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<![CDATA[READING WITH A FLIGHT RING - My Best Books of the Week]]>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 21:30:31 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[My Top 10 Limited Series for 2021]]>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 05:21:29 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-top-10-limited-series-for-2021With the end of the year fast approaching it is time for another list of some of the best books I read this year. This list is for the Top 10 Limited Series for the year 2021. There is no order to the books other than Alphabetical.

The Dark Age from Red5 Comics
Written by Don Handfield
Art by Leonard Rodrigues
Colored by Dijjo Lima
In the near future all metal on earth suddenly turns to worthless piles of rust and dust. With no technology, no guns, no computers, humanity reverts to a violent feudal system. Each pocket of civilization is ruled by knights of wood & glass & concrete. This is the new Dark Age.

Dead Dogs Bite from Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Boss
Cormac Guffin has gone missing. It's been three days and no one has seen hide nor hair of her. The police have nothing, and the townsfolk are acting more like a funeral procession than a search party.
If Cormac has any hope of being found, it rests on the slouching shoulders of her best friend Joe. Joe will need her wits about her though because, like any story worth hearing, nothing is what it seems.

Frank At Home On The Farm from Scout Comics
Written by Jordan Thomas
Illustrated by Clark Bint
Frank At Home On The Farm is a period, body-horror, mystery that tells the story of a man returning from the First World War to find his family mysteriously missing from their farm. This sets in motion a series of events that claw and tear at Frank's mind, body, and soul.

John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Hell from Storm King Comics
Written by David J. Schow
Art by Andres Esparza
Colored by Sergio Martinez
Cover by Tim Bradstreet
Lettered by Janice Chiang
In New York City, a massive monster is destroyed by a subway train... and its surviving reptilian companion can speak English. In Columbia, a scientist crawls up from the depths of the Earth, bringing news of a miraculous new mineral power source... and demons below. In Texas, a convicted murderer is spared at the last minute by an international conglomerate... which wants to organize an expedition to the center of the Earth, with him as a guide. Because like the scientist, he's been there. The whole team is headed straight to Hell.

Kang The Conqueror from Marvel Comics
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Carlos Magno
The time traveler called Kang the Conqueror has led many lives across many eras. He has been a pharaoh, a villain and a warlord of the spaceways - even, on rare occasions, a hero. Across all timelines, one fact seemed absolute: Time means nothing to Kang. But the truth about the Conqueror is much more complex! Kang is caught in an endless cycle of creation and destruction, dictated by time and previously unseen by any but the Conqueror himself. A cycle that, once revealed, could finally explain the enigma that is Kang. It begins and ends with an old and broken Kang sending his younger self down a dark path. But is there any hope that he can change the tragic fate of his great love, Ravonna Renslayer, and find his way to a better future?

The Lot from Bad Idea
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Illustrated by Renato Guedes
Synopsis: In the 1970s, legendary filmmaker Oliver Larsen began production on what was to be his horror masterpiece. Obsessed with authenticity, the megalomaniacal director insisted on filming a real-life occult ritual performed by actual cult members. The cast and crew, of course, gave no credence to the cultists' beliefs but soon were proselytise as something awoke that day on the studio lot. In the bloody aftermath, the production was permanently shut down, the footage suppressed, and the soundstage that bore witness forever shuttered. Until today. Aviva Copeland is the newly promoted studio head -- the youngest in decades. Great things are expected of her. Maybe greater than is fair. She has the unenviable task of restoring the studio's fading image and resurrecting its financial viability. She's up for the challenge. Pouring over the sea of red in the company ledger she finds just the thing to help her do it -- a prime piece of California real estate has been sitting unused on the studio books, hemorrhaging money for decades. Why would they let a lot this valuable just rot? Aviva will soon find her answer and with it she will discover that though the lot may have been closed for a half-century, it’s far from empty…and the evil that lives within its haunted walls will soon seize its chance to kill again.

Phantom On The Scan from Aftershock Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Mark Torres
Twenty years ago. a comet fell to earth. Since that night. Matthew has been haunted by a spirit that gives him incredible psychic abilities.
Every time Matthew uses his gifts. he draws closer to death. and other psychics – all of whom gained their powers on the night the comet fell – are dying in horrible ways. To save himself. Matthew gathers a group of psychics to solve the mystery of their powers before it’s too late.

Red Room: The Antisocial Network from Fantagraphics
By Ed Piskor
This series is rated Adults Only
DISCLAIMER: gore sadistic violence
Aided by the anonymous dark web and nearly untraceable cryptocurrency, a criminal subculture has emerged. It livestreams murders as entertainment. Who are the killers? Who are the victims? Who is paying to watch? How to stop it? Red Room is constructed as a series of interconnected stories, shining a light on the characters who exist in the ugliest of corners in cyberspace. Piskor cuts the graphic horror with his sharp sense of humor, gorgeous cartooning, and dynamic storytelling. Red Room peels back the curtain on the side of humanity few of us knew existed, let alone understood.

