Right now my second favorite running series is the Eric Stephenson/Simon Gane title THEY'RE NOT LIKE US (right behind the Vaughan/Staples title SAGA. of course) but the series has been on extended hiatus since April and it doesn't look like anything new scheduled in the near future.
So, to get my fix I decided to turn to a title that features at least 3/4ths of the team from They're Not Like Us, (Eric Stephenson (Story), Jordie Bellaire(Colors) and Fonographiks (Letters), with Nate Bellegarde doing the illustrations), the series NOWHERE MEN.
So far, the story of four genius scientists who created World Corp, and the subsequent inventions and events they created that changed the world for better or worse is a interesting read, and almost perfect timing since the follow-up trade paperback is due for release in a few months!
Yehaaaaawwww! They're not like us is BACK with their awesome THIRD arc where the players in our story start making moves and joining and severing alliances left and right! Nice to see the return of Dawn (Blurgirl) and Maisie, two characters I really love!
Aww, this is such a treat...you know, for awhile there i was worried that maybe the comic had gone on indefinite hiatus (as many of them do...it's the problem of creator owned strips...if the writer/artist loses interest, they sometimes drop it.) that I even ran to reddit to ask about it:
That was six months ago, and I was REALLY losing hope...and THEN to see NEW issues posted up in the "upcoming releases' section of Image Comics just blew my mind and I've been beside myself waiting for it!
Just began reading one of the most exciting and beautifully drawn new series, "They're Not Like Us", the story of a girl who wants to kill herself because she can hear everyone's thoughts and is drowning in the barrage of dialog crashing in her head.
She is saved by a peculiar man who spirits her away to live with others like her: teens who are coping with their own mutant powers while hiding away in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. But are these people she is with good or bad? What are their plans for the future? and why is everything they do so heavily shrouded in mystery?
I first grabbed this comic off the rack because of the beautiful art, and was immediately pulled in by the intriguing story. So far it's one of my new favorites!!!!
