Main writer and editor of How To Love Comics. Trevor Van As founded How To Love Comics in 2013 as a need to get comics in front of the uninitiated. An avid comic reader all his life, he enjoys broad range of comics, allowing for a greater perspective on the medium and help informs the creation of guides, reading orders, and writing reviews. During the day he works in marketing and has a background in multimedia and retail.809 articles
As crossovers can be confusing I have created the Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Reading Order Checklist to make reading this huge story easier. This list will include all of the titles you will need to read as well, list dates and lead-up issues.
Earlier in the week Wacom, the graphics tablet market leader, released Pressure/Sensitivity: An Awesome Comics Anthology. This anthology includes an interesting mix of stories under the theme of pressure and sensitivity. Did I mention it’s free?
What if heroes, although doing good in the public eye, had dark secrets in their other lives? And what if there was a mole in their team who could potentially discover these secrets to disastrous results? This is the premise of the new Image series Secret Identities by writers Brian Joines and Jay Faerber and artist Ilias Kyriazis. I had the chance to read the début issue early – here what I thought of it.
After 28 years away Star Wars returns to Marvel Comics with a brand new series. This series, set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, will feature all your favourite characters as we find out what happened between movies. Take a peek at four pages plus plenty of the variant covers in what will be the biggest comic of 2015.
If you are looking forward to the Ant-Man movie in July there is a new comic series you should read. Written by Nick Spencer and art by Ramon Rosanas Ant-Man is a new ongoing series, which sees the current shrinker seek redemption an become a hero. Take a look inside for a preview of the début issue.
In this list, comprising of original graphic novels and collections, we have a variety of different genres represented. There should be something for everyone including science fiction, crime, manga, fantasy, superhero and we even get a little biblical.
Are you looking for something new to read this January? Then look no further than these 15 new comics, which are all great jumping on points. Whatever your tastes there should be a new comic series for you.
To celebrate what was a huge year in comics we had asked the How to Love Community of readers to let us know what comics they loved in 2014. In this article you will find the top 10 titles most voted for by the readers, which includes plenty of variety in storytelling, publishers, creators, art styles and genre. With this much variety it’s proof that it has never been a better time to be a reader. Did your favourites make the list?
With the top-notch creative team of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Animal Man) and Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and art by the kinetic Paolo Rivera (Daredevil), this four part miniseries aims to be a great jumping on point for those who have never read any Valiant comics before. Take a look inside to find out more about this series and read a lengthy preview of the first issue.
If you are looking for a new graphic novel to read this December you can’t go past these 6. With a variety of genres and storytelling, there is something for everyone.