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March 11, 2016
Atomic Books Comics Preview - March 11, 2016
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.
Declaration Daddies #1
by Sandra Gaybuns / Benjamin Spanklin / Daddy Sam
If the phrase "Founding Fathers" sends you into a dizzying, homoerotic fantasy, Declaration Daddies is for you. Warning: ADULTS ONLY!
Power Button #0
by Zack Soto
Adatra finds herself transformed into an Omega Knight to fight off an alien invasion, and then placed in a pocket of unreality for storage and later use. It's the beginning of a new sci-fi epic, rich in pinks and purples.
Samurai #1
by Jean-François Di / Frédéric Genet
In case the title wasn't enough of a clue, this is the first issue in a gorgeous, ongoing samurai series. Samurai is a beautiful sword-based, feudal Japan epic.
Tommy #1
by John Ulloa / Al Bondiga / Juan Navarro
This issue marks the start of a depraved "cereal killer" series. Tommy is haunted by his evil rabbit who convinces him to do terrible things. Or is he? Is Tommy simply trapped in a rabbit-based Son of Sam scenario? Either way, Tommy is a deplorable, depraved and funky new series.
Woody Guthrie And The Dust Bowl Ballads
by Nick Hayes
One of America's most important folk-singers, Woody Guthrie gave us "This Land Is Your Land." Hayes' book never misses a note and delivers a rich and beautiful graphic biography of the legend.
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)
