Tag: Autobiographical Comics
REVIEW: TIME ZONE J is ardent sensory overload from Julie Doucet
Doucet's advent OGN is a single, psychedelic, endless illustration, engulfed in the unforgettable.
PREVIEW: Take a first look at Asaf Hanuka’s latest THE REALIST collection
The latest collection of the award-winning cartoonist's weekly comic strip is due out in stores from Archaia in June.
INTERVIEW: Noelle Stevenson talks their new autobio Substack project
Acclaimed cartoonist Noelle Stevenson's new Substack project, I'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand, launches today.
INDIE VIEW: PARENTHESIS offers the fragility of self
Parenthesis
By Elodie Durand
Top Shelf Productions
There are so many horrors a human can face, and one of the worst, at least for me, comes from the inside — losing yourself. There are many ways to...
INDIE VIEW: A gentle push into politics in OKAY, UNIVERSE
Okay, Universe
Written by Valérie Plante
Illustrated by Delphie Côté-Lacroix
Drawn and Quarterly
With the subtitle “Chronicles of a Woman in Politics,” Okay, Universe in some ways inspires dread for the incoming reader — not because of expected...
REVIEW: I DON’T KNOW HOW TO GIVE BIRTH provides a humorous glimpse into one...
I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! mixes personal experience with general educational information.
INTERVIEW: A conversation with Mike Hawthorne about his new memoir, HAPPINESS WILL FOLLOW
The cartoonist talks about the genesis of the book, and his history getting into the business of comics.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Mike Hawthorne overcomes hate with love in HAPPINESS WILL FOLLOW
Hawthorne's graphic memoir is coming next month from BOOM! Studios' Archaia imprint.
INDIE VIEW: I KNOW YOU RIDER explores reproducing and not
I Know You Rider
By Leslie Stein
Drawn and Quarterly
One of the aspects of Leslie Stein’s work that sets her apart from other autobiographical cartoonists is the visual one. Her art is unlike any other in...
INDIE VIEW: In ALTITUDE growing up happens in dangerous terrain
Altitude
Written by Olivier Bocquet
Written and Illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette
Translated by Edward Gauvin
SelfMadeHero
I was recently standing at a local landmark called Witt’s Ledge, the cliff atop a former quarry looking down 1100 feet and thinking...
INDIE VIEW: The ART LIFE revealed
Art Life
By Catherine Ocelot
Translated by Aleshia Jensen
Conundrum Press
Catherine Ocelot is trying to figure things out. You could say that about anyone, of course, but what Ocelot is delving into are the concerns of an...
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 a point of fascination for Americans, Kim Hyun Sook’s Banned...