MoCCA Festival ‘ 17 announces programming
This year's MoCCA Festival is coming in a few weeks, April 1-2, with guests Gene Luen Yang, Blutch, Becky Cloonan and more. And the...
Annie Koyama Contributes Vast Collection of Original Art to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library...
Annie Koyama, owner and publisher of Toronto's Koyama Press, has donated a large selection of original artwork to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &...
Reviews: Martz, Toms, Booger portray different kinds of love
Burt’s Way Home by John Martz
This incredibly sweet story is aimed at kids, but its emotional depth will satisfy many adults. Burt lives with...
Vault Comics launches next month with Natasha Alterici’s lesbian Viking saga Heathen
Another new publisher? It's true, but Vault Comics has found some excellent material to launch with. Te AV CLub had the deets on their...
A year of free comics – Titan by François Vigneault
I really like Francois Vigneault’s Titan. It’s a spectacular science fiction comic. It follows the story of MNGR João da Silva, as he is...
Review: It’s Me – Becca Tobin and Realization about Oneself
We all experience defining moments of self-realization in our lives. These epiphanies about our own lives happen when we reflect on who we are,...
Review: You’ll want to visit ‘The Obscure Cities’
The second English language volume in French/Belgian team Benoit Peeters and François Schuiten's The Obscure Cities series, this was recently revived through a Kickstarter campaign by Alaxis...
Review: Jillian Fleck’s bottomless pit of emotion
The most frequent bottomless thing that has popped up in my life is the idea of bottomless pits, which Lake Jehovah immediately made me...
INTERVIEW: So What? Press Mastermind Dave Kelly Reveals the Secrets to Success in Indie...
So What? Press marked it’s fifth year as an indie comics publisher this past fall. Their tent pole horror-noir series, Tales of the Night Watchman, is celebrating the release of their fifth issue with a signing at Forbidden Planet in New York this Saturday.
Reviews: Gfrörer, Wiedeman, Gennis look to the past
Laid Waste by Julia Gfrörer
This excruciatingly sad novella has Julia Gfrörer examining the horror of being a survivor, in a way that manages to...
Review – Pow Pow Triple Review : Earthbound, Going Under & Art Wars
I’ve recently had the chance to interview Luc Bossé, the founder and editor of Montreal’s Pow Pow Press, about their work and their upcoming...
Review: Bernadou, Varela, Mendes deliver three strong works
Canopy by Karine Bernadou
Bernadou’s excellent silent parable of what it’s like to be a woman out in the world follows Canopy from her childhood —...
