The Beat’s Holiday Gift Guide: For the Indie and Small Press Comics Admirer
The holiday gifting time is here and the Beat crew stands ready with some suggestions for the comics lover, comics curious or even comics oblivious -...
12/01/2017: Small Press & Indie Comics Galore
Nice Art
This month's nice art is by Priya Huq, a cartoonist and illustrator based in Chicago. She's the creator of the web comics Mana, which...
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...
Jack Kirby & Wally Wood – In Color: Sky Masters of the Space Force...
There have been a number of Kirby projects this year, but here's one that's a little more unique. Amigos Comics is issuing a full...
The CXC-Sol-Con Interviews: Vicko Alvarez on Activism, Scholar & Education
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (or CXC) is a four day festival in Columbus, Ohio celebrating the work of cartoonists and providing chances to learn more...
Review – Stages of Rot and the Making of a Universe
Stages of Rot effortlessly stands with some the best science fiction graphic novels of the decade. It creates a fully realized world just odd...
11/01/2017 Small Press & Indie Comics Galore
Nice Art
This month's nice art comes from Sarah Robbins. She made 31 small prints with a Halloween theme. It looks nice and...
Review: B. Mure’s ‘Ismyre’ is a city of magic
Titled after the city it depicts, Ismyre couples two disparate issues and brings them together for a magical conclusion.
Ed is a sculptor living in...
Review – Unsettling Poetry in Ghosts, Etc. by George Wylesol
George Wylesol’s Ghosts, Etc. is a poem, light and fleeting. It is a sheet hanging loosely in the wind over an ethereal body. It’s...
10/05/2017: Small Press & Indie Comics Galore
Nice Art
§ Philippe here with some small press & indie comics update, albeit a few days later than usual. This month's nice...
Review: Ulli Lust’s ‘Voices In The Dark’ is a walk on the worst side
The offerings from New York Review Comics have revealed one challenging work after another with curation of truly elevated works, but as impressive as...
Interview – Ryan Sands on the Return of Frontier, the 2018 line-up & Parenthood
Youth in Decline's long-running series Frontier is coming back after a nine month hiatus. For those who may not have encountered Frontier yet, is a quarterly...
