I Read Comic Books discussion

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

This month's theme is "Writer and/or Artist is a person of color."

Titles nominated this month must have a writer or artist of color. If you have any questions or concerns, please send a message to mod Kait, who is happy to help. You can find the complete 2020 theme calendar here.

Remember:
- Manga nominations are welcome.
- Nominated titles must be TPB comics or original graphic novels, but not omnibuses.
- 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 Book of the Month bookshelf.
- Nominated titles cannot have the same writer as the previous month's BotM winner. This month, that's Neil Gaiman.
- Nominated titles must fit the month's theme. To see past and upcoming themes, check out the 2018 theme calendar, 2019 theme calendar, and 2020 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.

I would nominate anything from Milestone Comics, but I particularly would pinpoint Static Shock from Dwayne McDuffie.

VolScholar wrote: "I would nominate anything from Milestone Comics, but I particularly would pinpoint Static Shock from Dwayne McDuffie."

Static Shock has been out of print for years. Icon or Hardware would be easier for people to find. Both are on Hoopla and Comixology even though they are out of physical print as well.

Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels
Complex and thoughtful sci-fi. Nominated for a ton of awards. Easily accessible (it is available as an eBook as part of an ongoing Humble Bundle right now) as well.

Beyond!
by Dwayne McDuffie, Scott Kolins

An indescribably powerful cosmic being gathers nine of Marvel's most mismatched super beings for purposes beyond their comprehension.

François wrote: "Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels..."

I loved that! I almost was going to nominate another thing by the same writer, BTTM FDRS, but then I remembered....

I nominate Farmhand, Vol. 1: Reap What Was Sown by Rob Guillory. It is story of a family and their business of growing replacement body parts on haunted plants. Creepy and funny and a little gory, but the gore is rainbow-colored, so not too off-putting.

Ed wrote: "François wrote: "I loved that! I almost was going to nominate another thing by the same writer, BTTM FDRS,..."

I really need to reread/catch up on Farmhand so far! Great suggestion.

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen!