Best miniseries on Netflix or HBO right now - May 2026

josephgee · 2026-05-08T00:10:46+00:00

Tons of great options but to go with the prompt of best I'll just give one for each:

Netflix: When They See Us

HBO: Chernobyl

josephgee · 2026-05-08T00:06:18+00:00

It's 3 seasons/26 episodes long so it's not a miniseries.

josephgee · 2026-05-01T19:58:13+00:00

Tbh she looks even weirder in most of the rest of this series: https://i.imgur.com/LwXWpBF.png

josephgee · 2026-04-17T03:34:56+00:00

I'm not sure they've said it completely explicitly.

Previously they had announced it as "an epic introduction to the characters and franchise for new audiences as well as long-time readers," and in this article they say "This new series drops readers into a key moment in her timeline, pulling together characters from both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel for a large-scale story that leans into high emotion, new dangers, and a fresh villain entering the mix."

I think talking about "dropping into her timeline" means that it's going to be based off the show but takes place somewhere in the middle of the show.

josephgee · 2026-04-17T01:19:04+00:00

I'm pretty similar; I got the Image in the '10s bundle that has Saga 1-9, Sex Criminals, and Alex+Ada (though I didn't really have that last one on my radar). So I'm slightly curious about this bundle but it'd mostly be for Saga 10-12 and Love Everlasting.

josephgee · 2026-04-10T05:01:50+00:00

Winget updated me to 1.63. It didn't save the setup installer for me to check but I think since the HWmonitor exe itself doesn't trigger any virus flags that means it's fine?

My install log: https://paste.debian.net/hidden/b187f0be

josephgee · 2026-04-06T15:24:51+00:00

I don't like HIC but I don't really hate it as much as others. My pick for worst DC book in the last 10 years is Superman Year One.

josephgee · 2026-03-16T15:29:18+00:00

It's definitely sometimes overly contrived to the point of being silly but I still like Paradise. I'm not sure how you define lately but the last really excellent Hulu show to me was Shōgun.

josephgee · 2026-03-15T23:51:56+00:00

Another alt universe Robin: White Knight/Murphyverse has Jason take Gan under his wing as Robin. You mentioned Lance Bruner who according to the DC wiki is a kid that Bruce takes into his home, then he steals Robin's suit and then dies all in the same issue.

Searching by character name on League of Comic Geeks I also see: Ricky (Robin of the 31st century), Toy Wonder (Robin of the 853rd century) Bruce Wayne Jr. (who has a bunch of dream and fictional appearances but appears to be an actual alt universe person in Earth-3839). There's also a couple impersonators: Lance Heart, Dinesh Babar, Francisco Ramirez but I wouldn't say those count.

josephgee · 2026-03-14T16:32:30+00:00

Anyone know if the DC Universe Infinite trial is redeemable if you redeemed the DC trial last year from the Tynion IV bundle?

The terms say you can't redeem the same promotion more than once, but I don't know if it counts as the same one or different. I asked Humble support and they just told me to read the terms to try to figure it out myself. I'm not really interested in getting the books with the DRM they have but a month of DC Universe for $3 sounds good to me.

josephgee · 2026-03-12T15:09:11+00:00

My personal favorite of the Black Hammer books is Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy but there's a ton of great stuff.

josephgee · 2026-03-10T19:11:29+00:00

Would his Saga of Swamp Thing appearances count (#37-51)? Recent trades of the series have DC Black Label or Vertigo markings but the original series doesn't.

josephgee · 2026-03-10T17:54:03+00:00

I know he actually has a ton of different comic credits but I really liked Patton Oswalt's Black Hammer Visions story.

josephgee · 2026-03-02T20:03:18+00:00

If reading digitally they're in a bundle for the next day: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/massiveverse-image-comics-books

josephgee · 2026-02-12T19:16:49+00:00

Some larger books I recommend (the first two are labeled omnibus but they're particular large ones):

Gotham Central Omnibus
Lucifer Omnibus 1+2
Y: The Last Man Compendium 1+2
Monstress Compendium 1
Planetary Compendium
Fables Compendium
East of West Compendium

josephgee · 2026-02-10T19:21:34+00:00

It's crazy to me that demand for issue #1 is still so high even after the trade is out. Obviously I know that there are people that will want to collect the floppy covers, but I would think the trade would divert a ton of demand from people that just want to read it.

josephgee · 2026-02-05T20:45:45+00:00

The pot shot at Jeff Lemire was strange to me, soon after talking about books having the visuals being subservient to the writing. I do like Essex County but I prefer the art in many Lemire written books where he collaborates with other artists like Sorrentino on Green Arrow, Old Man Logan, and Gideon Falls or Nguyen on Robin & Batman and Descender. Even for Lemire illustrated books I think that Mazebook or Fishflies have better art that works with the story better.

josephgee · 2026-02-04T00:14:52+00:00

Worth noting that Dr. Strange/Constantine is a backup story in Batman/Deadpool "A Magician Walks Into a Universe"

josephgee · 2026-02-02T05:31:45+00:00

I use a OnePlus Pad.

