This past week was fairly unprecedented at ye ol’ comic shoppe, as four highly anticipated anthologies showed up in the same week. I was struggling to decide which merits discussion the most; I went with MEATHAUS because I didn’t think my masculinity could take the hit of publicly revealing my affection for Tori Amos by raving about COMIC BOOK TATTOO (the great antho inspired by her music). Shit, did I just do that? I meant to say Dokken. I love Dokken. Damn.

Anyhoo, the Meathaus collective is comprised of the best artists in the comic biz, hands down. James Jean, Ross Campbell, Farel Dalrymple, Jim Rugg, Dash Shaw, The Hanuka Brothers… they’re all in here and they all knock it out of the park. This is a rare beast in that I liked every single story in here. They’re all different, with a leaning towards genre material featuring badass children fighting monsters, but they’re all good! Who do these assholes think they are creating such a comprehensively high quality book? You know what? Screw ‘em! Buy the Tori Amos book instead. YOU HEAR THAT, WORLD? I LIKE TORI AMOS! GAAAHHHH!