INDIE VIEW: ‘Qualification’ is Dante’s Inferno for 12-Step Programs
Qualification
By David Heatley
Pantheon Books
We all end up like our parents. I know for some people that’s hard to hear, but I’ve seen it...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Walking Distance’ offers meditative honesty
Walking Distance
By Lizzy Stewart
Avery Hill
“But then how do you live?” asks Lizzy Stewart part way through Walking Distance following a compilation of circumstances that...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Stig and Tilde’ and ‘Twice Shy’ show kids bravely facing the...
Stig and Tilde: Vanisher’s Island
By Max de Radigues
Nobrow Press
As I’ve said before, Belgian cartoonist Max de Radigues has really become one of the best...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Creation’ gives the full picture of gentrification in Hamilton, Ontario
Creation
By Sylvia Nickerson
Drawn & Quarterly
As a resident of Hamilton, Ontario, cartoonist Sylvia Nickerson hasn’t allowed herself to become entrenched solely in her own concerns,...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Frogcatchers’ is old school Jeff Lemire
Frogcatchers
By Jeff Lemire
Gallery 13
Whenever I read some new work from Jeff Lemire, it seems eons away from Essex County. When the first volume of...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Pittsburgh’ reveals the complexities of home
Pittsburgh
By Frank Santoro
New York Review Comics
There are so many aspects of our lives that are decided before we ever step into the world, and...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Little Mama’ is a distressing portrayal of abuse
Little Mama
By Halim Mahmouidi
Lion Forge
Is there another graphic novel as uncomfortable to read as Little Mama? Probably so, but one doesn’t currently come to...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Tales From Behind the Window’ exposes historical misogyny
Tales From Behind the Window
By Edanur Kuntman
Europe Comics
Brooklyn-based game designer and animator Edanur Kuntman sat down with her grandmother Sureyya for a series of...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Rat Time’ and motherhood
Rat Time
By Keiler Roberts
Koyama Press
Cartoonist Keiler Roberts has a very freeform approach to diary comics. As in free from the form of diary comics....
INDIE VIEW: ‘Persephone’s Garden’ maps out love, loss, and the passing of time
Persephone's Garden
By Glynnis Fawkes
Secret Acres
Making its debut at SPX this year, Glynnis Fawkes names this collection of diary comics that were created over a...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Blood and Drugs’ aren’t the whole person
Lance Ward's visceral comic about addiction and redemption
INDIE VIEW: ‘Martin Peters’ plays with the facts
Martin Peters
By Patrick Allaby
Conundrum Press
Have you ever had a conversation with a friend where you and the friend trade stories about your teenage years?...
