Indie Comics

This week we look at three projects geared towards creating and exploring magic. From giant radioactive cats to magical boys, there's surely something here that will cast a spell on you.

A silent, surreal meditation on the human condition in context of the natural world, Kingdom/Order takes as its hero an unnamed man in an...

This week we look at three new crowdfunding projects from talented teams and duos. We highlight the comics of ARRO, LÖK ZINE and Heart of Gold.

Young Frances is already in the running to be Graphic Novel of the Year. It collects the award-winning Pope Hats series by Hartley Lin (who...

On the surface, I, Parrot is a madcap farce about taking care of 42 parrots as it snowballs into absurdity on almost a surreal...

Over the years that I’ve contributed for The Beat, I’ve gotten to preview some pretty-interesting projects in the making, as well as talk to their equally-interesting creators. A little more than two years ago, I had a phone interview with two women who called themselves the “Gibbs Girls.” They were working on a steam-punk inspired comic that takes place at the dawn of the 20th century and during the Industrial Age. The story followed a female, African American inventor named Ada Turner who creates the first flying machine. Last week, the Gibbs Girls reached out and informed me that the comic had finally come out.

Jessica Campbell has gotten plenty of attention with her sharp cartoons examining the art world through the lens of gender politics. Her attitude, part...

A time traveling cheetah, documentary film and graphic novel join forces to bring you this week's round-up of crowdfunding projects.

Strangers in an unnamed European rural area, Carl and Rita have moved into a house on stilts in the water, the last of its...

Subtitled “Comics from Mauretania,” the stories in Chris Reynolds’ The New World don’t take place in the African country of the same name, but...

Satiate your appetite for the fun, new, and different.

In two recent releases, Whit Taylor uses her strong talent for intimacy in cartooning to present situations — some personal, some fictional — that...