I'm short for time this week so we'll do a quick and dirty preview of this week's new comics which include:
Joe Matt's adventures in masturbation
The return of Nexus
The death of a revolutionary
Stephen Colbert does comics
The origin of Green Arrow
5. SPENT
By Joe Matt
Drawn and Quarterly
120 pgs | $19.95
Joe Matt has never been afraid to discuss his proclivity towards excessive masturbation. Spent collects the serialized story of Matt's constant struggle with relating to people who aren't girls from his pornography collection.
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4. NEXUS #99
Rude Dude Productions
Written by Mike Baron; art by Steve Rude
32 pgs | $2.99
It's been about 10 years since we last saw Mike Baron and Steve Rude's sci-fi hero Nexus, once a successful pioneer of the 1980's independant comics movement. Now published by Rude's own publishing company, a 4 part story kicks off here with issue #99.
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3. MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES
Dark Horse
Written by Frank Miller; art by Dave Gibbons
24 pgs | $3.50
This is an all-new one-shot concluding the Martha Washington Goes To War story that Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons started back in 1992 with the graphic novel Give Me Liberty. Along with the story are some sketches and production notes that date back to the beginning of the series.
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2. Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen #1
Oni Press
By John Layman, Tom Peyer, Scott Chantler and Stephen Colbert
32 pgs | $3.99
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert makes his first foray into the comics world with his own creation, Tek Jansen. Only Tek Jansen can protect our planet from aliens that hate us for our freedom.
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1. GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE #1
DC
Written by Andy Diggle, art by Jock
32 pgs | $2.99
The team that brought us the outstanding CIA action thriller The Losers now brings us a modernized origin for Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow. Expect big action and gritty realism with the strong design of artist Jock leading the way.
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