Welcome back to Sequential Theology. I've been away for a bit, but I have the time to write up a pick list. This Wednesday is one of those magically days when the shelves are blessed with a large selection of excellent titles... or it's a curse for your wallet if you don't have the extra cash.
This week Bêlit continue to conquer the harsh snows of Cimmeria, Oxel's mind is slipping as his body continues to betray him, and The Buffy-verse gets its first male slayer!
This week Bêlit continue to conquer the harsh snows of Cimmeria, Oxel's mind is slipping as his body continues to betray him, and The Buffy-verse gets its first male slayer!
Story by Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg, art by Karl Moline
Buffy is no stranger to tackling social issues. With past story-lines involving abortion, homosexuality, religion, and abuse it's no surprise that they would one day invert the tradition and have a gay slayer. What's surprising is that he isn't one with a grand destiny. Billy is a kid with a pretty stereotypical life for a modern fictional gay teenager. He's picked on by jocks who may or may not be dealing with their own sexuality. He hangs out with his gal pal on the hood of a car discussing hot guys while re-enacting the scene from Wayne's World where airplanes land over there heads. Naturally.
But when he has to dust the bullies who have become zompires, and it happens to be in front of the blonde guy he's crushing on from school, things get much more interesting for Billy. His crush is apparently a huge fan of "the Slayer scene in San Francisco" and thinks with Billy's talent for killing zompires, maybe they should form a Scooby gang of their own. Billy is apprehensive because he doesn't have any special powers except his boxing skills (honed out of necessity to defend against said bullies). But zompires' lack of cunning makes it a lot easier for a person with slightly better than average fighting skills to take them down. Thus, Billy the Slayer is born!
This issue was quite fun. Buffy may not always be fine art, but the concept seems to be impervious to damage as its constant twisting only seems to make it more enjoyable... so long as it doesn't go into space.
This issue was quite fun. Buffy may not always be fine art, but the concept seems to be impervious to damage as its constant twisting only seems to make it more enjoyable... so long as it doesn't go into space.
Story by Brian Wood, art by Vasilis Lolos

Yeah, the story is highly romanticized, but at the dawn of history life had a stronger sense of survival of the fittest and law was a little more ambiguous.
Vasilis Lolos does an amazing Becky Cloonan impersonation that makes me forget there's fill-in artist. Excellent work that I continue to anticipate every month.
John Arcudi, art by Jonathan Case

This series seems as though it's produced entirely digitally with it's scratchy even lines, and it's floating "water colors," but Jonathan Case manages to evoke the cold of winter with his incredible understanding of color. The cool color pallet evokes that crisp winter air every time Oxel steps outside. I am going to petition for this to be a featured book when it's finally released, I can assure you.
That's it this week. Thanks for reading. And as always, if you disagree with me then prove me wrong.
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