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Welcome to Paradise Systems
R. Orion Martin (with kuš!) has helped translate and publish a number of underground Chinese comics artists, which American alternative comics readers will find familiar in subject matter, but strange and original in tone and approach. Continue reading
The Reveries of E.A. Bethea
E.A. Bethea’s comics read as a detailed, confessional fever dream. Continue reading
Telling on Your Secrets: Comics from Kevin Budnik, 2014-2017
In Budnik’s comics, he reveals his deepest fears and the ongoing, active experience of living with mental illness. Continue reading
Rediscovering Genre: Study Group Comics
A close look at the recent output of Zack Soto’s genre-focused small publishing house, Study Group. Continue reading
The Best Short-Form Comics of 2016
Our minicomics columnist chooses his thirty favorite shortform comics published last year. Continue reading
The Comics Nurturer: Kevin Czap & Czap Books
Kevin Czap was recently awarded the Emerging Talent award at the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) festival, a fitting honor for a cartoonist and publisher who is starting to publish on a more aggressive basis. A self-proclaimed “Comics Mom,” Czap’s goal … Continue reading
A Retrofit Comics Survey
Taking stock of a wide, stylistically various range of comics, released over the past three years by the imprint run by Box Brown and Big Planet Comics. Continue reading
Twenty Small Press Anthologies Of Note
Taking the pulse of the alt-comics world by way of a traditional method: evaluating anthologies. Continue reading
