Swell/Invisible Forces
I found myself wishing for a fancy hardback version with thicker, glossier paper that really showed off Juliacks’ mastery over every aspect of the page. Continue reading
Solipsistic Pop Volume 4
This anthology is a formalist’s funhouse in the vein of a Chris Ware, Jordan Crane, or Richard McGuire. Continue reading
The Cartoon Utopia
The Cartoon Utopia is packed with visual detail and collect Ron Rege’s thoughts on magic in some of its many incarnations: astrology, the occult, sex magic, the “alchemy” of love relationships and other hermetic principles, and communion with animals. Continue reading
The Hive
Charles Burns in color! It continues to be a whole new glorious world for the Burns fan. The Hive, the second in a trilogy of luxe comic books that began with 2010’s X’ed Out, revels in both the associative and gross-out potential of color. Continue reading
Pompeii
Santoro’s drawings are wonderful; his reduction of figures to tone and line and shape recall illusionistic Roman frescoes, but endowed with comic-strip dynamism. Continue reading
Circles Cycles Circuits
This is a fascinating, challenging book that demands a lot from its readers. Continue reading
