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Comics That Challenged Me In 2016: Part 2
We kicked off the first of my “Comics That Challenged Me in 2016” with a bang, and now I’m back with the next five comics on the list. I always like to hear what people think about my perceptions of the comics I list here, so please feel free to contact me through tumblr, twitter, or via email. Case…
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Review: What Is Obscenity? The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy by Rokudenashiko
One of the big announcements leading up to TCAF 2016 was that Rokudenashiko would be in attendance to support the release of a new graphic novel memoir from Koyama Press in coordination with Massive Goods. Rokudenashiko is the artist world-famous for her manko art (manko is a slang word for vagina in Japan, like a…
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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: 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…
