IDW Publishing/ComicMix; $21.99

EZ Street is hands down one of the most insightful and honest works we’ve read about the frustration that comes with life as a creator. It’s the story of two brothers and their struggles, ambitions, and dreams, which was originally serialized on the ComicMix website and then collected in print by IDW.

It’s the work of writer-artist Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker, Mars) and writer Robert Tinnell (Feast of the Seven Fishes, The Wicked West), and both of them are at the top of their game with this one. They neither pull their punches nor strike out at things in an unwarranted fashion. Instead they pull back the curtains and offer a rather unvarnished look into the world of entertainment creators who are also brothers.

While Wheatley has touched on elements in this story previously in a very different way with Radical Dreamer, this reads like it was both new ground and familiar territory to both of them at the same time. It was one of the best stories the year they finished it online, and now it’s proven it can stand the test of time. 

This one is definitely worth searching for in the graphic novel racks and back issue bins at your local comic shop.

– J.C. Vaughn