As August arrives, so too does Weekend Reading 172. What will you be reading as you avoid the heat? The Beat wants to hear from you! Let us know, right here in the comment section.
TAIMUR DAR: Chalk it up to falling back in love with Invincible post-SDCC, but I’ve found myself in a bit of a Robert Kirkman kick. I’ve always admired the prolific creator but I find myself with a better appreciation of his work. To that end, I’m diving into the deep end with different Kirkman projects. Since I dig Invincible, the first volumes of Astounding Wolf-Man and Super Dinosaur from Kirkman and artist Jason Howard seem like good starting points. Likewise, a few Invincible regular characters like Cecil and Donald debuted in his Brit series with artist Tony Moore so I’m also going to read the first trade collection. Moreover, after the first season of the Invincible animated series was released, I started reading the comic but stopped around the halfway point when life got in the way. While I remember most of it, I’ve started reading Invincible from the beginning with the goal of finishing it by the time the second season debuts towards the end of the year.
CY BELTRAN: In between volumes of Ms. Marvel and whichever Stephen King book I’m on this week (Cujo still), I’ve remembered that six months ago I was reading thru a large chunk of 90s X-adjacent books, and so I’ve jumped back into that with The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, by Scott Lobdell and Gene Ha (with a talented group of inkers and letterers). I’m a big fan of this mini as it is, but it’s been interesting watching Cable’s backstory and connection to the Summers family.
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