Favorite Reads of 2023: Honorable Mentions

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@stephenjohnson9745 5 ай бұрын

I think Chip's Batman run really benefits from reading The Knight, Year One, Dark Knight Returns, the Morrison run, and Tower of Babel. At first, I was lukewarm on his Bat work but over the course of it, the synthesis of these iconic elements of Batman mythos with enough new ideas to keep the story moving really resonated with me

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

that's a really good point and will be something I mention going forward - Zdarsky does pull from a lot of Bat history! Thank you!

@stephenjohnson9745 5 ай бұрын

@@OmnidogsVault I've been reading it monthly, you'll want to read the three jokers (I promise he handles it well, as someone who isnt a fan of the three jokers concept) and maybe some of the joker stuff from new 52 for the next collection of his stuff. He's doing Joker: Year One

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

@@stephenjohnson9745 omfg. You’re going to make me read Three Jokers?!? Fml. lol.

@stephenjohnson9745 5 ай бұрын

@@OmnidogsVault chip fixes it, but to fix the problem you gotta read about the problem

@stephenjohnson9745 5 ай бұрын

@@OmnidogsVaultoh wait, there is another arc between the joker stuff and volume two. Gotham War will come first. Under the Red Hood and any Bat/Cat relationship and bat family stuff would be the pre-reading, if one wants to add contextual Batman stories to that one, but Gotham War works just as well with or without a major background other than Zdarsky's stuff as long as you have a general idea what Batman's general relationship to these other characters is

@sazmurph540 5 ай бұрын

Love this list Jess! Scarlet Witch is the one book that really surprised me that I liked it so much so I'm glad it made your honorable mentions list. These are the types of books that need all the word of mouth that they can get!

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

right on, Saz! SW was my biggest surprise last year too!!

@TheBlahh888 5 ай бұрын

0:01: 📚 Acknowledging overlooked books from 2023, committing to explore European and Indie comics in 2024. 4:37: 📚 Exploration of favorite Marvel books of 2023, featuring titles like 'Too Tough to Die' and 'Halfway to Sanity'. 8:43: 📚 Exploration of Scarlet Witch's adventures, encounters, and challenges in a captivating book series. 12:49: 📚 European crime book in black and white with red accents, not safe for work, featuring a down-on-his-luck protagonist. 17:14: 📚 Financial adviser contemplates changing last name to Bond villain; Favorite writer's book not selling well. 21:48: 🦇 Intriguing superhero book series with nods to Batman history, requiring prior knowledge for full enjoyment. 26:23: 🔥 Unstoppable foe wreaks havoc on DC Universe, Suicide Squad members enhanced to combat it with deadly consequences. Recap by Tammy AI

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

wow - this is a good summary by AI - especially the financial advisor stuff at 17:14 LOL

@teflonrobg 5 ай бұрын

OMNIDOG!!! That Gotham City Year One is one of the best books of 2023. Too bad it didn't sell well because I wanted to see more of it. Thanks for mentioning that one. Maybe if the book sells out DC will change its mind. Get the book, y'all! Great Video as always. Cheers!

@andrecrispim3209 5 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why it didn’t sell, the book got a great feedback

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

yeah I loved it and reread it a couple of times! Sad that it didn't sell!

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

@@andrecrispim3209 I can't explain it either especially with Tom King writing a short series on crime - that seems like what everybody has been asking for

@shashishiva5150 5 ай бұрын

ALWAYS Love the reviews/details! Ordered the ones I didn’t have. Please Please do a PART 2!

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

Dude! This IS part 2 lol!!!

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

But thank you so much for watching and the compliment!

@mrwasi99 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for saving the orphans Mr. Bondvillain

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

Hahaha thank you for picking up on that!

@mallorysummerville9428 5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you made this video, we are so spoiled with SO MANY amazing books right now! Always happy for more Si Spurrier, too! And I can't wait for the occult/magic books, at this point it might have to be a miniseries because, again, there are so many awesome books in the genre! You have such great taste in all genres Jess, if you love something, I know that means it's BOSS!

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Mallory and lol, yeah, the occult/magic video may be a 3 parter at least! I'm going to have to read Books of magic omni 1 at the very least and that'll take a month lol.

