Tag: Autobiographical Comics
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...
INDIE VIEW: In ‘750cc Down Lincoln Highway’ the soul hits the pavement
750cc Down Lincoln Highway
Written by Bernard Chambaz
Illustrated by Barroux
Lettered by Ortho
Translated by Joe Johnston
NBM
I’m going to confess that as someone who barely leaves his region of the country anymore — the northeast, FYI...
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 133 heading from Gloucester to Rt 1A onto Newburyport and...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Fights’ chronicles a society embedded with violence and neglect
Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence
By Joel Christian Gill
Oni Press
Reading Fights: One Boys Triumph Over Violence hurt, I’ll just start with that. It hurt a lot and that’s the briefest testament I can give...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Falafel With Hot Sauce’ cuts through the noise in its depiction of...
Falafel with Hot Sauce
By Michel Kichka
Translated by Montana Kane
Europe Comics
When it comes to opinions on Israel, I find that any wider view I might personally hear on the subject is typically drowned out by...
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 their heads. The way society perceived certain circumstances are reversed...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Americana’ is a thru-hike across Luke Healy’s psyche
The Pacific Crest Trail becomes the road to self-discovery
INDIE VIEW: ‘Us Two Together’ wraps you in its sorrow
Ephameron turns a struggle with dementia into devastating poetry
INDIE VIEW: ‘Qualification’ is Dante’s Inferno for 12-Step Programs
Qualification
By David Heatley
Pantheon Books
We all end up like our parents. I know for some people that’s hard to hear, but I’ve seen it to be pretty true across the board and I have...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Creation’ gives the full picture of gentrification in Hamilton, Ontario
Creation
By Sylvia Nickerson
Drawn & Quarterly
As a resident of Hamilton, Ontario, cartoonist Sylvia Nickerson hasn’t allowed herself to become entrenched solely in her own concerns, despite recent motherhood. She understands that the lives of the...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Pittsburgh’ reveals the complexities of home
Pittsburgh
By Frank Santoro
New York Review Comics
There are so many aspects of our lives that are decided before we ever step into the world, and they affect our decisions far into life. They are born...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Rat Time’ and motherhood
Rat Time
By Keiler Roberts
Koyama Press
Cartoonist Keiler Roberts has a very freeform approach to diary comics. As in free from the form of diary comics. As collected in Rat Time, there is no sense of...
