Avengers/Invaders

by Jim Krueger, Alex Ross & Steve Sadowski

Marvel Comics, 2009

Good old fashion super-hero epic crossover with great art.

Leonore: Noogies

by Roman Dirge

Titan Books, 2009

This colored edition is my first exposure to the Lenore comics. Wicked and bloodily entertaining. I love it!

Stitches: A Memoir

by David Small

W.W. Norton & Company, 2009

An amazing piece of work. Simple and yet emotionally gripping.

Sleeper

Season One & Two

by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips

Wildstorm, 2009

Wow. Political intrigue. Great characterization. And an ending that is heart-wrenching. Not for the faint hearted. But what wonderful storytelling.

Roots of the Swamp Thing

by Len Wein, Berni Wrightson & Nestor P. Redondo

DC Comics, 2009

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing may have been a definitive take on the character. But it was Len Wein & Berni Wrightson's stories that started it all.

Superman: Last Son

by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner & Adam Kubert
DC Comics, 2008

Wildly entertaining blockbuster story from the director of the first Superman film and two of the top creative talents in the comic field.

Torso

by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko

Image Comics, 2001

Gripping telling of a historical unsolved crime.