The ALA’s comics roundtable to the rescue; why I don’t like Crumb and what is GRRM doing now, anyway?
Netflix names the cast for I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS, its next graphic novel adaptation
I Am Not Okay With This hits Netflix in 2020.
INDIE VIEW: Three very different types of quests in ‘Babyface,’ ‘Gogor,’ and ‘Nobody Is In Control’
John Seven reviews ‘Babyface,’ ‘Gogor #1,’ and ‘Nobody Is In Control #1’
Bergen Street Comics Press Says Goodbye to Copra and Revenger
Is the comic book publisher closing up shop?
INDIE VIEW: The human condition examined, portrayed, and laughed at
Reviews of Direct Action Gets the Goods, Hobo Mom, and Viewotron #1
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Charles Forsman and Max de Radiguès team-up for ‘Hobo Mom’
On the shelves January 22 from Fantagraphics
Charles Forsman’s Netflix lightning strikes twice with ‘I Am Not Okay With This’
One of the biggest surprise Netflix hits of 2018 came from comics but not of the superhero variety. The widely-acclaimed series The End of the Fucking World, which was nominated for a BAFTA and an Emmy and will return for a second season, was birthed as a mini-comic by Charles Forsman, and that’s how director […]
REVIEW: ‘Bastard’ features the world’s sweetest crime spree
In Bastard, Belgian cartoonist Max de Radigues presents one of the oddest crime partners you can imagine — mother and son. Well, not just mother and son, that’s not in itself odd, I guess, but SWEET mother and son. Devoted mother and son. Mother and son with a great, loving relationship. Oh, also, very young […]
Just ahead of its debut this weekend, the first trailer for THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD is here
Every time you turn around there’s a new Netflix series popping up. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t even keep up with each new addition with a Netflix logo on it. Not only do they regularly produce their own original content, including one of the best series on television, The Crown, and Stranger Things, […]
The SPX Interviews – Charles Forsman on Mini-Comics, Television Adaptation & Recurring Themes
Small Press Expo (or SPX) nonprofit created in 1994 to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics. It’s mission is to “To provide a forum to showcase new and emerging talent in the fields of comics, graphic novels and political cartooning”. In the spirit of this mission, the Comics Beat has conducted a series […]