Summer Smartass Reading List

Last weekend at HeroesCon, I attended a great panel discussion about breaking into comics. Turns out there are lots of ways in, but there really is only one key: Be a great storyteller … both with words and visually.

I don’t know if my end game is “breaking into comics,” but regardless, becoming a better storyteller and studying how others do it sounds like fun. So, I have gone through my trades … some brand new and some old … and creators I like … some breaking in, some dominating, some no longer with us … to put together the list below. As I read, I’ll jot down my thoughts on what I learned, good or bad, from the books on this list. And, if you want to join me and read along, I would love it.

Up Tomorrow: “Lunchnotes” by Chris Samnee

The List:

• Lunchnotes – by Chris Samnee
• Cavemen in Space by Joey Weiser
• Green Monk by Brandon Dayton
• Queen & Country – Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka (Re-Read)
• Afrodisiac by Jim Rugg & Brandon Maruca
• The Myth of 8-OPUS: The Doomed Battalion by Tom Scioli
• Cow & Buffalo: Superheroes by Matt Maihack
• Area 10 by Christos Gage and Chris Samnee (Re-Read)
• Twilight by Howard Chaykin & Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
• Never Learn Anything from History by Kate Beaton
• Mysterius the Unfathomable by Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler
• Criminal: The Dead and the Dying by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
• Fell – Feral City by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith (Re-Read)
• Mouse Guard Winter 1152 by David Petersen (Re-Read)
• BPRD: King of Fear by Mike Mignola and Guy Davis
• Captain Britain by Alan Davis and Jamie Delgado (Re-Read)
• The Silver Surfer by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (Re-Read)
• Fear Agent 5 – I Against I by Rick Remender and Tony Moore
• 100 Bullets: First Shot Last Call by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
• Casanova by Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba (Re-Read)
• Arrowsmith by Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco (Re-Read)
• M.A.R.S. Patrol by Wally Wood
• Pride of Baghdad by Bryan K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon (Re-Read)