INDIE VIEW: ‘Family Tree’ and ‘Folklords’ enliven tropes by subverting them
Family Tree #1
Written by Jeff Lemire
Illustrated by Phil Hester
Image Comics
I’m past the point where I’m willing to give end of the world stories much...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Chasing Echoes’ shows a family in hot pursuit of themselves
Chasing Echoes
Written by Dan Goldman
Illustrated by George Schall
Humanoids Life Drawn
It might be fair to call Malka Solomon a mess, but it’s not nice. That...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Twilight Man’ traces Rod Serling’s pioneering darkness
The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television
By Koren Shadmi
Humanoids Life Drawn
There is a myth that America has always been desperate to...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption’ turns a personal story into passionate...
Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption
By Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
Drawn and Quarterly
As the 21st Century progresses, multiple givens of life continue to be turned on...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Swimming In Darkness’ mixes architecture and mythology to create an abstract mystery
The real Therme Vals in Switzerland becomes both the backdrop and main character in this tale of existential noir.
INDIE VIEW: There’s nowhere to go but down in ‘Plummet’
Plummet
By Sherwin Sullivan Tija
Conundrum Press
The premise of Plummet, the frenetic new graphic novel from Montreal-based writer and artist Sherwin Sullivan Tija, is very simple,...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Gramercy Park’ shows the heart to be the ultimate crime scene
Gramercy Park
Written by Timothée de Fombelle
Illustrated by Christian Cailleaux
Translated by Edward Gauvin
IDW EuroComics
Why is the woman on the roof obsessively watching the window of...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Ignited’ finds empowerment in tragedy
Ignited Volume One: Triggered
Written by Mark Waid and Kwanza Osajyefo
Illustrated by Phil Briones
Humanoids/H1
Folding in real circumstances in a superhero comic has become a standard...
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Blue Road’ brings poetic clarity to the life of immigrants
The Blue Road
Written by Wayde Compton
Illustrated by April Dela Noche Milne
Arsenal Pulp Press
It is always worth reminding people that the concept of national borders...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Vanni’ is a sweeping but intimate account of the Sri Lankan conflict
Vanni: A Family’s Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict
Research and Story by Benjamin Dix
Script and Illustration by Lindsay Pollack
Pennsylvania State University Press/Graphic Medicine
When I...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Mikel’ plunges into paranoid Basque Country
Mikel
Written by Mark Bellido
Illustrated by Judith Vanistenpael
Translated by Erica Mena
Self Made Hero
Taking place amidst the Basque separatist movement in Spain, Mikel focuses on a...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Americana’ is a thru-hike across Luke Healy’s psyche
The Pacific Crest Trail becomes the road to self-discovery
