A Descent into Dullness

Giant Days #30: Written by John Allison, Pencils by Max Sarin, Inks by Liz Fleming, Colors by Whitney Cogar & Letters by Jim Campbell.  Daisy & Ingrid get more stable, while Susan & Graham get found out.

Astro City #47: Writer Kurt Busiek, Artist Mike Norton, Lettering & Design John Roshell & Sarah Jacobs of Comicraft & Color art Peter Pantazis.  G-Boy!  A man with all the powers and strengths of a Corgi dog!
Doom Patrol #8: Writer Gerard Way, Penciller Nick Derington, Inker Tom Fowler, Colorist Tamra Bonvillain & Letterer Todd Klein.  When a woman loves her anthropomorphized former house pet too much.

the Wicked & the Divine #31: Writer Kieron Gillen, Artist Jamie McKelvie, Colourist Matthew Wilson, Letterer Clayton Cowles & Flatter Dee Cunniffe .  Woden plots something against Dio and Inanna while Amaterasu tries to reach out to Sakhmet.  And a Pantheon member dies.

Astro CIty #45: Writer Kurt Busiek, Artist Brent E. Anderson, Lettering & design John Roshell & Jimmy Betancourt of Comicraft & Color art Peter Pantazis.  The 70s iteriation of Mr.Cakewalk/Jazzbaby/the Bouncing Beatnik/the Hopping Hippy/etc Glamorax and the probably origin of the Broken Man.

Heroines #2: Creator/script/art Ted Naifeh & Letters Taylor Esposito.  The female hero team goes on their first planned mission.  Which is basically a success despite killer robots, a villain in a patriotic banana hammock and someone getting shot.

Saga #44: Artist Fiona Staples, Writer Brian K. Vaughan & Lettering/design Fonografiks.  The freak-show result of human/centaur fucking.

Shutter #29: Writer Joe Keatinge, Artist Leila Del Duca, Colorist Owen Gieni & Letterer John Workman.  A montage of flash forwards showing glimpses of the next thirty years.

Lumberjanes #39: Written by Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh, Illustrated by Ayme Sotuyo, Colors by Maarta Laiho & Letters by Aubrey Aiese.  Trickster spirits can be such assholes.

Saucer State #2: Writer Paul Cornell, Artist Ryan Kelly, Colorist Adam Guzowski & Lettering Simon Bowland.  T-minus 1 year to "official" alien arrival.

Mirror #6 & #7: by Emma Rios & Hwei Lim. So I thought this was an all separate new story, but its a prequel to the first arc. But lots of far-future world-building.
Monstress #11:Written by Marjorie Liu, Illustrated by Sana Takeda & Lettered by Rus Wooton. Maika has a chat on the past with a chained Fox lord.
Invincible #135: Writer Robert Kirkman, Penciler & inker Ryan Ottley, Colorist Nathan Fairbairn & Letterer Rus Wooton. Mark, Allen and their allies manuever for the final battle against Thragg and his army of offspring.

Astro City #43: Writer Kurt Busiek, Artist Brent E. Anderson, Lettering & design John Roshell & ALbert Deschesne of Comicraft & Color art Peter Pantazis. The return of purple meta guy, confirmation that Mr. Cakewalk is an earlier version of the Bouncing Beatnik and the origin of the Gentleman.

Dark Horse Presents #33: E-i-C Mike Richardson. "TooMuchCoffeeMan", "Trekker", "Finder" and a story told entirely in Gorillas On the Cover pages.

Dark Horse Presents #27: EiC Mike  Richardson.  More McNeil "Finder", Andrews/Nixey "the Black Sinister", Levitz/Hamilton "Brooklyn Blood", Gordon/Hampton "Once & Future Tarzan" and more.

Jem & the Holograms #20: Written by Kelly Thompson, Art by Meredith McClaren, Colors by M. Victoria Robado & Letters by Shawn Lee.  Look, Jerrica, I know Riot of the Stingers is a pretty pretty lad.  But he is a jerk.  So do not have Jem date him.  Plus Rio.  You are not actually two people Jerrica!  BAD JERRICA!

Astro City #40: Writer Kurt Busiek, Guest artist Carmen Carnero, Lettering & Design John Roshell & Jimmy Betancourt of Comicraft & Color art Peter Pantazis.  Lawyerly negotiations and contract law for the super-natural super-hero set.

Howard the Duck #11: Writer Chip Zdarsky, Penciler Joe Quinones, Inkers Joe Rivera & Marc Deering with Joe Quinones, Colorists Jordon Gibson with Joe Quinones & Letterer Travis Lanham.  Wait, is this the end?  I thought it was going to twelve?  Huh, I guess that is the end.  For now...
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #13: Writer Ryan North, Artist Erica Henderson, Color artist Rico Renzi & Letterer Travis Lanham.  Enigmo's Take-Over!  The Abduction of Ant-Man!  Squirrel-Girl Reconnects to the Internets!  Canada Bashing! 

