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December 22, 2015
Atomic Books Comics Preview - December 22, 2015
In the weekly Atomic Books Comics Preview, Benn Ray highlights notable new comics, graphic novels, and books.
Benn Ray is the owner of Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore. He also runs the Mutant Funnies Tumblr.
Atomic Books has been named one of BuzzFeed's Great American Bookstores, as well as one of Flavorwire's 10 greatest comic and graphic novel stores in America.
Fight Frogs #2
by Jimmy Giegerich
Jimmy Giegerich's Fight Frogs are back, and this time they're battling the preppy Shit Sharks. Now with more fights!
Lucifer #1
by Holly Black / Lee Garbett
Picking up where the old series left off, and just in time for the premiere of the new FOX TV series of the same name, Lucifer returns to Earth at the same time that God is discovered dead. The Archangels send Gabriel after Lucifer, but if Vertigo comics have taught us anything over the years, it's that angels are bigger dicks than devils.
Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat #1
by Kate Leth / Brittney Williams
If you watched the Netflix series Jessica Jones and were left wanting more of Jessica's best friend Patsy Walker, this new series delivers just that.
Revenger Is Trapped
by Charles Forsman
In this stand-alone issue, Revenger finds herself trapped in a pit, fighting her way out and then fighting a bunch of hillbillies. Did I mention fighting? There's a lot of fighting.
Test Tube
by Carlos Gonzalez
Test Tube is the sort of grimy, surreal comic, full of odd characters and odder ideas, that make underground comics so appealing. It's page after page of 6-panel grids, with each panel loaded with fascinating visual litter surrounding the characters living their lives in a mysterious city.
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, Mutant Funnies
also at Largehearted Boy:
other Atomic Books Comics Preview lists (weekly new comics & graphic novel highlights)
Online "Best of 2015" Book Lists
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Book Notes (authors create music playlists for their book)
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
WORD Bookstores Books of the Week (weekly new book highlights)
