2D Cloud Winter Collection Kickstarter
THE WINTER COLLECTION from 2DCLOUD In my world, the best comics are the ones that are being produced by exciting, boundary-pushing creators that are either self-published or curated by...
What Looks Good: Indies 1/6/16
Mystery Girl #2 Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS (W) Paul Tobin (A/CA) Alberto Alburquerque The first issue of Mystery Girl was so wonderful. Trine is kind of like Dirk Gently. She just knows things. She...
Raymond Briggs, Pt. 5: “The Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman” to “Unlucky Wally”
In the late 1980s, Raymond Briggs produced some of his most adult-oriented work, including the Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman, first published in the United Kingdom in 1983, and the droll...
What Looks Good for 12/9: Indies
Limbo #2 Publisher: IMAGE COMICS (W) Dan Watters (A/CA) Caspar Wijngaard Wow! This was great! And I had high hopes for it because I loved the first one so I'm impressed that it lived up to my...
What Looks Good for 11/25: Indies (And Maybe a Couple of Non-Indies Too)
So I know I generally tell you what I'm looking forward to in the indie world of comics, but this week there are a couple of big two books that I'm just too excited about not to mention. Therefore, this...
Welcome to The Long-Form
I liked Grantland. Who didn't? The articles were well written and, perhaps more importantly, well considered. These weren't your every day "here's a thing I like/hate and why" columns you find on so many...
Sunday Slugfest: Manifest Destiny #18
Kyle Garret: There's this thing that happens with historical fiction, be it based in a germ of truth or not: we forget history. The stories are generalized modified for modern sensibilities, but we never...
INTERVIEW: Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá Pt 3: The Tragedy of “TWO BROTHERS”
Part One | Part Two Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá are two of the most prolific cartoonists working in comics today. The Brazilian collaborators, lovingly referred to as the Moon Twins, made waves on...
Community, Conversation, and Crowds: NYCC 2015
My throat is so scratchy I'm not sure I'll ever be able to speak again, I got stopped at the airport because the massive stack of comics in my backpack looked suspicious, and my calves feel a lot like...
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Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is project management at its finest.
Lots of spoilers below, although this might be a refresher for many of you, as I can only assume that you were unable to re-read this issue, as you tore it to shreds upon finishing it. Open in space, on a...