Southern Cross #7: Story Becky Cloonan, Art Andy Belanger, Colours Lee Loughridge & Letters Serge LaPointe.  How nice, more cosmic space horror mystery.  With a single survivor from the missing "Southern Cross" arriving at Titan.

Resident Alien: the Man With No Name #1:  Script Peter Hogan & Art Steve Parkhouse.  Also nice, a new chapter/mini of Hogan & Parkhouse's mystery solvin' alien small town doctor.  With more government conspicarcy-ing.

Astro City #38:  Writer Kurt Busiek, Artist Brent E. Anderson, Lettering & Design John Roshell & Jimmy Betancourt of Comicraft & Color art Peter Pantazis.  1929s Astro CIty with a little more of the Blasphemy Boys and introducing pulp-era capes Cloak of Night, the Five Fists, Yankee Sheikh (and a hunch-backed mad scienctist foe I'd like to see more of) and the issues main attraction Jazzbaby.  Who may have been Mr. Cakewalk?  Which makes me wonder if she/they are an era-specific entity and thus maybe connected to the Bouncing Beatnik?
Doom Patrol #1:  Writer Gerard Way, Artist Nick Derington, Colorist Tamra Bonvillain & Letterer Nick Derington.  I was pretty much sold on this new semi-Vertigo Young Animal launch title just by Gerard Way writes Doom Patrol.  And it is gloriously almost incomprehensibley weird.
Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #4:  Written by Chynna Clugston Flores, Pencils by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Inks by Maddi Gonzalez, COlors by Whitney Cogar & Letters by Warren Montgomery.  All the groups are now in vacation house for the never-ending birthday party.  And maybe have a plan to break the spell holding them all.  Of course there are still TWO whole issues to go so complications must ensue.

Invincible #129: Writer Robert Kirkman, Penciler & Inker Cory Walker, Colorist Nathan Fairbairn & Letterer Rus Wooton.  A trip back to Earth, after a brief visit from Eve's alien ex.  Who is a big ol' dumb butt.  And on Earth Eve has a run-in with Anissa.  Much angry Eve is what we're saying.

Astro City #36: Writer Kurt Busiek, Art Ron Randall, Lettering & Design John Roshell & Jimmy Betancourt of Comicraft & Color art Peter Pantazis. A nice enough end to a Jack-in-the-box story arc.  Really it probably suffers from the incredibley high bar of the previous Jack arc.  Though Mr. Drama was pretty A+ golden-age style villain.

Lumberjanes #27: Written by Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh, Illustrated by Ayme Sotuyo, Colors by Maarta Laiho & Letters by Aubrey Aiese.  Adventures with giant birb and magical kittehs.

Dark Horse Presents #23: By various, Chief Editor Mike Richardson.  Some Tarzan and Mr. Monster and Finder and Space Jungle Girl.

Giant Days 14: Created & written by John Allison, Pencils by Max Sarin, Inks by Liz Fleming, Colors by Whitney Cogar & Letters Jim Campbell.  The search for off-campus housing that is not horrible.  Or too expenisive.  Or full of silverfish.

Survivors' Club #8: Writers Dale Halvorsen & Lauren Beukes, Artists Ryan Kelly, Mark Farmer & Peter Gross, Colorist Eva De La Cruz & Letterer Clem Robins.  The Survivors continue to confront their personal demons while all reuniting at the House.  Well those who survive confrontations.

The Wicked & the Divine #19:  Writer Kieron Gillen, Artist Jamie McKelvie, Colourist Matthew Wilson, Letterer Clayton Cowles & Flatter Dee Cunniffe.  The Underground Faction manage to recruit Dio, but lose Minerva back to Ananke's pawns Baal, Sakhmet and Amaterasu.
Rat Queens #16: Writer Kurtis J. Wiebe, Artist Tess Fowler, Letters Ed Brisson & Colors Tamra Bonvillain.  The remaining Queens are back in Palisade and re-meeting old hook-ups, friends and family.  Or ARE they?  'Cause maybe there is a doppelganger infestation going on.

Howard the Duck #7: Writer Chip Zdarsky, Guest Artist Kevin McGuire, Color Artists Joe Quinones with Jordan Gibson & Letterer Travis Lanham.  So She-Hulk has hired Howard & Tara to find a missing client.  And they recruit Peter Parker thru Spider-Man to help.  And then Matt Murdock, Distric Attorney gets involved because of said client.  And then they all have to go to find some dinosaurs, which means getting a ride from Steve Rogers to the Savage Land.  So all that and did I mention dinosaurs drawn by Kevin McGuire?

Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In: Script Evan Dorkin with Darah Dyer, Art Jill Thompson & Letters Jason Arthur.  So in addition to supernatural battling cats, this one-shot also has Jill Thompson drawing raccoons.  And a demon-haunted house.  But mainly raccoons and cats.

