INDIE VIEW: SIBERIAN HAIKU creates magic from nightmares
Siberian Haiku
Written by Jurga Vile
Illustrated by Lina Itagaki
SelfMadeHero
Starting in 1941, Lithuanians endured the first of nearly three dozen mass deportations by order of the...
INDIE VIEW: X-RAY ROBOT #1 is exactly the comic we need at the end...
X-Ray Robot #1
Written and Illustrated by Michael Allred
Colored by Laura Allred
Lettered by Nate Piekos
Dark Horse Comics
I had a plan for what I was going...
INDIE VIEW: MISS ENDICOTT is a bright light in dark London
Miss Endicott Part 1
Written by Jean-Christophe Derrien
Illustrated by Xavier Fourquemin
Translated by Jerome Sincantin
Europe Comics
In Miss Endicott Part 1, following the death of her mother,...
INDIE VIEW: NICNEVIN AND THE BLOODY QUEEN features folk horror & teen tropes
Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen is an enjoyable addition and effective introduction to the folk-horror genre.
INDIE VIEW: THE HARROWING OF HELL brings back that old time religion
The Harrowing of Hell
By Evan Dahm
Iron Circus Comics
What you read in the Bible is not the entire story of Jesus. That’s the result of...
INDIE VIEW: THE BOOK OF FORKS runs circles around most world-building
Rob Davis's newest graphic novel is the conclusion of the Motherless Oven Trilogy.
INDIE VIEW: Russell, Pace, & Kirk’s SECOND COMING critiques religion with the same kindness...
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Ballad of the Salty Sea’ offers solid, reliable Corto Maltese thrills
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,...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Familiar Face’ is a warped kaleidoscopic mirror to our own reality
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Lupus’ is a science fiction epic of the human heart
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘River: Stories of Old Anapra’ has an impact bigger than its page...
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Becoming Horses’ is a wander through the creative ether
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...
