Side Note on Some Comics I've Been Reading

Below are some of the comics I've been spending time reading, when I'm not reading for this challenge.

Phonogram 2: The Singles Club #1 (of 7)
"Pull Shapes"
By Kieron Gillen (Author), Jamie Mckelvie (Illustrator)
Image Comics
32 Pages


“…there are comic titles over the years like Strangers in Paradise, and Stray Bullets hat exemplify the magic that can be produced within the comic book medium for unique and different reasons. Phonogram clearly belongs in that grouping and is my most recent example of just how much fun comic books can be…” -ifanboy




Phonogram 2: The Singles Club #2 (of 7)
"Wine and Bed and More and Again"
By Kieron Gillen (Author), Jamie Mckelvie (Illustrator)
Image Comics
32 Pages


“Just when I think I can’t love this comic any more, Gillen and McKelvie set out to prove me wrong. Rue Britannia was fun to pick apart, and 2.1 was just a cotton-candy bite of pure bliss. but this one made me feel.” -Sarah Jaffe of Newsarama





I Kill Giants
by Joe Kelly (Author), J. M. Ken Nimura (Illustrator)
Image Comics
ISBN-10: 1607060922/13: 978-1607060925
184 pages

"Joe Kelly has written one of the richest character journeys I've read in a good while. By letting us experience the epiphany with Barbara, he's made it an involving story as well. He can do comedy, tragedy, and epic without it feeling inauthentic. Just the right amount of sentiment. Niimura's presentation matches and then enhances that earnestness. The art is loose and fragmented, but always coherent. The murkiness of the watery inks really works for Barbara's mental state. I hope to see more from this team. " -ifanboy.com



Gods & Undergrads Book 1
By Monica Gallagher
Lipstick Press
152 pages

"Lelaina Pentheus is starting her second year at Troy University, and has decided to move on campus and away from home for the first time. Negotiating friends, classes, and crushes is scary enough for the shy sophomore in this coming of age tale. But when her quirks begin to have unusual and frightening effects, Lelaina is forced to confront her unknown past. Characters once lost to ancient mythology pay her a visit, threatening to undo the chasm between gods and mortals, modernity and antiquity, and nearly destroying Lelaina in the process. And just when she started finally making friends and pulling her grades up!" - Atomic Books



Polynothing #1
By Joshua Kemble
Self Published DIY Mini Comic
24 Pages


"I spoke to Josh while he was at his booth. He had a couple other interesting books, but with so many comics to choose from, I was targeting items $5 and under. I chose PolyNothing for $2, which is the beginning of a semi-autobiographical story about losing his father to cancer and "confronting the ghosts of one's past."The way he renders the "ghosts" is really cool, and the sparse dialog gives impact to the story." - The Comics Bin





I suggest you drop by a comic shop or the creators web sites and check these books out.