Review: ‘Song of Aglaia’ puts a complicated, heady feminist spin on tired old myths...
Taking the traditional tropes of myths and legends and turning them on their heads, Song of Aglaia has French cartoonist Anne Simon trace the fairy...
Review: Gipi searches for humanity at the end of the world
In Gipi’s post-apocalyptic drama Land of the Sons, there’s a moment when a father laments whether he should reveal to his sons that dogs...
Digital Comics Sale Roundup – Ant-Man, Jeff Lemire and Love & Rockets
A few things for the holiday break.
Review: Manuele Fior’s ‘Blackbird Days’ examines the mechanics of transformation
Blackbird Days, an anthology of shorter work by Italian graphic novelist Manuele Fior, gathers stories from the past decade, but this is no casual...
Review: Eric Haven’s comics bring madness and sanity together for a hug
Eric Haven’s new collection of short works, Compulsive Comics, offers good laughs and vigorous surrealism, and you can easily enjoy it for those two...
Review: Turning the mirror on Velazquez in ‘The Ladies In Waiting’
This biography of 17th Century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez wraps itself around one work, in particular, Las Meninas, or The Ladies In Waiting, from...
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...
REVIEW: An Artist In Search for Meaning in Joseph Remnant’s CARTOON CLOUDS
One of the most perplexing epistemological questions that enters the human mind is: “What’s next?” For those of us who try to derive some...
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...
Kim Thompson Estate Sale – Today and Tomorrow
In sad news, it looks Kim Thompson's estate sale is this weekend in Seattle. The listing doesn't specifically say it's Kim Thompson, but it...
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Professor Enigma’s adventures continue in LOVE AND ROCKETS #3
It's a Los Bros kind of Wednesday, and rightfully so, as anytime your local comics shop is graced with the latest issue of Love...
