Martin Eden’s characters proportions are more indie than mainstream superhero – don’t come here if you’re looking for massive thighs or monstrous breasts. His drawing style is simple but emotionally expressive enough to draw you into the characters and inspire you to follow their stories. Read More
There’s only two covers for Three #3 – which seems a shame, as it’s a book so triplicated its creator...
Sarah Leavitt takes on the difficult task of chronicling the devastating loss of both her mother, and her mother’s memory to Alzheimer’s, in this graphic novel. Read More
The title of Alison Bechdel’s novel riffs off P.D. Eastman’s book Are You My Mother?, an easy-reader many babyboomers who...
The palpable feeling of menace that lurks in these pages rises not from visible violence, but through the reader’s observations of the cumulative warning signs foretelling what’s to come... Read More
Zakkum (which means oleander in Turkish) shares a brief glimpse of queer life in Turkey, as a backdrop to the mystery ... Read More
This is the tale of a big-headed narrator bunny, a sex-n-drug crazed fox, a teddy bear best friend, and ill-fated robot lovers that drink, smoke weed, look at porn, bonk guys and snort things they later regret. Or not. Read More
Besides the story, readers should note the creative way this book employs both its art and typography to help tell the tale. The style of the art fluctuates, from abrasive hen scratches to smooth washes of black ink, from manga-esque vignettes to art tableau frames. This is a story slick, professional comic art would ruin. Merey’s art, if more amateur, better parallels the life experiments of the high school characters in its grips. Read More
One of the problems with comics anthologies is that they aren’t always good. You’re forced to plod through a lot...
Gay Genius comes with its own definition at the back of the book. The Romans thought genius was a guardian...
