Read in May

In the annals of the most exciting activities -- right up there with competitive paint-drying -- there's long-distance list-making on the Internet. And I am committed to providing those lists to you the home viewer on a monthly basis, because that's just how much I care about you.

Here, then, are the books I read in the merry month of May:

Santiago Garcia, editor, Spanish Fever (5/1)

Mark Crilley, Brody's Ghost Collected Edition (5/2)

Julie Doucet, Carpet Sweeper Stories (5/3)

Steve Casino and Steve Fink, Gobler Toys: The Fun We Can't Remember (5/7)

R.O. Blechman, Amadeo & Maladeo (5/8)

Patricia A. McKillip, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (5/8)

R. Sikoryak, Terms and Conditions (5/10)

Faith Erin Hicks, The Stone Heart (5/15)

Jiro Taniguchi, A Distant Neighborhood, Vol. 2 (5/16)

Bryan Lee O'Malley and Leslie Hung, Snotgirl, Vol. 1: Green Hair Don't Care (5/17) 

Gene Wolfe, Home Fires (5/17)

Kaz, Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood (5/21)

Ryan North and Erica Henderson, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True (5/22)

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones, Howard the Duck, Vol. 0: What the Duck (5/23)

Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen, Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (5/24)

Raina Telgemeier, Ghosts (5/31)



And that was May. I think you all know which month comes next -- but there will be a quiz later today.