Rob reviews the second collection of Liz Baillie’s webcomic, Freewheel.
Liz Baillie’s ongoing webcomic Freewheel can best be described as a slice-of-life fantasy. Volume 1 of the series (collecting the first five chapters) introduces us to Jamie, the young…
Rob reviews Nick Bertozzi’s historical fiction comic, Lewis and Clark (First Second).
Nick Bertozzi is an alt-cartoonist who’s never been easy to categorize. He comes from a mainstream tradition in some ways but has…
Rob reviews Tim Krieder’s collection of political cartoons from 2005-2008, Twilight Of The Assholes (Fantagraphics).
Among the many alternate-world scenarios to consider if Al Gore had won the 2000 Presidential election (or rather, had won the Supreme Court decision)…
Rob reviews the fourth and final issue of Gabriella Giandelli’s Interiorae, a title in the joint Fantagraphics/Coconino Press Ignatz series.
Gabriella Giandelli’s Interiorae wound up as one of the most conventional of the Ignatz line of comics. Of course,…
Rob reviews the fourth and final issue of Sergio Ponchionne’s Grotesque, a joint Fantagraphics-Coconino Press production.
Sergio Ponchionne’s conclusion to Grotesque returned to the mind-bending storytelling of the first issue, tying together loose story threads in a manner that…
In the second part of a series, Rob takes a look at the most recent issues published from the joint Fantagraphics-Coconino Press Ignatz Series. Here, he examines Niger #3, by Leila Marzocchi.
It’s hard to decide which Ignatz book…
In the first of a four-part series about recent comics from the joint Fantagraphics-Coconino Ignatz line, Rob reviews Sammy The Mouse #3, by Zak Sally.
Though it’s flying a bit under the radar now, the joint Fantagraphics-Coconino Ignatz line…
Rob reviews The Broadcast, by Eric Hobbs & Noel Tuazon (NBM).
The Broadcast reminds me a bit of the old Rod Serling-penned Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street”. Writer Eric Hobbs creates dramatic tension by…
Rob concludes his look at recent minis in the category of Comics-As-Poetry with Unrequited Monsters, by L.Nichols, and Two Stories, by Malcy Duff.
Two Stories, by Malcy Duff. This Scottish artist takes an almost entirely visual tack on comics-as-poetry,…
Rob reviews several different comics that tackle the notion of Comics-As-Poetry in their own way. Included are reviews of Annotated #5, by Aaron Cockle and Pines No. 1, by Jason T. Miles.
I’ve long been interested in two related sorts…
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