Hi,
the preorder list dropped this week, and it’s doing what preorder lists do best: being way too long and hiding the good stuff in plain sight.
So we went digging!
KISS / MARRY / KILL
Team Walt Edition
I like to play this game of kiss, marry, kill where my colleagues have to tell me which books they would kiss, marry or kill. Here is what they would marry aka recommend you:
Pro tip: you can click on the cover to get to the book.
Leonidas' Pick
Kodi: A Place To Call Home
If this book is only half as heartwarming and a quarter as beautifully illustrated as its predecessor, I don’t want to miss it.
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Simone's Pick
Absolute Wonder Woman Vol 03: Season Of The Witch
If you ask me which volume I’m most interested in among the pre-orders, and AWW is on the list, I don’t even need to look at the rest of the titles...
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Tomás' Pick
Swamp Thing: The Anatomy Lesson
Alan Moore’s radical reinvention of the Swamp Thing. What really holds it all together isn’t just the fantastic horror and fantasy, but the genuine emotion and sincerity at the heart of the story, with Moore putting the relationship between Swamp Thing and Abby Arcane at its center.
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Matheus' Pick
End Of Life Vol 01: Whats Wrongdog
A hilarious asshole of a lead powering a cascade of awful decisions into one of the dumbest, sharpest parodies in years, with a surprisingly beautiful core about realizing your parents’ limits and finding salvation in the places you escape to.
Shop nowThe G. Willow Wilson Deluxe Treatment in June
Wilson often writes stories where the real subject is belonging. Who gets to be human? Who gets forgiven? Who gets called a monster? Who is allowed to change? That’s the thing I love about her.
Her characters are often inside a cool plot and get the cool art treatment, but they are also emotionally developed and intelligent. She is a master at character interiority.
Poison Ivy Deluxe Edition Vol 01
Funny and deep, daring and urgent
I know some of you are waiting for the Omni treatment, but why wait? This was supposed to be a 6-issue series, then it became 12 issues, and now it’s still ongoing. Kind of speaks for itself.
Poison Ivy by Wilson doesn’t lose momentum. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it also never turns Poison Ivy into a joke.
She is complicated. You won’t always know how to feel about her, and that’s exactly why it will stick with you. It’s not a once and forgotten story.
The layers of “is she right?” and “do I understand her?” just keep building. This is what makes her terrifying as a character. She is iconic and scary, but the urgency in her being balances it out.
The Deluxe Edition collects issue #1–#12 and some yet unreleased making-of material of the series.
Poison Ivy Deluxe Edition HC Vol 01 *PRE-ORDER*
Shop nowThe Hunger and the Dusk
Big genre concept, hidden tenderness
Right now, in this very moment, I’m not really in my era of wanting to see people hit each other in the coolest way possible. So a story revolving around war is not exactly on my radar.
But an emotional story centered around war, where one of the main characters is a healer? That feels like a very welcome change. And that is what The Hunger and the Dusk is all about.
It takes the things that make our lives miserable, like war and the destruction of the planet, but still decides to center the story around love and healing.
Also, it has orcs, and apparently everyone is a big fan of orcs now. The Deluxe Edition collects the entire series.
The Hunger And The Dusk Deluxe Edition HC *PRE-ORDER*
Shop nowCompendiums You Can Emotionally Marry
Ahhh compendiums, the best long-ish time commitment you can make in life.
You can disappear into a world, watch everyone grow up, eff up, and become better or worse.
You’re on a journey with them. From A to Z. And when you’re done, you’re going to feel a little emptiness in your heart, which somehow makes them even more special to you.
This June, at least three new compendium pre-orders should pique your interest:
We Only Find Them When They're Dead Complete Collection
400 pages of sci-fi that looks gorgeous, feels massive, and shows that if humanity met gods, they'd probably try to turn them into resources.
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Once & Future Omnibus TP
752 pages of "What if all the old myths came back, but they came back wrong?"
Pre-order here
Kick-Ass Compendium
720 pages of dumb ideas. A lot of us had them. Brutal consequences. 10 out of 10.
Pre-order hereMore June Preo Gems
Hank Howard Pizza Detective A Slice Of Life TP *PRE-ORDER*
A detective exclusively solving pizza-related crimes. Honestly, finally.
Pre-order here
Huelga TP The Stories Of Dolores Huerta & Sal Castro *PRE-ORDER*
This is exactly why graphic novels should exist.
Pre-order here
Unfinished Tales HC *PRE-ORDER*
1. Brubaker & Phillips. 2. People exposing the absolute worst versions of themselves under pressure.
Pre-order here
Peepshow by Joe Matt HC *PRE-ORDER*
Walt’s rec, because it is essentially his autobiography.
Pre-order hereWell, there it was:
one of the recommendations from the pre-orders Walt so lovingly teased in his newsletter yesterday.
We honestly hope this helps you surf the chaos a bit better and find some good stuff to pre-order and look forward to.
Feel free to have a second, third, or millionth look at the collection yourself:
All the best, and have a nice weekend!
Salut!
Gloriana
