I Am Kryptonite!
I am the killer of comics. Whenever I pick up a new series it will always face problems.
In theory I’m currently buying 6 regular series. I should be able to buy one or two comics every week and yet I haven’t visited a comic shop since the beginning of December. I’m getting withdrawal syndromes.
Tuki: Save All Humans.This is the latest series by Jeff Smith, the acclaimed writer/artist of Bone (which I thoroughly recommend to everyone because for many years it was famous as ‘the comic you give to non-comic readers to get them into comics!’). Jeff injured his wrist and it’s been almost two years since issue 3 came out.
Karnak. A Marvel comic, so it should have a reliable release date… but no! This is written by the amazing Warren Ellis and due to rumoured home-life problems with the artist, the comic has taken 12 months and so far only 5 issues have appeared.
Miracle Man: The Silver Age. I have a lovely flier for this: ‘Marvel Comics presents Miracle Man, coming April 2016’. So far, apparently due to legal reasons, this has yet to appear. However due to the long legal history of this comic (and I can bore you to death with that) another year or so to get this amazing thirty year old story in print would not be too much of an extra wait!
Empire 3. Even French ‘BD’s (Band Designees) hate me! I love Empire. It’s a series I discovered in Brussels in June of 2015. Two issues of this steampunk Napoleonic tale were published, then the third issue apparently disappeared.
Providence and Cinema Paradiso. Both written by Alan Moore and therefore worth waiting for. Both by small publishers, so you sort-of forgive the length of time between issues, however it is just weird not having an excuse to visit the comic shop for months on end.
In theory I’m currently buying 6 regular series. I should be able to buy one or two comics every week and yet I haven’t visited a comic shop since the beginning of December. I’m getting withdrawal syndromes.
Tuki: Save All Humans.This is the latest series by Jeff Smith, the acclaimed writer/artist of Bone (which I thoroughly recommend to everyone because for many years it was famous as ‘the comic you give to non-comic readers to get them into comics!’). Jeff injured his wrist and it’s been almost two years since issue 3 came out.
Karnak. A Marvel comic, so it should have a reliable release date… but no! This is written by the amazing Warren Ellis and due to rumoured home-life problems with the artist, the comic has taken 12 months and so far only 5 issues have appeared.
Miracle Man: The Silver Age. I have a lovely flier for this: ‘Marvel Comics presents Miracle Man, coming April 2016’. So far, apparently due to legal reasons, this has yet to appear. However due to the long legal history of this comic (and I can bore you to death with that) another year or so to get this amazing thirty year old story in print would not be too much of an extra wait!
Empire 3. Even French ‘BD’s (Band Designees) hate me! I love Empire. It’s a series I discovered in Brussels in June of 2015. Two issues of this steampunk Napoleonic tale were published, then the third issue apparently disappeared.
Providence and Cinema Paradiso. Both written by Alan Moore and therefore worth waiting for. Both by small publishers, so you sort-of forgive the length of time between issues, however it is just weird not having an excuse to visit the comic shop for months on end.