INDIE VIEW: ‘Mikel’ plunges into paranoid Basque Country
Mikel
Written by Mark Bellido
Illustrated by Judith Vanistenpael
Translated by Erica Mena
Self Made Hero
Taking place amidst the Basque separatist movement in Spain, Mikel focuses on a guy named Miguel who appears to be nobody important. But...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Springtime In Chernobyl’ offers an unexpected message of hope
Finding the beauty in the aftermath of disaster
INDIE VIEW: ‘Americana’ is a thru-hike across Luke Healy’s psyche
The Pacific Crest Trail becomes the road to self-discovery
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Hard Tomorrow’ is a sympathetic but complicated portrait of today
The Hard Tomorrow
By Eleanor Davis
Drawn and Quarterly
It’s easy to view the times we live in as apocalyptic even if you aren’t a religious believer. Climate change is, of course, the number one reason for...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Return to Romance’ is glorious melodrama
A collection of Ogden Whitney's mini-epics of love
INDIE VIEW: ‘Us Two Together’ wraps you in its sorrow
Ephameron turns a struggle with dementia into devastating poetry
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 to be pretty true across the board and I have...
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 make the world seem unlivable, and following a summation of...
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 around at telling stories about young people, both teens and...
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, despite recent motherhood. She understands that the lives of the...
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 that trilogy appeared 12 years ago, it was intimate, dark,...
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 they affect our decisions far into life. They are born...
