Indie Comics

By: Nicholas Eskey Artist Dave McKean is in every aspect a Renaissance Man. He expresses himself in illustration, art installations, music, theatre, writing, graphic design,...

Ben Sears’ Night Air is built around characters that have apparently appeared in zines and anthologies, but I confess to being totally unfamiliar with...

Eric Powell gained a huge following with The Goon, but now he's got his own self published line called Albatross Funnybooks and a debut book, "Hillbilly" which went on sale this week. CBR has all the details, and though the bvook would appear to star a more violent Alan Moore it's actually about "Rondel, a man born with no eyes, yet cursed with terrible vision, who is out to rid the world of foul demons and witches." Spoiler: This book looks amazing!

It’s a rare occasion that you can use words like sweet, thoughtful, and gentle to describe a science fiction superhero story taking place in...

Bear, Bird, and Stag Were Arguing In The Forest and Other Stories by Madeline Flores Flores offers three philosophical shorter works that come together well in...

For many people, the earliest experience of human loss that pierces their emotions and affects their everyday existence is the death of a grandparent,...

Sometimes it’s better to just give yourself to something rather than to seek out its meaning. Not everything has to have one clear meaning,...

This collection of short works by Malachi Ward and published by Alternative Comics announces itself with a verbal joke — From Now On is another...

The indie comics tour continues this weekend with CAKE in Chicago, a show that's had a slow rise to become what sounds ike a...

This short, spare, poetic, emotionally brutal piece from Cathy G. Johnson and Koyama Press captures the intersection of three lives, and the unlikely self...

The first in a projected seven-book science fiction series, Joshua W. Cotter’s Nod Away draws you in with the human drama, but keeps the science...

Massachusetts cartoonist Melissa Mendes has a knack for comics that not only center on kids, but present the world from their points of view...