Four Things I've Missed

Late last year I gave a talk to some colleagues about a number of topics. One of the topics that I addressed was things that I missed—things that I was not able to pursue or participate in given the stay-at-home orders, working from home, and the pandemic. So as I think about goals and dreams for 2021, a large part of my thinking is based on wanting to return to these things by the end of the year.

There are four things that I miss terribly but I hope to be able to return to and participate in again at some point in 2021. 

Comics Commentary: Dollar Comics (DC, February 2020-January 2021)

 

This is a Media Diet Comics Commentary video review of three DC Dollar Comics: Batman #663 (June 2020), Birds of Prey #1 (February 2020), and Sandman #23 (January 2021). Unscripted, unedited. Just a guy talking about comics.

Audio only.

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Comics Commentary: Introduction to Previews and Recommendations for January 2021

 

This is a Media Diet Comics Commentary video introduction to Previews, as well as my recommendations for comics to be released in January 2021. Unscripted, unedited. Just a guy talking about comics.

Audio only.

Recommendations for January 2021

Find a comic shop near you, and ask for the following titles by name!

Aardvark-Vanaheim

Batvark XXXXX One-Shot second printing (Dave Sim)

Cerebus in Hell 2021 Preview One-Shot (Dave Sim)

Ablaze The Cimmerian: The Frost-Giant’s Daughter #2

Abstract Studios Serial #1 (Terry Moore)

Albatross Funnybooks ‘King Tank Girl #4

AWA Studios American Ronin #4-5 (Peter Milligan)

Behemoth Comics The Strange Disappearance of Barnabas Jones GN

Boom Dune: House Atreides #4 Girlsplaining HC

Comicmix Whisper Omnibus Vol. 2 TP

Dark Horse Barbalien: Red Planet #3 (Jeff Lemire) Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4 (Jeff Lemire) Dark Horse Face Masks ElfQuest: Stargazer’s Hunt TP (Wendy and Richard Pini) Spy Island TP (Chelsea Cain) Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #3 The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #4 (Gerard Way)

Drawn & Quarterly Everything. Seriously.

Dynamite Red Sonja #23 Red Sonja:The  Superpowers #1 Vampirella: The Dark Powers #2

Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. ERB Universe Book 1: Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds (novel)

Fantagraphics Peepers HC Psychodrama #4 (Gilbert Hernandez)

Hermes Press The Dark Shadows Paperback Library #18: Barnabas, Quentin, and the Nightmare Assassin SC (novel)

IDW Dungeons & Dragons: At the Spine of the World #4 Korgi Book 5 (a Top Shelf joint!) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Best of Leonardo Usagi Yojimbo: Wanderer’s Road #3

Image Family Tree #12 (Jeff Lemire) Rain Like Hammers #1 (Brandon Graham, ex-Meathaus!) Savage Dragon #256 (Erik Larsen) Spawn #314 (Todd McFarlane) Undiscovered Country #12 (Charles Soule)

It’s Alive Breathers #5 Kona #1-2

Kenzer & Company Knights of the Dinner Table #284

NBM The Silent Invasion Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3 GN's

Silver Sprocket The Cruising Diaries One-Shot (Brontez Purnell)

Titan Sunday’s Fun Day Charlie Brown TP

TwoMorrows Comic Book Creator #25 magazine (Barry Windsor-Smith!)

Warrant Publishing Company The Creeps #29 magazine

Manga

Fanfare Presents Ponent Mon A Distant Neighborhood Complete HC

Square Enix Manga A Man and His Cat Vol. 3 GN

Viz Media Asadora! Vol. 1

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Comics Commentary: Juggernaut #1-3 (Marvel, November 2020-January 2021)

 

This is a Media Diet Comics Commentary video review of Juggernaut #1-3 (Marvel, November 2020-January 2021). Unscripted, unedited. Just a guy talking about comics.

Audio only.

Transcript below...