Review: As ‘Alt-Life’ shows, even limitless virtual pleasure has its downsides
Human beings have always wanted to believe in a re-set. In more traditional terms this has taken the form of an afterlife, but as...
Review: ‘270°’ and ‘To Build A Fire’ honor different aspects of nature in beautiful...
Is nature our friend or our enemy, or maybe a little of both? Perhaps it’s not even measurable against the human experience, since we...
THE PULSE: Crime and Science Primates Found in New Releases for October 24th, 2018
The 90s get a makeover and indie creatives are skewed in this week's new releases. Also: so, so, so much more.
The Last Puerto Rican Unleashes his Wrath in new webcomic Hush Papi
In new webcomic Hush Papi, the last Puerto Rican avenges the decimation of his island in a post-apocalyptic future.
Ahoy! The Wrong Earth #2 is going back to press
Many "second printing" PR emails are sent out, and many can be ignored, but once in a while one really does say something. Such...
Review: Looking past Mormon stereotypes in Noah Van Sciver’s ‘One Dirty Tree’
The Mormon ascent into wider cultural awareness has not been under the best circumstances. It’s involved revelations about the fringe of it with the...
Review: ‘Algeria Is Beautiful Like America’ and the complications of family lore
I’m going to admit to being embarrassingly ignorant on the subject of Algeria before reading Algeria Is Beautiful Like America, at best understanding the...
REVIEW: ‘Bastard’ features the world’s sweetest crime spree
In Bastard, Belgian cartoonist Max de Radigues presents one of the oddest crime partners you can imagine — mother and son. Well, not just...
Eric Powell to Publish New GOON Comic in 2019
A signing tour and other activities are in the works to mark Goon’s 20th anniversary next year.
10/05/2018 Small Press & Indie Comics Galore
Indie Comics & Small Press Comics Galore from September to October
Review: ‘Bald Knobber’ combines simple history with complicated family lives
The title of Robert Sergel’s Bald Knobber isn’t just a silly word juxtaposition but actually refers to a historical group of vigilantes from the late...
Review: ‘Flocks’ is an inspirational autobiography
In my experience, once people get older and their teenage experience settles into a hazy myth in their brains that supplants the actual memories,...
