Zack Quaintance

Washington, D.C.

Associate Editor at Government Technology

Editor-in-Chief at Comics Bookcase

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Check out an excerpt from Walker Tate's debut graphic novel, LASER EYE SURGERY

1 week ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Cartoonist Walker Tate’s debut graphic novel, Laser Eye Surgery, is due out this August from Fantagraphics Books, and today we here at The Beat have a 12-page excerpt from the forthcoming book. Laser Eye Surgery uses vision — literally, vision — as a starting point to explore themes around sight, paranoia, and the comics form (itself a visual medium, obviously).
Let's get spooky and metaphysical

1 week ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

When I was reading through candidates for this week’s list of the Top Comics to Buy for June 18, I started to pick-up on a trend — a lot of my favorite books this week play with the immaterial, the unexplainable, and the downright metaphysical and spooky. It started with Phantom Road (I’m LOVING the current arc of that one), continued into sci-fi author skewing Benjamin, and even made itself known in less obvious ways in Aliens Vs. Avengers and New Gods.
Top Comics to Buy for June 11, 2025: New books that feel familiar

2 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

This week’s Top Comics to Buy for June 11 is an interesting list that features a lot of old things coming back new again. Chief among them is Umbrella Academy Plan B #1, which (obviously) is a new #1 comic that picks up right where Umbrella Academy left off.
New book BIG-ASS SWORD features more than just a big-ass sword

2 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Big-Ass Sword is indisputably a perfect comics title. It reels you in, takes you on a journey, and tells you exactly what this comic is going to be about — a big-ass sword. At least, that was my response when I first heard the title, used as it is for German cartoonist Andreas Butzbach’s new book from Rebellion Publishing, which is due out in November. But as definitive as that title was, it also made me think. Think and wonder. Who is wielding this big-ass sword?
CROWDFUNDER REVIEW: ARMORED is a well-done teen adventure comic about loss

3 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Writer: Michael SchwartzArtist: Ismael HernandezLetterer: Ferran DelgadoPublisher: Clover PressBack the Kickstarter through June 27, 2025I have heard for some time that Armored is a Kickstarter worth checking out, and, indeed, I’d seen the book splashed across online comics circles. My first impression of it was that it was pretty clever teen adventure comic.
DC Round-Up: The DC PRIDE 2025 #1 one-shot tells an excellent complete story

3 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

THIS WEEK: The DC Pride 2025 #1 one-shot is the best Pride Month issue yet, using a mosaic of short pieces to tell one large story. Plus, Batgirl #8 is another great issue of a series you should absolutely be reading. Note: the review below contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdict. Writers: Vita Ayala, Jude Ellison S.
In Miguel Vila's COMFORTLESS, a secret intrusive livestream goes wrong

3 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Today’s excerpt from Miguel Villa’s forthcoming graphic novel, Comfortless, starts with a brilliant setup — a person hiding around the side of the building starts livestreaming another person, without their knowledge or consent — and then takes you on a journey from there.
Top Comics to Buy for June 4, 2025

3 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

This week’s Top Comics to Buy for June 4 features something we haven’t had in a good long while — multiple top picks from Marvel Comics. But it’s definitely a welcome site. And, really, I could have also added Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #1 or even Ultimate Wolverine #6. Hell, even Ghost Rider Vs. Galactus was a nice romp with killer artwork. It was, in other words, the strongest week from Marvel Comics in a few years.
You can't go home again, or the GOOBERS will get you

4 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Writer: Cody ZiglarArtist: Ryan LeeColorist: Kurt Michael RussellLetterer: Andworld DesignPublication Date: Currently available to pre-orderThere are two major things for sale with Goobers, the new tentacle-heavy smalltown horror book from writer Cody Ziglar, artist Ryan Lee, colorist Kurt Michael Russell, and letterer Andworld Design. And they are wall-to-wall horror monster action, and some of the best teen banter I’ve read in a comic book in ages.
Top Comics to Buy for May 28, 2025: A stunning single issue lands in ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS, and more

1 month ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

This week’s Top Comics to Buy for May 28 is a reminder that the last week of the month has become the week of heavy hitters. We get two of DC’s Absolute books, the newest issue of Ultimate Spider-Man, and plenty of indie excellence. If that wasn’t enough, there’s a stellar gritty Western one-shot and a new DC Comics Year One series starting up. Essentially, an already packed week is getting even more packed.