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The best way to promote comics is to talk about them. Share what you're reading. Celebrate what you love. With that in mind, time for my semi-regular rundown of stuff I've been reading recently. #ReadMoreComics

Started a little reread of NAILBITER by @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social, @mikeshenderson.bsky.social, & co. A compelling serial killer mystery that slowly unravels and gets more intense as it goes. If you like the genre this is a must read.

I'm up to G.I. JOE CLASSICS vol. 3 on my reread. By the goat Larry Hama, Mike Vosburg, Steve Leialoha, & co. This volume opens with arguably the greatest comic of the last 50 years. If you never read Joe #21 fix that. But every single issue is perfect. Loved it when I was a kid. Love it more now.

FANTASTIC FOUR vol. 3 by Jonathan Hickman, Neil Edwards, & co. The trick in making good FF is balancing big science ideas with great family dynamics. Sometimes folks are great at one and not the other and it just doesn't quite work. Hickman is the template for how to do it right.

THE SMELL OF STARVING BOYS by Loo Hui Phang and Frederik Peeters. Frederik Peeters might be my favorite cartoonist working today so when I get a new book from him I save it for special occasions. As expected, this is one of the best comics I've read in years. Gorgeous, devastating, beautiful, weird.

And sidenote to any English language publishers reading. Please, please, please pick up the rest of Peeters' books for an English translation. At least someone publish RG and Saint-Elme. I'm begging you.

I read SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW by Brian Azzarello, @jimlee.bsky.social, and co. I would read Jim Lee drawn anything. A phonebook, an ikea instruction manual, my own obituary. Thankfully here we get a wild Superman story which keeps you guessing the whole time. I never saw the end coming.

I read GRAFITY'S WALL from @therightram.bsky.social, Anand RK, @adityab.net, & co. A very early book from Ram that feels very different than what we expect now, but no less compelling. A great treatise on making art no matter what. And Anand's art is stunning. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

I read GIRL by Peter Milligan, @duncanfegredo.bsky.social, & co. Clearly a foundational work for a lot of todays creators. Great characters, amazing tone, wild as hell story. My edition says Black Label but this, to me, is pure Vertigo. Shoot it straight into your veins.

I read SECRET by Jonathan Hickman and the late, great Ryan Bodenheim. I guess I'm in a Hickman mood. Ryan's art really shines in this. It's stylish but never at the expense of story or action. Intriguing, full of twists, and never takes you anywhere you expect in the best way. Thank you Ryan.

And last for now, wanted to spend time with two of my favorites. I reread BATMAN SPAWN. Doug Moench. Chuck Dixon. Alan Grant. Frank Miller. Klaus Janson. And Todd. Hell yes.