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September 28, 2011
Atomic Books Comics Preview - September 28, 2011
In the weekly Atomic Books Comics Preview, Benn Ray highlights notable new comics and graphic novels.
Benn Ray is the owner of Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore. The Mobtown Shank is his blog, and his comic Said What? is syndicated weekly in the Baltimore Sun's B-Paper.
Atomic Books was recently named one of Bizarre Magazine's 51 geekiest places on the planet, as well as one of Flavorwire's 10 greatest comic and graphic novel stores in America.
Battle Kittens: The Art Of R. Dart.
by Rebecca Dart
If you like kittens, and you like battles - you'll love the genius of this collection of Rebecca Dart's art which pairs the two at long last!
Bumble-Ardy
by Maurice Sendak
Maurice (Where The Wild Things Are, In The Night Kitchen) Sendak has his first new book in years.
Dawn Of The Bunny Suicides
by Andy Riley
Another fun compendium of suicidal bunny gags.
Holy Terror
by Frank Miller
It's been roughly 25 years since Frank Miller used Batman to show that comics can be more than childish nonsense. With Holy Terror, he seeks to undo all that. This neo-fascistic terror-porn is perfect filler for folks who miss Fox's right wing torture snuff fantasy 24. It's delicious, anti-PC, '90s-era reactionaryism (complete with an unnecessary Michael Moore swipe) in a Sin City vein. And whoever made the decision that this should not be a Batman comic, because it's pretty damn Batmanish, has my undying gratitude.
Love and Rockets: New Stories #4
by by Los Bros Hernandez
One of the best Love & Rockets ever. Look, it's a hard series to know where to start, just pick this book up and go from there.
Questions, concerns, comments or gripes – e-mail benn@atomicbooks.com. If there’s a comic I should know about, send it my way at Atomic, c/o Atomic Books 3620 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211.
Atomic Books & Benn Ray links:
Atomic Books website
Atomic Books on Twitter
Atomic Books on Facebook
Benn Ray's blog (The Mobtown Shank)
Benn Ray's comic, Said What?
also at Largehearted Boy:
other Atomic Books Comics Preview lists (weekly new comics & graphic novel highlights)
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Book Notes (authors create music playlists for their book)
guest book reviews
Largehearted Word (weekly new book highlights)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
