid. Super weird book should be fun.
The One Everyone is Getting
Silk #7 J Scott Campbell Variant– These are growers not showers. People love JSC and go nuts for his books. Sure, a ton of these were printed but they are selling out everywhere.
The Money Maker
Dark Souls #1– what do you get when you have an established video game franchise, a book sold out at Diamond, and a small print run? Money.
Small Press Pick of the Week
Sun Bakery #1– hyper Kenetic art on this small press gem. Features variants by two of my all time favorite Indy guys, Paul Pope and Jim Mahfood. If they approve I am all in. Small enough to blow up if it gets heat. so, what is it? Sun Bakery: a one-man Shonen Jump-esque comics anthology from Sharknife creator, Corey Lewis. Each 48 page issue is jam packed with robo space adventure, paranormal skateboarding, breakdancing, and social swordplay. This landmark first issue debuts four new stories: ‘Dream Skills,’ ‘Arem,’ ‘Bat Rider,’ and ‘Freeze.’
The Pick of the Week
Divinity II #1– even though I don’t think this will be the money maker of the week, and just because retailers are not going to be caught surprised by this one, and there will probably be a higher print run on this, doesn’t hold it back from being my pick of the week. Fantastic original character and great story telling. Stick to Cover A. trust me, I fell for the Muller cover last time and it ended up not being worth as much.
That’s it for us this week. Let us know what you are spec-ing on.
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Matt Kindt is the best creator in the medium IMO. His books are always top notch.
Dark Souls #1 suffers from a crap load of variants (10 from what I count). Any ideas on which ones to focus on?
Regular cover. Skip the shop variants.
I agree. I’m skipping this one though, have not had much luck with established game comics.
Carver Paris Story us so underrated I think. Such a great read.
Tokyo Ghost is one of Remenders best books currently.
Also, Carver Paris Story #3 came out last week. 😉
Not here.
Weird…. I preordered mine from Midtown and it came yesterday.
Believe it or not we have three different Diamond warehouses in the US. Some stores get their books from one while another store down the street gets theirs from another. Plattsburgh is one
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Diamond sucks….
You are on a different distribution house than we are.
Diamond sucks? Yeah….that about sums it up.
Heh, there’s only one word to describe Diamond 😉
BEKs, sooooo creepy!
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank apparently came into some stores and not others. It isn’t supposed to be put out on shelves until next week, April 27th, I’ve been told. Any truth to this, or what exactly is the case? I’m excited to read it, whether I get it this week or next for sure though!
This is what Matthew Rosenberg has said. He also said that stores can do with it what they want.
Interesting. I’m on a work trip and stopped in a shop where the employee told me about the week delay. They then made it a point to say how they already read it and it was really great. It was like she was rubbing in my face that as an employee she got to read a comic they won’t put out for another week. Needless to say, next time I go on a trip to this city I’ll go to the other shop I like.
We have stacks of “4 Kids Walk in to a Bank”, but none for you.