Review: ‘On A Sunbeam’ is a heartfelt sci-fi tour de force
The past is filled with unresolved issues, incidents, relationships for most people, and in many ways Tillie Walden’s On A Sunbeam is about moving...
Interview: Jim Woodring on working with Jack Kirby, having visions and making comics
James Romberger and Jim Woodring in conversation - plus a Comic Arts Brooklyn report.
Review: Broken souls, bloody noses, and activism in ‘Flem’
Brussels-based and Montreal-born cartoonist R. Rosen makes her graphic novel debut with Flem, a tale of psychological distress, self-destruction, and political activism that casts...
Review: ‘Pyongyang’ shows North Korea is the same as it ever was
I feel like over the last decade, the travel graphic novel has become crowded with pedestrian work. The form has taken on the role...
Review: Sid Vicious is back in ‘Punk’s Not Dead’ and this time he’s doing...
If you had asked me a week ago what I thought of the idea of a comic about the ghost of Sid Vicious palling...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 20: Graphic Novel Printing
Paper + ink = book!
But how does that paper combine with the ink to make a book? What dread machine combines the two --...
Review: The dark and charming topsy-turvy Paris of ‘Alas’
Anytime I encounter a story with animals dominating the world in an aggressive stance against primitive humans, I can’t help but compare it to...
Abrams pulls controversial graphic novel about a suicide bomber
Maybe this wasn't such a great idea for a book...
Review: The thrilling darkness of Rachael Ball’s ‘Wolf’
Everyone knows about the wider mythologies that creep their way into childhood, everything from Bigfoot to Slender Man that infects young brains in a...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 19: Book Blurbs
Sometimes when you pick up a book, you'll find a quote from an author (not the one who wrote the book) on the cover...
Review: Different sides of empowerment in ‘Terrible Means’ and ‘A City Inside’
Terrible Means is a prequel to B. Mure’s Ismyre book from a couple years ago, but you don’t need to have read the previous...
Review – Julia Gfrörer’s Laid Waste is a Hopefully Pessimistic Read
The moment that affected me the most in Julia Gfrörer's incredibly bleak comic Laid Waste happens after a group of children are seen carrying...
