Tag: Comics
Review: The Infinite Wait by Julia Wertz: bio, booze and books
The Infinite Wait by Julia Wertz
Koyama Press
I have a complicated and knotty relationship with auto-bio comics, beset by apprehension and cynicism. There's no doubt the...
Interview: The Odyssey of Neal Adams
Interviewing Neal Adams over at the New Statesman in the run up to this month’s London Super Comic Con, we chatted about his legendary...
You should buy this: Farel Dalrymple’s It Will All Hurt
I'll hold my hands up and admit I'm not a digital reader at all- there are a few web-comics which I love and keep...
Art Wall: spaceships, Strange and Sonic
Friday is art day! Friday is also the harbinger of the weekend, but who cares about that? Instead, take a look at all the pretty pictures...
Review: Nobrow’s 17×23 Showcase: moon men and hopeful dystopias
17x23 Showcase
Contributors: Isaac Lenkiewicz, Kyle Platts, Henry McCausland, Nick Sheehy, Joe Kessler
Nobrow Press
Following on from the success of the excellent Nobrow anthology- a bi-annual...
REVIEW: On the Road with Paul Pope’s THE ONE TRICK RIP-OFF +DEEP CUTS
For those savvy enough to have read Paul Pope’s (BATMAN: YEAR 100, HEAVY LIQUID, BATTLING BOY in 2013) ONE TRICK RIP-OFF when it first...
The Bigger Picture Behind DC’s Latest Moves
DC announced a few more cancellations and creator switches yesterday. That's not unusual in the days leading up to releasing the next batch of...
Must Read: The Literaries
If you read only one think piece on comics by a great cartoonist today, you should read The Literaries by Eddie Campbell. The piece spins off of the current discussion on the place of EC comics which I mentioned the other day. Campbell's response is specifically to Ng Suat Tong's declaration that EC comics were mostly well-drawn pulp.
Jane Mai’s Poop Nightmare
At the risk of lowering the tone, I relay to you the news of Jane Mai's Poop Nightmare: so bad it needed capitalization As someone...
The Mystery of the Missing Crossover – DC’s Flashpoint Revisited
Not too long ago, I saw the hardcover of Flashpoint on the library shelf. I didn't pick up Flashpoint when it came out, given how overused the alternate...
The best of Hourly Comics Day
Yesterday was hourly comics day, John Campbell's deviation of the 24 hour comic concept originally founded by Scott McCloud, which is a Ronseal sort of...
