Or changes to my Top-Ten comics
Due to my spouse seeing how much I spend on comics and an urge to buy better comics, I have decided to be super-selective about which superhero comics I read. Harnessing the Awesome Power of Maths, I have determined that I can afford to read 10 ongoing titles. So I get to read 10, and only 10, titles published by either Marvel or DC as well as one trade paperback a week of my choosing.
A complication of this is that I am forced to drop an on-going title if I want to try reading a new on-going title, an act of very tough love. Being financially responsible is the worst.
I will be adding Howard The Duck and dropping Secret Avengers.
Why Howard The Duck: mostly because it’s
something different. Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones are two creators that I’ve
always enjoyed as slightly idiosyncratic. Chip Zdarsky in particular has an
oddly earnest and just, uh, odd sense of humour that seemed like it would fit
well with an oddball premise like an alien duck-man (man-duck?) trying to fit
into a world of disgusting ape creatures by working as a down-n-his-luck
private investigator. I also thought he would bring the funny. And so far
Howard The Duck hasn’t disappointed being an amusing weird comic filled with
duck puns. Which has made for a fun change of pace in my pull list. I do
wonder, a little bit, if Howard The Duck has the staying power to be a comic
I’ll read longterm, or if it is a fun premise I’ll enjoy for a while before
moving on to something else. Still, for now, fun stuff.
Why not Secret Avengers: because Secret
Avengers is over. This is another comic that had its moment in the sun, told
its story, and finished it in a satisfying and enjoyable way. Ales Kot, Michael
Walsh, Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles delivered a consistently uncouth, often
funny, and deeply earnest comic filled with some really powerful moments and
some really smart comics. I will miss
this book both as a reader and as an art critic. I’ll also deeply miss Secret
Avengers take on MODOK whose combination of brilliance, insanity, and
passionate sincerity has been a revelation and something, in a way that I find
kind of worrying, I found myself really relating too. So goodbye Secret
Avengers, goodbye noble Science mutant!
Previously:
Atoll Comics Round 8: The Indestructible Hulk and FF in and Uncanny Avengers out
Atoll Comics Round 7: Young Avengers in and Winter Solider out
Atoll Comics Round 6: Either The Indestructible Hulk or FF in and Batwoman out
Atoll Comics Round 5: Avengers in and Fantastic Four/FF out
Atoll Comics Round 4: Avengers Assemble in and The Invincible Ironman out
Atoll Comics Round 3: Uncanny Avengers in and Ultimate Spider-Man out
Atoll Comics Round 2: Hawkeye in and The Flash out
Atoll Comics Round 1: Captain Marvel in and Thunderbots/Dark Avengers out
Atoll Comics Round 0: The originals
Atoll Comics Round 7: Young Avengers in and Winter Solider out
Atoll Comics Round 6: Either The Indestructible Hulk or FF in and Batwoman out
Atoll Comics Round 5: Avengers in and Fantastic Four/FF out
Atoll Comics Round 4: Avengers Assemble in and The Invincible Ironman out
Atoll Comics Round 3: Uncanny Avengers in and Ultimate Spider-Man out
Atoll Comics Round 2: Hawkeye in and The Flash out
Atoll Comics Round 1: Captain Marvel in and Thunderbots/Dark Avengers out
Atoll Comics Round 0: The originals
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