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Susan Lomond must be defeated. Monroe Poole, teenage evil genius, has suffered her greatest humiliation. Susan Lomond, wretchedly popular football star, surpassed Monroe in their high school’s proficiency ranking system, contrary to all laws of reason or rationality. Revenge occupies Monroe’s every waking moment, yet she is somehow thwarted at every turn. The explosion detonates too late, the black hole opens up a few feet to the left, the lightning bolt instead strikes the flagpole. The homecoming dance is Monroe’s last chance to secure Susan’s demise. Will she finally succeed, or will she find that under the light of the disco ball, her obsession has turned from vengeful to something altogether different?
Story: Conor B.
Art: Conor B.
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After whatever the hell 2023 was, I got back into comics in 2024. The Absolute and Ultimate lines helped me get back into Marvel and DC’s output, and I also finally read some stone cold classics, both old and new, like Starman, Gender Queer, 20th Century Men, and Something is Killing the Children. I really love that I can get Silver Sprocket’s books from Comics Plus and Hoopla from my public library, and even though I’m not a New Year’s Resolution person, I definitely plan on reading more of their catalog in 2025 (Caroline Cash’s Peepee Poopoo calls my name!) as well as the back half of Starman, Planetary, finally finding out what actually happened to Krakoa in the X-Books, and keeping up with new titles. (Metamorpho and New Gods were two year end bangers!)
Without further ado, here are my favorite ten comics of 2024
One of the happiest surprises of 2024 was the release of one last issue of Joe Matt’s Peepshow a year after his untimely passing. This comic deals with Matt moving to Los Angeles to pitch a TV version of Peepshow to HBO and deals with similar subject matter as the previous decades of the book like his frugality, personal feelings of inadequacies, and yes, obsession with Asian women. However, occasional distasteful subject matter aside, Peepshow #15 shows a cartoonist’s cartoonist at the height of his craft with impeccably placed sweat beads and speed lines as Joe Matt has another existential crisis. It’s also a love letter to a comics medium with one of Matt’s friends entreating both him and the reader to pore over some of the comics taking up space in his apartment.
In the launch title for DC’s new Absolute line, Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin rebuild and revise the Caped Crusader from the ground up. Absolute Batman takes elements from Frank Miller’s works, various Bat-films, and Snyder’s previous work with the character to create a beefy, working class Batman, who is currently bestie with what might later become his Rogue’s gallery. Scott Snyder and Dragotta take aim at school shootings, the prison industrial complex, and cryptocurrency while having entertaining action and chase sequences. They’re three issues into building a universe, and I’m excited to see where this book goes in 2025.
Rick Remender, Brian Posehn, Brett Parson, and Moreno Dinisio’s Grommets is a semi-autobiographical love letter to 1980s skate and punk culture set in the Sacramento suburbs. Remender and Posehn draw on their own experiences as teenagers while Parson and Dinisio turn them up to eleven with detailed and period-accurate visuals that are something out of Mad Magazine. It’s fun to watch Rick and Brian’s misadventures and the ups and downs of their friendship, especially once a timer is put on it when Rick’s parents tell him they’re moving to Phoenix. The past few issues of the series have been literal bloodbaths as punks and jocks clash, and of course, the cops don’t take the jocks’ side. Grommets really captures how epic, hilarious, and occasionally sad growing up was.
I read Sami Alwani’s Ignatz-winning “The Happy Art” on his Instagram, but it’s also available in the Pulping “Comics on Comics” anthology. “The Happy Art” is a quite meta comic about how hard it is to appeal to different audiences in comics and also about collective thinking, cancel culture, and all that jazz. Alwani portrays himself as a dog, and the story reaches new heights of absurdity with each page. I love the juxtaposition of Gen Z lingo with a fanatical love for comics as a medium, and how it changes styles and POV with each panel. Saehmeh is indeed based, and so is this very accessible comic.
Zoe Tunnell, Sebastian Piriz, and Rebecca Nalty tell a cute queer love story against the backdrop of kaiju attacks in Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special. Kaiju romcom is kind of the perfect subgenre, and Tunnell gives the full progression of the relationship between unemployed burnout-turned-monster chaser Piper and Earth Defense Force soldier Tam from loathing to sweet loving. On the art side, Piriz gets to dig deep into Toho’s library of critters, including a battle royale between Godzilla and MechaGodzilla that shows that building bigger bombs and weapons doesn’t lead to peace, but just more war. It’s also interesting to see the portrayal of the King of Monsters change as the book progresses from something jarring and life-changing to just a reality of life. This could also be a metaphor for the progression of a romantic relationship as well.
