11.02.16 [#PicksOfTheWeek]

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Bitch Planet #9 (Image)
Deadly Class #23 (Image)
Eclipse #3 (Image)
Southern Bastards #15 (Image)
Wicked + Divine #23 (Image)
Moon Knight #8 (Marvel)
Sheriff of Babylon #12 (DC/Vertigo)
Northlanders Book 02 (DC/Vertigo)
Laid Waste (Fantagraphics)

"Stela’s Five Questions: Catching up with creators Brian Wood and Justin Giampaoli"

Thanks to Wes Moots over at Stela who recently interviewed me and Brian Wood about the creation of our alt history story Rome West. We discussed everything from the inspiration for the series to research methods about the indigenous tribes in the New World.

Rome West explores the premise: "What if the Roman Empire came to the New World 1,000 years before Columbus?" You've never seen anything like it. Rome West is written by me and Brian Wood, with art by Andrea Mutti, colors by Vladimir Popov, and letters by Sal Cipriano.

10.26.16 [#PicksOfTheWeek]

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Aliens: Defiance #6 (Dark Horse)
Frostbite #2 (DC/Vertigo)
Image Plus #7 (Image)
Saga #39 (Image)
Seven to Eternity #2 (Image)
Vision #12 (Marvel)

10.19.16 [#PicksOfTheWeek]

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Manifest Destiny #24 (Image)
Hadrian's Wall #2 (Image)
Horizon #4 (Image)
Astro City #40 (DC/Vertigo)

"Why Columbus Day Would Never Have Been A Holiday In Roma Occidens"

Thanks to the folks over at Stela who've created a thoughtful post for the now controversial Columbus Day, juxtaposing it with Rome West Chapter 5, now available on the Stela app. As an Italian-American, a fiercely proud Italian-American, I want to acknowledge his momentous voyage for Spain, but you can't do so without also acknowledging the harsh realities of his arrival and his brutal interactions with the indigenous people.

When Christopher Columbus arrives in the Arawak Islands in 1492, our alt history 1492, he's met by a hybrid Native American/Roman Legion on the beach. Let's just say that things don't really go too well for him. You've never seen anything like it. Rome West is written by me and Brian Wood, with art by Andrea Mutti, colors by Vladimir Popov, and letters by Sal Cipriano.

10.12.16 [#PicksOfTheWeek]

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Briggs Land #3 (Dark Horse)
The Lost Boys #1 (DC/Vertigo)
Sheriff of Babylon #11 (DC/Vertigo)
The Black Monday Murders #3 (Image)
Black Science #25 (Image)
The Fuse #22 (Image)
Kill Or Be Killed #3 (Image)
Lazarus #25 (Image)
Reborn #1 (Image)
Sex #32 (Image)
Moon Knight #7 (Marvel)
Britannia #2 (Valiant)
James Bond: Hammerhead #1 (Dynamite)
Letter 44 #28 (Oni Press)
Rolling Blackouts (Drawn & Quarterly)
We All Wish For Deadly Force (Retrofit)