Hey! This piece took me six hours to write because I kept reading all the links, previews, and webcomics attached to this month’s incredibly good projects. I had other things to do today! What I’m saying, of course, is that this month’s collection of bio comics, wacky shorts, modern folklore, and trope-flipping collections are absolutely…
ECCC 2019: Nola’s Zine Haul
Going into Emerald City Comic Con this year, I had one, focused goal: Zines. I never got to write it up, but I spent a lot of last year at panels and, while I enjoyed them, I also constantly felt like I could just be at Artist Alley instead. This year I leaned into that…
Carta Monir Loves Her Risograph Machine and Her Friends
Carta Monir is known in the small press comics circles for her touching and personal comics, including 2018 Ignatz Award winner Lara Croft Was My Family. She’s also known in our hearts for being a warm and welcoming voice. So when she recently tweeted about the question she always wished an interviewer would ask her,…
Dorphise Jean’s Haitian Hero’s Story Continues in Spirit’s Destiny
Celebrated last year as a Haitian comic book creator to watch for, Dorphise Jean brings more pride to her heritage with Spirit’s Destiny, a comic featuring a powerful Haitian superhero. Currently on Kickstarter, to order to turn the 2016 first issue into an ongoing series, Spirit’s Destiny now boasts an all female team under Short Fuse…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup February ’19
Hey all! I’m deep into Kickstarter prep for my own campaign, so quick intro this month. This month is bursting at the seams with incredible projects, and my wallet is weeping. Read on so yours can too.
Super Sikh: Gorgeous Art, Great Story, A Fun New Hero
Super Sikh, Volume 1 Eileen Kaur Alden (Writer), Supreet Singh Manchanda (Writer), Amit Tayal (Artist) Rosarium Publishing 14 February, 2019 Deep Singh lives with his aunt and uncle, but they barely ever see him. With good reason: Deep’s day job is at an IT firm called IIIT, but in reality, he works for the UN…
Hourly Comics Day Is A Filling Slice Of Life
Like many comics readers of my generation, I’m a product of the 90s manga boom and the subsequent middle grade graphic novel boom – I love slice of life, and I love memoir! This reading history may be why Hourly Comics Day is so popular. Hourlies are a mishmash of both genres, but with an…
Short Answers on The Long Con
Oni Press’ The Long Con, written by Dylan Meconis and Ben Coleman, drawn by EA Denich, colored by Victoria Robado, and lettered by Aditya Bidikar, follows reporter Victor Lai as he returns to the site of the disaster he barely escaped five years ago. A cataclysmic event destroyed everything within a fifty mile radius of the…
Mommy Issues and Gunfire in Tank Girl: Action Alley #1
Tank Girl: Action Alley #1 Alan Martin, Lou Martin (writing and story); Brett Parson (art, colors, covers A, B and D, and lettering); Greg Staples (cover C) Titan Comics December 19, 2018 For the first time in years, Tank Girl’s got her own ongoing series, and it’s an amusing, raucously funny little book that made…
A New Generation of Ghostbusters: Ghost Queen by Britt Wilson
Ghost Queen Britt Wilson Koyama Press October 19, 2018 Ghost Queen opens on a young witch and her literal knight in shining armour in the middle of a quest. They’re making their way through some dark and spooky caves, and come across a giant Ghost Queen who they engage in battle. The knight quickly gets…
The Luna Sol Tarot: An Intuitively Magical Deck
The Luna Sol Tarot Liminal 11 Mike Medaglia September 27, 2018 The Luna Sol Tarot, designed by author and illustrator Mike Medaglia, is based around balance. Duality is a major theme of the tarot in general, so it feels very appropriate—a great theme to meditate on even for someone very experienced in tarot, but also…
Filthy Figments’ SCORE! Anthology is a Fun and Sexy Romp Through Sports of Every Kind
SCORE! Anthology Featuring various creators Filthy Figments February 2019 You don’t have to be a sports fan of any kind to enjoy SCORE! the latest erotic anthology from Filthy Figments. You don’t have to know anything about sports at all to appreciate short stories of inspiration, romance, amusing antics, friendship, and discovery, with each one…