Madeline Mouse’s Belly Full of Heart is queer softness, love, and desire in fluid comic book short story format. Mouse uses pomegranates, starfish, cars, Adidas slides, and more as visual metaphors for love. Their vignettes flow from page to page and color palette to palette in a way that feels like a warm hug multiplied by eleven. Belly Full of Heart throws plot out of the window and focuses on feelings and vibes instead. It’s also full of silly humor with “Kissin’ at the beach/Pissin’ at the beach” getting inducted into the kind of rhyming couplet hall of fame. Belly Full of Heart captures the feeling of being 100% yourself around another person as Madeline Mouse rejects rigid panel boundaries and embraces hand lettering to craft one of the most beautiful and gender euphoric comics of 2024.
I know that Midnight Radio technically came out in 2019, but it got a special edition remaster from writer/artist Iolanda Zanfardino so it’s eligible for my “Favorite Comics of 2024” list. Using a distinct color palette for each protagonist, Midnight Radio follows the lives of a diverse cast of characters brough together by a mysterious radio message urging them to be their own authentic selves. There’s a plotline with a healthcare company being responsible for the deaths of many people that was painfully relevant last year, and Zanfardino explores even more social issues like racism, xenophobia, social media addiction, and violence against queer people throughout her story. However, the main draw of Midnight Radio for me was the characters breaking off the shackles of corporate jobs, corrupt cops, unwelcoming families, and societal pressure and finding fulfillment through a variety of types of art, including indie games, music, and more!
Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, and Phil Noto’s Ultimates is anti-imperialist team superhero comic published by the world’s largest entertainment corporation that is also an ode to the single issue. As a collective unit, Ultimates builds to the assembling of Earth-6160’s mightiest heroes and the return of the Maker. However, Camp does the opposite of writing for the trade and gives each single issue its own flair. For example, Ultimates #4 is about Dr. Doom trying to bring the Fantastic Four back and can be read in five distinct ways to tell his tragic story with Noto channeling his inner Dave Gibbons and creating gorgeous symmetry. Deniz Camp and Frigeri connect new takes on She-Hulk and Hawkeye to the violence done towards the indigenous people of the Pacific islands and North America and breathe new life into old school anti-fascists Captain America and Jim Hammond’s Human Torch. Ultimates feels a lot like if Angela Davis wrote the Avengers, and that is a high compliment.
Influenced by comic book history as well as his own experiences as a cartoonist, Chip Zdarsky’s Public Domain is part love/hate letter to the medium and dysfunctional family drama. Public Domain #6-10 shows how the sausage is made with Dallas Comics trying to beat the clock and their new take on iconic superhero, The Domain. Along the way, there are old men arguing at bars, thinly veiled analogues for “star” comic book creators, and a look back at a love affair. Public Domain shows the difficulty of being creative under corporate constraints and also having a personal life while being caught up in the wringer of the comic book industry. It comes across as a real passion project for Zdarsky who crams each issue with visual gags, parodies, and of course, heartfelt moments.
Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, and David Messina’s Ultimate Spider-Man was twelve issues of comic book comfort food as Peter Parker gets his powers as a thirty-something and must learn how to use them in a world undergirded by evil and corruption. In opposition to certain other writers and editors, Ultimate Spider-Man shows that a married with children Spider-Man comic can be compelling. There’s nothing like struggling fighting the Shocker while one kid knows your secret identity, and the other doesn’t and is kind of besties with J. Jonah Jameson. Speaking of Jameson, the story that showcased him and Uncle Ben digging into the Kingpin and Oscorp might have been the single issue of the year as the two old school newspapermen show their work and speak truth to power. On the art side, Checchetto brings a sleek high tech sheen to the suits and fights while not losing that classic Spider-Man charm, and Messina does a good job of holding down the fort in his fill-in issues. All in all, Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) is the Spider-Man comic I needed at 31 like Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) was the Spider-Man comic I needed at 13, and I love that it wrapped up its first year with a dark, Empire Strikes Back type ending.
The worst part of Hell isn’t the flames… it’s the paperwork.
