Review: Wolves by Becky Cloonan

Wolves - Becky Cloonan (w/a) Self-published, $5.00, Buy it here It has been impressive over the last few years to see Becky Cloonan evolve from a promising new talent to mature, established artist with a voice of her own.  That voice, though, is not a typically feminine lilt, but a frost-bitten, guttural snarl.  Leaving behind much of the manga influence in her early work, she now draws with ferocious energy and incredible detail. ...

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Interview: Gabby Schulz answers the Proust Questionnaire

Gabby Schulz is perhaps better known by his (other) fake name, Ken Dahl, which he used to draw cartoon strips for the Honolulu Weekly and eventually win an Ignatz award for his comic about STDs, Monsters.  He now lives in Brooklyn, NY where he came to realisation that every single one of his role models was an utter and complete abysmal failure in life. To try to sort out his identity crisis, I sent him a copy of the Proust Questionnaire,...

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Review: Americus by M.K. Reed and Jonathan Hill

Americus - M.K. Reed (w) Jonathan Hill (a) First Second, $14.99, 978-1-59643-601-5 This has been a long journey for M.K. Reed and Jonathan Hill.  Americus started life as a short strip in Tugboat Press’s long-running Papercutter anthology back in 2008.  Since then, it has grown into a serialized webcomic and now, a fully-fledged graphic novel from (as the authors are proud to proclaim) a mainstream publisher.  It’s a charming...

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Interview: Scott C.

There's something infectious about Scott C's art.  It comes from a realm where everyone from fairytale knights to two-headed babies speak like California slackers, and everything that happens is downright awesome, man. (See, I told you it was infectious.)  It gives off a feeling of child-like wonder, one that reminds you of the first time you saw your favourite cartoons or read your first comic. That purity of joy, unsullied by cynicism...

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Interview: Anders Nilsen answers the Proust Questionnaire

This month saw the release of the collected Big Questions, Anders Nilsen's career-spanning work about philosophy, religion, metaphysics and the lives of birds. In honour of the publication, I sent Anders the famous "Proust Questionnaire" which asks some big questions of its own. Here are his responses: What is your greatest fear?  I don't know but I have had some bad nightmares about my teeth disintegrating. What is your current...

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Comics: All the Dead Superheroes #2

Click for full-size image All the Dead Superheroes is a continuing strip in fortnightly installments.  Full issues of the comic can be found at: www.allthedeadsuperheroes.blogspot.com Story and art © 2011 Iain Lau...

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