Tag: Patrick Kyle

The Death of the Master By Patrick Kyle Koyama Press There’s a moment in Patrick Kyle’s The Death of the Master that reminded me of something that...

Feast your eyes on this array of 2019 CAB debut comics

47 Canadian indie cartoonists' work is on display until January.

Koyama Press Announces Fall 2018 Lineup with Deforge, Zacchilli, Martz & more

There's no more loved or admired person in comics than Annie Koyama, the owner and publisher of Koyama Press. And this year's Small Press...

Catching up a bit here on the news, and Koyama Press announced their fall line-up filled with work by some of today's most exciting...

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote...

A challenging slate of indie comics and the unstoppable March Book Three were nominated for the LA TImes Book Prize.

Sometimes it’s better to just give yourself to something rather than to seek out its meaning. Not everything has to have one clear meaning,...

And yet more awesome comics are on the way from Koyama Press, with a particularly fresh line-up of indie comics up and comers. Patrick Kyle is known for his oddball fantasies while Aidan Koch has already gotten attention for her evocative experimental comics. Cathy G. Johnson is a fast rising star with a book coming out from First Second next year and an Ignatz under her belt; while Ben Sears name came up constantly when I asked about emerging male cartoonists. In addition, Koyama Press will put out its first translated comics: What is Obscenity? The Story of a Good For Nothing Artist and her Pussy, the story of Japanese artist Rokudenashiko (“good-for-nothing girl” or “bad girl”) whose work achives being truly transgressive; the Massive duo of Anne Ishii and Graham Kolbeins bring this one to English. PLease note, this comic is not about cats. And here's the complete lineup:

Even though it's two weeks in the rearview mirror, a lot of worthy writing has been done about this year's Small Press Expo. I'm...

Simon Hanselmann, Patrick Kyle and Michael DeForge are going on tour together, an event that will doubtless span a thousand autobio comics. DeForge is...