Bug and Grog are pit demons of Hell, and they’ve got it pretty good. Some routine brutality, some quotidian violence, and then they are basically free to do whatever (and whomever) they like. That is, until Grog gets noticed for being frustratingly competent, and ruins the whole thing by being sent to work in Hell’s “upstairs office.” As he tries to navigate a series of byzantine systems and bureaucratic absurdities, Bug tries to navigate the frustration of being left behind. Will Bug learn to accept this new status quo with grace, or do something impulsive and reckless? Spoiler alert: It’s something impulsive and reckless.
Story: Hyena Hell
Art: Hyena Hell
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A sexy sci-fi comedy about the three hottest criminals in the universe.
Haze: shapeshifter/galaxy’s greatest thief.
Blue Lick: catman/brawny getaway driver.
Rat: angel/bombshell hacker.
In a future where humanity was guided by an all-knowing Algorithm to leave Earth behind and colonize the depths of outer space, our three hot thieves plan heists that can’t be predicted by unfeeling computer code. Always on their tail is Inspector Hundred Cold, one of the Algorithm’s robot lackeys built to serve the machine-made status quo that our heroes simply can’t resist toying with.
Story: Alec Robbins
Art: Alec Robbins
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On the Friday before Kate’s 30th birthday, she convinces her friends to go back to her hometown to celebrate. The plan: break into an abandoned house and hold a séance, just like she did in high school. As the friends join hands over the ouija board, an unsettlingly real scream splits the air. What started as a fun way to relive their punk adolescence before accepting the weight of adulthood turns into a night of fleeing bloodthirsty cultists. Can they find a way to get out of the suburbs alive?
Story: Steve Thueson
Art: Steve Thueson
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Like the rush of eating dessert before dinner or the tantalizing allure of itching a mosquito bite, Belly Full of Heart is a quick punch to the gut (romantically). Filled with illustrated vignettes of those moments where time slows and nothing exists except you and them, this collection covers topics such as being held, staying held, and squeezing the ones you love really hard. Read it beneath the blankets or gift it to the person who makes your heart pound.
Story: Madeline Mouse
Art: Madeline Mouse
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Belly Full of Heart
By Madeline Mouse
On sale 12/11/24
Paperback | 40 Full-color Pages | $9.99
7″x 9″ | 979-8-88620-058-4
Like the rush of eating dessert before dinner or the tantalizing allure of itching a mosquito bite, Belly Full of Heart is a quick punch to the gut (romantically). Filled with illustrated vignettes of those moments where time slows and nothing exists except you and them, this collection covers topics such as being held, staying held, and squeezing the ones you love really hard. Read it beneath the blankets or gift it to the person who makes your heart pound.
Bring Me the Head of Susan Lomond
by Connor B.
In this graphic novel debut, Connor B. uses absurdist dark humor to craft a hilarious queer enemies-to-something-more story perfect for fans of The Addams Family.
Susan Lomond must be defeated. Monroe Poole, teenage evil genius, has suffered her greatest humiliation. Susan Lomond, wretchedly popular football star, surpassed Monroe in their high school’s proficiency ranking system, contrary to all laws of reason or rationality. Revenge occupies Monroe’s every waking moment, yet she is somehow thwarted at every turn. The explosion detonates too late, the black hole opens up a few feet to the left, the lightning bolt instead strikes the flagpole. The homecoming dance is Monroe’s last chance to secure Susan’s demise. Will she finally succeed, or will she find that under the light of the disco ball, her obsession has turned from vengeful to something altogether different?
56 full-color pages; 6.5” x 8.75”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-059-1; SRP: $11.99; Release date: 02/12/25
Loud & Smart & In Color
by Alex Krokus
“It’s all about the tasty, clever twists each of Alex’s comics take; those unexpected turns only the funniest kind of sicko could come up with!” – Lisa Hanawalt, Tuca & Bertie
Meet Alex: an internet-addicted raccoon and his misadventures in the big bad city. Each day reveals a new wonder of modern living, from the highs of creating art to the lows of paying rent, captured forever in a four-panel comic. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll like/share/subscribe.
Loud & Smart & In Color collects more than 80 brand-new, weird, wonderful Loud & Smart comics by Alex Krokus in color for the first time.
88 full-color pages; 7” x 7”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-060-7; SRP: $16.99; Release date: 02/19/25
The Confessional
by Paige Hender
In this compelling debut horror graphic novel, a newly turned vampire yearns for salvation in the arms of the priest who uncovers her secret.
