Actual, Physical Printed Comics
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chuckroGhost-Spider (volumes 1, 2) The hero formerly known as Spider-Gwen bounces between fighting crime on her home world and attending college in the main Marvel universe. While the pacing is occasionally a little rocky (and some things that seem like they’ll build up to something big are suddenly dropped), these are fun superhero adventures.
Sex Criminals (volumes 5, 6) - I had lost track of this series and went back when I realized it had ended and properly resolved. (Honestly, through most of volume 5, the series had lost track of itself.) The resolution of the series is pretty good, wrapping things up on a bunch of levels, but it never reaches the level of creativity the first volume presented. The tone does manage to stay consistent, though, and they manage to make some characters surprisingly sympathetic.
Giant Days (volumes 7, 8, 9, 10) - This continues to move through the college lives of the various characters and the often-hilarious DRAMA involved in such times. It’s delightful. And very British. I’d totally recommend picking up the first volume of this series and reading as much as you want to.
Lumberjanes (volumes 15, 16, 17) – While the adventures of the Roanokes continue to be entertaining (and they keep track of many of the previous plotlines so characters can reappear and interact), I kinda hate the current set of artists. Honestly, the art quality jumps around a lot over the course of the series, and what might otherwise be a really engaging story can be really hurt by painful art styles. That said, I loved the quest for “The Good Spatula.”
Rat Queens (volume 8) – I also was not crazy about the art quality here—did they have four different artists over the course of six issues? Also, they only had a handful of clever bits over that time, and a lot of repetitive nonsense. This is another series that started off with a lot of promise and then lost track of what (if anything) it was trying to do. In this case, they mostly did the same things over and over but made less sense each time. I’ll likely buy the last volume just to see how the series ends, but I’m not sure how much I’d recommend anything after the third volume and series reboot.
Sex Criminals (volumes 5, 6) - I had lost track of this series and went back when I realized it had ended and properly resolved. (Honestly, through most of volume 5, the series had lost track of itself.) The resolution of the series is pretty good, wrapping things up on a bunch of levels, but it never reaches the level of creativity the first volume presented. The tone does manage to stay consistent, though, and they manage to make some characters surprisingly sympathetic.
Giant Days (volumes 7, 8, 9, 10) - This continues to move through the college lives of the various characters and the often-hilarious DRAMA involved in such times. It’s delightful. And very British. I’d totally recommend picking up the first volume of this series and reading as much as you want to.
Lumberjanes (volumes 15, 16, 17) – While the adventures of the Roanokes continue to be entertaining (and they keep track of many of the previous plotlines so characters can reappear and interact), I kinda hate the current set of artists. Honestly, the art quality jumps around a lot over the course of the series, and what might otherwise be a really engaging story can be really hurt by painful art styles. That said, I loved the quest for “The Good Spatula.”
Rat Queens (volume 8) – I also was not crazy about the art quality here—did they have four different artists over the course of six issues? Also, they only had a handful of clever bits over that time, and a lot of repetitive nonsense. This is another series that started off with a lot of promise and then lost track of what (if anything) it was trying to do. In this case, they mostly did the same things over and over but made less sense each time. I’ll likely buy the last volume just to see how the series ends, but I’m not sure how much I’d recommend anything after the third volume and series reboot.