Scouts Honor from Aftershock Comics
Written by David Pepose
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Colored by Matt Milla
Lettered by Carlos M. Mangual
Years after a nuclear apocalypse, a new society has risen from the ashes...and their bible is an old Ranger Scout manual.
A young Ranger Scout named Kit has endured the harsh survivalist upbringing needed to con-quer the irradiated Colorado Badlands. But after discovering a terrible secret once lost to histo-ry, Kit must risk everything on a dangerous quest to uncover the truth behind the Ranger Scouts' doctrine.

Vinyl from Image Comics
Written by Doug Wagner
Art by Daniel Hillyard & Dave Stewart
An unsettling tale of psychopaths, sweet love, and a serial killer named Walter. When Walter’s best friend, the FBI agent charged with his capture, is kidnapped by a death cult of all-female sunflower farmers, Walter finds himself deep within an underground labyrinth filled with secrets and monsters...but are their monsters more horrific than his?

]]><![CDATA[My Best Reads for the Week of 08-12-21]]>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 02:16:58 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-best-reads-for-the-week-of-08-12-21

It’s Tuesday night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So once again it is time for what I thought were the best books I read of the week of 08-12-21. As always if you agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. Two Moons #7--Image Comics
2. Nita Hawe’s Nightmare Blog #2--Image Comics
3. Basilisk #5--BOOM! Studios
4. Daisy #1--Dark Horse Comics
5. Knighted #2--AWA Upshot Studios
6. Lady Mechanika The Monster of the Ministry of Hell #1--Image Comics
7. The Swamp Thing #10--DC Comics
8. World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw #3--Vault Comics
9. Billy The Kit #3--Blue Juice Comics
10. Vampiverse #4--Dynamite Entertainment

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It’s Tuesday Night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So that means it is time once again for what I thought were the best books I read for the week of 01-12-2021. As always agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. King of Spies #1--Image Comics
2. John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Hell #8--Storm King Comics
3. Once & Future #22-BOOM! Studios
4. We Promised Utopia #2--Literati Press
5. Pop Star Assassin #2--Behemoth Entertainment
6. Animal Castle #1--Ablaze Publishing
7. The Human Target #2--DC Comics Black Label
8. Suicide Jockeys #4--Source Point Press
9. Jennifer Blood #003--Dynamite Entertainment
10. Magic Order 2 #2--Image Comics

]]><![CDATA[End Of Year Best Ongoing Limited Series']]>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:43:14 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/end-of-year-best-ongoing-limited-seriesIt’s December and it’s time for those End of Year Lists. This year I’ve decided to do something a bit differently and I’m starting off with my Top 5 Ongoing Limited Series. These are limited series that come out regularly and I believe these are the best of those books that have been out this past year. I won’t be ranking them, instead I’ll be listing them alphabetically.

Canto from IDW Publishing
Enslaved for generations, Canto’s people once had hearts. Now they have clocks. They are forbidden to love, yet Canto loves a little tin girl. When slavers damage her clock beyond repair, Canto embarks on an incredible journey through his strange and fantastic world to bring back her heart. Hailed as a “truly entertaining and striking modern fairy tale” (Newsarama) and a “beautiful and heartfelt story about love and heroism” (The Brazen Bull), Canto is an all-ages adventure for past and present generations alike. Inspired by The Wizard of Oz and Dante’s Inferno. Part fantasy. Part adventure. All heart.

The Cimmerian from Ablaze Publishing
Ablaze returns with two more thrilling adventures of Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian Vol 3 includes two complete stories, Iron Shadows in the Moon and The Man-Eaters of Zamboula!

Gung-Ho from Ablaze Publishing
In the near future, the "White Plague" has almost completely decimated humanity, and civilization is only a sweet memory. The world as a whole has become a danger zone, where survival is only possible within towns or fortified villages. Enter orphaned brothers Zach and Archer Goodwoody, troublemaking teens who have
just arrived at Fort Apache, and about to learn the hard rules of integration into the colony. Outside the walls lies a hostile and deadly environment, but inside is also a dangerous place, as the boys are about to find out.
Creators Benjamin von Eckartsberg and Thomas von Kummant deliver a creative and visual tour de force with jaw-dropping artwork that will transport you to a brand new post-apocalyptic world where the tension is palpable, and the wrong move will get you killed...or worse.

Rivers of London from Titan Comics
CSI meets Harry Potter in this graphic novel from Ben Aaronovitch, writer of the bestselling Rivers of London supernatural police procedural crime series, and Andrew Cartmel author of The Vinyl Detective.
It’s the case of a Swedish Werewolf in London, the unmissable next chapter in the life of full-time cop and part-time wizard Peter Grant. Grant works as part of a very special London police unit investigating unusual crimes involving magic and the general weirdness that permeates London’s dark underbelly.
What starts as a routine undercover operation to break up an organised teenage pickpocket gang turns into something far more dangerous when the Metropolitan police are confronted by a Swedish werewolf who’ll stop at nothing to avoid capture. Now it’s up to Peter and his cohort of chums to hunt the deadly lycanthrope and bring him to justice.