New Orleans, 1922. Cora Velasquez lives with her sister and her own haunted memories in a speakeasy run by a vampire coven. Unable to bear the weight of her damned soul, she turns to Father Orville Thibodeaux, a charismatic priest and the object of her hidden desires. Their veiled courtship becomes deadly serious when he discovers her nature, and proposes a way to both slake her thirst and save her soul. So begins the charged dance between an all-powerful but unsure young woman, and the mortal man who claims to hold her fate in his hand.
A gothic story of adoration, power, and manipulation, lushly told in Art Nouveau-inspired illustration.
200 full-color pages; 6.5” x 8”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-061-4; SRP: $29.99; Release date: 03/19/25
Hourglass
by Barbara Mazzi
A stunning coming-of-age graphic novel from cartoonist Barbara Mazzi, exploring the dystopian divide of class difference, the strength of human connection, and what truly makes the heart tick.
The Hourglass is called many things: the perfect machine, the source of all life, the fountain of youth. It promises immortal comfort to the privileged, but it also looms over its creators, trapping them in its cycle.
Martel knows that there are other, inexplicable things that give life meaning, way more valuable than her own immortality. She only feels alive in the stolen moments with Twenty, an assembly worker in the dangerous gears of the machine. Will the differences between their lives tear their relationship apart, or will the Hourglass shatter first? After all, a society built on rejecting these feelings is beyond fragile… it’s a ticking time bomb.
112 spot-color pages; 6.5” x 9”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-062-1; SRP: $15.99; Release date: 03/26/25
The Changeling, Volume 3
by Tina Lugo
The action-packed conclusion to the Changeling manga series! Can Luth control the power of the Dark Star?
Luth was born with the powers of a god locked inside her. With great cost to herself and her allies, she merges with Taa, the Dark Star, and gains access to legendary strength and skill. Using this power, she must return to the home that cast her out and defeat the usurper Sek’see. Peace and balance are within reach… so long as Luth can keep her grip on the volatile and violent urges of the Dark Star.
88 black and white pages; 6” x 8”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-064-5; SRP: $13.99; Release date: 04/23/25
Pinky & Pepper Forever: Special Edition
by Eddy Atoms
After Pinky’s lethal performance art piece, her devoted girlfriend Pepper follows her into death, only to find that in Hell, Pinky is… thriving?!
Pinky & Pepper Forever is a tragic love story meets dark comedy crafted in Atoms’ unrestrained mixed media style. Follow these two puppygirls’ tumultuous relationship and shocking works of art from undergrad to the underworld!
This special edition of the cult hit graphic novel includes added pages, a foil cover, and behind-the-scenes art and extras from Eddy Atoms.
96 full-color pages; 7” x 9”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-034-8; SRP: $19.99; Release date: 04/16/25
The Other Jay & Eve
by Emma Jayne & Ashanti Fortson
Two women and their clones are thrown into crisis in this queer sci-fi graphic novel by Ignatz Award-winning cartoonists Emma Jayne and Ashanti Fortson!
In a society where human cloning became the best way to make some quick cash, reluctant roommates Jay and Eve didn’t hesitate to donate their genes. However, when the two attend a reunion with their counterpart homunculi six years later, an evening to be tolerated becomes a nightmare. Existing tensions between the four women escalate to new heights at the news that, to the original Jay and Eve’s horror, the two clones are engaged to be married. Once the fallout begins, will any of them make it through the night unscathed?
80 full-color pages; 6.25” x 9”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-066-9; SRP: $15.99; Release date: 05/14/25
Done with Demons
by Dora Grents
The mayor of Hell, a reclusive grandma, and her tiny dog try to coexist in this debut graphic novel, perfect for fans of mayhem and mischief!
Boris was the mayor of Hell, but after he was run out of the netherworld by his assistant, he finds himself mistakenly crawling out of a little old lady’s oven. With nowhere else to go, Boris moves in with Granny and Son (her dog) to gather his strength. Could it be that part of this grumpy demon’s heart actually enjoys baking biscuits and making prank calls with Granny? In time, Boris will have to face a dire choice: return to claim his throne in Hell, or stay and call this new place home.
A delightfully funny collection of comic strips about finding acceptance and belonging where you least expect it.
80 black and white pages; 6.25” x 8”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-068-3; SRP: $12.99; Release date: 05/28/25
PeePee PooPoo #100,000
by Caroline Cash
The 2024 Eisner Award Winner for “Best Limited Series!” Caroline Cash’s gay, modern take on the underground comic continues in PeePee PooPoo #100,000.
