Read in August 2018

I'm typing these words at the beginning of the month, so it could all have gone wrong by the time you read this...but I think you'll see a long list of books with links, as my Book-A-Day project for this year keeps rumbling along.

Tony Cliff, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling (8/1)

Warren Ellis, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, and Colleen Doran, Ocean/Orbiter: The Deluxe Edition (8/2) 

Various writers and artists, Star Wars: A Long Time Ago...: Dark Encounters (8/3)

Jaime Hernandez, The Dragon Slayer (8/4)

Gilbert Hernandez, Luba and Her Family (8/5)

Jamie S. Rich and Megan Levens, Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars (8/6)

The Pander Brothers, Girlfiend (8/7)

Philip Gelatt and Rick Lacy, Labor Days 2: Just Another Damn Day (8/8)

Cullen Bunn, Shawn Lee and Matt Kindt, The Tooth (8/9)

Tom Perrotta, Mrs. Fletcher (8/9)

Gabby Schulz, Sick (8/10)

Linda Medley, Castle Waiting (8/11)

Jaime Hernandez, Esperanza (8/12)

Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Joe Rubinstein, I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League (8/13)

Benjamin Frisch, The Fun Family (8/14)

James Thurber and E.B. White, Is Sex Necessary? (8/14)

Frederick Burr Opper's Happy Hooligan (8/15)

Labiano and Dufaux, Dixie Road (8/16, digital)

Roz Chast, The Four Elements (8/17)

Dave McKean, Pictures That Tick 2 (8/18, digital)

Gilbert Hernandez, Ofelia (8/19)

Paul Grist, Jack Staff, Vol. 3: Echoes of Tomorrow (8/20)

Paul Grist, Jack Staff, Vol. 4: Rocky Realities (8/21)

Chris Oliveros, editor, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase: Book Two (8/22)

Dave Sim, Cerebus (8/23)

Steve Erickson, Days Between Stations (8/23)

art spiegelman, The Complete Maus (8/24)

Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Soonish (8/24)

Gilbert Hernandez, Comics Dementia (8/25)

Mike Baron and Steve Rude, Nexus Archives, Vol. 1 (8/26)

Mike Baron and Steve Rude, Nexus Archives, Vol. 2 (8/27)

Martha Wells, Artificial Condition (8/27)

Jaime Hernandez, Angels and Magpies (8/28)

Mike Baron and Steve Rude, Nexus Archives, Vol. 3 (8/28)

Mike Baron and Steve Rude, Nexus Archives, Vol. 4 (8/29)

Mike Baron and Steve Rude, Nexus Archives, Vol. 5 (8/30)

Simon Rich, Spoiled Brats (8/31)


You're probably reading this -- assuming you made it to the end of the Trackless Waste of Listed Books, which is a big assumption -- a day or three into September, after the big Labor Day holiday weekend, so I'll just say I hope it was a pleasant one for you, and happy reading for the rest of the month.