Review: mini kuš! are diverse, challenging, exciting
An off-shoot from the Latvian anthology š!, mini kuš! is a series of short single works, released in blocks of four as standalones. As always, this...
Review: Kelly Froh & Dan Mazur’s two non-fiction delights
The Weekend Casserole Collection by Kelly Froh
Froh brings together a number of short pieces from various sources — anthologies she’s contributed to, some of...
Review: Whit Taylor’s Up Down Clown tackles mental health issues
The sad clown is a trope that has been well-used in every storytelling media there is, but Whit Taylor’s Up Down Clown from Ninth...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Comic Arts Brooklyn Interview Special
Recorded live in New York, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and...
This weekend: Safari Festival in London
If I were in London I would DEFINITELY be going to the Safari Festival, the one day CAF run by Breakdown Press and devoted...
How to Survive Micro-Press Publishing at SPX
by Zachary Clemente
This past weekend, the 20th annual Small Press Expo (SPX) brought an explosion of independent and small press comics to the Marriott...
Julia Wertz to debut new mini at SPX
ollowing the hilarity of Fart Party and the hilarity tinged with self-examination of Drinking at the Movies and The Infinite Wait, cartoonist Julia Wertz proved herself one of the sharpest observers out there. However she's been in hiatus from making new comics for the last two years, while getting a new reputation as an urban explorer. (If you want creepy, follow Wertz on Instagram.)
Review: Some Picks from the Spring Oily Bundle
It's hard to convince me to not contribute to the growing number of small press comic subscriptions--every season there seems to be even more...
The Amazing Cynicalman Vol. II is coming from Matt Feazell
Mini-comics and stick-figure philosophy pioneer Matt Feazall has been turning out his delightful mini-comics since the 80s. Now he had an Indiegogo campaign going for The Amazing Cynicalman Vol. 2, a collection of his weekly strips from 2002 on.
Two for Tuesday: Mare Odomo’s Internet, Sam Alden’s Backyard
I like pre-ordering comics- not for any particularly altruistic reasons, but if I know I'm going to end up buying a certain comic anyway...
MoCCA Debuts 2013: Modan, Boulet, Hernandez (x2), Tamaki and MORE
New books that are out just in time for MoCCA, which will be held at the Lexington Armory this weekend. This is what folks emailed us, and if the past is any indicator about five seconds after this post goes up a million voices will cry out in terror at not having emailed me, so expect a part two later today!
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Julia Gfrorer
About a month ago, Steve asked me who my favourite comic creators were, and horrible as I am at answering on the spot questions,...
