TV's Mario Muscar climbs into the Neseman chair this week, adding ample amounts of assessment on Pierre-Henry Gomont's Catalyse from Manolosanctis, Bill Keane and Family Circus, Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (including Chuck Rozanski and Mile High Comics, Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, and more), Action Lab's Back in the Day by Dave Dwonch and Daniel J. Logan, Joe Kubert's Jew Gangster, more on Will Pfeifer and German Torres' The Advance Team from Tor, Butcher Baker and Bulletproof Coffin, Batman Incorporated by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, Cameron Stewart, Yanick Paquette, and Scott Clark/Dave Beatty, Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's The Massive out of Dark Horse, Double Feature's Sci-Fi #3 by Tony Donley, Jeff Zornow, Michael Morici, Steve Seeley, and Tom Scioli, even more praise for Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples' Saga from Image, John Romita Jr and Avengers Vs. X-Men, Brandon Graham and Prophet, Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's Sixth Gun #21, Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth, Tony DeZuniga, and much more!

C2E2 2012: Tony Moore and moonshine! Charlie Adlard! Skottie Young! Tom Scioli and American Barbarian! Ramon Perez! Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman! Joe Kubert and the Kubert School! Chris Burnham! Jamal Igle! Hilary Barta and Christian Alamay! RBCC! Jose Gonzalez and Vampirella! John Carter, Warlord of Mars! Shia Labeouf! Ryan Stegman! Will Pfeifer and The Advance Team! Tom Kelly! George Perez! John Byrne! Jeremy Haun! Robert Atkins! Bill Sienkiewicz! Phil Hester! Jim Cheung! Gordon Purcell! Alfredo Alcala and Voltar! House of Secrets! Dylan Dog! Mike Norton! Cosplayers! Steve Bryant! Tim Seeley! Marrowbones! Darren Neeley and The Prospector! Avengers Academy and Christos Gage! Jimmy Palmiotti! Joe Quesdada! Fabulous forumites! More!

We give you a lot on which to chew before we head out to the wonders of C2E2, including Fantagraphics' The Sincerest Form of Parody (Mort Walker, Don Martin, Will Elder, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, EC Comics and Bill Gaines, Frank Robbins, MAD, humor in America, Underground comics, Cracked, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, Howard Nostrand, and more), Womanthology: Heroic from IDW (Fiona Staples, Renae DeLiz, Coleen Doran, Ming Doyle, Camilla D'Erico, and many, many more), Chris Mitten and Antony Johnston's Wasteland from ONI, Atomic Robo, John Carter: Gods of Mars and Ramon Perez (Skottie Young, Tale of Sand), Bob Layton's Hercules: Prince of Power minis,  a Creator Spotlight on Kurt Busiek (Astro City, Marvels, Thunderbolts, Kingdom Come, Ninjak, Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, and more), Tom Scioli and American Barbarian, Chris Pitzer and Project: Superior from AdHouse, Witchblade and Diego Bernard, Bomb Queen volume seven by Jimmie Robinson, Ghost Rider, Chip Kidd, and a whole mess more!

We dig in deep this week with long looks at Brandon Graham's King City from Image and TokyoPop (including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Stokoe and Orc Stain, Thomas Herpich, and much more), Adventure Time, Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men (Chris Bachalo, Nick Bradshaw), Avengers Vs. X-Men #0 (Frank Cho, Bendis, John Romita Jr.), Cartoonapalooza with Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes, Green Lantern, Young Justice, Ultimate Spider-Man, and more, more on Dames in the Atomic Age, Art Adams' Monkeyman and O'Brien, Uncanny X-Force, Eerie Presents: Hunter - The Classic Warren Publishing Hero's Complete Adventures and Paul Ryan, Waid's Daredevil, Chris Samnee and Rocketeer, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 from Top Shelf, Action Lab's Princeless, Brian Wood's DMZ, and a whole mess more!