What exactly does it mean to describe something as a “YA graphic novel?” Does it mean that its primary audience is in their early teens? Because Mariko & Jillian Tamaki’s new graphic novel THIS ONE SUMMER may be a perfectly pitched invocation of what it’s like to be one of those awkwardly in-between kids - it is, without a doubt, a graphic novel ABOUT young adulthood - but it’s so richly layered and sensitive, so thoughtful and weary-wise that it feels like it may take a heart tutored in failure and loss and other grown-up sadnesses to fully appreciate its pains and pleasures.

The unadulterated tiger-force, delivered straight from the tiger-source. The two super-lawyers wonder why they never went up against each other back in NYC, and so do we…Ĭonor Stechschulte’s graphic novel debut is a strange little incantation, a quietly funny nightmare in black & white - the sort of book that lingers in the back corners of your mind. Now, as bonus content for the COSMIC TRIGGER theatrical Kickstarter, you can hear comics favorite curmudgeon spend an hour kvelling about the importance of Wilson’s particular brand of visionary oddball sci-fi.Ĭharles Soule & Javier Pulido continue making us smile with their latest issue of She-Hulk, taking the jolly green she-giant over to San Francisco to see Daredevil - making for an obviously perfect crossover. Robert Anton Wilson has had an outsized impact on comics sci-fi as one of the prime influences of two of its major writers: Alan Moore and Grant Morrison. Alan Moore Interview on Robert Anton Wilson

Come for the comedy, stay for the wild sci-fi ideas and propulsively energetic storytelling.ģ9. Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Doop be damned - this may be the most fun book that Marvel is putting out.

The Moon Is Up by Mariko Tamaki