6 Comic Books to Read If You're Seriously Anti-Valentine's Day
1/8Not everyone likes Valentine’s Day. And that’s okay! If your plans for the 14th involve dressing in all black and eating garlic to keep potential kisses away, allow us to facilitate your love-Grinching with our favorite anti-Valentine’s reading material: some of the best angry, lonely comics around.
2/8Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More
Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Artist: David Lopez
Okay, so Captain Marvel isn’t super angry or lonely, but in this volume, she kicks off an adventure by breaking up with hottie-supreme James Rhodes, so she can go explore outer space. If you’ve just kissed your own super-hottie goodbye in order to get a little...uh, space, check this one out.
3/8Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
Writer/Artist: Jhonen Vasquez
Sometimes it’s just people, you know? Of any kind? And maybe, just maybe, they should stop talking? And while you’d never hurt anyone (and we’d never advocate that), sometimes it can be therapeutic to read about someone’s violent mechanisms of coping with the truly annoying. Have a good day.
4/8Grayson, Vol. 1
Writers: Tom King & Tim Seeley
Artist: Mikel Janin
We all wanna go together like Batman and Robin. And when it doesn’t work out, maybe you want to fake your death and join a creepy, globetrotting spy agency. That’s the basic plot of Grayson, a superhero-book turned sexy spy adventure. Bonus: Mikel Janin’s gratuitously shirtless drawings of World’s Finest Hottie Dick Grayson make this book the only Valentine you need.
5/8Nana
Writer/Artist: Ai Yazawa
Nana features plenty of love, but uniquely, the highest highs and lowest lows in this one are about friendship. Main character Nana K. is a fickle romantic, while her best friend Nana O. is pure punk rock cool. The series follows them chasing their dreams — one wants love, the other fame — but as boys come and go, these two are forever.
6/8We Can Never Go Home
Writer: Matthew Rosenberg & Patrick Kindlon
Artist: Josh Hood
In the tradition of everything from Heathers to The Perks of Being A Wallflower comes We Can Never Go Home, a story about outcast teens...with superpowers. Maddie and Duncan are teenage ultraviolence at its best, and the trouble they get into will make you never want to act on impulse again. Best of all? Maddie’s no manic pixie dream girl, and Duncan’s evolution from punk-rock problem solver to human panic attack is at the heart of the story.
7/8Lady Killer
Writers: Joelle Jones, Jamie S. Rich
Artist: Joelle Jones
Imagine Don Draper’s double life, Betty Draper’s wardrobe, and James Bond’s skillset. That’s Josie Schuller, the main character in this super-spy period piece. Watching Josie take care of business while remaining vintage-fabulous is the best part of this gory volume. Her disguises, from tiki girl to kitty-cocktail waitress, make one thing clear: never underestimate the lady.
