This Week in Highlighting (11/18 Edition)

Care for a little spelunking?

Every week, we send out our amazing newsletter outlining everything coming in to our store, some exciting comic news, and any important information the Swap needs to let you know. Additionally, every week, we highlight some of the incoming items that we are particularly excited about. These are usually items we love, though sometimes they're just items we're excited about or items we think our customers will be excited about. Every now and then, someone asks us why we recommend what we recommend. This new addition to the Comic Swap blog provides exactly that service.

This week's comic:


Underground, a comic by Jeff Parker (Agent of Atlas) and Steve Lieber (Whiteout) from Image Comics.


We've all read comics where super people do super things, where crazy mad scientists try to destroy the world, or where strange alien human hybrid sea monsters use extravagant guns to rip holes through the fabric of time and space in an effort to stave off the eventual depletion of the Earth's natural resources... This is not such a comic. Though sea monsters are friggin' sweet, so here's a picture of one. Don't worry, I'll still do cute puppies later.


Underground is a comic about two park rangers trying to stop the local cave systems from being turned into a tourist attraction. One in particular is an avid caver who is trying to turn public opinion away from quick cash and towards the awesome that the caves can provide. But some people are very, very eager to get started on making the caves accessible for anyone who wants to take a look inside.

And if all of that sounds less than exciting, allow me to reassure you: Guns and explosions. Underground ones.

This is definitely comics done right. Great art, great writing, and a very intriguing, original concept really make this book stand out. I love the use of color in the story. When the characters are inside of the cave, everything takes on sort of sepia tones, adding an ominous feel to everything they do.

So without further ado...



Puppies.