Digesting Comics February 2015
08 Feb 2015 - Nic Ho Chee
- Black Science continued with it's Lost In Space meets Time Tunnel vibe. It is up to issue 11 and should have the second collected works out in the next few months.
- East of West recently restarted after a short break, with Jonathan Hickman delivering his own take on the collision between religious apocrypha and the American Dream.
- Rebellion have started releasing more American format comics, mashing the tech-style from the film Dredd 3D with old-school Mega-City to create a new continuity which kicks off in Dredd Uprise.
- Abe Sapien 19 and Hellboy and the BPRD: 1952 2 remain solid. I've been enjoying "Abe's Odyssey" through his unfolding post-apocalyptic world and Hellboy:1952 followed the eponymous hero as a teenager on his first mission with the BPRD. Two great reads.
- Mark Millar and Frank Quitely have restarted Jupiter's Legacy after a hiatus. Quitely's fragile, almost alien artwork made the excessive power wielded by the heroes and villains a shock each time they were manifest. The series would be worth reading for the artwork alone, paired with Millar's writing this was a blatant win. The BBC recently followed Frank Quitely as he worked on one of the earlier issues, the programme may be still available on iPlayer here.
- Moon Knight 11 was just released, it isn't Warren Ellis, but it is still readable with a new story arc for the main protagonist.