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Review: ‘Peter Bagge’s Other Stuff’ is a worthwhile collection for all you Baggers and Baggettes out there.

December 6, 2013

A refreshingly copious amount of Peter Bagge's post-Hate work has found its way into print in recent years: his collection of strips Bat Boy for The...

5.0

Advance Review: ‘Couch Tag’ is a deeply affecting memoir by Jesse Reklaw

Jason Sacks

November 11, 2013

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Advance Review: Couch Tag will be released on December 20, 2013 It's a weird thing, being a kid. At an early age you become aware of so much of...

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Five Star Review: 'Love and Rockets: New Stories' #6 is elegant, subtle and outstanding

Jason Sacks

October 30, 2013

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It's all about what happens under the surface.One of the most fascinating aspects of the comic art of both Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez is...

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Review: 'Willard Mullin's Golden Age of Baseball' explores a long-lost artform: sports cartooning

Jason Sacks

October 11, 2013

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One of the many quirky artforms that have disappeared over the years is the fine art of newspaper sports cartooning. Once a thriving part of the...

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Review: Halloween is coming, so it's time for a few scares with 'Ghosts and Ruins'

Jason Sacks

September 22, 2013

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With the weather about to start turning cold and Halloween coming in a few weeks, this seems like an appropriate time to find a book of spooky...

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Review: 'Children of Palomar' is a fascinatingly weird journey to a familiar place

Jason Sacks

August 30, 2013

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I've been visiting Palomar all my adult life, and the town still holds secrets for me.Gilbert Hernandez's "Palomar" stories are...

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Review: 'Heroic Tales' presents comics that are deliciously lurid, psychedelic and full of energy

Jason Sacks

August 27, 2013

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William Blake Everett was one of the great artists in comics between the 1940s and 1970s. A brilliant stylist whose work appeared to be infused...

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Review: 'New School' sets Keith and Jason into deep contemplation of an amazing work of comic art

Keith Silva

August 26, 2013

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Jason Sacks: Seldom has a revolutionary work of art had a more appropriate title. Dash Shaw's New School is the most beguilingly...

5.0

Review: 'Barnaby' is elegantly drawn, with a warmth, sweetness and surprising amount of grit and complexity

Jason Sacks

August 22, 2013

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Barnaby is one of the most wonderful comic strips that it's been my pleasure to read. Elegantly drawn, with a warmth, sweetness and...

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Review: 'Gahan Wilson's Sunday Comics' is a hilariously absurd collection

Jason Sacks

August 16, 2013

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Gahan Wilson is one of the most unique and wonderful figures in comics history. He has a long and auspicious track record as a brilliant gag...

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Review: Eye of the Majestic Creature Volume 2 is subtle, insightful, literary and outstanding.

Daniel Elkin

August 2, 2013

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Leslie Stein is a detached observer. The problem is that her detachment is in a constant battle between itself and Stein's own overarching...

4.5

Review: Lost Cat depicts loneliness in a way that brings people together

Daniel Elkin

July 31, 2013

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More and more in my reviews of comics, I find that I often talk about how many cartoonists use their medium to explore themes of loneliness,...

5.0

Ganges #2

Jason Sacks

April 14, 2008

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On the surface this is simply a damn good comic book. But on a deeper level, this comic is visionary and transcendent, full of fascinating and...

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Hate Annual #7

Jason Sacks

December 31, 2007

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I was a big fan of Pete Bagge's Hate comic back in the day. Apparently, based on the issue number of this comic, that day was about eight years ago,...