Umm, ummm, crap. Personally, I like Runaways and Young Avengers a lot. YA sort of... evaporated after a bit. Runaways is just getting into a new arc. You can pick up TPBs (trade paperbacks) to catch up pretty quickly. Both don't lean too heavy on the rest of the Marvel universe, but it helps to know them a little.
Runaways is the story of six teens who are the children of wealthy families in Cali. Every year, their parents meet up to talk shop in the basement study and they decide to spy. Turns out their parents are a secret society of super villians with a huge web emanating from the West Coast. So what do they do? What any good teenager would: go rogue.
Young Avengers: The Avengers have just disbanded (see Avengers: Dissembled). Iron Lad comes and tells three teens that they're a part of the Avengers Initiative, a program he found within the remains of The Vision. Billy, Teddy, and Eli join him and form a new vigilante team, dubbed the Young Avengers by the press.
In both the Marvel and DC universes, big monster crossover events recently ended so if you don't mind waiting those TPBs, I'd say do that.
There's also Umbrella Academy (written by Gerard Way). I really love the story in that. Ummm, don't think I can summarize that without spoiling though.
Mike Turner's Shrugged (Aspen Comics) is really good and (to where I am) fairly light. That can, obviously, change pretty quickly.
The Sandman (written by Neil Gaiman, various artists) is always amazing. There's also various spinoffs, notably ones involving Death (who is adorable, seriously).
Tori Amos has a huge coffee table collection of comics that I really want to check out.
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee and Filler Bunny by Jhonen Vasquez are all good but fairly dark and all dark humor. JtHM follows Johnny, who definitely has a psychosis. Squee follow Squee, who Johnny sometimes torments engages in conversation. Filler Bunny is, well, filler from those two plus a bit more, I believe.
Haven't read too much else lately that fits what you're looking for.
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Runaways is the story of six teens who are the children of wealthy families in Cali. Every year, their parents meet up to talk shop in the basement study and they decide to spy. Turns out their parents are a secret society of super villians with a huge web emanating from the West Coast. So what do they do? What any good teenager would: go rogue.
Young Avengers: The Avengers have just disbanded (see Avengers: Dissembled). Iron Lad comes and tells three teens that they're a part of the Avengers Initiative, a program he found within the remains of The Vision. Billy, Teddy, and Eli join him and form a new vigilante team, dubbed the Young Avengers by the press.
In both the Marvel and DC universes, big monster crossover events recently ended so if you don't mind waiting those TPBs, I'd say do that.
There's also Umbrella Academy (written by Gerard Way). I really love the story in that. Ummm, don't think I can summarize that without spoiling though.
Mike Turner's Shrugged (Aspen Comics) is really good and (to where I am) fairly light. That can, obviously, change pretty quickly.
The Sandman (written by Neil Gaiman, various artists) is always amazing. There's also various spinoffs, notably ones involving Death (who is adorable, seriously).
Tori Amos has a huge coffee table collection of comics that I really want to check out.
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee and Filler Bunny by Jhonen Vasquez are all good but fairly dark and all dark humor. JtHM follows Johnny, who definitely has a psychosis. Squee follow Squee, who Johnny sometimes
tormentsengages in conversation. Filler Bunny is, well, filler from those two plus a bit more, I believe.Haven't read too much else lately that fits what you're looking for.