In this issue: Caroline tackles the big city in “My New York Diary.” Gaze upon the influencers and icons of Fashion Week, party with the terminally cool (and uncool), and figure out what exactly “celebrity” even means now. All this and more in the next issue of your favorite cartoonist’s favorite comic.
As ever, this issue is printed with a cardstock foil cover and a bonus PeePee PooPoo sticker sheet.
48 full-color pages; 8.5” x 11”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-067-6; SRP: $9.99; Release date: 05/21/25
Sweatgasm
by Archie Bongiovanni
Sweatgasm is a sultry game of truth or dare for two or more players, written and illustrated by cartoonist Archie Bongiovanni (Mimosa, Grease Bats).
Put on a hot outfit, dim the lights, and cue the mood music: you’re about to play the wild ride that is Sweatgasm! A queer, funny, and sexy take on the classic “truth or dare” game, perfect for two players or a group of friends. Get to know your lover better, jump-start a play party, laugh at a bar with friends, or have fun in the bedroom with some strangers you just took home. It’s up to you and the other players just how filthy you want to get together!
Sweatgasm includes over 200 truth or dare cards, plus instructions and suggested ways to play. Co-published by Silver Sprocket and Plus One Exp!
220 cards; 4” x 5” box; ISBN: 979-8-88620-069-0; SRP: $29.99; Release date: 06/11/25
Model Five Murder
by Tan Juan Gee
A cyborg solves the murder of a dead detective who wears his same face in this
sci-fi noir graphic novel.
Tansang Loop is a space station with a population of two million, officially speaking. But really, it’s thrice more, including the cyborgs and androids. Io is a Rohm Model Five, a cyborg made with a biomechanical brain and synthetic muscle. While on a routine spacewalk, Io stumbles upon the body of a murdered detective—and improbably, both Io and the detective are Model Fives. Io tries to solve the detective’s last case in order to find out who killed him, but in doing so, may reveal that their lives are more interconnected than meets the eye.
64 limited-color pages; 6.625” x 10.187”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-070-6; SRP: $15.99; Release date: 06/25/25
Everything Sucks: King of Nothing
by Michael Sweater
Michael Sweater combines ’90s animation nostalgia, sitcom antics, and a seasoning of stoner comedy in this hilarious comic collection, including all six issues of the Everything Sucks series along with a gluttony of bonus material.
Noah and Calla are high, hungry, and broke, but that doesn’t stop them from finding the energy to mess things up even more. Between finding mysterious bags of blood-covered money, getting locked out of the house by maliciously smart cats, and nearly drowning in a bar bathroom, there’s barely any time left in the day. They’ll figure it all out in the end… probably.
This jam-packed collection features the entirety of Everything Sucks, including a never-before-seen sixth issue, and bonus sketches, art, and pages from the mind of Michael Sweater.
232 full-color pages; 6.625” x 10.187”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-071-3; SRP: $29.99; Release date: 07/23/25
Hero Cave
by Syd Madia
When the hero continues on their quest, the vanquished dust themselves off and get ready for work the next day. Hero Cave is a dungeon fantasy comic book for the rats, skeletons, and low-level monsters of the underworld.
Skeleton has a pretty easy gig: scare the adventurers that visit Hero Cave, get killed, get back up to do it all again. But there’s only so many times you can be slain and revived before it gets old. They’re losing passion for the job and yearning to finally rest in peace. After a poor performance review with the dungeon’s sinister wizard, Skeleton spirals further into an existential crisis and wild frenzy. Is this all there is for them? Can they really be alive in an undead body? And how can they get out of here?
A hilarious, heartfelt take on the fantasy genre, printed with a foil-accented cardstock cover and vibrant spot color.
48 spot-color pages; 7.5” x 9.5”; ISBN: 979-8-88620-065-2; SRP: $9.99; Release date: 07/30/25
Within these pages, Ashley Robin Franklin leads you through the corridors of the uncanny in eight horror comics that are just begging to get under your skin. Whether set in the arid desert or the rain-soaked forest, these stories reveal the fallibilities of flesh that lurk just beneath the surface. A strange desert flower offers an intoxicating balm to grief, a group of friends invoke an old tale by the campfire, and outside a remote farmhouse, something miraculous and terrible falls from the night sky. Bodies are found, lost, celebrated, borrowed, haunted ― and irrevocably changed.
Story: Ashley Robin Franklin
Art: Ashley Robin Franklin
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