SHUT IN THEATER: Weekend Studying 166
Midsummer has arrived, and it introduced Weekend Studying 166! As is our customized, the Beat Elite shall be spending our weekend inside Stately Beat Manor, misplaced in guide.
What is going to you be studying this weekend? The Beat needs to listen to from you! Give us a shout-out, proper right here within the remark part or over on social media @comicsbeat, and tell us what you’re pondering.
AVERY KAPLAN: This weekend I’m testing TaleSpin: Flight of the Sky-Raker and Different Tales (The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 2). There are tons of creators who labored on this thirteen-story assortment, which incorporates comics created from 1990 – 1997. Whereas there’s a excessive chance that a few of these tales shall be re-reads for me, I don’t suppose I’ve had the possibility to learn people who have been beforehand printed solely exterior america. Plus, whereas I loved the primary quantity of the collection, this second entry features a “Timon and Pumbaa” story.
CY BELTRAN: Undecided how a lot I’ll be studying this weekend, but when I discover the time I plan to take a day on the ALA Annual Convention in Chicago and take a look at among the unbelievable cubicles (and hopefully snag a number of attention-grabbing ARCs!). I’ll even be attempting to wrap up Stephen King’s The Lifeless Zone earlier than taking a break from his books for slightly bit… I’ve been actually having fun with them thus far however I believe I have to verify among the different books out on my to-read listing as a little bit of a breather.
TAIMUR DAR: Between the Final Universe making a comeback this week in Final Invasion #1 and revisiting the unique Final Spidey issues, I’m feeling nostalgic for these early Final Marvel books. After I acquired again into comics, Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch have been simply wrapping up The Ultimates 2. So this weekend I’m going again to take a look at the commerce assortment of the primary Ultimates collection they did. Likewise, I’ve been on a Mark Russell kick currently and with Delight Month coming to an in depth, it appears becoming to learn his acclaimed Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles comedian miniseries with artist Mike Feehan.
DEAN SIMONS: I’ve a variety of comics to learn for analysis and different issues however recreationally I shall be making extra headway with my 2000AD backlog of weeklies. I’m as much as September 2022’s Prog 2298 which has a neato cowl by Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague. Progs 2298 and 2299 see the wrapping up of the most recent batch of serials, notably the precise finale of James Peaty and Paul Marshall’s entertaining scifi romp Skip Tracer which began all the way in which again in 2018’s Prog 2081. After a particular zombie-themed Prog 2300, the comedian begins a brand new batch of serials.
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