Bee & Puppycat #10: Written by Patrick Seery, Illustrated by Ji in Kim & Letters by Warren Montgomery.  Man I can't even remember how long its been since the last issue.  Here Bee learns a valuable lesson in letting the past go from her job trying to patch together a planetoid.  And bonus story "Fairy PuppyCat" by Ko Takeuchi and translated by Mami Harada.
Giant Days #13: Written by John Allison, Pencils by Max Sarin, Inks by Liz Fleming, Colors by Whitney Cogar & Letters by Jim Cambell: A return to Tackleford with SGR guest appearances from Esther's previous BFF Sarah Grote and Eustace "the Boy" Boyce.

Survivor's Club #7: Writers Dale Halvorsen & Lauren Beukes, Artist Ryan Kelly, Colorist Eva De La Cruz, Additional Inks Mark Farmer & Letterer Clem Robins:  Everyone's horrors look to be coming out with the group split between the Hellgate Video Game and the Haunted House.

Lobster Johnson: the Forgotten Man: Story by Mike Mignola & John Arcudi, Art by Peter Snejbjerg, Colors by Dave Stewart & Letters by Clem Robins:  Hobos!  Sewer Cannibals!  Gunplay!

Knights of the Dinner Table #230: Development Team Jolly R. Blackburn, Steve Johansson, Daved S. Kenzer, Brian Jelke & Barbara Blackburn.  Oh man, this HackJack flipping scheme of Brians is becoming his most disastrous.  I mean it looks like it will disrupt everyone's GaryCon experience and possibly crash Bob & Sheila's relationship in addition to being a giant financial loss.

Prophet: Earth War #3: Story by Brandon Graham & Simon Roy, Art by Grim Wilkins, Colors by Joseph Bergin III & Lin Visel & Letters by Giannis Milonagiannis.  An assassination mission by one of the young Prophets, Diehard & Rein the Space-Lizard-Girl does not go to plan.
The Wicked & the Divine #18: Writer Kieron Gillen, Artist Jamie McKelvie, Colourist Matthew Wilson, Letterer Clayton Cowles & Flatter Dee Cunniffe:  Persephone is back from the dead and Baphomet is jail breaking the Morrigan.

Rat Queens #13: Writer Kurtis J. Wieve, artist Tess Fowler, letters Ed Brisson & colors Tamra Bonvillain.  The important thing to take away from this issue is the inclusion of a coal-powered super sled.
Invincible #125: Writer Robert Kirkman, penciler & inker Ryan Ottley, colorist Jean-Francois Beaulieu & letterer Rus Wooten.  So Mark pretty much entirely gives up on non-alteration of the past at this point.
Pretty Deadly #6: Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, artist Emma Rios, colors Jordie Bellair & letters Clayton Cowles.  Back from hiatus and several generations further along in time.
Shutter #17: Writer Joe Keatinge, artist Owen Gieni, colorist Leila Del Duca & letters John Workman.  I feel like they could have replaced about half the covers for this week's books with the characters giving someone an angry finger.

Giant Days #8: Written by John Allison, illustrated by Max Sarin, colors by Whitney Cogar & letters by Jim Campbell.  I refuse to accept this issue's theorem that it is possible to watch too much Friday Night Lights.
Lumberjanes #20: Written by Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh, illustrated by Carolyn Nowak, colors by Maarta Laiho & letters by Aubrey Aiese.  No problems that can't be solved by talking things out and impromptu rock concerts.
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake: Card Wars #6: Written by Jen Wang, pencils & letters by Britt Wilson & inks & colors by Rian Sygh.  You're saying Marshall Lee WASN'T the Floop Master all along?  Whaaaaaaaaat?

Secret Six #8: Writer by Gail Simone, artists Dale Eaglesham & Tom Derenick, colors Jason Wright & letters by Travis Lanham:  Even by Secret Six standards this is poor decision making.
Astro City #29: Writer Kurt Busiek, artist Brent Anderson, lettering & design John Roshell, Albert Deschesne & Jimmy Betancourt of Comicraft & color art by Peter Pantazis.  A day-in-the-life of a young student from one of those alien civilizations Earth heroes always have to stop.

Jem & the Holograms #9:  Written by Kelly Thompson, art by Emma Vieceli, colors by M. Victoria Robado & letters by Shawn Lee.  A masquerade party where Stormer the Skeleton and Kimber the Shark kiss and make up.  So adorbs!
Godzilla in Hell #5: Written and illustrated by Dave Wachter.  The Big G triumphantly finishes his tour of Hell by embracing the tenets of Buddhism I guess?

Dark Horse Presents #16: Editor Mike Richardson.  New Mingola written and drawn Hellboy story and another chapter for Carla Speed McNeil's Finder.