EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Poems To See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry
Poetic words meets poetic illustration in this stunning graphic novel!
INDIE VIEW: ‘River: Stories of Old Anapra’ has an impact bigger than its page...
River: Stories of Old Anapra
By Dave Ortega
Radiator Comics
Dave Ortega has already proven his ability to transform family history into compelling and tender comics with...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Banned Book Club’ is an energetic college kids versus dictatorship memoir
Banned Book Club
Written by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
Illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju
Iron Circus Comics
With North Korea so much in the headlines and such...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Colony’ reveals obscure anarchist history
The Colony
By Nicolas Debon
Translated by Edward Gauvin
Europe Comics
Based on the rise and fall of an actual anarchist outpost in France in the early 20th...
INDIE VIEW: ‘From Truth With Truth’ is ultimately empowering
From Truth With Truth
By Lawrence Lindell
A lot of people hurt inside and the longterm effects lead to damage that’s hard to just brush off....
INDIE VIEW: ‘Multo’ tackles the big mystery of self
Multo
By Andrew Lorenzi
Retrofit/Big Planet
Andrew Lorenzi’s chosen focal point of autobiography to opens his cryptic book Multo is a rumination on his own history with...
INDIE VIEW: ‘In Pieces: Someplace Which I Call Home’ provides Ipswich, Massachusetts with its...
In Pieces: Someplace Which I Call Home
By Kurt Ankeny
Adhouse Books
I’ve spent plenty of time in Ipswich, MA, but mostly just passing through on Rt...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Strange Ones’ maps out a walk down memory lane
The Strange Ones
By Jeremy Jusay
Gallery 13
The Strange Ones began its life in the very decade it takes place in, the 1990s, but it took...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Constantly’ is a visual poem about the struggle you can’t see
Constantly
By GG
Koyama Press
In the entirely-wordless short graphic novel Constantly, GG presents a woman as she enters her day with trepidation, which manifests in hesitation...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Death of the Master’
The Death of the Master
By Patrick Kyle
Koyama Press
There’s a moment in Patrick Kyle’s The Death of the Master that reminded me of something that...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Reincarnation Stories’ is probably all true and other lies Kim Deitch has...
Reincarnation Stories
By Kim Deitch
Fantagraphics Books
One of Kim Deitch’s great talents is creating such a blurry line between reality and fiction, and then wrapping that...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Lonesome Era’ features funny animals in real predicaments
The Lonesome Era
By Jon Allen
Iron Circus Comics
The first collection of Jon Allen’s webcomic, Ohio Is For Sale, delivered some good laughs and clever themes....
