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Trusty Henchman
Dec 23, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Not Drunk Enough Vol 1 & 2
Jen Van Meter's quote on the cover above captures this series perfectly as Tess Stone does an amazing balancing act with this dark comedy...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 16, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Dial H For Hero TP Vol 1 & 2 (2019)
I've had a rough relationship with DC for the past ten years, both as a fan and as a former retailer. In general I've mostly taken my...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: ShortBox: a box full of fun and fine indie comics
I normally wouldn't try a Kickstarter grab bag of various styles like this, at least not for the $70 price tag ($47 for the books, the...
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Trusty Henchman
Dec 2, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Proctor Valley Road TP & The Professor's Daughter GN
Sometimes there's a new Grant Morrison book where you have to wonder why they decided to make something so relatively normal. Partially...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Friday Book One: The First Day of Christmas TP & The Lost Sunday HC
Friday is originally published online over at Panel Syndicate, but I suck at reading comics online so I was really glad to see this...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Rufus Marigold
Rufus Marigold is sort of a melting pot of various sensibilities. Its tone often feels like it's channeling the self-loathing and dread...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Thirsty Mermaids HC
Kat Leyh's Snapdragon was one of my favorite comics to come out over the past few years, and Thirsty Mermaids hits the same high mark for...
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Trusty Henchman
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: White Ash TP Vol 1
White Ash was something I meant to check out a couple years back as it was being released, but well, I meant to check out a lot of things...
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Trusty Henchman
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Arise, Ye Skeleton King Book 1
I Kickstarted this project for a few reasons, but key among them was that it's co-written by the co-creator of Atomic Robo, Brian...
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Trusty Henchman
Oct 14, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Remina HC
I tend to enjoy Junji Ito books more when they're shorter stories as I digest his works as if they were just fever nightmares that he's...
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Trusty Henchman
Oct 7, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park
This is a bit of an odd recommendation as this isn't a comic or webcomic, but instead a collection of various artifacts that are all part...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Paranormal: Death Strikes At Midnight
Sometimes I read a book that I realize I would have loved back in the early 2000s, but for various reasons it just doesn't hit me the...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Ran and the Gray World Vol 1-5 & Tribes of Kai HC
Reading reviews of this online is kind of a hoot because of how divided they are, and for understandable reasons. On one hand the series...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Lavender Jack
I really enjoyed Dan Schkade's work on the series San Hannibal, but I only just now stumbled on this webtoon series of his that's a good...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Queen of the Sea GN
I love Dylan Meconis' work, so I was already expecting to enjoy Queen of the Sea. I absolutely love it though when you pick up a book and...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: We'll Soon Be Home Again GN
We'll Soon be Home Again collects the testimonies of six holocaust survivors and their childhood experiences during their time in the...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits GN HC
I really enjoyed Vera Greentea's Grimoire Noir, so when this popped up on Kickstarter and I saw Laura Müller's beautiful art I figured I...
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Trusty Henchman
Sep 2, 20212 min read
Reading Pile: Cold Blood Samurai TP
Cold Blood Samurai was sort of an indy gem when it popped up in late 2019 as the first issues garnered some solid online reviews....
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Trusty Henchman
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Brindille GN HC
My inability to say no to most Magnetic Press Kickstarter books lead me to back this new project by the creative team of the Love series....
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Trusty Henchman
Aug 26, 20213 min read
Reading Pile: Memorabilia
Expanding on a shorter book titled DKW, Sergio Ponchione offers up an impressive looking homage to five comic creators that have all had...
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