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Review: The Pervert, written by Michelle Perez, illustrated by Remy Boydell
I’m getting back into the swing of reviewing, and recently read an advance copy of The Pervert, a new graphic novel from Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell. The book will be released by Image in May, and the story features a trans woman living in Seattle doing sex work alongside other odd jobs. The comic…
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Review: Spirit Circle V 1-2 by Satoshi Mizukami
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Quick Picks #10 – mini kuš! #63-66
Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. The latest batch of mini kuš comics came in the mail earlier this week, and as always it’s an interesting set. mini kuš #63 – Nausea by Abraham Díaz The first, most noticable quality of Díaz’s comic is how messy…
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Review: Before the Rain by Anne Pomel
One of the things I like about reading small press comics is the hunt. Despite there being distros across the US and a few good bookstores that have online storefronts, so much of what gets published in the small press community is isolated to a single website. That means if you’re trying to find new…
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Review: Minor Leagues No. 4, by Simon Moreton
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Review: Chicken Boy by Vinnie Neuberg
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Review: A Thousand Coloured Castles by Gareth Brookes
Gareth Brookes has made a small name for himself in the art comics scene due to his experimentation with materials and form. His first major graphic novel, The Black Project, used a combination of embroidery and linocut to give the work a distinct visual style. Now Brookes is back with a new book A Thousand Coloured Castles…
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Review: Berserker #1, ed. Tom Oldham and Jamie Sutcliffe
(Update 2/25/18: I have been notified by Tom Oldham that all of the stories told in Berserker are are not fiction, but are entirely true. Please excuse this oversight in the review below. Thanks!) Breakdown sent a copy of their new sci-fi anthology Berserker in the Fall last year, and I’ve been slowly piecing my…
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Review: Unmagical Girl, vol. 1, written by Ryouichi Yokoyama and illustrated by Manmaru Uetsuki
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Review: The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish
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Review: Cartoon Clouds by Joseph Remnant
Fantagraphics sent over a few new books in the Fall and I’ve been slowly working my way through them. One that I’ve been stewing over for a while is Joseph Remnant’s debut graphic novel, Cartoon Clouds. Remnant did the illustration work for Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland, and is anthologized in NOW #2. Cartoon Clouds is a…
