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Genre Is The New Steady-State III: Funny Aminals 2

Posted by Rob Clough on December 20th, 2010 at 5:35 AM

Rob reviews the second volume of the Funny Aminals anthology, edited by Bryan Stone and Jeff Lok.

The second volume of the underground comix tribute Funny Aminals is a good bit tighter than the first edition. Not that much of …

Genre Is The New Steady-State II: Werewolf!!!

Posted by Rob Clough on December 18th, 2010 at 5:38 AM

Rob reviews the anthology Werewolf!!!, edited by Penina Gal, Josh Rosen, Betsey Swardlick and Nick Patten.

Werewolf!!!, is the third volume from a team of cartoonists from the Center For Cartoon Studies. The first and second volumes of …

In The Dark Ages: Ashes, Ashes and The Natural World #4

Posted by Rob Clough on December 6th, 2010 at 5:57 AM

Rob reviews the Bill Volk-edited anthology Ashes, Ashes and the fourth issue of The Natural World, by Damien Jay.

Fun ‘n’ Games From Matt Aucoin & Betsey Swardlick

Posted by Rob Clough on October 27th, 2010 at 5:17 AM

Rob continues his focus on Center for Cartoon Studies folks by reviewing Double-Think by Matt Aucoin; and Poor, Poor Angsty Hungarian by Betsey Swardlick.

Betsey Swardlick is the sort of cartoonist whose voice is so distinct that all of her …

Good On Paper: Tales From San Papel

Posted by Rob Clough on October 25th, 2010 at 5:42 AM

Rob continues his look at the work of artists from the Center for Cartoon Studies with a review of the anthology Tales From San Papel, edited by Nomi Kane & Jon Fine.

The genesis of the Tales From San …

Minis Monday: Fail Wolves: Three Tales of Inept Lycanthropy

Posted by Rich Kreiner on September 27th, 2010 at 1:51 PM

I was introduced to Betsey Swardlick’s “Fail Wolves” through the Werewolves!!, the anthology from Team Werewolf seen here last time out. Within that earlier review I tried to suggest that part of the success of Werewolves!! lay in the variety of approaches to its iconic subject. At the same time those approaches were somewhat aligned in that they regarded the mythic creature as a manifestation of liberated aspects of one’s own interior makeup, as a bit of individual wish fulfillment.

Picture Show: Nymphonomena

Posted by Rob Clough on September 13th, 2010 at 5:00 AM

Rob reviews Nymphonomena, a themed anthology by Pat Barrett, Josh Kramer, Betsey Swardlick and Ben Horak.

Of the many anthologies to emerge from the Center for Cartoon Studies, Nymphonomena has emerged as one of the best, with only the …

More Howls From Werewolf!!

Posted by Rob Clough on August 28th, 2010 at 5:20 AM

Rob reviews the second volume of the Werewolf!! anthology, compiled by an assortment of students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies.

The first volume of the Werewolf! anthology was one of the more consistently entertaining efforts from students …

New Anthologies From CCS: Werewolf

Posted by Rob Clough on December 2nd, 2009 at 8:14 AM

One of my side interests as a writer has been following the progress of the students and alumni of the Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). For my first week of blog posts, I’ll be taking a look at some recent anthology work from CCS. Today’s entry will spotlight WEREWOLF!, edited by Nick Patten, Betsey Swardlick, Penina Gal & Joshua Rosen.

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