So what’s coming out this week? I’m glad you asked!
Slave Labor Graphics offers the fourth issue of Andi Watson and Simon Gane’s Paris, which has been a real treat. The Pulse has a preview here.
Speaking of treats, Oni delivers the fifth issue of Ted Naifeh’s absolutely delightful Polly and the Pirates. It reads awfully well in chapters, but I suspect it will be just as much fun in collected form.
Not being a big fan of stories where powerful women get brutalized by creepy nebbishes, I wasn’t all that crazy about the last issue of X-Factor (Marvel). We’ll see if Peter David can turn it around this month. It’s looking like a Layla Miller-centric issue, and she’s my second-favorite character after M, so that’s promising.
For the morbidly curious, Tokyopop answers the hypothetical question I don’t recall anyone asking: What if Chuck Austen wrote manga? The cover of the first volume of Boys of Summer suggests a sensitive examination of the character-building power of sport in a young person’s life. And bikinis. Woooo!
I already got my copy of Shinsuke Tanaka’s Wings from Amazon, but it arrives in comics shops tomorrow. I really enjoyed this sweet, beautifully drawn book.