Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker #1-3
The problem with Butcher Baker is this: it’s not an essay collection, it’s a comic. Continue reading
Willie & Joe: Back Home
If Mauldin’s World War II strips were a needed corrective to the public’s glorification of war, then his post WWII work fulfilled the same function for those who thought of post-war America as some kind of euphoric utopia. Continue reading
Chester 5000 XYV
Jess Fink’s “erotic, robotic Victorian romance” is utterly of the zeitgeist. Continue reading
Congress of the Animals
Have we ever been asked to actually root for Frank before? As the star attraction in Jim Woodring’s oddball menagerie, the purple-furred, minstrel-gloved naïf is usually just a little shit. Whether he’s stabbing the craven Manhog in the ear or … Continue reading
Dungeon Monstres, Vol. 4
The Joann Sfar/Lewis Trondheim Dungeon series continues to offer a variety of pleasures for both devoted readers and those more casually interested in well-crafted fantasy stories. Continue reading
