The Return of the Magic Whistle #12
This is the first “real” issue of Henderson’s classic Magic Whistle series in quite some time, and it sees Henderson at his best. Continue reading
Beta Testing the Apocalypse
Tom Kaczynski is an artist of extremes. His affectless, antiseptic pages might make you think otherwise, with their crisply ruled angles, their fastidious tones, their careful and deliberate air. Their surface is calm, sure; but neither do we find roiling … Continue reading
Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour
An illustrated biography of the great romance cartoonist. Continue reading
Anarchy Comics: The Complete Collection
In its nine years of existence (1978–1987) only four issues of Anarchy appeared, but it would be hard to overestimate the comic’s political and cultural importance even thirty years later. Continue reading
The Graphic Canon, Volume I
It takes time to read this book, but it is a book worth taking time over. Continue reading
Wizzywig
Wizzywig (the onomatopoeia for WYSIWYG, a computer acronym that stands for What You See Is What You Get) very much lives up to its title–even as a satirist, Piskor doesn’t go in for subtext or subtlety in this book. Given the crazy stories he based this book on, that’s not a surprise. Continue reading
Flayed Corpse
Echoing the title, this nasty, brutish, and short minicomic lays bare the preoccupations of the preeminent horror cartoonist of our time. Continue reading
O! Tricky Cad & Other Jessoterica
One of the greatest-ever fine art interrogations of the funny pages has to have been Tricky Cad, created by the San Francisco artist Jess (Collins) between 1952-1959. Continue reading
