Is it just me or is ONI on a super hot streak here lately? I recently picked up Scott Pilgrim, and quickly had to pick up all three volumes. Now this and Last Call came out in the same week. I also believe that Northwest Passage was ONI. I was just curious why everything came out at once. Not that I am complaining because they put out quality books, but I wonder why they wouldnt want to scatter their books a bit? Or am I just imagining things and they have scattered their books?

To me, Oni has always had a pretty high level of quality. If something is put out by Oni, I have a much better than even chance of enjoying it, and probably a 50% chance of it being something I love and want to reread over and over again.

As to why the flood right now? Convention season. It seems like creators push themselves harder to get the work done in time to have books to sell at conventions, so some books come out earlier than predicted, some late-running books finally come out and some books that were timed for convention season come out then. I seem to remember hearing that conventions, selling books directly to consumers, is a key factor in cash flow for guys like Oni and Top Shelf.

But yeah, Oni has had an especially impressive slew of hits lately. Northwest Passage is beautiful, Last Call looks great (and I can’t wait to finally sit down and read it), Black Metal is terrific, Multiple Warheads was a lot of fun, and I’m sure there are a couple more recent ones I’m forgetting. Oh! Whiteout was recently re-released! If you’ve never read this early gem from Rucka, Lieber and Oni, do yourself a favor and pick it up.