MarcelineAndTheScreamQueens

We didn't realize when we set out to list our favorite comic books of 2012 that it had been such a fun year to be a fan of the medium that we all love so much. The last twelve months offered readers a wide variety of work ranging from the most crowd-pleasing superhero epics to the most idiosyncratic of indies; the return of much missed mangaka and the emergence of exciting new talent; a new crowd-

It's always bittersweet when a beloved mini-series wraps up, and Boom! Studios' Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #6 is no exception. Fortunately for fans, the final issue in the mini only amps up the radness with a concluding tale by series writer and artist Meredith Gran and this issue's backup story by Rich Tommaso...

Love is a many-splendored thing and all that jazz, but relationships? You gotta work at 'em if you want that love to stick around! Why, even Jake the dog and his main squeeze Princess Rainicorn aren't immune from a little trouble in paradise...

Peppermint Butler fans, take note: You do not want to cross Princess Bubblegum's trusted servant by forging concert tickets. Though it may seem harmless to pick up tickets to see the Land of Ooo's most popular rock band from a seedy stranger in a dark alley, it's wise to seek official admission according to the backup story in Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #4, which arrives on Oc

The Land of Ooo is home to many emotional souls, but the Earl of Lemongrab is perhaps the most high-strung of them all - and that's the way Adventure Time fans like him. As such, artist Liz Prince will metaphorically crank the character to 11 in the special "Fruit Salad Days" backup in next week's Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #3 from Boom Studios...

It's been a lot of fun to watch Boom! Studios roll out its Adventure Time: Marceline and The Scream Queens covers every month. Not only do they showcase the talent of prominent illustrators from all over comics, many also pay homage to iconic music album covers...

It's great seeing Princess Bubblegum and her vampire bud Marceline in Boom! Studios' monthly Adventure Time title, but it's been twice as nice to read along with the heroines as they pursue a rock and roll fantasy all their own in the six-issue Marcline and the Scream Queens miniseries...

If you've been waiting to try out Boom! Studios' new Adventure Time, Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens, Peanuts, Higher Earth, Hypernaturals and/or Extermination series, San Diego Comic-Con International is as good a time as any with all seven of the titles getting convention exclusive covers on their #1 issues...

Generally speaking, variant covers can be a drag. At their worst, they can emphasize comic "collectibility" over their actual content. Every now and then, though, someone gets it right, and Boom! Studios' latest round of Adventure Time and Marceline and the Scream Queens variants is definitely a great example...

Meredith Gran will be joined by a quartet of killer cover artists next month as the new Adventure Time spinoff comic from Boom! Studios, Marceline and the Scream Queens, rocks on across the Land of Ooo and into comic shops. Today The Boom...