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Review: Days Longer Than Long Pork Sausages by Gabriel Corbera Back in the days of dial-up internet, I played MUD (multi-user dungeon) games on my PC’s telnet console. These games were complex worlds built of nothing but words and the player’s imagination. Whether you were throwing magic missiles at rats to grind those early levels…
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Interview: Solomon Fletcher ‘It’s really important for me to show the people in my comics practicing consent, communicating, being safe and respecting each other–even when they make mistakes. ‘
One of my “new years resolutions” for Sequential State was to talk to more creators about their comics. Over the holidays, I had the opportunity to talk with Solomon Fletcher about their porn webcomic Goldy & the Bears, about sex positive education, and making video games. I’m happy to post the first in what hopefully…
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Looking Forward: Sophie Goldstein’s The Oven Collected by AdHouse
Sophie Goldstein’s work has been on and off my radar over the past year – I still haven’t grabbed a copy of her Ignatz-winning House of Women, Part 1, but her comic The Good Wife caught my attention early last year with its over-saturated colors and its biting, brilliant uncomfortableness. The Oven is a 6 chapter sci-fi…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2014: Part 3
Another week, another installment of my 2014 Books That Challenged Me List. I hope that everyone has had a wonderful holiday season thus far. It occurs to me now in composing the third piece of this list that I’ve read a lot of books this year. Something to the tune of 100-150, mini-comics and zines…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2014: Part 1
It’s December which means it’s time for anyone writing about comics to put together their “2014 Best Of” list. I’ve been thinking about the idea of crafting a best of list and what that means in a diverse and content rich medium like comics. The word “best” implies a finality even if the writer only…
