INDIE VIEW: ‘The Phantom Twin’ mixes solid sideshow scholarship with melodrama
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Golden Age’ is a lush fantasy of resistance
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Banned Book Club’ is an energetic college kids versus dictatorship memoir
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...
INDIE VIEW: In ‘750cc Down Lincoln Highway’ the soul hits the pavement
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Colony’ reveals obscure anarchist history
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...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Man Without Talent’ throws a profound pity party
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...
INDIE VIEW: Canopus #1 is great psychological science fiction
Canopus #1
By Dave Chisholm
Scout Comics
A person wakes up in a strange place and has no recollection of how they got there. Maybe they have...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Man Who F#%&ed Up Time’ and ‘Stig & Tilde: Leader of...
The Man Who F#%&ed Up Time #1
Written and Lettered by John Layman
Illustrated by Karl Mostert
Colored by Dee Cuniffe
Aftershock Comics
I’ve watched and read enough adventures...
INDIE VIEW: ‘From Truth With Truth’ is ultimately empowering
From Truth With Truth
By Lawrence Lindell
A lot of people hurt inside and the longterm effects lead to damage that’s hard to just brush off....
INDIE VIEW: ‘At the End of Your Tether’ brings mystery to first love
At the End of Your Tether
Written by Adam Smith
Illustrated by V.V. Glass
Colored by Hilary Jenkins
Lettered by Jim Campbell
Oni Press
That first love seems so important...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Multo’ tackles the big mystery of self
Multo
By Andrew Lorenzi
Retrofit/Big Planet
Andrew Lorenzi’s chosen focal point of autobiography to opens his cryptic book Multo is a rumination on his own history with...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Year of the Rabbit’ offers hope amidst the terror of the Khmer...
Year of the Rabbit
By Tian Veasna
Drawn and Quarterly
The brutality of the Khmer Rouge and its assault on Cambodia isn’t something that comes up a...
