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INDIE VIEW: Russell, Pace, & Kirk’s SECOND COMING critiques religion with the same kindness...

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Second Coming Written by Mark Russell Illustrated by Richard Pace and Leonard Kirk Colored by Andy Troy Lettered by Rob Steen Covers illustrated by Amanda Conner Ahoy Comics “I wanted to show people something inside themselves worth believing in,” Jesus says...

INDIE VIEW: ‘The Ballad of the Salty Sea’ offers solid, reliable Corto Maltese thrills

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Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salty Sea By Hugo Pratt Translated by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi IDW/EuroComics Though I had known about Corto Maltese for years, I had only ever sat down and read one of...

INDIE VIEW: ‘Familiar Face’ is a warped kaleidoscopic mirror to our own reality

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Familiar Face By Michael DeForge Drawn and Quarterly “The only constant is change.” Heraclitus of Ephesus said that. I looked it up. Actually, I’m not quite clear that he said those exact words. I’m not sure that that’s...

INDIE VIEW: ‘Lupus’ is a science fiction epic of the human heart

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Lupus By Frederik Peeters Translated by Edward Gauvin Top Shelf Productions It’s hard to believe that is was nearly two decades ago that Swiss cartoonist Frederik Peeters made a splash with Blue Pills, a memoir about his HIV...

INDIE VIEW: ‘River: Stories of Old Anapra’ has an impact bigger than its page...

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River: Stories of Old Anapra By Dave Ortega Radiator Comics Dave Ortega has already proven his ability to transform family history into compelling and tender comics with his regular title Dias De Consuelo, which covers the story...

INDIE VIEW: ‘Becoming Horses’ is a wander through the creative ether

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Becoming Horses By Disa Wallander Drawn and Quarterly Creativity is different for everyone, and what commonalities there are get mixed in with points of departure so that any two given processes — in thought and in physical...
the phantom twin

INDIE VIEW: ‘The Phantom Twin’ mixes solid sideshow scholarship with melodrama

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The Phantom Twin By Lisa Brown First Second Books Last year’s insightful biography of Schlitzie the Pinhead, Nobody’s Fool by Bill Griffith, gave me a reason to write a little bit about one of my lifelong interests,...

INDIE VIEW: ‘The Golden Age’ is a lush fantasy of resistance

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The Golden Age Book One Written by Roxanne Moreil and Cyril Pedrosa Illustrated by Cyril Pedrosa First Second Books When King Ronan of Antrevers dies, his daughter Tilda imagines herself to be his heir, and as events move...

INDIE VIEW: ‘Banned Book Club’ is an energetic college kids versus dictatorship memoir

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Banned Book Club Written by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada Illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju Iron Circus Comics With North Korea so much in the headlines and such a point of fascination for Americans, Kim Hyun Sook’s Banned...
750cc Down Lincoln Highway

INDIE VIEW: In ‘750cc Down Lincoln Highway’ the soul hits the pavement

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750cc Down Lincoln Highway Written by Bernard Chambaz Illustrated by Barroux Lettered by Ortho Translated by Joe Johnston NBM I’m going to confess that as someone who barely leaves his region of the country anymore — the northeast, FYI...

INDIE VIEW: ‘The Colony’ reveals obscure anarchist history

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The Colony By Nicolas Debon Translated by Edward Gauvin Europe Comics Based on the rise and fall of an actual anarchist outpost in France in the early 20th Century, Nicolas Debon’s The Colony channels the inspiration required in...

INDIE VIEW: ‘The Man Without Talent’ throws a profound pity party

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The Man Without Talent By Yoshiharu Tsuge Translated by Ryan Holmberg New York Review Comics The Man Without Talent is not exactly an autobiography, but as revealed in translator Ryan Holmberg’s essay, it contains portions of nearly exact...

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