There’s this misconception that comic books are like movies which is entirely false. You can tell a creator that’s trying to make a comic a movie by the structure and story beats and while it does work, that’s because the comic medium is so versatile. To truly understand the medium you have to first acknowledge that it’s a little bit like novels, TV, Film, art and something completely of its own.

I think this is my new favorite week in comics as so many great titles have released. Thomas Alsop is definitely in my top five for books being published, but could find itself sitting at the top. This issue left me foaming at the mouth for more of the story and really I just couldn’t believe how damn good it was.

I’m so glad to see Death Vigil again. I was smitten with the first issue, but with any great first issue you have to wait to see how the second issue turns out. Well, it turned out about the same. Stjepan Sejic is trying something new in comics as each issue is like an hour dramedy.

For those that have been following Skullkickers from the beginning you’ll be familiar with the “Tavern Tales” style of stories. For those that aren’t familiar (like I wasn’t) then I’ll explain. It’s a special issue in which creator Jim Zub opens the series up for both writers and artists to jump on the title and tell “what if” type stories.

If you read the last issue of Princess Ugg then you too have been patiently waiting for this issue or in my case impatiently waiting. There was a stark difference between the first and second issue and with the cliffhanger I had to wonder what the tone of this third issue would be.

Let’s start with that cover! My goodness I can’t get over how great that looks. If I were Valiant I would be throwing Mico Suayan’s cover on a mug, shirt and even a poster. In a way it does capture the essences of the first act of this issue. One important thing to note is that if you’re reading Armor Hunters you need to read issue #3 first or you’ll spoil that issue for yourself.

After its successful Kickstarter project I was glad to see Midnight Tiger picked up by Action Lab. It was a story I was eager to read and with Action Lab I knew that it would get a wide release and I would have my opportunity to read it.