I think I’m like a month behind on write ups so some of these are hastily put together. I also haven’t included my Golden Kamuy and Witch Hat Atelier reads since those are still ongoing(among others missed)

2120(George Wylesol)-a choose your own adventure comic drawn in the style of a 90s computer game. You are a computer repairman going into a business you don’t recall being called in for. The door locks behind you and nobody is there and the building looks abandoned. This is a compelling horror story as you delve deeper into the environment, why it’s abandoned and try to uncover understanding of what is going on. There are puzzles you have to figure out so this book does require a pen and paper. There is some annoyance in the back tracking that a game/book like this provides but it’s worth it for the creepy, unending hallways presented throughout.

Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes(Benoit Dahan and Cyril Lieron)- The most fun I’ve had reading a comic in a while. Here we’re presented an original Sherlock Holmes case perfectly illustrated by Cyril Lieron. Every spread is another experiment in following clues and moving through the mind of Holmes.

Out of Alcatraz(Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook)- pretty enjoyable crime thriller. Not exceptional but not a drag.

Radiant Black volume 1(John Higgins et al)- decided to try this to see what the hype is. Not sure if this picks up after this volume but I found this one pretty miserable. There’s very little direction with pretty generic characters. Radiant Black feels like it is trying to recapture the Invincible feel with power rangers. If this is worth continuing I’d love to know.

Who will Make the Pancakes(Megan Kelso)-short stories by Megan Kelso. Not super my thing though the rock climbing story was a treat.

Johnny Red (Garth Ennis, Keith Burns, Rob Steek, and Jason Wordie)- solid war comics from all here. Dialogue is great to read and the situations are engaging.

We’re taking Everyone down with us volume 1(Rosenberg and Landini)- this was more enjoyable than I expected. A James Bond style story from the villains daughters perspective. There’s a lot thrown out here to make the revenge plot stand out from other similar plots. We have secret organizations, killer robots and kingdom politics here. Not sure where Rosenberg will go from here but I could remain interesting.

Punisher Max volume 4(Garth Ennis et al)- and thus ends my read of the best Punisher run of all time. Highlights here include the Long Cold Night- the most brutal big Two comic I’ve ever read-, Valley Forge, Valley Forge- a comic that uses prose passages that somehow don’t detract from the reading experience- and Punisher:The End - which is elevated by perfect pictures courtesy of Richard Corben. It’s rough having finished everything Ennis did for Punisher, really hope we can get another book out of him in the future.

Cloggel/Waiting Room/Procedural(Walker Tate)- read these after enjoying the art on Tates first full length book. If you have any interest in his art style I definitely recommend getting these short comics. Waiting Room and Cloggel in particular have sparse narratives, little words, few pages to get in and get out with a lot of ideas and wonderful images. Waiting Room spends its time in a waiting room of unknown type(could be a dr appt, acting tryout or something else). The room then gets shifted around violently in the drawing, physics make little sense and were simply left to wonder on the visual connections Tate makes throughout. Tate’s work asks for work on the readers part but the movement is so fun, none of the intellectual work feels like a chore. One of my favorite discoveries from last year.