We break down the comic book news from the last week of January, discuss our favorite books from January 23rd, talk about next week, Kickstarter and a recent trend of multiple writers on a single comic book.
THE NEWS
Kickstarted comics saw a boom in 2018
Venom Fans Baffled by Ted Bundy
Free Comic Book Day reveals!
DC Ink (YA) and DC Zoom (middle grade) plus
Marvel: FCBD Avengers
TOP BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK
Connor Justice League Annual #1 and Heroes in Crisis #5 (w) Tom King & (a) Clay Mann
Dave Journey into Unknown Worlds #1 and JL Annual #1
Forrest Wyrd #1 (W: Curt Pires, A: Antonio Fuso) and Age of X-Man Alpha #1 (W: Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler A: Ramon Rosanas) and Quick shoutout: Shanghai Red TPB
ComicBookRoundUp Hex Wives #4 - 9.2 and Justice League Annual #1 - 8.9
TRENDING NOW: It takes two (or three, four, more!) to tango: it seems like there are more and more series coming out with multiple writers on one issue. Uncanny X-Men, the new Marvel miniseries from the McElroy family, Avengers: No Surrender and it’s sequel No Road Home, the unannounced Scott Snyder/Charles Soule book - do these books provide a good break from the monotony of one writer for too long, or do they suffer from too many cooks in the kitchen? The Signal Scott Snyder, Tony Patrick
TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK
Connor Daredevil #1 (W) Chip Zdarsky and (a) Marco Checchetto
Dave Age of X-man Marvelous X-Men #1 (W) Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson (A) Marco Failla
Forrest Conan #3 (W: Jason Aaron, A: Mahmud Asrar)
JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
Connor: Batman #428 Cover C ACE Entertainment Exclusive Mike Mignola
Dave: Daredevil #1 (Jamal Campbell Cover)
Forrest: Tony Stark: Iron Man #8 (Alexander Lozano)
WEEKLY SOAPBOX: [FORREST] The simple joy of seeing artists do what they love on social media (Riley Rossmo, Daniel Warren Johnson, Becky Cloonan, Emily Pearson, Revenge of the Nerds shop)