One of the best comics going returned in March, when Lazarus: Risen 1 hit store shelves. Clocking in at a hefty 67 pages, Risen debuted Lazarus‘s new, quarterly magazine format – a shift the creative team made in an attempt to stay on schedule and offer readers some bonus worldbuilding material.
I had no doubt that Lazarus: Risen would be entirely worth the wait and the slightly-increased price. But I did not know that Lilah Sturges’s short fiction piece, “Your Last Meal on Earth,” would stick with me for so long.
Welcome back to Waiting on the Trade, a monthly comics book club for people who don’t have time for monthly comics!
In this episode, guest host Tyler Marifke makes pizza his business, as we discuss Matt Fraction, David Aja, Steve Lieber, Jesse Hamm, Matt Hollingsworth, and Francesco Francavilla’s Hawkeye: Little Hits.
At the time I’m writing this, we’re only a couple weeks out from C2E2 2019 … and to be honest, I’m still catching up on things! I was gone for a week and then out apartment hunting the week after, so I haven’t had a ton of time to think about comics.
C2E2 itself was a blast, and I figured y’all might want want to see what my convention experience was like. I attended Saturday with my wife Kat and my friends Pat and Mike. You’ve heard most of their voices if you’ve listened to our comics podcast, Waiting on the Trade.
Below are some of the best pictures from our day! Not pictured is me looking all nervous for the first couple hours of the con, as I waited to go interview Peter Tomasi …
Mike and Pat gaze upon Nerdhalla, and rejoice.
Our view looking left from the upper level food court …
… and our view looking right.
Mike and Pat learned how to play Keyforge while I was off doing interviews. It seemed fun? Kat was quite enthralled, at least.
My second favorite cosplay of the day.
My favorite cosplay of the day. Being an Infinity Gauntlet must’ve made walking the aisles very difficult.
This panel is the first event I’ve live-tweeted since reporting in Door County, WI. Much more fun than a County Board meeting.
Kat shows off a couple of our favorite items, as we exit the con.
Kat loves Portillo’s, so we ate there twice during our week in the Midwest. Had such a good day with these goons.
Kat’s portion of our swag. Rob Guillory signed that copy of Farmhand and gave it to Kat for free! Thanks, Rob!
My portion of our swag. I’ve been meaning to pick up a Kyle Starks book since I chatted with him for Multiversity Comics … and that Chicago-style Avengers variant is delightful.
Because that question didn’t fit with the rest of the interview, I’m posting it as bonus content here! Read on to learn Ennis and McCrea’s original plans for what is most certainly one of Hitman‘s most memorable scenes, as well as Tomasi’s thoughts on what other ’90s DC series deserves a complete collection.
