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I return to Comics

I have a crappy relationship with comics.  It seems like everyone around me loves them.  Or has a positive relationship.  I do not.  So, I reached out to an expert, my friend Evan Cass.  He is a fully immersed comic book guy.  And I said simply, pick five things for me to read.  I will be trusting Evan unconditionally.  

Here are the first five...

1. Glory: The Complete Saga by Joe Keatinge & Ross Campbell (Image) 978-1607069607 2. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (Abrams) 978-1419702174 3. Red Rocket 7 by Mike & Laura Allred (Image) 978-1582409986 4. Saint Cole by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics) 978-1606998175 5. Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid & Leinil Francis Yu (DC) 978-1401202521

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THE FROGMAN: "HEFF" "ohmygod!" I created the character in 1990. Bill Bixby's Incredible Hulk meets the Punisher & Mirage's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. These pages were drawn in 1993. I was big into Image Comics at the time. The "high-concept" had shifted to Bill Bixby's Incredible Hulk meets Spawn & Savage Dragon. Obviously I had also discovered Frank Miller -- the SWAT team and SFX & expletives are right out of Year One or Sin City. The kid in me still loves this trite character & his story, to be honest with you. Could it be finessed into something workable...? Oy. (Thanks to Cameron Stewart & Tim Seeley for inspiring the post!)

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Ent corpse.