Author Archives: Matt Seneca
Lincoln Washington: Free Man #1
It seems unlikely that anyone would have guessed the missing element Marra needed to deliver his first bona fide masterpiece was a dose of realism, but then again he does have a way of confounding expectations. Continue reading
Is That All There Is?
The title’s the joke: yes, folks, this rather slim, elegantly designed hardcover contains (nearly) every published comic by Dutch cartoonist Joost Swarte. The book feels both in and slightly out of sync with this particular moment in comics reprint culture, … Continue reading
Sediment
The latest release from Providence-based noise cartoonist Christopher “CF” Forgues is something of a departure from his previous output, but it’s one that makes sense. Over the past decade or so, CF has gone from a marginal figure in the culty … Continue reading
Yokoyama’s Rubicon: Humanity/ Color/ Transcendence
Traveling through Yuichi Yokoyama’s books without a map. Continue reading
Prince Valiant, Volume 4: 1943-1944
Prince Valiant has probably done more time than any other as the popular imagination’s pick for “greatest comic ever.” Continue reading
Zegas #1
Like Pope and Graham before him, Fiffe warps the influences of the medium’s ‘80s sci-fi masters into an original construction, one infused with enough of an individual voice to make it feel new and exciting. Continue reading
Bulletproof: The Kane & Hine Interview
An interview with Shaky Kane and David Hine, creators of The Bulletproof Coffin, a candy-coated, psychedelic superhero romp that doubles as a savage condemnation of the comics industry. Continue reading
