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...
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...
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...
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.
Charles Forsman’s Netflix lightning strikes twice with ‘I Am Not Okay With This’
One of the biggest surprise Netflix hits of 2018 came from comics but not of the superhero variety. The widely-acclaimed series The End of...
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...
INTERVIEW: Angie Wang, Jen Wang, and Jake Mumm Celebrate Five Years of Comic Arts...
by Nancy Powell
When cartoonist and illustrator Angie Wang first approached pal Jen Wang (The Prince and the Dressmaker) about organizing a community-based comics event...
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...
The Beat’s Holiday Gift Guide: For the Indie and Small Press Comics Admirer
A selection of gift ideas for small press and indie comics enthusiasts!
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...
