Black Comic Book Festival ’19 was a revolutionary celebration of blackness in comics
The 7th annual Black Comic Book Festival, which took place on January 18-19 at the Schomburg Center in Harlem, was a fierce statement on black representation in comics. Not a plea but an actual...
INDIE VIEW: The human condition examined, portrayed, and laughed at
Reviews of Direct Action Gets the Goods, Hobo Mom, and Viewotron #1
Review: Iron Circus Comics offers other vantage points in ‘The Girl Who Married A...
If you’re seeking diversity in comics that comes at you both powerfully and gently at the same time, Iron Circus Comics may be your answer.
Review: The unspoken and unseen take center stage in ‘Kingdom’
Jon McNaught's Kingdom captures the passive-aggressive clash between humankind and nature, and why it's probably okay that they clash.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Charles Forsman and Max de Radiguès team-up for ‘Hobo Mom’
On the shelves January 22 from Fantagraphics
INDIE VIEW: True tales of the border, true parables of the monkey planet, and...
Reviewed: Uniqlo Superman by Yan Cong, POTA: Visionaries by Dana Gould & Chad Lewis, The Scar by Andrea Ferraris & Reno Chiocca
Interview: A. David Lewis embraces Kismet
As far as Muslim representation among superheroes goes, Kamala Khan a.k.a Ms. Marvel has been one of the most successful in a thin field. The first Muslim superhero seems to be Kismet, who appeared...
INDIE VIEW: Mysterious titles from Europe Comics and Birdcage Bottom and a wacky They...
Aldo by Yannick Pelegrin
Europe Comics
What is going on with Aldo? He says he is immortal, having lived for 300 years, but sometimes his memory is sketchy after all that time, and he is stricken...
01/02/2019 Small Press & Indie Comics Galore: New Year’s Edition!
Monthly list of small press and indie comics for the month of November and December 2018
Review: Unpacking your demons in ‘The Vagabond Valise’
You can go find all the horror comics currently being published and line them up with The Vagabond Valise and probably not find one that is anywhere equal in the level of disturbance lobbed...
INDIE VIEW: From monkeys and men to myths and marks
Mini Kuš! #69: Maud
By Marlene Krause
Kuš Komiksi
This recent entry in the long series of wildly inventive and artistically-experimental little booklets from Latvia takes on the life of tattooed woman Maud Wagner, who became a...
Review: ‘Joylandia’ brilliantly ruins all the holidays for you
Ever feel pressured to have fun on a holiday? Certain holidays are worse than others for sure. It used to be just New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day forces pressures for party-going, but...
