Crave #1 teased an erotic thriller with a technological twist. Maria Llovett’s second issue follows through on this promise while leaving readers chomping at the bit for whatever is next. Fans of Llovett expect the artist to explore sinful themes with evocative, sensual art, and Llovett does just this with an erotic thriller for the digital age.
REVIEW: Girl Juice Is Every Roommate You Had in Your 20s
(or you are that roommate) The transition of a webcomic to print is always exciting for me; it often showcases how a cartoonist’s skills have improved over time, be they narrative, visual, or both. Even for veritable pros in comics, the tangible progression of a collected series shows off how artists experiment with new techniques,…
REVIEW: Put on Your High Heels for Wine Ghost Goes to Hell
Wine Ghost Goes to Hell is a comic that you must read twice. On the first read-through, let it wash over you. Soak up all the details Sage Coffey places in the backgrounds that color Wine Ghost’s world; her high-femme shoe fashion, the strange hellish liquors on the shelves at the bar, the wildly detailed…
REVIEW: Food and Loss in Victoria Ying’s Hungry Ghost
The best stories in fiction always have some truth in them, and nowhere is that more apparent than in Victoria Ying’s newest graphic novel, Hungry Ghost. While not a memoir, it’s clear that this book is written from a real place of dealing with eating disorders, cultural values, trauma, and coming to terms with not…
REVIEW: Polyamory Comics is a Sweet Reflection on Poly Life
If you’re looking for a comic that examines day-to-day relationship realness, Sara Valta’s got you with Polyamory Comics. This sweet and funny collection of short autobio comic strips offers a glimpse into Valta’s life with her boyfriend and his boyfriend, their dreams for their life together, and her adventures in polyamorous dating and self-discovery.
REVIEW: She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Finding the relationship you need is a nourishing experience. Even more so when food is involved. A comforting slice-of-life manga, She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat volume 1, is about two neighbors bonding over food and cultivating a new caring space for each other.
REVIEW: IDW’s Earthdivers Dives Right In
The mission is simple. Go back in time. Kill Christopher Columbus. Save the world. Stop the harm to generations that Europeans caused. Stop two apocalypses. Easy. But at what cost? That is the question that creators Stephen Graham Jones and Davide Gianfelice explore in the new ongoing series Earthdivers.
REVIEW: The Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time
The newest entry into the Legend of Korra comics library delivers bite-sized stories that further explore a great mix of characters from the animated series in a mostly light-hearted manner.
REVIEW: Four Years Delivers a Poetic Look at Growth and Friendship
I went into Four Years quite unaware of what to expect beyond just a brief synopsis from the Ignatz Award page and a tweet from creator K Czap. But what I got was a really lovely, well-paced exploration of self growth and friendship through scenes all expertly weaved together with color and movement.
REVIEW: “To Strip the Flesh” Cuts to the Bone
To Strip the Flesh is an anthology by author Oto Toda collecting several of her short works together. It includes several stories of varying length about love and being yourself and features a wonderful headlining story about a transgender character titled “To Strip the Flesh”.
REVIEW: Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries a Laugh Out Loud Collection With Heart
If you could imagine yourself as an animal what would you pick? Comics artist Grace Gogarty, perhaps better known to the internet by their handle Little Tunny, draws themself as an adorably bug-eyed yellow snail. This gastropodsona is the titular protagonist of Gogarty’s semi-autobiographical debut comics collection Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries.
REVIEW: Boys Run The Riot Runs The Manga Section
Boys Run the Riot is an LGBT manga series with a transmasculine lead written and drawn by Keito Gaku (and team). This introductory volume to the series is a poignant and hilarious romp through gender discrimination, high school, punk philosophy, following your dreams, and how fashion is often a double-edged sword for queer people. Basically,…