The Department of Truth, by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds (Image)

In 2021, I picked up this trade just after it received Eisner nominations for “Best New Series”, “Best Continuing Series”, and “Best Writer”. Tynion went on to win “Best Writer” for his body of work in 2021. In 2022, both the series and Tynion are recognized with nominations again (“Best Continuing Series” and “Best Writer”). Volume 1 was extremely well-developed and well-executed. It’s intended to be dark and heavy, but manages to be intelligent and engrossing. Simmonds art is very fitting for the theme (reminds of a combination of Sienkiewicz and Maleev). Volume 2 had a slight drop-off in momentum from the first but I was still amazed by the quality of what Tynion and Simmonds were piecing together.