Common Grounds

Welcome to Common Grounds - the coffee and doughnut shop with an amazing difference: the regulars include a large number of superhumans. If you've ever wondered how the heroes and villains of the world think, feel, and act with the everyday problems civilians face, this is where you can learn. So grab a cup of joe and sit down. There is only one rule here: no fighting or we won't be serving you again.

Just like Planetary or Astro City, in a different way, Common Grounds is a comic about comics and their history. Beyond the metaphors about the traditional comic concepts (endless resurrections, alien creatures etc...) the series also explores untraditional themes for comics such as patriotism, group behavior, obesity and existential doubts. The art and the humorous writing are an homage to the golden age of comics when characters didn't have to be dark nor explicitly violent. And using a combination of in debt reflexion and very light tone, the authors turn the comic into a colorful media for serious and sometimes dark thoughts.
It was nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2005: Best anthology and best short story.

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