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2019 Image Comics poll week 40 - COPRA, Dead Eyes, Nomen Omen all debut
Hey everyone, a few housecleaning messages before we kick off the new year!
For the past 4+ years we've been running weekly poll threads over here. The idea is very simple: it's a weekly round-up of all Image Comics releases, with an added poll where people can vote on what they read and/or liked.
The voting is mostly window dressing though; the real value is in having a weekly place to discuss, ask questions, and recommend books to each other. We mostly focus on titles published by Image, but obviously discussion about comics published by other (indie) companies is encouraged too, if it seems relevant!
This year might be slightly different though: in order to adapt to the Image audience, I'm going to try to keep this as an ongoing thread, rather than weekly separate ones. The advantage would hopefully be that it allows people who read in trades/a few weeks or months behind to still pipe into previous discussions. Let's see how that shakes out in January - if it doesn't work, let me know and we can revert back to the previous format!
[B]All right, enough navelgazing, let's see which comics released this week![/B]
Creature Tech is getting a collected edition, Crowded is wrapping up its first storyline this week, Errand Boys hits its penultimate issue and will be concluding next month, Gasolina appears to make a sharp turn into 'monsters & submarines territory' this week, Savage Dragon features a Golden Age comic character you might recognise, Unnatural hits the half-way mark, and LOW is back for its final storyline. Don't worry though, it's a 7 issue arc from the looks of it, wowzers!
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[I]Covers for Crowded, Low, and The Walking Dead[/I]
Which comic(s) will you be reading this week? Vote for your favourite! Any titles you're looking forward to in the new year?
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2019 Image poll week #2 - Gunning for Hits & Criminal relaunch
Week 2, and we're getting our first new(ish) series of the year!
Last week's poll was won somewhat convincingly by [B]The Walking Dead[/B] #187, this week offers a lot more contenders though... Vote vote vote get hyped get psyched!
This week: we reach the half-way point for Auntie Aghata's Home For Wayward Rabbits (still the best series title ever), Birthright reaches the end of its current storyline and will be away for a few months, Bully Wars also ends a storyline, Doug Ten Napel's series Creature Tech is getting a full-colour re-release, Die's first issue gets reprinted alongside this week's new one, Hit-Girl wraps up a storyline, The Last Siege ends as scheduled, it looks like Rose is setting up for a final issue next month, and Sleepless is done as well after this week.
New series:
1. [B]Gunning for Hits[/B], billing itself as a music thriller, is set in sketchy 80ies New York. Expect neon and artists with questionable histories in this new series, drawn by MORITAT (who you know from Hellblazer), and penned by actual music producer Jeff Rougvie who worked with David Bowie amongst others. Comes with curated Spotify playlists too. Could be neat?
2. [B]Criminal[/B] returns this week! A real heavy-weight in the independent comics scene, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips are relaunching this one in monthly format, and the first issue is double-sized for good measure too. It's being billed as a good jump-on point for new readers, so if you've never been able to give Criminal a shot, this might be your year.
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[I]Covers for Gunning for Hits #1 and Criminal (2019) #1[/I]