Invincible

I’d fallen into a comic book drought over the past few months and was starting to feel like an actual adult. Then on the recommendation of friends I read the first few trade paperbacks of Invincible the day after Christmas. Suffice it to say that I now own all the trade paperbacks of Invincible and am close to having read them all:

Invincible is based on an idea that’s quite original in its very banality — it’s a super-hero comic. And sort of a super-hero comic without a twist. It’s just a new super-hero comic with characters you’ve never read before, inhabiting a universe you’ve never visited before. The concept is really brilliant in its simplicity. People like super-hero comics and they read them all the time but the existing DC and Marvel books tend to feel stale. So why not write new ones? Well I think the answer is that it would be hard to do well — but it’s done very well here. If you like super-heroes and aren’t reading Invincible, add checking it out to your list of resolutions.