Five Collected Editions Hidden Gems! | Graphic Novel Hidden Gems | AUGUST 2021

[@jarod9135]

I love these Hidden Gem segments! Also this channel brings me so much joy, hope all is well in the Near Mint world!!

[@joelgreenlee9421]

Really like this list! Could you do a similar thing with specific creators? ( i.e. favorite 5 books by Ed Brubaker) Have you read Optic Nerve, Love & Rockets or American Splendor? Those are 3 of my all time favorites and I'm curious to see what you think. I really appreciate your videos. Your enthusiasm is infectious!

[@waltscomicshop]

Great idea (&great taste in comics ;)

[@kcjc]

I love that Batman Black & White always sneaks into the thumbnails for these lol

[@JesseGaronBurrows]

Nice to see the advertisement from Walt's Comic Shop. I recently started shopping there and I think it's a great shop! Great selection of omni's as well as Epic's and really good communication! Good shipping cost as well for us customers in Europe!

[@waltscomicshop]

♥ ♥ ♥

[@camerongodsey9847]

It’s great to see some older segments! I love the overviews and the other vids, but I miss some of the older material Bring back Retroview next!

[@barryponsford2433]

Love this series, please never never NEVER stop this section!

[@Chandasouk]

Dropping gems like a clumsy Thanos

[@matthiasuy]

Castle Waiting broke my heart. Never knew there was a HC that came out. I hope I can find a copy somewhere.

[@NearMintCondition]

They aren’t that expensive. I found one for a friend for 25 bucks two months ago.

[@psi-judgesanderson6983]

Hey Omar a lot of my purchases are because of your channel so thank you. I have a few hidden gems for you if you haven't already read them.... The killing jar - justin Zimmerman The lost boy - Greg ruth Road of bones - rich douek Court of the dead - shadows of the underworld Spacewarp - pat mills I've been trying to concentrate on indi stories atm i went a bit mad with my haul last month. Congratulations on the 50k+ brother

[@TheMattRoemer]

Thanks to your rec previously checked out Wrinkles and absolutely loved it, been picking up the other Paco Roca books that Fantagraphics has been putting out. Had no idea any of his work had been published in English by other publishers!

[@waltscomicshop]

Great that this section is back! ♥ Really curious: Are you a Megg & Mogg fan? One either loves it or hates it (we happen to love Hanselmann's funny nihilism)

[@jm21763]

Great shout on New Warriors Omar! I hope we get a thick Complete Collection of this to add to my X-Men collection; the cast are nearly entirely de-powered x-characters and I also enjoyed this run

[@DBZALLSTAR]

The thing that bothered me the most was the tie-in to "Secret Invasion". I don't like continuity errors. Lol Either commit to the canon or do not. At least explain a retcon. Lol

[@buttermilkoreo]

Omg never stop this series

[@newspooiechannel]

You know, I think I have a paperback collection of Castle Waiting that I got a few years ago. This may be the first time I've seen it mentioned anywhere.

[@jarod9135]

I genuinely love these videos, I love finding lesser known smaller things to read

[@marcspectororamijakelockle7232]

Oh, thanks for reminding me that I need to pick up vol 2 and 3 of Heathen, but if vol 3 is OOP, maybe I should wait and hope for an all-in-one HC collection. Really loved vol 1 when I read it a few years back, the art is amazing and the story was too IIRC. Looked at my shelves for something that the mighty Omar may not have heard of but you probably have heard of everything anyway, but if I had to pick some of my hidden gems I would pick The Stuff of Legend, just waiting for the third omnibus to wrap up the story, so good and amazing art. Squarriors is another one with amazing art.

[@TheComicBookReport]

The fact that I haven’t heard of any of these makes me excited ha! Thanks man

[@MrMixez]

Thanks for the interesting list. I'd like to see Wika by Thomas Day and Oliver Ledroit in a future list. The art is absolutely stunning. There has been a collected edition by Titan Comics recently.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you, I’ve not read the book, but I’m compiling a list.

[@kamiikazeheartchris529]

I love videos like this. I will def try to check out Heathen, it looks amazing! I also had heard of that New Warriors series but never checked it out, so thats on the list too! I was a fan of the original series when I was a kid. Also Omar, where did you get those MKR figures in the background?!?

[@chino062]

So close to 50k!!

[@connordyer3891]

Hey Omar never stop giving us this amazing content please. What's with your logo/emblem that crops up at the 16:57 mark, here's to hoping I win a prize for being what seems to be the first to notice it 🤣 also I'm currently reading fear agent which you felt to be Remenders magnum opus, do you still feel that this is his best work because I feel, and this is obviously my opinion, that it's kind of lacking compared to some of his more recent stories like Black science. Just curious to see if your opinion might have changed over time.

[@thegreenlaser215]

Trent Kaniuga has an Indiegogo campaign out now with a new Creed book.

[@nelsoncarvalho6338]

Thanks Omar. These are some great choices. I’ve only read heathens and loved it.

[@classicrock7871]

Are you getting Eric Powell Did you hear what Ed Gein done? Hardcover?

[@cesaraugustorgz]

Paco Roca books are amazing, thank u Omar for introducing this author to the main audience.

[@clsrocks007]

Best hidden gem uncanny guy ever gave me- Starman by James Robinson

[@Ragamuffin-Guesses-cgc-grades]

Have you read Lullaby yet? It was published by Alias and written by Mike S. Miller and Ben Avery. Art by Hector Sevilla. I think it had 2 valiums and the art and colors where amazing.

