Tag: art comix

There have been several good works over the past few years - Here, A Castle In England, and 750 Years In Paris come to mind - that examine the idea of place, and each...

That the personal is political is acknowledged by plenty, but seldom in the way, it’s portrayed in Red Winter. Taking place in 1970s Sweden as the Social Democrats find themselves on the wane, Anneli Furmark...

In the fantasy series Geis, the European fantasy tropes are given a run for their money in a sort of It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World style parable of power and authority, by...

Yet more amazing comics debuting at tomorrow' Comic Arts Brooklyn show! Roopert August Lipp Revival House 56 pages, 8.5" X 11" 2 color offset
$10 The long-awaited debut by comics virtuoso, August Lipp. Perhaps you've been fortunate to see glimpses of his...

It is time for our sort of annual look at all the news books coming out at this year';s Comic Arts Brooklyn fest. Feast your eyes on the wonders and beauties of what's coming...

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...

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....

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...

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...

The Canadian North is a vast, cold and isolated places at times. It can be a tough place for the soul, it seems to make the edges rough and each cut, a little deeper....

The 2017 Ignatz Award nominations have just been announced, and this years honorees are a solid mix of mainstream (March Book 3), indie (My Favorite Thing is Monsters) and micro-press/self-published (Carolyn Nowak, Sabin Cauldron). I draw no wider implications from the list except that comics 2017 artistically speaking are strong.  Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing is Monsters - kind of the To Kill a Mockingbird of comics at this point - lead with three noms including Outstanding Artist,  GN and Story.

I have a feeling that quite a lot of us would rather be somewhere else these days. It wouldn’t be so bad to be trapped in a place that was separate from the logic...