These books were some of my absolute favorites growing up. Thanks for giving me an excuse to reread them!

I have grave doubts about this gritty reboot of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

I feel like the show would have fared better as a miniseries, something with a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end. Although the characters were often weak and inconsistent, what really killed the series for me was the pacing—the action finally ramped up in the last two episodes, but until that point much of…

This reminds me of China Mieville’s wonderfully weird Kraken, which featured a Trek-obsessed warlock. He was haunted by the ghosts of hundreds of versions of himself he had murdered “teleporting” himself.

I have such mixed feelings about Providence. I’m enjoying it, but in that same nerdy and obsessive catch-the-reference way I enjoyed the later League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books. At the same time, I have to admit that pretty much nothing has happened in the first five issues, and the protagonist is unbearably…

Great list! I was actually SHOCKED by how good Afterlife with Archie is, and The October Faction is worth the price of admission for the art alone—it’s like entering one of the good Tim Burton movies. My favorite here is Harrow County, though—Cullen Bunn absolutely nails the backwoods horror vibe, and the story has a…

THANK YOU for this. I’m reading several Marvel comics (Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Silk), but I’m not invested enough in the universe to really understand the big events. And I have been wondering why comics which have only had a few issues so far are suddenly getting new #1s! This helps a lot!