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Review: Sound of Snow Falling by Maggie Umber
Maggie Umber is one of the unsung heroes of art comics. Her status as the assistant publisher at 2dcloud led to the expansion of an anthologies-based print collective to a significant force in alternative comics publishing. The micropress is a bustling, risk-taking enterprise that wouldn’t exist without Umber’s hard work. Over the course of…
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Kickstarter Feature: PersonaЖ by Sputnikat Press
We’re deep in the midst of comics crowdfunding season, and while a lot of the projects on crowdfunding sites seem like chaff, there are a few that rise up as truly interesting, exciting projects. I recently posted about the 2dcloud summer season, which made its funding goals, and I’m back today with another Kickstarter feature. A…
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Comics That Challenged Me – 2014 List
Every year, instead of a “Best Comics of 20XX” I think about the comics that challenged me as a reader. Below, you will find 2014’s list of comics. RAV: 1st Collection – Mickey Zacchilli [spideretc] (Youth in Decline [youthindecline] , 2014) Ley Lines: Unholy Shapes – Annie Mok [heyanniemok] (Czap Books [kevinczap] & Grindstone Comics [wormulus],…
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Comics That Challenged Me – 2015 List
Every year, instead of a “Best Comics of 20XX” I think about the comics that challenged me as a reader. Below, you will find 2015’s list of comics. Dumb 1 & 2, Georgia Webber [@geewebber] (Retrofit Comics [@retrofitcomics]) Crickets #3-4, Sammy Harkham [@sammyharkham] (self-published) I Love This Part, Tillie Walden [@tilliewalden] (Avery Hill) The Basil Plant,…
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Comics That Challenged Me – 2016 List
Every year, instead of a “Best Comics of 20XX” I think about the comics that challenged me as a reader. Below, you will find 2016’s list of comics. Carpet Sweeper Tales – Julie Doucet, Drawn and Quarterly @drawnandquarterly End of a Fence – Roman Muradov, kuš! @bluebed, @kushkomikss She’s Done It All – Beatrix Urkowitz,…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2016: The Complete List
Tumblr handlles listed so that you can check out the cartoonist and publisher if desired. Check out the capsule reviews at the following links: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 This list is ordered randomly. Carpet Sweeper Tales – Julie Doucet, Drawn and Quarterly…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2016: Part 3
Happy Friday! Part 3 of this 6 part list, and another 5 entries. Last entry had a few comics I had already reviewed through the year, but this time around it’s all comics I haven’t spoken about in a formal way. I think I’m drawn to review books that are more of a challenge, so…
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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: Trying Not To Notice by Will Dinski
Trying Not To Notice is one of the final books to come out of 2dcloud’s Spring Collection and my first encounter with cartoonist and illustrator Will Dinski in long form. I read An Honest Performance in 2015, which was noticeable for its strong line and a sense that marks on the page were more instinctual than placed. Now Dinski…
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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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Review: Breaking Is Opening by Sab Meynert Sab Meynert sent over a copy of Breaking Is Opening earlier this year, and I’ve been so in awe of this book I’ve been putting off a review, trying desperately, foolishly, to come up with the perfect things to say. But I’m coming to terms with my procrastination…