INDIE VIEW: War stays personal in ‘The Bugle Boy’ and ‘The Secret Voice’

04/17/2019 4:00 pm by John Seven Leave a Comment

John Seven reviews ‘The Bugle Boy’ By Alexandre Clérisse and ‘The Secret Voice Volume One’ By Zack Soto

INDIE VIEW: Telling women’s stories in ‘Colored’ and ‘Future Corpse’

04/11/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven Leave a Comment

John Seven reviews ‘Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin’ and ‘Future Corpse’

INDIE VIEW: Throwbacks to manly adventures in ‘Black Hammer ’45’ and ‘Irons’

03/08/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven 2 Comments

Black Hammer ’45 #1 Written by Ray Fawkes Illustrated by Matt Kindt Colored by Sharlene Kindt Lettered by Marie Enger Either as inspiration from or competition with the Big Two’s long histories as the primary superhero universes in comics, every once in awhile someone will come along and try to fashion their own. Sometimes this […]

INDIE VIEW: Manly tropes deconstructed and scrutinized in ‘The Art of Dying,’ ‘Dick Tracy,’ and ‘Through A Life’

02/20/2019 4:00 pm by John Seven

The Art of Dying Written by Raule Illustrated by Philippe Berthet Europe Comics Prolific Spanish writer Raule crafted this story especially for French noir legend Bethet, and the combination of the two of them results in a fun throwback that pays tribute to Raule’s hometown of Barcelona even as it evokes the hardboiled comics of […]

INDIE VIEW: Children adrift in ‘Girl in the Bay,’ ‘Lollipop Kids,’ and ‘Malaterre’

02/15/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven

John Seven reviews The Girl in the Bay #1, The Lollipop Kids #3, and Malaterre.

Review: There’s power and dignity in these ‘Vietnamese Memories’

02/08/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven

Clement Baloup’s gorgeous and moving stories of the Vietnamese who settle in America

INDIE VIEW: Frantz, Czap, and Gébé find meaning in different landscapes

01/30/2019 4:00 pm by John Seven

Reviewed: Maria Frantz’s The Chancellor and the Citadel, Kevin Czap’s Four Years, and Gébé’s Letters To Survivors.

Review: ‘Joylandia’ brilliantly ruins all the holidays for you

12/21/2018 5:00 pm by John Seven

Ever feel pressured to have fun on a holiday? Certain holidays are worse than others for sure. It used to be just New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day forces pressures for party-going, but now Cinco de Mayo has inched up and even Halloween pressure has become more prevalent. As a low key person, those […]

Review: The dark and charming topsy-turvy Paris of ‘Alas’

11/28/2018 5:00 pm by John Seven

Anytime I encounter a story with animals dominating the world in an aggressive stance against primitive humans, I can’t help but compare it to the two gold standards of my childhood, Planet of the Apes and Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth. The former, at least the first movie in the series, was thoughtful and […]

Official Selections for the Angoulême Prize announced; Cristin wins Goscinny

11/20/2018 2:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

This afternoon, the Official Selections for the big prize at the 2019 FIBD in Angoulême were announced, along with prize nominees. The prizes – known as the Fauves – are one of the most prestigious in worldwide comics. In addition, Pierre Cristin, 80, the writer of Valerian and many other comic, was awarded the Prix […]