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: Fortuna is a superhero for the rest of us
Superhero comics promise a certain amount of action and personal drama based on the idea that anyone who would become a superhero would put...
Slave Labor to publish Kevin Sacco’s ‘Josephine’ in August
Original Gangster indie publisher Slave Labor hasn't been heard from much recently, aside from putting on the APE festival, but they just announced a new...
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...
Interview: First Second’s Scott Westerfeld Talks of His Graphic Novel “Spill Zone” and More
First Second, publishers of “great graphic novels for every reader”, have just released today the story of Spill Zone. Written by New York Times...
A Year of Free Comics: Grant Sinder’s Incidental Comics teach little life lessons
Another no brainer here; Grant Snider's Incidental Comics is a popular site that straddles the line between self help and observation with short comics that...
Reviews: Two dark underbellies come out in daylight
Kus Mono #3: An Exorcism by Theo Ellsworth
An Exorcism begins simply enough with a man lying in a bed that is walking away, escorted...
Review: Kristen Radtke’s autobiography captures the big picture in the small frame
I am often torn about autobiographical comics. Not whether they should exist or not — of course people should create the comics they are...
Celebrate National Library Week By Reading a Banned Book (or any book)!
Today, the American Library Association released its State of America’s Libraries Report, an annual report released during National Library Week.
It's not easy being a librarian,...
10 years after Minx, here comes Charmz, a new comics line aimed at tween...
Ah, Minx. So many memories and feelings. The very first, so ahead of its time modern graphic novel line aimed at tweenage and teen...
A graphic novel of The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood is also on...
Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is coming this April, and it's gotten a lot of attention for its unintentionally topical subject...
Coming Attractions: DC Announces New Graphic Novels for Fall and Winter 2017!
DC has released their list of 193 titles due to ship during next September to January.
What's of interest? I'll note them below, with covers...
