The penultimate Saturday in January 2023 has arrived, and it introduced Weekend Reading 145 alongside for the go to! You know the drill right here at Stately Beat Manor: we’ll be holding up with an enormous stack of books and getting misplaced within the pages (not less than till Monday arrives).
What will you be studying this weekend? The Beat needs to listen to from you! Let us know, proper right here within the remark part or over on social media @comicsbeat!
AVERY KAPLAN: This weekend I’m going to be studying Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Then so far as prose goes, I’ll be re-reading The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. I’ve City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room in a single quantity from the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition line. These editions function new written introductions in addition to luscious covers by up to date cartoonists, replete with French flaps that embody more room for paintings. Auster’s New York Trilogy will get an introduction by Luc Sante and a traditional pulp-inspired cowl by legendary cartoonist Art Spiegelman, together with a hand-drawn map of Manhattan on the again.
DEAN SIMONS: I’m studying the sequel to Adrian Tchaikovsky’s novel Dogs of War – Bear Head. Set on Mars a number of a long time after the Earthbound occasions of the primary e-book, Bioforms (engineered animal hybrids) have develop into considerably extra accepted – however issues could be turning backward… Reminds me of a number of the finest 2000 AD serials. On the comics entrance I’m revisiting Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball. I first learn the manga as a younger teen, which served as my introduction to Japanese comics method again within the 2000s. First arc stays a bit plodding however subsequent arcs stay traditional, entertaining, page-turners. Up to vol. 6.
TAIMUR DAR: I’m an unabashed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan however these days I’ve been on a TMNT kick greater than typical these days rewatching episodes of the varied cartoons, films and documentaries. To that finish, this weekend (which additionally occurs to fall into my birthday) I’ll be trying out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History by Andrew Farago from Insight Editions and The Art of Teenage Mutant Turtles, the hardcover Dark Horse revealed whereby Ciro Nieli recounts growth of the Nickelodeon sequence.
ADAM KARENINA SHERIF: The festive season is commonly Star Wars season for me, and between lastly watching Obi-Wan Kenobi [good] and Andor [great], the season has prolonged longer than typical. With the galaxy nonetheless holding my curiosity, I’ve determined to lastly check out a prose novel. I’ve chosen Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig as a result of it takes place between Return Of The Jedi and The Force Awakens, which I really feel is amongst probably the most fascinating and nonetheless under-considered elements of the timeline.
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