Dean’s Top Picks

Best of the past week: Prophet #22 – This was just as fun as I thought it would be.  Don’t let the unwise numbering fool you, this is only the second issue of a VERY new reader friendly reboot of Prophet.  I love the world building that Brandon Graham and Simon Roy are doing as John Prophet finds his way across this future-Earth that has turned into a wasteland of sorts. Weird machines.  Aliens?  Mutated insects.  Animals that crap concrete.   The whole thing has a very Jack Kirby – Kamandi vibe to it.  Catch up now and enjoy it!  Runner-up: Wolverine and the X-Men #6

Most anticipated this week: Orc Stain #7 – Where have you been, my pretty?!?!?  This has been so delayed that I honestly worry that my comic shop might not have a copy for me, but there’s always digital and there won’t be any keeping me away from James Stokoe’s crazy orc-world that is full of all sorts of zany animalistic contraptions.  But, this is a LOADED week for lovers of creator-owned comics and there are about 5 other comics to get seriously excited about.

Other picks: Scalped #56, Spaceman #4, The Unwritten #34.5, Hack/Slash #13, Vescell #6, The Walking Dead #94, Amazing Spider-Man #680