This weeks choice was super easy. I picked up a large stack of books on payday but one sparkling gem rose above the clutter and found its rightful place at the top of the heap. The best thing I read last week was the new Marvel series Rocket Raccoon #1 by Skottie Young.

To begin, if you don’t know who Skottie Young is Google him, enjoy the treasure trove of art, now welcome back and say thank you. You’re welcome. With a style all his own Skottie has been bringing powerful comics to life for decades now and is more recently known as the artist on Marvels run of OZ books. If you have a taste for spectacular all ages books or are just looking for a swell gift idea go check those books out, pass ‘em around the family, you will be appreciated. Coming off of his OZ run Skottie was given a crack at the Marvel toy box and came up with an idea that he wanted to stretch his intergalactic fur ball muscles and luckily for us Marvel went for it and we now have a new Rocket Raccoon series!

So we have story by Skottie Young, art by Skottie Young, luscious colors by the fabulous Jean-Francois Beaulieu and the powerful letters of Jeff Eckleberry both also from them spectacular OZ books. This is a powerhouse team that comes out the gate screaming people. The book is gorgeous, the story shoots from silly to intriguing and all the way back across the room, and damn it, IT’S FUN! It is, it’s a huge heaping helping of fun.

So do yourself a favor and go pick up a copy of issue one. Enjoy the fur, the guns, the space princesses, the intergalactic wrestling, the kiss cam, the bounties, the tree they call Groot! And of course, everyone’s favorite fur ball, Rocket Raccoon!

(p.s. cameo appearance by a small group of movie stars known as the guardians of the galaxy)