Review: ‘Joylandia’ brilliantly ruins all the holidays for you
Ever feel pressured to have fun on a holiday? Certain holidays are worse than others for sure. It used to be just New Year’s...
INDIE VIEW: Comics history, record collecting, and the punkest punk in the school
Memorabilia
By Sergio Ponchione
Fantagraphics Books
Italian cartoonist Ponchione has concocted a unique hybrid designed to highlight his own creative strengths while honoring those who have influenced...
Review: Broken souls, bloody noses, and activism in ‘Flem’
Brussels-based and Montreal-born cartoonist R. Rosen makes her graphic novel debut with Flem, a tale of psychological distress, self-destruction, and political activism that casts...
The Beat’s Holiday Gift Guide: For the Indie and Small Press Comics Admirer
A selection of gift ideas for small press and indie comics enthusiasts!
Review: The dark and charming topsy-turvy Paris of ‘Alas’
Anytime I encounter a story with animals dominating the world in an aggressive stance against primitive humans, I can’t help but compare it to...
Avery Hill Announces 2019 Publications with George Wylesol, Shanti Rai and More
Avery Hill Announces their 2019 Line-up with Claire Scully, Shanti Rai, George Wylesol and Scott Jason Smith
Interview – Carta Monir on Secure Connect, Game Boy Printer, Video Games Comics and...
Talking to Carta Monir about Secure Connect, Game Boy Printer, Video Games Comics and her New Micro-Press
Review: Mortality from all sides in ‘In The Future, We Are Dead’
Death is a multi-faceted subject and German cartoonist Eva Müller’s In The Future We Are Dead gives it the treatment it deserves. Müller comes at...
Review: Different sides of empowerment in ‘Terrible Means’ and ‘A City Inside’
Terrible Means is a prequel to B. Mure’s Ismyre book from a couple years ago, but you don’t need to have read the previous...
Review: In ‘Fluorescent Mud’ and ‘John, Dear’ it’s not all in the characters’ heads
Two new books from Retrofit/Big Planet use the comics form to meditate on the psychological overtaking the physical, both with strong executions in different...
Review: Brotherhood as artistic evolution in ‘Piero’
Edmond Baudoin is a relatively obscure figure in America, looming under whatever radar we have that detects French cartoonists. As explained in Matt Madden’s...
Al Columbia has a new comic and it’s, predictably, weird
Al Columbia is one of those cartoonist's cartoonists whose body of work is as unforgettable as it is slim. His history includes a troubled...
