The Walking Dead #100
Despite its problems, The Walking Dead remains one of the most compelling monthly genre comics on the stands. Continue reading
Fatima: The Blood Spinners #1
Some comics are created to tell a story, others to solve a problem, others to scratch an itch. Continue reading
The House That Groaned
This comic is as much a story of body horror as it is a slice-of-life comedy; it’s an uneasy mix that Fransman springs on an unsuspecting reader with great glee and skill. Continue reading
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 2009
The promise inherent in all Moore’s work is also its peril. The meticulous, ostentatious authored-ness of his writing invites you do dig in and decipher, since there’s so obviously something to be dug into and deciphered. But only up to a point. Continue reading
Nelson
The sheer scope and ambition of this project seems maddening: 54 different artists collaborate on a single story–the story of a single character over the course of her life. Continue reading
Interiorae
Using a mystical cartoon white rabbit as a sort of spirit-slash-tour guide — half Virgil, half Harvey — Interiorae depicts the discrete, discreet lives of various residents in an apartment building. Continue reading
Bowman 2016
With its attention to Bowman’s acquisition of objects and its loose, rambling plot, Bowman 2016 has a warts-and-all approach to sci-fi that recalls films like Alien or Silent Running as much as the heady, sophisticated Kubrick classic. Continue reading
Take What You Can Carry
There’s a dearth of serious, literate young adult comics. The comics of Kevin C. Pyle stand out as an exception. Continue reading
