INDIE VIEW: Three unexpected calamities, two definite solutions
Reviewed: Captain Barbosa and the Pirate Hat Chase, New Life, and Things Go Wrong #1
Review: Blow your mind with ‘Starseeds 2’
In an era when conspiracy abounds, especially on the right with Pizzagate, crisis actors, chemtrails, and, of course, lizard people but also anti-vaxxers, and...
INDIE VIEW: Frantz, Czap, and Gébé find meaning in different landscapes
Reviewed: Maria Frantz's The Chancellor and the Citadel, Kevin Czap's Four Years, and Gébé's Letters To Survivors.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Charles Glaubitz’s celestial strangeness returns in ‘Starseeds 2’
In the first volume of his cosmic epic, Charles Glaubitz laid out an onslaught of universe-shattering conspiracy weirdness that helped readers transcend the state...
Bergen Street Comics Press Says Goodbye to Copra and Revenger
Is the comic book publisher closing up shop?
Review: A man and his weaknesses drifting in ‘The Sea’
Getting old comes with several features, some of them obvious but many of them not. One of the most alarming is the loss of...
Review: ‘Sovereign Traces Vol. 1’ propels Native American voices brilliantly with no artistic compromise
This recent anthology from Michigan State University, Sovereign Traces Vol. 1, edited by Gordon Henry Jr. and Elizabeth PaPensee, presents work from a number...
INDIE VIEW: Three tales of the macabre with a higher purpose than chills
The Daughters of Salem, The Freak, and Misty Vol. 3 reviewed
Review: Julie Delporte continues to convey the intangible and the profound in ‘This Woman’s...
Julie Delporte's work is raw, and she is still impeccable at laying out an unmappable thought process that feels like a profound journey into the unknown.
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...
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.
