All train compartments smell vaguely of comics. It gets so you don’t mind it. That’s the worst thing that I can confess. You know how long it took me to get there? A long time. When you die you’re going to regret the things you don’t do. You think you’re queer? I’m going to tell you something: we’re all queer. You think you’re a thief? So what? You get befuddled by a middle-class morality? Get shut of it. Shut it out. You cheat on your wife? You did it, live with it. You read bad comics, so be it. There’s an absolute morality? Maybe. And then what? If you think there is, go ahead, be that thing. Bad people go to hell? I don’t think so. If you think that, act that way. A hell exists on earth? Yes. I won’t live in it. That’s me.

Josh Flanagan says try…

The Bounce #1

 By Joe Casey and David Messina

I’ll be among the first to declare that I’ve maybe had enough of the continual reinvention of the superhero trope. However, I’ll also be the first to declare that if there’s anyone allowed to still do it, it’s Joe Casey. The guy knows superheroes, and their history, and their memes and standards, and I think, in his darkest heart, he loves them, in his way. Like Sex, Casey is taking another foray in the world of costumed crusaders, and I have no idea what to make of this one yet, other than the trust that I have in Casey’s past work.

Conor Kilpatrick says try…

Uncanny Avengers #8AU

By Rick Remender, Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, & Laura Martin

Listen, I get it. I understand. I too have been avoiding the Age of Ultron tie-in books like the plague, not even buying the books for the series that I read. But this one is different, or so writer Rick Remender has been claiming over and over again on Twitter for the last month in a desperate attempt to alert people like me that this issue is important to his ongoing story. So here I am passing on the information. Because I trust Rick to shoot me straight. Help me help Remender help you.

Paul Montgomery says try…

Star Trek: The John Byrne Collection HC

By John Byrne

Whether you thrilled to Star Trek Into Darkness or walked away shaking your head, you’ll likely get a kick out of IDW’s new hardcover collection of four Star Trek mini-series by the legendary John Byrne. Included here are “Assignment Earth”, “Crew”, “Romulans” and my personal favorite “Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor,” starring Bones and his magnificent Motion Picture era beard. It’s all tremendous, wacky fun.