52/52: BPRD: Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, by Mignola, Arcudi, Davis, and Crook
June 20, 2021 12:11 pmThe next phase of BPRD takes its first major casualty behind the scenes with the exit of artist Guy Davis... View Article
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52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs vol. 4, by Mignola, Arcudi, Davis, and Stewart
May 27, 2021 6:46 pmThese protagonists are profoundly overmatched by the challenge they face, naïve about their prospects. By the story’s end, multiple cities... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs, vol. 3, by Mignola, Arcudi, Davis & Stewart
May 25, 2021 6:17 pmMuch of the best horror derives from the inability to suppress traumas of the past, no matter how much characters... View Article
52/52: Lovesickness, by Junji Ito
May 18, 2021 7:36 pmThe defining feature of Junji Ito’s horror is obsession and mania. Here, he plays the theme as the knife point... View Article
52/52: The Department of Truth, vol. 1: The End of the World, by James Tynion and Martin Simmonds
May 6, 2021 7:24 pmHuge, expressive, imagistic, high-impact art here, heavily reminiscent of Bill Sienkiewicz). The high concept is good, too: A secret government... View Article
52/52: The Crossroads at Midnight, by Abby Howard
May 2, 2021 5:05 pmA collection of five novella-length horror comics whose complexity, darkness, and gut-punch impact are belied by creator Abby Howard’s relatively... View Article
52/52: Come Closer, by Sara Gran
April 29, 2021 8:43 pmIs the narrator being possessed by a demon, or is she losing her mind and the demon is simply a... View Article
52/52: The Killer of Little Shepherds, by Douglas Starr
April 19, 2021 12:28 pmTrue crime focused on serial killings in rural 1890s France. It follows the template of pairing the crimes with scientific/historical... View Article
52/52: Daphne Byrne, by Laura Marks and Kelley Jones
March 20, 2021 7:38 pmA solid supernatural thriller set in late 1800s New York, following the titular character and her possibly devilish family. While... View Article
52/52: The Lonesome Go, by Tim Lane
March 13, 2021 1:42 pmLane’s exploration of American icons—hoboes, femmes fatale, motorcycles, cars—and his affection for the Beat Generation didn’t work for me as... View Article