@TheNavicule 5 ай бұрын

I have almost all these honorable mentions in my collection and I'd say they certainly deserved to be talked about ! Thank you for the video.

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

Oh nice!! I'm glad you agree! Thanks for watching!

@teflonrobg 5 ай бұрын

Your Batman picks on the video is top-notch. The Batman Knight is really good too.

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you like them too!

@northlakeghost 5 ай бұрын

Ooh psyched for your indie content this year if you can squeeze some in.

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

I have plans... lol

@JakeAndKamHaveIssues 5 ай бұрын

Well, Jess, guess I know what what’s on my next to buy list. The Dark Knights of Steel and Gotham City Year One. Thanks for an awesome list bud. Best, Kam.

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

thanks for watching and lmk what you think of those books!!

@beltenebrosgr1904 5 ай бұрын

Aside of suggesting cool and great comics in both videos (10 favorites of 2023 and this one with honorable mentions of 2023) I think that we should all acknowledge the amazing shirts that Jess wears in both videos! Hi Jess! Happy to see "Noir Burlesque" there, I have got it but not read it yet! Hope it is decent storywise, because the art looks amazing... I am pretty sure that (with a little luck) you will love both european and indie comics tha you will check and read in 2024! Take care...

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

thank you for the fashion applause!! I appreciate that a LOT! I am determined to read a lot more this year so I'm hoping I can get to all the indie & European books that I want to!

@williamlee2182 5 ай бұрын

Leaning into the "Adorable" OmniDog with that thumbnail lol

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

this was directed by Upper Management so that may have something to do with it ;-)

@KennethKralyJr 5 ай бұрын

Great video Jess as always !!! So many great reads of 2023. I've read'ed digitally via single issues Batman/Superman: World's Finest by Mark Waid and Dan Mora it is so so good and plan on picking up the 2 hardcovers soon along with Mark Waid's run on The Flash in Omnibus format. Keep up the great work Jess with your videos love your content !!!

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

thank you Kenny!! It's always great to see you in the chat !

@claudesvlogs 3 ай бұрын

I like the idea of noir comics; I really want to read the Gotham Central omni.

@OmnidogsVault 3 ай бұрын

Gotham Central is one of the best books DC has ever published! I hope you love it!

@TheComicBookReport 5 ай бұрын

The fact that the books on this list that I have read I’ve greatly enjoyed make me excited for those on the list I haven’t yet. Thanks for all the recommendations Jess. Fantastic video 👏

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

WOOOO!! I'm so happy that you dug the video! And the books! thank you!!

@maul_360 5 ай бұрын

Always love these favorite reads videos Jess. Wish i had half the memory as you because i would have forgotten half the characters and plots to books i have read lol

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

haha I'm glad you like these videos! But I did have to go over each one before the video since I read them 6 months ago LOL

@elanrhys3178 5 ай бұрын

Love that you are diving into European and Independent comics this year. P.S. Love that shirt on you, gonna need to pick up moonknight later this year

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

yeah you will dig the MK omni! And thank you for the shirt applause!

@marcelo-ramos 5 ай бұрын

Nice list. Batman: The Knight is a story that I really wanted to be writen, but I would have preferred it to be a 25 issues story entirely focused on Bruce's challenges during that time. Unfortunately, The Knight focuses too much on his relationship with Ghost Maker, which doesn't ruin it, but makes it a lot less interesting to me (and I personally don't care about Ghost Maker.) The ongoing Zdarsky Batman is a good and enjoyable book, but as much as I like Batman R.I.P., I really don't want to see more of Zur-En-Arrh. The worst sin of his run is that it confirms Three Jokers as canon... even though there were hints of it since the beginning of Rebirth, we were all better off leaving that story in Black Label limbo. Blaze is the one I didn't like. There are several small things I don't like about the book, the tone in general and the art are not the best for me, but there's also two big things. The first one is the treatment of Superman. I am not against a story where some enemy kills Superman, it's actually a simple way to show how big of a deal is the enemy (like in King in Black,) but do we really needed to see Superman broken and brain dead? The second thing I really hated was the ending, the last page in particular. Spurrier thinks he's being funny, but he's actually mocking the genre. I didn't care for it.

@OmnidogsVault 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate your well written opinion on Blaze!