Crowdfunding Watch: The Slice of Life Edition
Take a peak at some slice of life inspired comics in this week's Crowdfunding Watch.
Review: Dave Ortega puts family first in ‘Dias de Consuelo’
With immigration in general and Mexico in particular having become such issues of anger in modern America, Dave Ortega’s tender, informative family saga Dias...
Review: Fortuna is a superhero for the rest of us
Superhero comics promise a certain amount of action and personal drama based on the idea that anyone who would become a superhero would put...
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...
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: 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 —...
Review: 5 comics that grabbed my attention this week
Our Mother by Luke Howard
Comics has become the territory of many examinations of mental health in regard to personal history, and each manifestation of this...
Review: Sophie Goldstein’s progressive science fiction
House of Women and The Oven by Sophie Goldstein
I haven’t encountered much chatter about Sophie Goldstein’s extraordinary, smart, beautiful three-part comic House of Women,...
Review: Beth Heinly is making me laugh today
I’d say self-deprecating autobiographical comics by smart, talented women is officially a genre, and a sub-genre of that is self-deprecating autobiographical comics by smart,...
Reviews: Three mini comics that deserve your attention today
Ley Lines: Made With Love In Hell by Mimi Chrzanowski
From it’s dayglo pink cover, through all its cranberry-red rendered interior, this portrait of a...
Review: Aidan Koch and Paloma Dawkins look inward and far out
After Nothing Comes by Aidan Koch
This collection from Koyama Press of Koch’s early mini comics speaks to what makes Koch stand out. With an...
The History of Zines: Poopsheet Foundation is now online
Oh yeah, speaking of zines (look it up kids) something called The Poopsheet Foundation is now online, and it's one of those 90s things...
