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ICYMI — Small Press Comics Criticism and Whatnot for 9/4/17 to 9/10/17

Daniel Elkin
September 11, 2017
ICYMI, Small Press

Highlighting some great small press comics criticism being published, as well as other random things that have caught my eye over the past week.

COMICS CRITICISM


* Alex Hoffman reviews Thu Tran’s DUST PAM, which he describes as “a fever dream, a surreal experiment in color, and a fractured burst of manic light.”

* Hoffman then takes apart the book adaptation and design flaws in ICELAND by Yuichi Yokyama by Retrofit Comics.

* Tom Baker pens this interesting take on PERFECT HAIR by Tommi Parrish, where the “recurring themes of loneliness, self-preservation, and the complications of adulthood come through loud and clear.”

* Alenka Figa on Keren Katz’s THE ACADEMIC HOUR. This is a book about which I have continuously linked some great writing (Figa’s take is no exception), yet I still haven’t read. I don’t know what this is all about or why I’m even mentioning it, though. Sorry.

* Alex Thomas does a quick round-up review of three books — BAKING WITH KAFKA by Tom Gauld, GOOD NEWS BIBLE from Shaky Kane, and BOAT VOLUME 3 by David Lumsden — in his INDIE COMICS ROUND-UP.

* Emily Gosling on Charlotte Salomon’s LIFE? OR THEATRE? in a feature titled “The Tale of Nazi Persecution, Suicide, and Beautifully Wrought Image-Making the Prefigures Today’s Graphic Novels“. (Thanks for the heads up on this one, Dominic Umile!)

* Andy Oliver points out that Josh Hicks is set to release the second issue of his GLORIOUS WRESTLING ALLIANCE series at Thought Bubble on September 23rd.

* Hillary Brown takes a look at the implications of panel layouts in Seth’s PALOOKAVILLE 23.

* Rob Kirby presents an excerpt from Mimi Pond’s THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG.

* While not particularly about a small press comic, Alex Mansfield‘s WHY SAGA IS SUCH AN EFFECTIVE GATEWAY COMIC is still a pretty damn good read.

* Finally, Some Guy has been writing reviews for Comicon.com. First, AN INTRODUCTION TO ALCOHOL by Karl Christian Krumpholz. Then HOT SUMMER NIGHTS by Freddy Carrasco (shhhhhhh…. that guy was me).

WHATNOT


* Rob McMonigal is filling Panel Patter with posts called SPX SPOTLIGHT which, interestingly enough, spotlights things about this year’s upcoming SPX. SEE YOU THERE!

* If you haven’t read it yet, your MUST READ this week is Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ THE FIRST WHITE PRESIDENT.

* Katy Waldman‘s JOHN ASHBERY’S CONVEX MIRROR.

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