The Retailer’s View // The Rise of the Modern Speculator
How speculation never went away, and why we might be doomed to keep repeating history forever.
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...
Queerness in Comics: Subvert oppressive symbols with HEATHEN Volume One
A warrior stands against an oppressive god-king in this queer Norse epic.
Tilting at Windmills #278: The Future is Young and the Problem with Metadata
Our retailer columnist muses about the future and the tyranny of custom...and bad metadata.
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...
The Marvel Rundown: JEAN GREY & EMMA FROST headline the first GIANT-SIZE X-MEN
Plus reviews of other new Marvel Comics releases, including Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, X-Men/Fantastic Four, and more!
DC ROUND-UP: The superspy event continues in LEVIATHAN DAWN #1…but why?
THIS WEEK: It looks like we're in for several more one-shots featuring the new Leviathan organization, led by Mark Shaw. Will they finally get...
Matt Chats: Lane Lloyd on his spontaneous, Seussian comic GOD-PUNCHER
The cartoonist describes how he makes the comics feel cohesive but unpredictable.
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...
Matt Chats: Craig Bruyn on chronicling his video game adventures through fan art
Bruyn explains how fan art enrichens the experience of playing video games and gives him original story ideas.
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...
