Honorable Mentions: March 2022

What you may have missed in March!

Aren't we lucky to have had so many great comic releases this month! There were too many to choose from, so we've got a handful of excellent titles to share that we didn't get a chance to feature on the show! 

Honorable Mention Highlights: March 2022

• Juniper #1 (W: Nathan Tomsic, Georgiana Brown; A: Lorenzo Colangeli)
• Broken Eye #1 (W: Martin Etxeberria, Xabier Etxeberria; A: Inaki Arenas)
• We Live: Age of the Palladions #1 (W/A: The Miranda Brothers)
• Beyond the Beyond #1 (W: Christian Tropeano; A: Gian Fernando)
• Cities of Magick #1 (W: Jakob Free, Will Tempest; A: Will Tempest)
• Zombies vs. Robots Classic #1 (W: Chris Ryall; A/CA: Ashley Wood)

Juniper #1
What a cute, cheeky little book. Another tale of a spunky girl with a talking robot friend (I'm honestly surprised that's so common nowadays), but it's set up with a fantastical world and very creative mystery building. I'm excited to see just how deep this story goes.

Broken Eye #1
It's like the Dead Zone meets Trainspotting. A blue color dockworker in Liverpool gets embroiled in the workings of a crime lord. Because, y'know... his eye can see the past and stuff. Characters are a little flat, but it seems like it will be a tasty little neo-noir.

We Live Rise of the Palladiums #1
Done in two different issues, Black and White, this premiere issue of the new volume of We Live is told from two different perspectives. We are sent back into the We Live world with new problems and a completely original vibe. Did you miss We Live? No problem, this story does an excellent job standing on its own with all the weird, colorful post-apocalypse-y goodness we're familiar with.

Beyond the Beyond #1
It's a tale as old as time - a rebellious young girl seeks the exciting world outside her walls, and isn't afraid to break the rules and get in trouble to get what she wants. Okay, except this time she steals a spaceship. I mean, at least she didn't grow legs or whatever, right?

Cities of Magick #1
I want to like this book so bad. It seems like a cool concept: a post-apocalyptic world where tech is replaced by magic. There seems to be setup for a later discovery that perhaps the magick isn't as different from tech as we think. I cool concept, interesting thrust and fun representation of magick? Sign me up. My main issue is just the characters feel SUPER flat and lifeless. The dialogue being a bit bland just throws this off for me, but it still deserves a mention for those sold enough on the concept.

Zombies vs Robots Classic #1
​Ten years or so ago, ZVR hit the shelves. It's a wild book that sees two different apocalypses go ahead to ahead across time. Just like... such a fun, wholesome concept. ZVC is now back with reprints of early issues that include new stories and art mixed in. Fun stuff and a classic read.