Belated shout-out to the following #Chicago #ComicBooks shops for participating in a new #FCBD2025 #FCBD event this year, the "Free Comic Book Day Chicago Comic Shop Crawl":
Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities: Lakeview
First Aid Comics: Hyde Park
First Aid Comics: Little Italy
Howling Pages: Portage Park
Third Coast Comics: Rogers Park
Comix Revolution: Evanston
Dark Tower: Logan Square, and especially
Dark Tower: Lincoln Square.
It was a fun event, including six shops I'd never been to.
It took me a bit after I picked this issue up to notice the subtle gag on the cover.
Both the cover artist, Ryan Browne, and one of the writers, Tim Seeley, are from #Chicago. Seen pictured: a man dumping waste from the Kinzie Street Bridge onto Tim Seeley's cover credit.
This is a reference to the locally infamous #DaveMatthewsBand bus incident, where the band's tour bus unloaded its septic tank onto an open-roof river boat tour.
Bobby Drake is a Jerk!
In the most recent issue of Exceptional #XMen, Bobby surprises Kitty Pryde by preparing Shabbat dinner for her. Here he is, in her kitchen, preparing meatballs next to a cheese grater, almost certainly using her cookware to prepare a very trayf meat and dairy meal, without asking first. #ComicBooks
Two issues into #DarkHorse #Comics limited series The Masked Macher and and it's a surprisingly good comic that I admit I originally only picked up because I liked the title.
A failing Old Hollywood actor takes a gig as a professional wrestler and it's charming, funny, mysterious, and just overall delightful.
I've never read anything by David Goodman before, but I'll be looking for him now. #ComicBooks