In a Sea Full of Comics, Read These

Despite the horrible state of the world, there is an insurmountable amount of content at the ready to be consumed. Just an egregious, impossible mountain of things to engage with. Escapism is always good, but when there are this many things to escape to it can be really daunting. We’re at the “want to watch something, but scroll through Netflix for an hour, then get tired and go to sleep” stage of content engagement. So that’s why I’m here. We’re gonna specifically talk about comics today, which is a medium in a true golden era for fantastic storytelling. But just like everything else, it can be hard to figure out where to jump in, and what’s worth your time. So strap in, and listen to me ramble about a few of my favorite comics of this year so far and dig into some of the craft elements that make them stand out to me.  Nightwing Look, I love Nightwing as a character as much as the next fan, but there’s something truly special about this current run written by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. Dick Grayson is dedicated to not just protecting the city of Blüdhaven as Nightwing but also ushering it into a new era of prosperity as Dick Grayson. My man is burning the candle at both ends in this one, but his smile never wavers, even with a new villain named Heartless who steals people’s hearts, or with Blockbuster trying to assassinate Dick at every turn. I’ve said this many times over, but it really feels like an all-time, definitive run for the character and the entire creative team…