2008 to date – what comics strike your fancy?

Hey Cody - It's "Bastard Road," on page 287. Or online at www.popguncomics.com. Also check out www.bastardroad.com. And if you're on Facebook, look us up and become a fan! Dave's drawing our follow-up for Popgun 3 as we speak. -Brian

I've got to come back and agree on some things. "Invincible" is a book that just keeps getting better, even when I think it's going nowhere. I think, recently, it's been at the top of it's game, even though it's wrapped up some pretty pointless or uninteresting plotlines. I picked up Vol. 1 of Cooke's "The Spirit" hardcover, was blown away, and then ran out to buy as many old Spirit collections as I could. What a talent, what a fantastically perfect comic. POPGUN's 1 and 2 were fun, and I keep them close by as I continually read them and flip through them to find something new. As a comic mixtape, it certainly does it's job. If you want fun, you have fun. If you want serious, you have serious. If you want a ninja platypus, you have a ninja platypus. I will have to go back and find Brian's story. I also really enjoyed marvel finally collecting the "ClanDestine" series in Hardcover, and the recent min-series as well, if only to see Alan Davis draw the Cross-Time Caper Excaliber again. (GENIUS!) I think"Tiny Titans" is a fun, fun series, that I usually zip through grinning like a monkey. Oh, and what about Joe Hill's "Locke & Key"?!!? What a truly fantastic, eerie, scary, creepy, disturbing, fun, leery, twisty comic. I had to tell myself, after the first few issues, I wasn't going to read them any more at night. I'm eagerly anticipating the next volume next January. Though I was blown away by Hill's "Heart Shaped Box", I was skeptical about his comic debut, but man, he's shaping up to be every bit the master storyteller as his father.

Because I'm a shameless promoter, POPGUN volume 2 was very exciting for me (containing my comic writing debut). And overall, I think it's got some great stuff, with far fewer nihilistic downer stories that weighed down volume 1. I buy almost anything by Brubaker. CRIMINAL. DAREDEVIL. CAPTAIN AMERICA. I bought and enjoyed the UNCANNY X-MEN HC, but still felt like I needed Wikipedia to make any sense of the current X-universe - I haven't picked up any other Uncanny since then. Fraction's IRON FIST is a great read, and I'm enjoying his PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL (not a big fan of Pun at all). Kirkman's INVINCIBLE is always solid and I enjoyed Darwyn Cooke's THE SPIRIT more in theory than in practice - gorgeous art but the storytelling didn't really engage me much. Kevin Huizenga's GANGES is a great read. And I've enjoyed discovering Gabrielle Bell lately as well. I'm really looking forward to jumping into the AMERICAN FLAGG! HC and the ZOT! Complete B&W Collection. Haven't read those in 15-25 years. Wow.

I am glad that Geoff made Booster into an actual hero, without taking away or retconning his misadventures in the Keith Giffen pennned issues of the Justice League.

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