Saturday is right here, and it’s introduced Weekend Reading 162! We know this gained’t be stunning, however we’ll be spending the time till Monday holed upside Stately Beat Manor, misplaced in a very good guide! What are you planning on studying this weekend? The Beat needs to listen to from you! Let us know, right here within the remark part or over on social media @comicsbeat.
AVERY KAPLAN: This weekend, I’m testing Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth with illustrations by Sara Lautman. I hadn’t heard of this prose novel, however my partner Rebecca Oliver Kaplan introduced me a duplicate from New York City and I can’t wait to test it out. The guide not solely opens with a map but additionally features a “This Book Belongs to [BLANK]” web page, so even earlier than making it to the primary phrase of the primary chapter, I’m already being gained over. Then so far as comics go, I’ve one other present, this time from The Beat’s Managing Editor Joe Grunenwald: Diary of a Girl Next Door: Betty by Tania del Rio, Bill Galvan, Bob Smith, and legendary letterer Jack Morelli. I’ve by no means learn this 2014 prose/comedian hybrid, and I’m desirous to amend that omission!
TAIMUR DAR: Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending the US Book Show the place I acquired to see Bone creator Jeff Smith. I met him as soon as earlier than at my first NYCC in 2007, however this was my first time seeing him since I joined The Beat. I can’t specific sufficient how influential Bone was on me as a child rising up. Then, in fact, I dug RASL as an grownup. While on the US Book Show, I picked up a duplicate of TUKI: Fight for Fire so I’ll lastly be studying one other Jeff Smith traditional.
DEAN SIMONS: To unwind from lengthy days (and late nights) of analysis and deadlines I’ve been studying extra of the Cinebook translations of Franco-Belgian favorite Edgar Jacobs’ Blake & Mortimer. I completed The Yellow ‘M’ [La Marque Jaune], and jumped straight on to its comply with up Atlantis Mystery [l’Énigme de l’Atlantide] translated by Jerome Saincantin. Originally serialised in Le Journal de Tintin between March 1955 and May 1956, Atlantis Mystery includes the invention of the misplaced civilisation. I went into the guide chilly and actually loved the sudden soar from gorgeously rendered pedestrian journey to mind-blowing on the market ‘50s science fiction. Very entertaining.
REBECCA OLIVER KAPLAN: The queer sports activities graphic novel from Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous, Grand Slam Romance, seems to be the week’s MVP with Team Beat, and I’m wanting ahead to checking it out this weekend. With Pride Month simply across the nook, I additionally plan on studying a queer comix traditional, Howard Cruse‘s Stuck Rubber Baby. And lastly, some time again I discovered a duplicate of Afterglow, written by Pat Shand, with artwork by Ok. Lynn Smith and lettering by Jim Campbell. The cat on the quilt appears to be like precisely one of many Kaplan cats making the comedian the right alternative for Caturday.
CY BELTRAN: Last weekend, I had an incredible time testing Chicago Zine Fest over within the West Loop, and grabbed a ton of cool comics from some nice folks! So with the lengthy weekend, I’ll be attempting to make my by means of all (or most) of them, with work from Andrea Bell, Hink, Anna Jo Beck, Caroline Cash, Jess Kuczynski, Ben Marcus, Maria Iqbal and Bryan Baynes (of the implausible Bubbles fanzine). Please try the hooked up web sites/Instagrams for some implausible comics! And then if I’ve time, I’ll be studying Stephen King’s Night Shift, naturally.
You can peruse the 161 earlier entries in The Beat’s Weekend Reading archive by clicking right here. Weekend Reading is edited by Avery Kaplan.
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