Archive for Category: Reviews

July 24, 2017

Comic Review: The Academic Hour by Keren Katz

Secret Acres sent me a copy of The Academic Hour this summer. Katz’s work has been on my radar for some time; her comics have been in Ink Brick as well as Future Shock Zero. But The Academic Hour is my first experience with Katz’s work at length. Nominally,...

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June 26, 2017

Quick Picks Reviews

Quick Picks #7: Pence, Blomerth, and Booger

Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of mini comics reviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. Here’s a selection of zines I’ve been reading recently. Nul is one of a recent batch of mini kuš! and a striking story of obsession and radicalization. An...

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June 7, 2017

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Comic Review – Steam Clean by Laura Ķeniņš

The first round of books from Retrofit’s 2017 Kickstarter campaign made it to me this week. I immediately dug in to Laura Ķeniņš’ graphic novel Steam Clean. My knowledge of Ķeniņš’ work comes from the kuš! comics mini she did, Alien Beings. Ķeniņš’ body of this work seems focused on...

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May 26, 2017

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Comic Review: T by Bailey Sharp

Up and coming cartoonist Bailey Sharp sent over a new comic to review in November last year and I just recently got around to reading it. This should tell you how far behind I am on my reading (it’s bad folks); the book was one of the comics included...

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May 24, 2017

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Manga Review: Dreamin’ Sun, vol.1 by Ichigo Takano

Ichigo Takano is building a reputation in the United States as a mangaka of note. Takano’s comic orange was published in two omnibus editions by Seven Seas Entertainment and was nominated for an Eisner this year in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category. This is Seven Seas’ first Eisner nomination,...

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May 22, 2017

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Review: Spookytongue by Hetamoé

Review: Spookytongue by Hetamoé I recently ordered a slew of comics from Ediciones Valientes, a Valencia-based Spanish publisher known best in the US for publishing the work of Martín López Lam. I’m not certain what the structure of Ediciones Valientes looks like – it’s possible that López Lam is...

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May 19, 2017

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Essays Reviews

Truth Zone Antics: Thoughts on Portrait and Simon Hanselmann’s Recent Feud/Roast Comics

Truth Zone Antics: Thoughts on Portrait and Simon Hanselmann’s Recent Feud/Roast Comics Simon Hanselmann is one of alternative comics’ foremost gossipmongers and roasters; his Truth Zone comics, using his Megg, Mogg, and Owl characters, are comics as criticism; they show his take on recent events, his opinion on specific...

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May 10, 2017

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Review: The Fever Closing by Liam Cobb

Review: The Fever Closing by Liam Cobb It’s hard to stay current with all of the independent comics scenes across the English-speaking world, but I have recently been keeping track of Liam Cobb, a UK-based cartoonist whose stock seems to be on the rise. Cobb has done quite a...

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May 8, 2017

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Review: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Carolyn Nowak

Review: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Carolyn Nowak Carolyn Nowak’s comic Radishes won a 2016 Ignatz award and was one of my favorite comics from SPX 2015. Now Nowak is back with a new 70 page full color comic, originally released with a special cover through the international ShortBox comics box...

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May 5, 2017