*Insert X-Files theme here*

I’m going to go ahead and assume that most of you did not pick this book this week. You really should have. Go on, run up to the local comic shop, it’s ok. I’ll wait.

Sunday First Runs: Better Living Through Chemistry

Well, here is a series which came out several months back but has yet to put out a second issue. I am hoping it will be rectified soon and I’ll get to continue reading this great comic. If, however, that doesn’t happen I would still suggest giving this one a read through.

“The Chemist” is the freshman offering of Jay Boose, a Pixar animator who has thrown his hat into the ring of comics. It’s being published by Image, but to say it’s being released sporadically would be an understatement.

Suburban Glamour. Prepare to increase your indie cred.

A tale of Magic, Mystery, and Underage Drinking. That is what is promised on the back cover of the first issue of this new 4 issue series from Image. It delivers on that promise, I will grant it that. This book is a fun read from”Phonogram“co-creator Jamie McKelvie, it does however suffer from a few problems.

Spawn: Your creator is still with you.

Todd McFarlane is a genius. No, not in the writer sense; but in the artist, the creator, the visionary sense.

About a week ago I headed towards a local comic store (Anime Hurricane which carries a great comic selection along with some assorted weeaboo stuff) to pick up a copy of Omega: The Unknown #1. I had missed out on it the previous week and asked them to order it for me. They told me I had to wait another week which was fine with me. I Got my weekly purchases and chatted it up with other customers. I got into a conversation with one of them about Spawn.

Besides obviously mentioning Alan Moore’s AMAZING Spawn #8 (pick it up, very easy to find), we talked about the very best of the series and how McFarlane had influenced comics since his debut. He recommended Spawn #10 to me. I didn’t pick it up that week since I needed the cash I had left, but I did yesterday. It is one of the best issues of any series I’ve ever read. For those that don’t know, Spawn #10 was written by Cerebus creator Dave Sim, who collaborated on the issue with Todd McFarlane. Basically, all you need to know is that Cerebus shows up (anything else would ruin the issue for you) but there is one line in it that spoke to me.