Been reading some pretty good stuff recently:
Monstress - This kind of reminds me of late-era Final Fantasy in a way, with the way it mixes humans with half-animal people and uses a very ornate, almost baroque-inspired art style. If I said nothing else good about it, the art is incredibly detailed and good. Some of the best I've seen in comics. But it's got an interested story, too, with lots of mystery and fantastical happenings. Only three issues are out so far and the release schedule is, unfortunately, a bit erratic.
Cry Havoc - A British lesbian-turned werewolf goes to Afghanistan to track down a rogue American werewolf with a band of normal human soldiers and various other freaks. It's also told in three alternating plot lines: just after the MC is turned, the MC in Afghanistan searching for the American werewolf, and after the MC's encounter with the psycho American lady werewolf. It sounds a bit confusing and slapdash, but it all works pretty well and gives you hints and details about what's going on without throwing too much at you at one time. It's still early in its run, but it's got my attention and I'm really interested in seeing where things go after the reveal in the second issue.
Insexts: Okay...where should I start with this one? An insect lady impregnates her dirtbag husband so that she can start a new life with her insect lesbian maid. Also, it's Victorian England. Got it? So, right off the bat there's some "Down with the patriarchy!!" going on, and some serious David Cronenberg-esque body horror, mixed in a with some late-Victorian London [both high and low]. And lots of fairly explicit lesbian sex, if you're into that sort of thing. Tear away all the details, though, and the basica story is about two women who are "different" trying to make a happy life for themselves up against a world that wants to tear them apart.
Black Magick - A Massachusetts police officer, who also happens to be a witch, is targeted by a mysterious group who know her secret. This is probably the weakest of the four [for me, personally], but still a good read so far and it does a nice balance between the regular police work and magical investigation techniques. It moves a bit slower, but the end of the fifth issue final provides a glimpse into who this mysterious organization is and lets you know pretty clearly that things are about to get real.
