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Kurt Busiek’s Astro City #1

In Dreams
by Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Alex Ross

I can’t save everybody–people die even while I’m saving lives here–but I can still do what I can.

In my dreams I fly. I soar unfettered and serene, laughing at gravity and at care. The clouds embrace me as a friend and the wind lazily tousles my hair. I lose myself in the sun and sky.

“But except in dreams you’re never really free” — Warren Zevon, Desperados Under the Eaves

Today, August 10, marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of one of my all-time favorite comic book series, Astro City. To mark the occasion, I would like us to read through Astro City #1 together.

2010-2019: A decade in comics

Lots of great “Best of Decade” lists popping up across the internet. This is just a little personal blog, so I figured I could make a bit of a personal list. Here are 25 comics from the past decade that I’m glad to have read and think you should consider reading too.

Without repeating writers or worrying too much about what “this decade” is, I made myself a list of a top 50ish, then whittled it down to 25. We’ll present those 25 in approximate chronological order of first release and mention some other good works by the same creators from the decade.