April
1 'Comic Foundry' is the new must-read comics mag

I can't remember the last time I picked up a magazine and, flipping through it, instantly knew I wanted to read every last article within it. But that was truly the case with the second issue of Comic Foundry, which editor in chief and art director Tim Leong has expanded from its first issue and web origins into a gorgeous, full-color, modern and very smart guide to everything comics fans are into. That includes everything from fashion and videogames, to cool toys, celebrity interviews and humorous pieces such as a Goddamn All-Star Batman drinking game. But the overriding emphasis is on comics and the folks who make comics, all captured with a slick, modern and fun look.

This is essential reading, and has the potential to be the voice of today's comics scene, the way The Comics Journal was in the 1970s and 1980s and Wizard was in the 1990s. While blogs and web-zines are great and all, I have missed having a magazine like this around that's both fun to read and goes into more depth than most blogs go into. I have rarely if ever plugged anything like this in the more than four years since this blog began, so take that as a sign of how impressed I am and look for a copy of this mag when it comes out this week.