April
26 Hunter’s Moon #1

Creators: James L. White, writer; Dalibor Talajic, artist
Boom! Studios, 32 pages, color, $3.99
So? No new publisher has done as well the past few years as Boom!, but the company’s latest releases have truly raised the bar. Hot on the heels of cool stuff like "Mr. Stuffins" and the engrossing "Tag: Cursed," comes "Hunter’s Moon," from the writer of the Oscar-winning film “Ray.” White defies conventional comicbook wisdom and packs this tale of a successful businessman trying to reconnect with his son on a hunting trip with eight-, nine- and 10-panel pages packed full of compelling dialog that gives this story the kind of meat few comics offer. Talajic really rises to this challenge, drawing pages that really work and are attractive without being cramped. The result is a compelling debut that, if White et al. can keep it up, promise to make this into a must-read graphic novel. Grade: A