INDIE VIEW: ‘Mimi and the Wolves’ is cuteness with fangs
Mimi and the Wolves Volume 1
By Alabaster Pizzo
Avery Hill Publishing
Alabaster Pizzo started Mimi and the Wolves as a self-published effort back in 2013, releasing two more volumes over the next few years. This...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Family Tree’ and ‘Folklords’ enliven tropes by subverting them
Family Tree #1
Written by Jeff Lemire
Illustrated by Phil Hester
Image Comics
I’m past the point where I’m willing to give end of the world stories much of a chance if they involve zombies. There are, quite...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Chasing Echoes’ shows a family in hot pursuit of themselves
Chasing Echoes
Written by Dan Goldman
Illustrated by George Schall
Humanoids Life Drawn
It might be fair to call Malka Solomon a mess, but it’s not nice. That doesn’t stop her extended family from whispering about it behind...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Twilight Man’ traces Rod Serling’s pioneering darkness
The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television
By Koren Shadmi
Humanoids Life Drawn
There is a myth that America has always been desperate to believe about its involvement in World War II, one that...
INDIE VIEW: ‘B.B. Free #1’ is a burst of post-apocalyptic sunshine
B.B. Free #1
Written by Gabby Rivera
Illustrated by Royal Dunlap
Boom Box
Sometimes the end of the world as we know it isn’t a moment to weep for what is lost, but cheer for what is ahead....
INDIE VIEW: ‘Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption’ turns a personal story into passionate...
Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption
By Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
Drawn and Quarterly
As the 21st Century progresses, multiple givens of life continue to be turned on their heads. The way society perceived certain circumstances are reversed...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Swimming In Darkness’ mixes architecture and mythology to create an abstract mystery
The real Therme Vals in Switzerland becomes both the backdrop and main character in this tale of existential noir.
INDIE VIEW: There’s nowhere to go but down in ‘Plummet’
Plummet
By Sherwin Sullivan Tija
Conundrum Press
The premise of Plummet, the frenetic new graphic novel from Montreal-based writer and artist Sherwin Sullivan Tija, is very simple, but sometimes stark simplicity creates such a clean slate that...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Gramercy Park’ shows the heart to be the ultimate crime scene
Gramercy Park
Written by Timothée de Fombelle
Illustrated by Christian Cailleaux
Translated by Edward Gauvin
IDW EuroComics
Why is the woman on the roof obsessively watching the window of a crime boss? That’s the central question of the Angoulême-nominated...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Ignited’ finds empowerment in tragedy
Ignited Volume One: Triggered
Written by Mark Waid and Kwanza Osajyefo
Illustrated by Phil Briones
Humanoids/H1
Folding in real circumstances in a superhero comic has become a standard practice, but there’s a caution creators need to take in...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Blue Road’ brings poetic clarity to the life of immigrants
The Blue Road
Written by Wayde Compton
Illustrated by April Dela Noche Milne
Arsenal Pulp Press
It is always worth reminding people that the concept of national borders — just like economics, religion, and fashion — is a...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Vanni’ is a sweeping but intimate account of the Sri Lankan conflict
Vanni: A Family’s Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict
Research and Story by Benjamin Dix
Script and Illustration by Lindsay Pollack
Pennsylvania State University Press/Graphic Medicine
When I think of works of Graphic Medicine, I tend to think...
