I Read Comic Books discussion

What trade should we read together for our April Comic Book of the Month? Nominate your pick here!

This month's theme is "writer and/or artist is female".

Titles nominated this month must be written and/or penciled by a woman. If you have any questions or concerns, please send a message to mod Kate, who is happy to help. You can find the complete 2018 theme calendar here.

Remember:
- Nominated titles must be TPB comics or original graphic novels.
- Only the first volume of a series may be nominated, unless the group has already read the previous volume(s) as a book of the month. To see what we've read, check out our group's bookshelf.
- Nominated titles cannot have the same writer as the previous month's BotM winner. This month that's Dan Slott.
- Nominated titles must fit the month's theme. To see past and upcoming themes, check out the 2018 theme calendar.
- Only one nomination per person.
- You can "second" a nomination in place of nominating a different book, but this will count as your nomination for the month. Seconded books will receive an additional chance of being selected in the randomization process.
- If a title you nominate wins BotM, please refrain from nominating another title for one month to give others a chance.

Nomination & Voting Schedule:
To better accommodate our increasing number of members, the nomination and voting schedule is as follows every month:

16th: Nomination forum opens
23rd: Nomination forum closes; 5 nominations are selected at random; Voting opens
30th: Voting closes

More details on our updated nomination and voting procedures can be found here.

Robert wrote: "Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening"

Great pick! Unfortunately, volume 1 was our BotM for Dec. 2016, so it can't be nominated again. Would you like to nominate Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood?

Dominick wrote: "SAGA Vol. 8. Solid read with characters that have substance and nothing in common with tropes!"

Saga is so good! Since we haven't read any of the other volumes of the series as a group, only the first volume may be nominated. Would you like to nominate Saga, Vol. 1?

Kate wrote: "Great pick! Unfortunately, volume 1 was our BotM for Dec. 2016, so it can't be nominated again. Would you like to nominate [book:Monstr..."

I just noticed that. :-(
Let me think about it. There may be something I'd pitch before Monstress Vol 2.

Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike

I am goin' old school on everyone. I nominate Marie Severin's Doctor Strange:



Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange, Vol. 2

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll.

It's not really my cup of tea, but I'm sure others can enjoy it.

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson.

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

47Time wrote: "Through the Woods by Emily Carroll.

It's not really my cup of tea, but I'm sure others can enjoy it."

I thought the art was really cool on some of the stories.

Christopher wrote: "I am goin' old school on everyone. I nominate Marie Severin's Doctor Strange:

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange, Vol. 2"

This looks cool! Typically we only allow volume 1 of a series to be nominated unless we have read the preceding volumes as a group. I know the Masterworks series renumbers stuff sometimes though, stuffing what were originally the start of new series into later masterworks volumes. Is that the case here?

Kate wrote: "This looks cool! Typically we only allo..."

Severin recalled in 2001 that when Esquire magazine requested an artist to illustrate a story "on the college drug culture", Marvel production manager Sol Brodsky offered Severin rather than one of the regular artists, who were on deadline. Her illustration for the magazine led to Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee to assign her the feature "Doctor Strange" in Strange Tales, replacing Bill Everett,[17] who had succeeded character co-creator Steve Ditko. With Lee, Severin co-created the fictional cosmic entity the Living Tribunal in Strange Tales #157 (June 1967).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_S...

Thanks for the interest, Kate.

I think the Masterworks is meant to be an 'archive,' and therefore will collect every appearance of a character (including cross-overs).

Surely, the Marie Severin "run" would count as a 'first run' today.

Strange Tales #153-160 (artist) (1967)

Doctor Strange's first appearance was Strange Tales 125, and the first issue of Doctor Strange was 169.

This is an interesting article about Strange Tales:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange...

(Well, interesting to some... :P)

Don't know if I'm making my case or just filibustering.

Mother Panic, Volume 1: Work in Progress
Written by Jody Houser.
Violet Paige is a celebrity debutante who moonlights as the vigilante Mother Panic in Gotham City. This is an interesting twist on the Batman mythos with some amazing art from Tommy Lee Edwards and Shawn Crystal.

Christopher wrote: "Surely, the Marie Severin "run" would count as a 'first run' today...."

Thanks for all the info. This sounds like it counts :)

Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain

Pretty deadly vol. 1

Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, Volume 1: Hooked On A Feline by Kate Leth

Another Marie Severin 'run' is $.99 today:



(I know this belongs in Deals and Sales, but hey, it's women in comics. And I think the Dr. Strange would be more interesting, so I'm not switiching noms)

And that is one iconic cover:



eta: Oops, but I see it's by Jim Steranko, not Marie Severin.

Paul wrote: "Mother Panic, Volume 1: Work in Progress
Written by Jody Houser.
Violet Paige is a celebrity debutante who moonlights as the vigilante Mother Panic in Gotham City. This is an inter..."

I kind of hated this book which is disappointing considering how much I liked Houser's run on Faith.