[@NearMintCondition]

I haven’t.

[@avikroychowdhury1107]

Thank you for putting out great content. Love from India. ❤️

[@daxhalo]

Dangit, couldn't resist 😅 Castle Waiting in the mail 🙈 Great video, Omar :')

[@NearMintCondition]

I really hope you enjoy it. :)

[@elanrhys3178]

You should definitely read Hollow Heart by Paul Allor a trade of the complete story comes out in October.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the suggestion.

[@Karmix03]

Terrific selection. Paco Medina is an amazing artist and a wonderful person. Out of all these titles, I've only read Heathen and yes, it's highly recommended. Sadly, Natasaha is not avalibale to keep drawing the book, I think due to some health issues with her hand, but she´s still an amazing writer.

[@NearMintCondition]

Oh man, I’m sad to hear about Natasha not being able to draw the bookZ

[@ashvanichaudhary9782]

Hey Omar you should read the lab from Europe comics it's a new ongoing series I absolutely loved the 1st issue and I think you will like it too.

[@sirfrancisdrake6956]

Omar have you read swordsmith assassin

[@AkRogueToe]

What do you think about the white covers for Fist of the North Star and Fullmetal Alchemist?

[@DBZALLSTAR]

Omar the Legendary, bringing back the cool!

[@essaywhu]

Kaniuga did a Ghost Rider mini around 2002, I believe.

[@DzustComics]

Omar, you have read Harbinger, right? I mean that book is pretty much indie, street level X-men! If you haven't are missing out SO HARD!

[@MadMax-sj5fl]

Oh man my wait for this is 😪😆😅

[@coreydinardo5525]

FUCK YES on that Linda Medley pick! I read both volumes earlier this year and it's fantastic!

[@kenchua6798]

have you read trese? people might be more familiar with the netflix anime, but the first 2 volumes are already available in the states from ablaze. i would call it anime by way of the philippines. definitely give it a try if youre in the mood for horror with a filipino folklore twist! anyway love the channel; keep up the good work!

[@NearMintCondition]

I finally finally finally got the free comic book day special. So I’m going to read it

[@HankyPym]

Cool vid, love these hidden gem videos. Trent Kaniuga has a youtube channel about art and insight on working in the industry. ✌️

[@joshuahelmeke]

Samurais is now a word. You’re welcome. Dig this hidden gems stuff.

[@joshgarroway7815]

Definitely my favourite segment

[@benjamingonzalezjr9294]

haven't heard of any of these. loved these hidden gem videos Omar. for manga...not sure if you have covered Beet the vandal buster? i beleive it only went to volume 12 in america and it was up to volume 14 in "JAPAN" but the artist/writer had health problems while workng on the book. Just recently acquired 1-11 and plan to re-read to see how it holds up.

[@armtheworld11]

If you haven't read Bleed Them Dry from Vault comics this is a hidden gem I would recommend. Its a ninja vampire cyberpunk story. I really enjoyed it.

[@bigblueboyscout4795]

Unrelated to this video but uh….damn dude, how you feeling about the Hickman news? I also want the Krakoa era to last 20 years and to let all these amazing writers make the most of their new toys. I’m happy with waiting on Hickman’s next big revelation that would move the story into its next act, I’m just concerned that will never happen or that it won’t happen until the books have gotten stale.

[@alaay1864]

Thanks Omar! The Lighthouse the graphic novel and the movie are the exact same story. The movie is by Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson... have you seen it ?

[@sergiobenitez4866]

Sorry, Alaa, but the movie and Paco Roca’s graphic novel have no relation whatsoever 😅😅

[@alaay1864]

@@sergiobenitez4866 thanks Sergio! The story sounded similar . I gotta pick up the novel now ✌🏽

[@sergiobenitez4866]

@@alaay1864 I'm confindent you will enjoy it!! Although it's not among the greatest three from Roca (those would be 'Wrinkles', 'Los surcos del azar', which I don't know if it has been published in the States, and 'La casa', which, again, don't know if it has an English edition) it is a very heartwarming story.

[@just23bulls]

Just here for algorithms :)

[@HankyPym]

I’ll be back gonna finish watching Dans toy room.

[@DansBasement]

You should watch dans basement ;)

[@Elricsedric]

I have some great hidden gems that I'd love for u to check out Planetary East of west Joe the barbarian Dead body road Death vigil Carbon gray The nikopol trilogy Transmetropolitan Simon dark

[@phillipcummings3518]

Soulfinder by Douglas Ernst

[@DBZALLSTAR]

The Volume 4 of the title you recommended is kind of a mess. The final arc, acting as a tie-in to a Marvel line wide event, creates some serious continuity issues, even showing off the corpses of characters that were said to be disintegrated. Lol Such an odd series at that point. The opening arc was fun, though.

[@aspyr5681]

Read Firefly/Serenity

[@NearMintCondition]

I’ve been meaning to get the hardcovers I read the first three series.

[@ryanlongden7330]

Pretty sure that the Horse Warrior gets all the ladies cuz he's hung like a .........horse I'll see myself out

[@garysandberg6132]

Great Elvira picture

[@nicks6376]

Creed sounds kind of like The Maxx…

[@NearMintCondition]

Yeah. Except no bunnies. :)

[@hamzadawud]

An anthropomorphic horse warrior who has women throwing themselves at him? Why is Beta Ray Bill in that book?

[@erikbengtsson6772]

Hi

[@NearMintCondition]

Hey!