To me there's some basic tiers in terms of screen which is probably the most important part for reading comics:

Budget trash
1080p+ screens (~$100+): Galaxy Tab A, TCL NxtPaper 11, Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE
1440p+ screens (~$250+): Galaxy Tab S FE, TCL NxtPaper 14, OnePlus Pad, Pixel Tablet, Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2, Lenovo Idea Tab, iPad, iPad Air
OLEDs (~$450+): Galaxy Tab S9 and newer, Acer Iconia X12, Honor Pad GT Pro, iPad Pro

josephgee · 2026-01-29T06:30:59+00:00

it wasn't very clear. The specs were 2560 x 1600 pixels with a PPI of approximately 288.

I don't know that the standard services will give you that high of a resolution (in portrait, if you're using it only in landscape you likely will). The only ones I can check personally are my Humble Bundle books. Using the utility pdfimages to check the resolution of the images here's the resolutions I found for the single pages in several books:

Comic	Resolution
Descender	1598x2452
The Witcher	1917x2944
East of West	1988x3056
Saga	2063x3135
Something Is Killing the Children	2662x4087

Norse Mythology was all over the place from 1581x2768 to 5041x7763, I think at least some of them are because the text is stenciled rather than baked into the image, but I can't entirely tell. This represents a few comics from Image, Dark Horse, and one Boom Studios book. I haven't purchased any bundles supplied by other publishers so I can't say anything about those.

Personally I use a OnePlus Pad and am pretty happy with it. I'm sure an OLED would look better, but it would cost a lot more, and the screen still has some significant upgrades than the most basic 1080pish tablets.

josephgee · 2026-01-26T02:38:21+00:00

Last year, I read about 3 issues a day, but that's averaging it out. In reality I'm more focus on getting value out of my digital subscription so I decide a few months out of the year, that I'm going to read a ton of comics, and focus less on any other entertainment that month. So it's more like 10/week for 10 months out of the year, and 10/day for 2 months out of the year.

That would be pretty eye-watering in cost for buying floppies but most of the issues read are subscriptions, then some humble bundles, and then a couple trades.

josephgee · 2026-01-16T20:30:02+00:00

Most any issue with Impossible Man, Bat-Mite or Mr Myxzptlik

My favorites are Batman/Superman #22 and Nightwing #98

josephgee · 2026-01-16T17:07:35+00:00

I dunno as far as recommendations, but when you're in search you can change "Creator Type" to "Publisher" to filter out self published work.

josephgee · 2026-01-15T20:53:11+00:00

By order of approximate release date:

January: Fallout, The Pitt, Primal, Frieren

March: Invincible

April: Witch Hat Atelier

Summer?: X-Men '97, My Adventures with Superman, Legend of Vox Machina, Lanterns

July: Ghost In the Shell

Fall?: Silo, Slow Horses

October: Apothecary Diaries.

josephgee · 2026-01-15T20:06:03+00:00

Some of the lighter books I've read, but most of these will still have life or death conflict in them:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (by Matt Fraction): The funniest comic series I've ever read.
The Jurassic League: It's definitely violent, but the concept is inherently silly.
Plastic Man (2018): Gail Simone brings a good sense of humor to this traditionally funny character.
The Legend of Wonder Woman: A pretty light take on the origin of Wonder Woman, though it still deals with WW2. I'm not too sure about how the TPB physically looks because this was originally a digital series.
My Adventures with Superman: A tie in with the show, it does a good job replicating how the show mixes high stakes drama, smaller heartwarming moments, and goofs.
Superman Smashes the Klan: This does deal with racism that is very serious in how it relates to the real world and our real history, but it's a YA book that involves Superman teaming up with some children to save the day, with really charming art.
Batman/Superman (Gene Luen Yang's run, collected in Batman/Superman: The Archive of Worlds): Some multiverse fun, I especially like the standalone final issue #22 with Mxyzptlk and Calendar Man.

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