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Review: P-FE/FRAF by Ville Kallio
The latest batch of comics from kuš! comics has been has been new work from rising artists as well as perennial favorites. Michael DeForge’s latest work, Meat Locker, are comics that he has been publishing on Patreon for some time. The first of the latest set of mini kuš! that caught my eye is…
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Review: Hotel Rompo by Talya Modlin
I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the comics work published in 2016. I think, despite the generally accepted fact that the year was horrible, the creative output for the year, especially in comics, was startlingly good. One of my favorite comics from 2016 is Hotel Rompo, a 3 foot accordion book from Perfectly…
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Review: MOONCOP by Tom Gauld
I’m trying to get back into the swing of things while I still have some small measure of 2016 left to me to write. Nothing like starting out on the right foot for a new year. My annual feature, Comics That Challenged Me, will be starting next week and will run through the holidays. I’ve…
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Review: What Happened by Simon Moreton
I’m woefully behind on my reading – in fact, I’ve been planning to read Simon Moreton’s Plans We Made (released by Uncivilized Press in 2015) for about a year now, and I haven’t gotten around to it (the blame rests solely on my own shoulders). But when the books from the Kilgore Books Kickstarter came in…
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Review: Blammo #9 by Noah Van Sciver
I’ve been reviewing Van Sciver’s work for a while now. His “A Lizard Laughed,” now collected in Disquiet, was one of my first reviews published on this platform. I’ve been following Van Sciver’s comics very closely since 2013, and one of the great joys of being a “long-time” reader is to see an artist advance. It’s…
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Review: Internal Affairs III by Patrick Crotty
Review: Internal Affairs III by Patrick Crotty Another of PEOW! Studio’s Kickstarter comics, Patrick Crotty’s Internal Affairs III is a continuation of previous Internal Affairs comics published by PEOW!, but stands alone as a 192-page graphic novel. In it, the main character, Onion, is an unpaid intern at Banervelt AMCS, a major corp that uses mechs…
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Review: Happy Trails by Scott Roberts
Scott was kind enough to send over a copy of his latest comic, Happy Trails, before SPX this year. Roberts is a constant formal experimenter, and Happy Trails, which is a 112 page risographed book, is both a comic, and a two-way flip book. Happy Trails is also probably the most frightening comic I’ve read all year. I pulled…
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Review: Wrecked Hearts by Mathilde Kitteh & Luca Oliveri
It’s become obvious that the demarcating lines between different comics traditions are blurry. It’s been that way for a while, but we are starting to see more interaction between the North American/European comics scene and the Japanese manga scene. More and more cartoonists who were introduced to manga and anime at a young age are now working on their…
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Review: Safe Distance by James Hindle
Safe Distance is a 20 page zine published by One Percent Press and is the third book by James Hindle published by the micropress. I got a copy at Genghis Con in 2015. I’ve read it a few times since then, and while it’s a quick read, Safe Distance is a complex book. In it Hindle explores the…
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Review: Someone Please Have Sex With Me by Gina Wynbrandt
Part of 2dcloud’s Spring Collection, Someone Please Have Sex With Me is Gina Wynbrandt’s debut graphic novel, a collection of satirical, semi-autobiographic short stories. There’s been plenty of talk about Wynbrandt’s work. One of the selections, “Big Pussy,” got Wynbrandt nominated for a Promising New Talent Ignatz in 2015. That comic, riso printed in fluorescent pink, was a favorite…
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Quick Picks #5: Manga Manga Manga
Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. Here’s a selection of manga I’ve been reading recently. Haven’t You Heard, I’m Sakamoto #1 & #2 by Nami Sano A series that recently ended with its fourth volume, Haven’tYou Heard, I’m Sakamoto is an oddball comedy by Nami…
