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
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.
This is a list 13 new comic books that you should be reading this December. With a great mix of storytelling, publishers and genres there is definitely something here for everyone.
This Civil War reading order guide helps make sense of this event by listing all the preludes, tie-ins, trade paperbacks, and providing further context.
The concept of the zombie has been done to death. That wasn’t an intentional pun, but it’s true. Zombies have become the new vampires and there has been so many interpretations that it’s hard to come up with a new twist. Although, writer Matt Miner and art Sean Von Gorman’s Toe Tag Riot has found a new angle – mixing it up with a punk rock attitude and LGBTQ positivity.
Panel Syndicate has been a outlet for Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin to release digital comics at a “pay what you want” price, but this week sees them open the site to other creators. The first to join is cartoonist Albert Monteys, who has crafted a great science fiction time travel story in Universe! #1. Read a review inside.
With a movie announced as part Marvel Studio’s Phase 3 there are plenty of people who are asking “who are the Inhumans?” Though this guide you will be enlightened on everything you need to know about the Inhumans including major characters, concepts and reading recommendations.
ODY-C has been slowly become one of the most anticipated and cosmicly surreal series coming out of Image Comics. Written by Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Sex Criminals) and art by Christian Ward (Infinite Vacation), ODY-C is a psychedelic, gender-bent, science fiction adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Recently a prologue for this issue was made available online and it is pretty amazing. Click to read it here.