Pick Of The Week: Recommended Reading From This Week’s New Comic Releases

Another week is almost up and ahead of another new week and more new comics, what are we recommending you pick up from this past week’s new comic book releases? Here’s our pick of two of our favourite titles for your consideration:

Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope (A Wave Blue World)

Contributors: Ryan Cady, Curt Pires and Rockwell White, Konner Knudsen, Steve Niles, Eric Palicki, Jono Diener, Renfamous, Greg Anderson-Elysée, Ethan Sacks and Anthony Breznican, Michael Moreci, Michael Kupperman, Daniel Kibblesmith, Robert Lee, Stephanie Phillips, Natasha Alterici, Deron Bennett, Regine L. Sawyer, Joe Glass, Max Bemis, Erica Schultz, Hagai Palevsky, Aubrey Sitterson, Mario Candelaria, Alisa Kwitney, Joe Caramagna, Matt Miner, Robin Ferrier, Mike Feehan, Valentine De Landro, Isaac Goodhart, Chris Mitten, Sally Jane Thompson, Sebastian Piriz, Josh Hood, Ray Anthony Heightw/Studio Skye-Tiger, Jeff Edwards, Phil Sevy, Emily Pearson, John McFarlane, Zoe Thorogood, Martin Simmonds, Marika Cresta, Creees Lee w/flats by SyoungEe, Yasmin Liang, Chris Peterson, Stelladiaw/flats by Ian Tags, Darren Auck, Nick Pyle, Shawn Daley, Mauricet, Bobby Timony, Rod Reis, George Kambadais, Oliver Mertz, Gab Contreras w/flats by Chefel Peterson, Brennan Wagner w/flats by Sheryl(Anikka) Rodriguez, Shaun Struble, Chris Sotomayor w/flats by Paul Haskell, Andy Poole, Mayday Trippe, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Troy Peteri, Matt Krotzer, Taylor Esposito, Jim Campbell, Cardinal Rae, DC Hopkins, Micah Myers

Anyone can imagine the worst. What takes effort is imagining a future that’s better. If ever there was an anthology that could act as a balm for these last few weeks, it’s this one. Edited by Eric Palicki, Matt Miner, and Tyler Chin-Tanner, Maybe Someday deals in hope and not treating doom as some foregone conclusion.

Whether it’s artist, Mike Feehan, recognizing how much emoticons still have to offer in ‘The Invasion’, or artist, Sally Jane Thompson, creating a Candy Land dream world of bubble guns and Scottish bulls in ‘Allison Wonderland’, no two futures look the same. Some rely on a parallel universe (’50 Percent Solution’) or involve virtual reality (‘A Dangerous Lesson’). Others find time is what’s needed more than technology (‘Birthday Surprise’ and ‘The Garden’), but the overwhelming feeling is that for everything that could go wrong in the future, there’s also a world of possibilities. – Rachel Bellwoar

Getting it Together #2 (Image Comics)

Written by Sina Grace and Omar Spahi

Art by Jenny D. Fine

Emotions run so so very high in Getting It Together #2. While this can be a little dramatic at times, it works to push the story forward by leaps and bounds. Although we’re only two issues into this series, it feels like we’ve been with these characters for years. Writers Sina Grace and Omar Spahi cover so much ground both in plot and in character development. We dig deep into all the personalities involved and I’m loving every minute of it.

Jenny D. Fine’s artwork is a little loose. The basic forms are there, but they’re light on detail. This style works for the story as the focus isn’t on the intricate linework of the local coffee shop so much as the people themselves. Fine’s characters emote. They show how they feel in every single panel. That is what shines through here. – James Ferguson

Read the full review here.