I’m an overeater. Like, I eat a fucking fuckload. Like, a couple of nights ago the Wife woke me up. I was on the couch. I was on the couch because I decided I would eat a couple of chocolate chip bagels after taking a piss. Covered in crumbs and chocolate, I sauntered to bed. Where am I going with this? Chill. Chill. Sometimes I think of doing a diet blog to keep myself honest. But I’ll level with you — I like being a fatso too much. However, I also, also!, struggle with reading comics.

CAN YOU SMELL A FUCKING SEGUE?

Sometimes I get behind on my reading. Or I get overwhelmed by the sheer backlog of all the funnies I haven’t read. And I quit! Just straight-up fucking quit for months at a time. I drain away the nights I should be injecting sequential art to the meat-squash by refreshing asses on Tumblr. Or watching Vines of people I hate because hating things is easier than being productive.

So here I am. In Buy These Flippin’ Comics. I can’t fucking believe I haven’t burped up another one of these columns since September, since the HotSauce left us for Greener Pastures. I don’t really have a fucking reason. Laziness. Or business. Or both. Whatever. And so to tie it back into my overeating, chocolate-fingered nightmare, I’m hoping writing this column will keep me honest on my comics game.

And I’m hoping you’ll keep me honest by recommending froggy-fresh titles I should be checking out. I’m months behind, but I’m an Eager Beaver for Comic Wood.

Don’t know what’s dropping this week? Check out the releases right here.

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No hyperbole in those words folks.  No disclaimer.  No caveats.  Rafael Grampa is one of the greatest artists in the comic/pop art world today.  So what we have to wait with baited breath for his forever-delayed Dark Horse mini-series “Furry Water”?  So what he takes time away from drawing to shill vodka and play drums in a band?  Not since Paul Pope have we had a rock start artist that backed up his reputation with truly dynamic and iconic visuals.  The dude is a dream.  This week he’s got three pieces available for us jokers to get our grubby mitts on.  Hit the jump and let’s chat about them and some other comic books of note hitting the shelves Wednesday!

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