Wrong Earth from Ahoy Comics
The vengeance-dealing Dragonfly sticks it to the man! The acrobatic sleuth Dragonflyman works with the police! These two alternate versions of the same masked crimefighter meet face-to-face for the first time in the second volume of the smash hit The Wrong Earth! Will their impossible encounter result in a team-up... or an all-out war?

]]><![CDATA[My Best Reads for the Week of 24-11-2021]]>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 02:46:13 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-best-reads-for-the-week-of-24-11-2021

It’s Tuesday night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So it’s once again time for what I thought were the best books I read for the week, the week of 24-11-2021. As always if you agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. Serial #8--Abstract Studio
2. Ascencia #9--Wake Entertainment
3. Echolands #4--Image Comics
4. Batman: Reptilian #6--DC Black Label
5. Gunslinger Spawn #2--Image Comics
6. Vinyl #06--12-Gauge Productions/Image Comics
7. Harbinger #2--Valiant Entertainment
8. That Texas Blood #12--Image Comics
9. Night of the Ghoul #2--Best Jackett Press/ComiXology Originals
10. Vengeance of Vampirella #24--Dynamite Entertainment

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It’s Tuesday night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So that means it’s time for what I thought were the best books I read for the week, the week of 17-11-2021. As always if you agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. White #5--Black Mask Studios
2. Not All Robots #04--AWA Upshot Studios
3. The Nice House On The Lake #6--DC Black Label
4. The Wall #1--Magnetic Press
5. Cassidy’s Secret #2--Clover Press
6. Blade Runner Origins #8--Titan Comics
7. Nobody’s Child #3--Behemoth Entertainment
8. Almost American #3--Aftershock Comics
9. X-O Manowar #8--Valiant Entertainment
10. He Who Fights Monsters #4--Aftershock Comics

]]><![CDATA[My Best Reads for the Week of 10-11-2021]]>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 02:30:01 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-best-reads-for-the-week-of-10-11-2021

It’s Tuesday Night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So once again it is time for what I thought were the best books I read for the week, the week of 10-11-2021. As always agree or disagree and let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. OUT #2--AWA Upshot Studios
2. Canto III Lionhearted #4--IDW Publishing
3. Telepaths #3--AWA Upshot Studios
4. The Cimmerian Beyond The Black River #2--Ablaze Publishing
5. Mazebook #3--Dark Horse Comics
6. Alien #8--Marvel Comics
7. Horizon Zero Dawn Liberation #3--Titan Comics
8. Billy The Kit #2--Blue Juice Comics
9. Ordinary Gods #5--Image Comics
10. The Joker #9--DC Comics

]]><![CDATA[My Best Reads for the Week of 03-11-2021]]>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:53:46 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-best-reads-for-the-week-of-03-11-2021

It’s Tuesday Night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So once again it’s time to talk about the best books I read for this is for the week of 03-11-2021. As always if you agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. Two Moons #6--Image Comics
2. John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Hell #7--Storm King Comics
3. Batman: Reptilian #5--DC Black Label
4. Sheena Queen of the Jungle #1--Dynamite Entertainment
5. Magic Order 2 #1--Image Comics
6. Knighted #1--AWA Upshot Studios
7. Star Trek The Mirror War #2--IDW Publishing
8. Cookie and the Kid Vol.2 #2--Antarctic Press
9. The Heathens #1--Aftershock Comics
10. World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw #2--Vault Comics

]]><![CDATA[My Best Reads for the Week of 27-10-2021]]>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:54:16 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-best-reads-for-the-week-of-27-10-2021

It’s Tuesday night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So one again it’s time to talk about the best books we read, this is for the week of 27-10-2021. So here’s what I thought were the best books I read, agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. Moths #5--AWA Upshot Studios
2. World War 3 #3--Antarctic Press
3. Vengeance of Vampirella #23--Dynamite Entertainment
4. Checkmate #5--DC Comics
5. The Rush #1--Vault Comics
6. Harbinger #1--Valiant Entertainment
7. Vinyl #5--Image Comics
8. Once & Future #21--BOOM! Studios
9. Merlin & Hector #1--Red5 Comics
10. Nine Stones -#3--Behemoth Comics

]]><![CDATA[My Best Reads for the Week of 20-10-2021]]>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:43:36 GMThttps://readingwithaflightring.weebly.com/my-best-books-of-the-week/my-best-reads-for-the-week-of-20-10-2021

It’s Tuesday Night and that means tomorrow is New Comics Day! So once more it’s time for what I thought were the best books I read, this is for the week of 20-10-2021. Agree or disagree let us all know what you thought were the best books YOU read!

1. Catoman Lonely City #1--DC Black Label
2. Not All Robots #3--AWA Upshot Studios
3. Gunslinger Spawn #1--Image Comics
4. Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog #1--Image Comics
5. Gun Honey #02--Titan Comics
6. Dungeons & Dragons Mindbreaker #1--IDW Publishing
7. St. Mercy #3--Top Cow Productions
8. Dune House Atreides #11--BOOM! Studios
9. Maria Llovet Porcelain #3--Ablaze Publishing
10. Night of the Ghoul #1--ComiXology Productions

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