Comic Exposure

Josh and Trav use the recent re-printing of the 2009 comic “The Nobody” as an excuse to go back and read one of their show favorite creator’s (Jeff Lemire) reimagining of the Invisible Man story.

Josh and Travis finish up the last of their four Absolute books with Absolute Martian Manhunter. Volume one written by Deniz Camp and illustrated by Javier Rodríguez takes the boys down a psychological journey that’s a feast for the eyes.

For their third “Absolute” book, Josh and Trav journey into Jason Aaron’s “Absolute Superman: Volume 1” where they engage with a Superman with a slightly different backstory. Will these changes highlight what is really super about Superman?

The boys pick up a second “Absolute” book after reading Absolute Batman in January to kick off Absolute April. Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman offer a new version of Wonder Woman in Absolute Wonder Woman: The Last Amazon. What elements of the hellish Wonder Woman will hit home for Josh and Travis?

To finish off their run of Western Comics, Josh and Trav dive into a historical fiction shoot’em up that feels like it could be part of Texas history. What will the boys think of Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips prequel to “That Texas Blood”?

In their second Western comic of March, the boys enter town of Dead Acre where the supernatural has a part to play in the redemption of James Crowley. Jaime Castle takes a stab at adapting a novel that Josh very much enjoyed. Will he dig the comic as much?

This week, the boys are sinking their teeth into The Blood Brother’s Mother, a dark and emotionally charged graphic novel that explores themes of the Western.

Garbage men of the future struggle to survive what humans have done to the planet. Oh, and there is a giant mutant goldfish! Hear what the boys think about Stefano Cardoselli’s “Don’t Spit into the Wind.

Josh and Trav finish off the three episode series featuring WWII books. DANIEL ACUÑA and Rick Remender team up for a war book that embraces the brutal action of war…but there is a twist… there are no humans in this book. What will the boys think of this off-center take?

In their second WWII book of the month, Josh and Travis dive into the magical espionage trenches of London in TKO’s book “Witches of WWII”. Paul Cornell’s comic weaves history and fiction in a way that surprises the boys.