good this week

trillium #6 : this series is going to make for a great evergreen once it’s done. a huge heart, compelling story, and killer cartooning & atmosphere from jeff lemire and josé villarrubia.

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red light properties : haunted real estate and tasty storytelling chops, courtesy of dan goldman. one of the more interesting books to come out in a while.

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ant colony : michael deforge seems like he was born speaking comics instead of english, his first words a 9 panel grid. then, as he grew up, the language became one that’s all his own. come hear him speak it next wednesday.

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the fox #4 : dean haspiel is pouring a ton of fun into this comic, and his clean, poppy art is worth the price of admission on its own.

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new avengers #14 : dr. strange sells his soul, and simone bianchi makes damn sure he looks good doing it.

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judge dredd mega city two # 2 : ulises farinas continues his star-making turn. surf’s up!

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–chris stevens

LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM update

We’re entering the final stretch of production on our biggest, most dizzying project. We are so profoundly lucky to be acting as the curators for this remarkable collection of Winsor McCay tributes, and we couldn’t do it without folks like…

JEROME OPEÑA

Between his work on with Rick Remender on UNCANNY X-FORCE and Jonathan Hickman on AVENGERS, Opeña has brought a wide-eyed, big-screen boldness back into super-hero comics. His gorgeously iconic, epic-scale work reminds us of reading Marvel books when we were kids — everything is mythic, and bigger-than-big.

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DAN GOLDMAN

The multi-media auteur behind SHOOTING WAR and the upcoming web-to-print graphic novel RED LIGHT PROPERTIES promises to bring us a cracked psychological take on Little Nemo.

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JEN TONG

The dreamy, exquisitely kaleidoscopic imagination of Jen Tong is a perfect vehicle for a cruise through Slumberland. Her gorgeous hand-made comics make us wish we could screen print this whole damn book.

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We’re keeping this list of Nemo names updated with most of the contributors we have publicly announced – so check it out if you’re wondering who else has signed up! And our first revealed pages from the book can be found here.