April has come and gone and it's hard to believe the year is now over 1/3 of the way finished. I had more of a return to form this past month, though I find myself still reading an abnormally low number of indie books. This month also seems me dabbling more with digital comics, something that I think will be a trend as the year goes on and I work more from my computer and less with paper books. I'm not keeping a digital versus print count--yet, though it's something I may consider doing soon.
This month also features a new category, Single Issue Superheroes, as I expect to be reading more indie superhero stuff digitally, and thus not in a collected form.
That all being said, let's see how April 2011 shaped up for me in terms of my reading plans...
Indie Books (2)
- Zombie Tales: Good Eatin' by Various Writers and Artists
- How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden
Manga/Manhwa (14)
- 20th Century Boys Vol 4 by Naoki Urasawa
- Chi's Sweet Home Vol 1 by Konami Kanata
- Bleach Vol 9 by Tite Kubo
- Bleach Vol 10 by Tite Kubo
- Bleach Vol 11 by Tite Kubo
- Ranma 1/2 Vol 13 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Ranma 1/2 Vol 14 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Ranma 1/2 Vol 15 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Ranma 1/2 Vol 16 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Ranma 1/2 Vol 17 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Rin-Ne Vol 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Rin-Ne Vol 2 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Rin-Ne Vol 3 by Rumiko Takahashi
- Rin-Ne Vol 4 by Rumiko Takahashi
Mini-Comics/Zines (8)
- Magic Bullet 1 by Various
- Magic Bullet 2 by Various (2011)
- Dogs of Mars 1 by Tony Trov, Christian Weiser, Johnny Zito, and Paul Maybury
- Fried Rice Issue 1 by Sean K. Dove (2011)
- War of the Woods #1 Season 1 by Matthew Petz
- Valentine 1 by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen
- Valentine 2 by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen
- Valentine 3 by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen
Superhero Stuff (7)
- The Mighty Volume 1 by Peter J. Tomasi, Keith Champagne, and Peter Snejbjerg
- The Mighty Volume 2 by Peter J. Tomasi, Keith Champagne, and Chris Samnee
- Flash Rebirth by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver
- Daredevil: Yellow by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol 1 by Geoff Johns and Others
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol 2 by Geoff Johns and Others
- Spider-Man and the Secret Wars by Paul Tobin, Patrick Scherberger, Terry Pallot, and Clayton Henry
Daredevil: Yellow was the best of this bunch, an underrated Loeb-Sale collaboration.
Single Issue Superheroes (1)
- Action Double Feature #1 by Tim Seeley, Sophie Campbell, Dennis Hopeless, and Mike Norton (2011)
This was fun, and I hope to see a second issue soon. See my review for more details.
Erased the Panels
I figured I'd give one of the Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon bio-comics a try, but I found Che to be a dry slog and gave up after awhile. Colon's art is okay for what he's given, but despite death and desperation, there's just no life in the panels. It's like looking up someone in the encyclopedia--you get what you need, but it's not something you want to make a habit of reading. Anyone care to me there's better example of their work, or is this typical?
That was my month in reading for April 2011. How was yours?