Posts tagged jeff lemire

The first Jeff Lemire comic I read was Essex County, his huge (and I mean huge) tribute to rural Canadian life. As a guy who grew up on the cusp of the community that Essex portrayed, I felt a little bit of attachment to it; in the long haul, it’s one of my favourite graphic novels to read start-to-finish,and I can definitely recommend it as essential Canadian lit.

Lemire’s style isn’t one I thought I’d end up liking, but now I have an appreciation for how much emotion he can pack into panels that are the opposite of sharp, clean lines. Below is my review for his earlier title, Lost Dogs, which I had a chance to pick up at TCAF 2012. Click the read more link to see it.

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Hello ladies and gents! Here’s my picks for this week’s comics. I picked up:

• Sweet Tooth #22 (Vertigo, Jeff Lemire)
• Superboy #8 (DC, Jeff Lemire)
• Secret Six #34 (DC, Gail Simone)
• Avengers Academy #14.1 (Marvel, Christos Gage)
• Fear Itself #3 (Marvel, Matt Fraction)
• Amazing Spider-Man #663 (Marvel, Dan Slott)

Good haul this week; I don’t really like Marvel’s “.1” series of issues, but I picked up Avengers Academy for completion’s sake, and because I’m really liking this series. Fear Itself surprised me with some twists, but Secret Six was definitely this week’s pick. Check it out!

Here’s the reviews I did for ComicVine for four of the above issues. Spoilers abound, people!

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