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PLEASE NOTE: This article has been updated with a 2020 edit here and this original version is here for posterity. Getting that all-important first review for your self-published comic can…
I took a trip downtown to McCormick Place and enjoyed Friday at C2E2 – it was a gorgeous visual overload. Here are some of my highlights. Tim Seeley Writer/artist Tim…
Mike Kunkel has mastered heartfelt graphic storytelling in perpetual motion. You’ll have to read this issue twice to catch all of the cool nuances of character he stuffed into these…
Georgia Webber wields the full power of the comics medium to address the life-changing catastrophe of being forced into silence. Canadian artist Georgia Webber didn’t think much of it when…
In 2013 Oliver East’s Swear Down saw one of our great pioneers of psychogeographical comics narratives add a poignant extra layer to his travelogues in a graphic novel that combined…
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
Undertow continues to delight and intrigue, ratcheting up the tension and hitting readers with a big reveal that raises as many questions as it provides answers. Redum Anshargal’s Amphibian-seeking away team…
Set in Egypt in a technologically advanced near future timeline, the admittedly rather cumbersomely titled Cosmic VII and the Chronicles of Opus: Axiom 5 #1 follows the exploits of street operative and…
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Amid the cacophony of modern life, Nobrow Magazine launches an issue with stellar creators tackling the issue of silence in 60 pages of silent comics storytelling and 60 pages of…
There are few things as peculiarly British as rainy seaside resorts. Tom Plant’s Sunshine Bay perfectly evokes that world of deserted beaches, empty deckchairs and dilapidated piers to almost cruelly…
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Over the last few years Avery Hill’s Reads has served as the micropublisher’s showcase comic; a self-styled shop front featuring an ever eclectic mix of genres and approaches to the…
With their tale of a young girl finding out about her grandfather’s life, creative pairing DS Talon and EG Thompson have produced a touching narrative about the power of the…
Superior Spider-Man ends in a big way; unfortunately, it may have been the previous issue that was superior. This is it. This is the big, crazy ending to this big,…
Linework NW, the new small press comics festival, opened strongly with a successful first show in Portland, OR. The one-day show (though some offsite festivities did take place before and…
Not every Beto fan loves every Beto book, but even in this crazed tale of zombies and body horror, he leaves enough of his creative DNA on the scene to…
Perception is the key word when approaching Christopher Adams’s Strong Eye Contact, published by the always intriguing Minneapolis micropress outfit 2D Cloud. On a surface level it’s a collection of…
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
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The Complete Accident Man collects four tales of sex, revenge and violence starring hitman Mike Fallon – a genius at the art of making assassination look like an unfortunate accident,…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
