Review: A Kafkaesque coming-of-age-tale by Pieter Coudyzer
Walking a line between a depressing coming of age tale and a Kafkaesque expression of emotional hurt manifesting itself physically, Outburst ends up twisting...
01/07/2017: Canada 150 Special: Small Press & Indie Comics
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§ For this monthly "Small Press & Indie Comics Galore", we'll focus more than usual on Canadian content to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary! My...
Reviews: Three thought-provoking new releases from Retrofit
Shit and Piss by Tyler Landry
Imagine the comic that not only lives up to that title, but manages to do so with a poetic...
Review: The quiet poetry of Chaboute’s ‘Alone’
It’s 84 pages in before the subject of French graphic novelist Chaboute's largely silent work Alone finally appears, and even then, it’s only in the...
Tonight and this weekend to do: CAKE
As always there are about four gabillion pop culture events this weekend, but this weekend it's CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) in Chicago, kicking...
Review: Assessing the damage in ‘Roughneck’
Jeff Lemire has become quite a prolific comics creator since 2008. He’s largely devoted himself to the varying forms of genre fiction that comics...
01/06/17: Small Press and Indie Comics News Galore
§ Hi everyone, Philippe here with some micro press, small press and indie comics links and news.
§ Nice art: The above image is from Xia...
How a comics marriage broke up over financial stress
Just to stay on this cheerful topic while everyone is so happy to be back at work after the holiday, Maggie Umber, cartoonist and...
Anders Nilsen new book Tongues looks spectacular
Anders Nilsen has been a mainstay of the indie comics world for a while, gaining huge acclaim with Big Questions, a massive rumination on the meaning...
Koyama Press’s Fall line-up includes Willumsen, Kyle, Lee, Freibert, GG and Foster-Dimino
Catching up a bit here on the news, and Koyama Press announced their fall line-up filled with work by some of today's most exciting...
Review: ‘The Interview’ examines the nature of meaning
I write a lot about contemporary art, and one of the areas that I find so many people get hung-up about is meaning. That...
Review: Cathy Malkasian’s latest dark parable ‘Eartha’
You’re not likely to come out of a Cathy Malkasian book without being spooked by something you can’t quite put your finger on even...
