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Quick Picks #11 – More Manga
Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. This episode contains 3 manga microreviews.
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Review: Outside With The Cuties by Mariana Pita
I’m always excited to learn about cartoonists from other parts of the world. Mariana Pita is a cartoonist whose work has slowly started to break through into the English-speaking market. Her comic A Day was originally submitted to the Comics Workbook 2015 competition,and she has a new minicomic coming out this fall from kus. In…
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Review: Yellow Light #1 by Raziel Puma
I’m glad that there’s a tradition of short story anthologies in comics. In comics you can accomplish a lot in a few simple pages; it’s a medium well suited to the format. The last few years have been great for short story collections, and this year also looks good – we’ve got Carolyn Nowak’s first…
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Review: Dull Margaret, written by Jim Broadbent and illustrated by Dix
When I heard that Fantagraphics was publishing a graphic novel loosely based on Dulle Griet, the 16th century oil painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, I was intrigued. Bruegel’s art has always been fascinating to me because of its scope and its sheer chaos. Every painting I’ve ever seen of his work seems packed to…
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Review: Grip #1 by Lale Westvind
I’m used to reading Lale Westvind’s comics in small doses. Her comic Yazar & Arkadaş, which I reviewed last year, was only 28 pages – but it packed a significant punch. Westvind’s work has an intense physicality and her comics are breathtaking in their scope, power, and drama. Earlier this year, Perfectly Acceptable Press published…