In it, five teen sidekicks hit the road during the summer between high school and college, anxious about finding their roles in what seems like an increasingly severe world. This is a somber story, the sort Astro City has traditionally embraced and done well, without ever feeling maudlin or cheap. With it, Busiek and main series artist Brent Anderson have also brought a sort of 2022 weariness with them. This is all to say that it was no surprise to me how easy it was to pick up and fall into the new Astro City one-shot, Astro City: That Was Then, the first new Astro City comic since 2018, a year in which we got three new issues and a promise that the series would return in graphic novel format. It’s a great effect, and I’m not sure any other comic does it so well. The book feels like you’re visiting an actual living place, with its own history and people and events that happen in between the stories you get to see. One of the things I loved about Astro City back then and continue to love today is how easy it is to go in and out of the world (there’s even a sign at the end of every arc, letting you know you are now leaving Astro City, a touch I’ve long appreciated). I think I ended up with like Astro City #1, 3, and 4 out of the first six issues, and I read them over and over and over, taking in the mostly stand-alone stories until I had them almost memorized. And while the ideas and feelings were mature, the book ignored the edgy mature aesthetics that dominated the time. Astro City was in some ways also a perfect comic for a young reader, one who didn’t have steady income or money to buy comics every month. They moved through perspectives and neighborhoods and eras of time. The stories felt fully-realized in ways I’d never seen and couldn’t articulate back then. Astro City was one of the first comics that expanded my understanding of the medium past the X-Men and Spider-Man, Batman and Superman, etc. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.By Zack Quaintance - I’m going to go ahead and date myself by revealing that I’ve been reading Astro City comics for more than 20 years, going all the way back to when I was a young-ish kid, certainly before I could drive. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping.
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