Small Hands, by Daniel Zezelj
March 30, 2009 2:50 am Comments Off on Small Hands, by Daniel ZezeljThis European comic is all art. The story seems to concern a piano playing teenager being pushed into crime, but... View Article
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, by Rod Serling, Mark Kneece, and Rich Ellis
March 27, 2009 10:50 am Comments Off on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, by Rod Serling, Mark Kneece, and Rich EllisA slight adaptation of a Twilight Zone classic. While a classic Red Scare TV episode, the comic seems out of... View Article
Altmann’s Tongue, by Brian Evenson
March 24, 2009 2:44 am Comments Off on Altmann’s Tongue, by Brian EvensonAn uninterrupted Evenson book can be a hard slog. Short stories interspersed with others’ writing is ideal. His best stories... View Article
DMZ Vol. 6: Blood in the Game
March 22, 2009 2:40 am Comments Off on DMZ Vol. 6: Blood in the GameBy Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli Brian Wood writes flawed protagonists whose arcs often involve becoming less selfish, more adult.... View Article
Pluto Vol. 1, by Naoki Urasawa
March 20, 2009 2:19 am Comments Off on Pluto Vol. 1, by Naoki UrasawaManga master Urasawa does something interesting here: takes Osamu Tezuka’s famous Astro Boy characters and concept and reinvents them in... View Article
In the Flesh, by Koren Shadmi
March 18, 2009 2:28 am 2 CommentsThis collection of horror-tinged short comics frustrates. Some of the concepts are great – a man courts a decapitated woman;... View Article
I’ll Be at Webcomics Weekend
March 16, 2009 3:19 am 5 CommentsEveryone knows about the shaping-up-to-be awesome/important/historic Webcomics Weekend coming up in Easthampton, Mass., on March 20-22, right? Here’s hoping that... View Article
Upcoming Stories at Split Lip
March 13, 2009 2:05 am 3 CommentsEvery year, Split Lip takes a little hiatus at the beginning of the year to allow me some time to... View Article
Absolute Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
March 11, 2009 2:31 am Comments Off on Absolute Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave GibbonsMy third reading of this masterwork, inspired by, and completed before, my viewing of the film. This edition ?oversized, recolored,... View Article
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe, by Bryan Lee O’Malley
March 9, 2009 2:18 am Comments Off on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe, by Bryan Lee O’MalleyOne of my favorite things about this charming, funny series has been its interactivity: when the characters play in a... View Article