Honorable Mentions: July 2022

What you may have missed in July! 

We were on break this month, but that doesn't mean we didn't read LOTS of great titles. Let us get you all caught up on some great titles you may not of picked up in July! 

Honorable Mention Highlights: July 2022

• There's Something Wrong with Patrick Todd #1 (w: Ed Brisson, a: Gavin Guidry)
  
• Above Snakes #1 (w: Sean Lewis, a: Hayden Sherman)
  
• She Bites #1 (w: Hedwig Hale, a: Alberto Hernandez)
  
• Brother of All Men #1 (w: Zac Thompson, a: Eoin Marron)
  
• Dark Spaces: Wildfire #1 (w: Scott Snyder, a: Hayden Sherman)
  
• Flavor Girls #1 (W: Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky; A/CA: Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky)
  
• Blink #1 (W: Christopher Sebela; A/CA: Hayden Sherman)

There's Something Wrong with Patrick Todd #1
A kid down on his luck using his supernatural mind control powers to pay for his mom's medical care. Also, there's mysterious men in masks, a noble detective trying to fit together a mystery, and a guy named Zeus beheading people. It's the Neo-Noir "Life is Strange" you never knew you needed.

Above Snakes #1
A by the books Western revenger story with a teensy bit of added supernatural flavor. Following the saga of a wringed man out for revenge with his talking, blood-drinking vulture, this book doesn't bog itself down with trying to be unique in a familiar genre but instead tells the story it wants to tell while letting the reader fill in the necessary beats. It's not necessarily groundbreaking, but that's where it finds its charm.

She Bites #1
A little girl needs a babysitter. Well, mainly she needs someone who can help her buy cigarettes. Because she's 134 years old.... and a vampire. It's a silly, fun premise with two interesting characters both with plenty of room for some heavy discussions. I think if Hale really takes their time, they can make sure this series DEFINITELY doesn't bite.

Brother of All Men #1
Strong Wicker Man vibes set in 1920s Canada. A Private Eye named Guy is looking for a missing woman, utilizing a reference photo to ask for her whereabouts. Also featured in the photo, Guy's brother Bastien. Problem is, Bastien has been dead for years. The mysteries get even more stacked up when Guy discovers both his brother and the missing woman are tied to a cult run by an enigmatic man named Brother XII.

Dark Spaces: Wildfire #1
A heist set during a chaotic California wildfire. Granted, this may hit too close to home for some people, but the slow-drip character development and the general "tear down the rich" theme of this book has me hooked. Sherman has a CRAZY way of laying out the panels too, which i absolutely dig and totally fits the tone if trying to keep all the chaos of a wildfire in line.

Flavor Girls #1
There are some concepts that tickle that delightful nostalgia bone and this title is absolutely one of them. A Sailor Moon-esque story where aliens invade and four girls are turned into sceptor-wielding fruit-themed superheros is basically the best sounding plot I could never have come up with. It's adorable and fun - just go get it.

Blink #1
Is it a cult? Is it a society from another dimension? Is it aliens? Is it time travelers? None of those questions are answered in the first issue of Blink, but watching our main protag try to figure out where she comes from and why she can remember something that never should have been, I definitely want to find out.