It’s that time of year! When everyone makes their lists of the best of the year (even though it’s barely December!)So here are several of our favorites from 2023 (so far!)We’ve done 3 categories, Graphic Novels, Collections of ongoing series, and then finally a bonus list of some the best Comic Series that started this year! (Hopefully most of those will eventually be collected too!) Of course, these lists are far from complete, and we’re always happy to make suggestions. But let us know if we forgot any totally awesome ones! Best Graphic Novels of 2023 Bea Wolf – Zach Weinersmith & BouletA retelling of...

Void Rivals is a thrilling new scifi series by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, and Matheus Lopes. There is a big surprise in issue 1, and Robert Kirkman himself will tell you about it! (Just come and pick up the issue at any of our stores if you want to read it spoiler free!)

It’s been awhile since we’ve done this, so let’s look back at our best selling graphic novels and issues for the year! We finally published a new volume of our own local comics anthology, Big Planet Comics: Neon! This included a new short Zodiac Starforce story by our hometown heroes Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau, so of course that was one of our bestsellers! Media had an impact, with Moon Knight, Spy X Family, Demon Slayer, Batman: The Long Halloween, Heartstopper, and Chainsaw Man all selling well after their screen adaptations became popular. Controversy elevated a few, as censorship attempts reminded people to...

ALL manga at our Vienna, Virginia, and Washington DC stores is 20% off throughout December!This is a great chance to catch up on some Japanese comics, or try out something new. We’ll be posting some of our favorites here, but please ask if you want any other recommendations! Blue Period by Tsubasa YamaguchiAn aimless teenager stumbles into his high school art department and commits himself to becoming an artist. It also teaches the reader how to become a better artist, too! Kowloon Generic Romance by Jun MayuzukiReiko Kujirai is a 30-something real estate agent living in Kowloon Walled City. She’s constantly butting heads with...

DC Comics is showing the future of their universe in DC Future State, running in January and February, as a new set of miniseries by a cool group of creators comes out with some of DC’s favorite characters. Since some of these are some of our favorite creators (such as Becky Cloonan, Mariko Tamaki, Gene Luen Yang, Ram V, Christopher Priest, Marguerite Bennett, Dan Mora, Jen Bartel, Leila Del Duca, Joelle Jones, and Steve Pugh!), but all the titles are new Future State versions, we wanted to list all the info here so you can see which ones you are interested in. We attached a PDF you can look over for each title, who is creating it,...