Review: ‘Beautiful Darkness’ team goes to Hell in ‘Satania’
There’s something delightfully old fashioned about Satania, at least at the beginning, and that nod to tradition is what makes the whole experience so thrilling the nostalgia for this kind of adventure tale is...
Review: Marcelo D’Salete finds dignity in Brazil’s ugly history of slavery
Brazilian cartoonist Marcelo D’Salete offers a different view of slavery in Run For It, focusing on Brazilian plantations and slavery, and celebrating resistance in that context. It was a 300-year-old institution in that country,...
Review: The Cartoonist is ‘Present’
Near the end of Present, Leslie Stein tells a short tale about a particular long term customer of hers who goes into restaurants, orders a Merlot, and then offers little else. Stein is patient...
ONE OR DONE INTERVIEW: Chuck Palahniuk on his new coloring book and what people...
Comics Beat talks to author and super fun dinner guest (we believe) Chuck Palahniuk about his new novella/coloring book.
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 the city of Ismyre who is burdened with a couple...
Review: ‘A Castle In England’ gives new life to old lives
A Castle In England is the latest in multi-faceted explorations of the history behind single structures, having been preceded by Chris Ware’s Building Stories, Richard McGuire’s Here, and Vincent Mahé’s 750 Years In Paris....
Review: The other realms of epilepsy revealed in ‘Mis(h)adra’
Mis(h)adra is a hard work to criticize, largely because it’s so personal and so raw in its portrayal of the intimate. Iasmin Omar Ata is an epileptic and Mis(h)adra is autobiographical in that respect....
Review: Johnny Appleseed and the Apocalyptic Frontier
Johnny Appleseed is one of those American historical figures who calls into question the line that divides reality from fantasy. He seems like a myth, and certainly,the way he has been presented in the...
INTERVIEW: X-Men: TAS story editor & writer Eric Lewald on X-Men:TAS Book
It's sometimes hard to believe there was a time before the X-Men was the universally recognized franchise and beloved phenomenon that it is today, but back in the early 90's Professor Xavier's team of...
Review: Living the dream in ‘Stardust Nation’
This mysterious work adapted by Booker-nominated author Deborah Levy from her own story captures the dynamic between two advertising men, Tom and Nikos, who have some bond between them that seems to be melding who...
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 they have all been, I don’t think any of them...
Brooklyn Book Festival announces their graphic novel schedule
The Brooklyn Book Festival is not only New York's premiere book event, it's a great showcase for graphic novels. And this year's event is no exception. The official poster was even created by Adrian...
