The primary Saturday of 2023 has arrived, and it introduced Weekend Studying 144!
Whereas it might be a brand new yr, right here at Stately Beat Manor, we’re nonetheless spending our weekends getting misplaced in a great guide. What is going to you be paging by way of this weekend? The Beat desires to listen to from you! Tell us, both proper right here within the remark part or over on social media @comicsbeat.
AVERY KAPLAN: This weekend, I’ll be finishing my journey by way of Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahaski with the tenth quantity of the Viz Signature launch.
DEAN SIMONS: Lately felt the urge to revisit the mid-‘00s Picture collection Elephantmen. I hadn’t learn it in a while and determined to return to the beginning. One of many issues I get pleasure from about it – other than some very fascinating heady themes – is that Richard Starkings invokes so many references to basic British comics and scifi in these early points with Moritat. Additionally, after a number of weeks’ break, I’m persevering with my readthrough of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura’s Blue Lock (a soccer manga which remains to be surprisingly entertaining for a man who doesn’t have a lot curiosity in sports activities).
TAIMUR DAR: Since subscribing to his Substack I’ve been on a Brian Michael Bendis kick currently. Having been first launched to his work by way of Marvel again within the day, I believed I’d correctly take a look at a few of his non-superhero work I’ve been which means to learn for a while like Jinx, Pearl, and Pleasure Operations.
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