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“Count”

By | Mar 25, 2021 | Reviews

Re-imagining a story is a tradition almost as old as literature itself. The best adaptations extract the core appeal of a narrative, add their own unique breath of life, and let the new, refreshed tale out into the world. “Count” is one such tale. It is a breath-taking retelling of “The Count of Monte Cristo” […]

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“MADI: Once Upon A Time In The Future”

By | Mar 19, 2021 | Reviews

When Duncan Jones, the director of two sci-fi movies set in the same universe (2009’s Moon and 2018’s Mute) realized the conclusion to his “Mooniverse Trilogy” was just too epic in scale to obtain a budget to film it to his satisfaction, he turned to comics. Well, first he turned to the internet. On a […]

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“The Grande Odalisque”

By | Feb 26, 2021 | Reviews

A good heist buries an intricate and complex plan under a cloak of simplicity. A good heist STORY often has a deceptive veneer of simplicity as well. The trio of French creators of “The Grande Odalisque” (Fantagraphics) include the celebrated duo of Ruppert and Mulot (“The Perineum Technique”) joining forces with Angouleme winner Vivès. They […]

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“Blue in Green”

By | Feb 19, 2021 | Reviews

When looking at recent OGNs that hadn’t been reviewed here yet, we were floored to discover we hadn’t covered “Blue in Green” yet, such was the reputation that preceded it. Thankfully, it doesn’t take much to rectify that mistake.

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“Please Don’t Step On My JNCO Jeans”

By | Feb 18, 2021 | Reviews

With “Please Don’t Step On My JNCO Jeans,” cartoonist Noah Van Sciver brings us yet again into his world- anxieties great and small, embarrassments subtle and overt, memories painful and endearing, in a collection of strips published in various local papers now curated into this one (slim) volume. For longtime fans of Van Sciver’s self-deprecating […]

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“Firefly: Watch How I Soar”

By | Feb 10, 2021 | Reviews

Joss Whedon’s Firefly hit the big screen in 2005’s Serenity, and with it came (15-year old spoiler alert) the shocking demise of Alan Tudyk’s pilot Hoban “Wash” Washburne. Even if you hadn’t seen the show, it was an unpleasant surprise, happening immediately after Wash had successfully navigated a bumpy landing, and triumphantly declared, “I am […]

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“The Magic Fish”

By | Jan 29, 2021 | Reviews

“The Magic Fish” is a mesmerizing tale that showcases the power of stories. Trung Lê Nguyễn brings to life a story of a young man discovering himself, but struggling to share it with those closest to him. Nguyễn depicts the realities of immigrant life in a way that is honest and touching, and grapples with […]

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“After the Rain”

By | Jan 29, 2021 | Reviews

Sometimes with startling horror, the past pounces on you. It can be a sober, often terrifying, but ultimately liberating experience of reckoning. John Jennings is a creator whose growing contribution to comics as socially significant literary arts can hardly be measured. With Abrams ComicArts, Jennings has launched an imprint, MEGASCOPE, a line presenting speculative (sci […]

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“Invisible Differences”

By | Jan 12, 2021 | Reviews

I am almost 30, have Asperger’s syndrome, and this is the first time I have read a comic book with an autistic protagonist. Written by Julie Dachez Art by Mademoiselle Caroline In Collaboration With Fabienne Vaslet Translated by Edward Gauvin Marguerite feels awkward and struggles every day to stay productive and keep up appearances. After […]

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“Redfork”

By | Dec 28, 2020 | Reviews

The horror of “Redfork” is both obvious and not, eldritch and all too human. It is a story of hope in a place that feels hopeless, but reminds us that the world is a cruel place made crueler by our indifference and greed. It’s a book by Brit writing about a swath of rural America […]

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“The Sacrifice of Darkness”

By | Dec 2, 2020 | Reviews

If there is anything 2020 has taught us, it is to find blessings wherever we can see them, to grasp on to moments of hope.  As we close out the year on the precipice (at least here in the United States) of a very dark pandemic winter, “The Sacrifice of Darkness” provides us with that […]

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“Displacement”

By | Nov 24, 2020 | Reviews

In “Displacement” (First Second), Kiku Hughes avails herself of several gifts of comics craft to imaginatively inhabit the hard and human history of the WWII Japanese American incarceration camps, which Hughes’ grandmother endured as a young woman, where a time-displaced Hughes winds up by a magic of fiction. “Displacement” utilizes how comics can bend time […]

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