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Wuvable Oaf V – Ed Luce’s Unique Queer Take on the Romantic Comedy Holds an Important Place in Indie Comics

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 23, 2018

What sustains an artist’s creativity on a series they have been working on for years? When you take a more aesthetic look at the current issue of Ed Luce’s Wuvable…

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Gamayun Tales Vol. 1: The King of Birds – Alexander Utkin’s Lavish and Rich Illustrative Style Brings Russian Folk Tales to Life in Nobrow’s First Book of 2018

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2018

The first in a (presumed) series of books, Alexander Utkin’s Gamayun Tales: The King of Birds (translated by Lada Morozova) is an all-ages offering from Nobrow Press based on original…

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Dad’s Weekend – Dysfunctional Families and Conspiracy Theories Collide in Pete Toms’ Unsettling Minicomic Tale

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 15, 2018

The typical conspiracy theory is anchored in the idea that invisible agents in our midst control the world around us. That all power structures and figures of authority are a…

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Nyx in the Overworld – RPG Influences Abound in Hari Conner’s Fast-Paced and Fun Fantasy Comic

  • by Holly Raidl
  • January 11, 2018

There is nothing quite like reading a webcomic you have been keeping up when it is published in its entirety. Hari Conner‘s Nyx in the Overworld is a fast-paced and fun fantasy…

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Ralphie and Jeanie Vol. 1 – The Appealing Misadventures of Alabaster Pizzo’s Loveable Losers Collected

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 8, 2018

Ralphie and Jeanie Vol. 1 by Alabaster Pizzo is an interesting turn for an artist who has already honed her craft so well as a cartoonist. Unlike Pizzo’s long running…

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Grey Area: This Island Earth – One of the Best Series that 2000 AD Has Produced in the Last Decade is Collected by Rebellion this Month

  • by Tony Ingram
  • January 5, 2018

Dan Abnett has never met a pun he disliked, and the title of this series is one of his best. Grey Area is both a place where alien visitors to…

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Out of Nothing – Humankind’s “Dreaming Mind” Explored in Locke and Blandy’s Millennia-Spanning Graphic Journey from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2018

A graphic novel that – from the Big Bang to a far-flung future – is essentially a history of ideas, a chronicle of the birth of creativity and an exploration…

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Orbiting – Penina Gal’s Graphic Narrative Tugs at Universal Heartstrings with Evocative Abstract Storytelling

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 1, 2018

Pushing the boundaries of what might be categorized as a comic, Penina Gal’s Orbiting combines words and imagery to tug at universal heartstrings while simultaneously digging into the specifically personal….

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When Are You Going to Get a Proper Job? – Richy K. Chandler Explores the Balance Between “Parenting and the Creative Muse” in His Inspiring First Longer-Form Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2017

On a surface level level Richy K. Chandler’s work to date has been notable for its cartoony aesthetic and cleverly comedic pacing. The long-time UK small press mainstay is known…

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Not My Shame – T.O. Walker’s Raw and Powerful Account of the Legacy of Sexual Abuse is Another Potent Singing Dragon Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 28, 2017

Singing Dragon have built up a notable back catalogue of graphic storytelling material over the last few years that focuses on graphic medicine and vital explorations of contemporary issues. It’s…

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Maestros #1-3 – Steve Skroce Punctures the Flowery Pretensions of Overwrought Fantasy Clichés in this Image Comics Sleeper Hit

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 27, 2017

If there’s an accusation that could never be levelled at Steve Skroce’s Image Comics series Maestros it’s one of decompression. Skroce’s book – a knowing fantasy-comedy with satirical overtones –…

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The Short Con – Meet Schoolkid Detectives Pops and Branwell in Pete Toms and Aleks Sennwald’s All-Ages Project

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 26, 2017

Pete Toms and Aleks Sennwald’s graphic novella The Short Con is on its surface the first of what hints at a larger series of children’s comics, but beneath that lies…

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The Foldings #1 – A Delightful New Fantasy Series from Joann Dominik and Faye Simms

  • by Holly Raidl
  • December 21, 2017

After attending Thought Bubble this year I purchased a number of small press comics, one of the best of which has to be Joann Domink and Faye Simms The Foldings….

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Portugal – An Alternately Candlelit and Sun-Soaked Musing on a Lusophilic Awakening of the Senses and the Importance of Family

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 20, 2017

I have to say that I love Portugal more than any comic I’ve read since Moon and Ba’s Daytripper. I don’t know why, I must actually have a thing for…

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Funeral Parlor – Robert Young’s Autobio Offering Lends an Air of the Profound to the Pro Wrestling Ring

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 18, 2017

Many autobio comics stylize the events they are depicting to give them flair beyond the original incidents. But what if the events being depicted are already hyper real? Robert Young…

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I’m Not Here – GG’s Study of Isolation from Koyama Press is Quiet and Sad but Not Devoid of Hope

  • by Tom Baker
  • December 14, 2017

For a hot minute at the turn of the millennium, the hot trend in superhero comics was for “widescreen” page layouts. That is, panels that took up the breadth of…

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Sugar Town – Hazel Newlevant Explores the Complexities of Relationships in this Self-Published Autobio Offering

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 13, 2017

At what point does the taboo become normalized, even mundane? What power does art have in this process? These are questions to ponder over when reading Hazel Newlevant’s latest autobiographical…

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Magritte: This is Not a Biography – Oh Yes it Is, Oh No it Isn’t, etc… Art History with a Healthy Helping of Hallucinatory Hat Hijinks

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 11, 2017

What if you were writing a biography, and the (deceased) subject of your work was trying to stop you? No wait, that’s too simple. What if you didn’t want to…

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