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November Vol 3 Featured Reviews
“November Vol. 3: The Voice on the End of the Phone”

By | Nov 19, 2020 | Reviews

The penultimate volume of “November” has the creative team giving the reader the first glimpses at the overall narrative tapestry that they have been weaving together throughout the series of graphic novels. “November Vol. 3: The Voice on the End of the Phone” masterfully utilizes the space granted by its format, beginning with an expansive […]

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Dracula Motherf**ker Featured Reviews
“Dracula, Motherf**ker”

By | Nov 17, 2020 | Reviews

Vampires, and Dracula in particular, go through cycles. We’re seeing a resurgence again after a long fallow period and this means that we get both derivative works and wild and fun takes on the characters (like this one.) So break out your bell bottoms, prepare for paisley, and get ready for everything to be on the verge of a bad trip in “Dracula, Motherf**ker.”

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Lon Chaney Speaks Featured Reviews
“Lon Chaney Speaks”

By | Nov 13, 2020 | Reviews

There are but a few people instrumental to the success of early Hollywood cinema to remain as discussed, or perhaps better said, to remain as ingrained in the culture of American film as the great Lon Chaney. Known the world over as “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” his versatility as a performer in the […]

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“Solutions and Other Problems”

By | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

The creator of “Clean All The Things!” and the pesky Alot returns after a seven year absence with her adorably quirky and wonderfully poignant look at her life and the world. Written and Illustrated by Allie Brosh For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh—beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York […]

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The Daughters of Ys Featured Reviews
“The Daughters of Ys”

By | Oct 22, 2020 | Reviews

Fables and fairy tales have been a part of human society for thousands of years, with many fading into obscurity as culture blend and homogenize. In “The Daughters of Ys”, M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux breathe new life into one such tale. Anderson blends versions of the fable together into an opaque tale filled with […]

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“Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker in California”

By | Oct 15, 2020 | Reviews

It is no deep revelation that a strong relationship exists between math and music. Twelve notes in total, and countless variations thereof spinning out into the infinite, with the most virtuosic using the geometry of music to create a language. The dominant language of the music scene in the mid-20th century was jazz, and nobody, […]

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The Witches GN Featured Reviews
“The Witches”

By | Oct 7, 2020 | Reviews

The Witches is undoubtedly the most terrifying of all of Roald Dahl’s stories: the 1990 film adaptation starring Angelica Huston was one of the most disturbing things I ever saw as a boy, and I absolutely dreaded reading the book, knowing as I turned the pages that I’d inevitably see Quentin Blake’s revolting depiction of […]

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“My Senpai Is Annoying Vol. 1”

By | Oct 2, 2020 | Reviews

If you’re looking to fill that Dunder Mifflin sized hole in your heart with “My Senpai is Annoying,” you might want to look elsewhere. But that doesn’t mean it’s a completely joyless experience. Story and Art by Shiromanta Igarashi Futuba’s new job would be great if her senpai, Takeda Harumi, wasn’t so incredibly annoying! Futuba […]

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“All Together Now”

By | Oct 1, 2020 | Reviews

Last year’s “All Summer Long,” the start of the ‘Eagle Rock’ series by Hope Larson, was one of the best comics of 2019. Larson managed to make me nostalgic for middle school, which is something I wasn’t aware was possible, and made a number of difficult connections with the work. “All Together Now,” the second […]

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“Barking”

By | Sep 25, 2020 | Reviews

Comics seek to explore themes of mental health on a fairly regular basis, but I have never seen it done as viscerally or as devastatingly as in “Barking”. Lucy Sullivan has brought the spectre of depression to live by infecting every aspect of comics with its influence, from the art style to the layouts to […]

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“The Winter of the Cartoonist”

By | Sep 23, 2020 | Reviews

An able teller of subtle tales, Paco Roca retraces a pivot point in Spanish comics history in “The Winter of the Cartoonist” (Fantagraphics Books), showing with Mad Men-like nuance that there was nothing subtle about the forces shaping that vibrant and yet exploitative industry in the winter of 1957. Though specific to the cartooning heroes of Roca’s […]

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