Please enjoy this two-page preview of Iain Laurie's Horror Mountain:
Buy Iain Laurie's Horror Mountain at the Graphic Eye Stor...
Graphic Eye Store: Iain Laurie's Horror Mountain
Our debut publication! Buy it now at our store, or read about the method behind our madness here.
16 June 2012
11 June 2012
Comics: "Slugmix" by Iain Laurie and LAN Formatique
Now available in the Graphic Eye store:
Slugmix by Iain Laurie and LAN Formatique
A mini-multimedia collaboration between artist Iain Laurie and electronic musician LAN Formatique.
Slugmix contains an 8-page mini-comic, featuring two stories from Laurie; and a 3-track mini-CD from LAN Formatique.
Both explore the themes of violence, consumerism, addiction and the fickleness of our own minds.
Go on, take a taste of Slugmix......
Review: Ritual #1 - Real Life by Malachi Ward
Ritual #1 - Malachi Ward (w/a)
Revival House Press, $6
Malachi Ward
is a strange chameleon of a cartoonist.
Just when you think you have him pinned-down from his various science-fiction
and fantasy works, like Expansion and
Utu, then along comes a subtle,
brooding work like “Real Life” that makes you completely rethink his
abilities. Rather than anything
fantastical, this first installment in his Ritual
anthology is grounded...
Feature: Taste-testing the Apocalypse, part 5
Elysian Ruin
To celebrate the impending apocalypse (Game of Thrones is over, so there's no real reason to stick around anyway) Fantagraphics have made a strange alliance with fellow Seattleites, Elysian Brewery, to release a series of 12 speciality beers with label art by Charles Burns. The beers are being released at a rate of one per month, with this month's brew being “Ruin” (as in "Mother's") which is an IPA made with rosemary and agave.
After...
Weekly Reviews: Chew #26, Mind MGMT #1
Chew # 26 - John Layman (w) Rob Guillory (a)
Image Comics $2.99
One of the best things about Chew has been its surprise success.
Writer John Layman famously shopped it around for a good while before
deciding to finance it himself and publish it through Image Comics. The
surprise is that this book might have been considered too strange for
mainstream readers, but it’s had incredible success. Its proof that if you have
a good story you...
20 May 2012
Editorial: Art vs Commerce (or, "Buy Our Comics!")
Today sees the one-year anniversary of the launch of Graphic Eye. It's been a strange, interesting experiment; launching a new website in an already-crowded scene, wrangling writers and cartoonists, and trying to maintain some semblance of a regular schedule. The site has had some ups and downs, its golden periods of quality articles and its half-hearted ones where life has got in the way, and some pieces have been posted that I wish...
Review: The Moon Moth by Jack Vance and Humayoun Ibrahim
The Moon Moth –
Jack Vance (w) Humayoun Ibrahim (a)
First Second, $17.99, ISBN: 978-1-59643-367-0
Jack Vance has always been the
connoisseur’s sf writer. Never attaining
the widespread acclaim of the likes of Philip K. Dick or Arthur C. Clarke —
possibly due to the absence of a middle initial — he nevertheless inspired a
loyal cult following whose number includes Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R.
Martin and Michael Chabon. Perhaps...
Feature: Taste-testing the Apocalypse, part 4
Elysian Peste
To celebrate the impending apocalypse (or capitalise on popular misconceptions of ancient mathematics) Fantagraphics have made a strange alliance with fellow Seattleites, Elysian Brewery, to release a series of 12 speciality beers with label art by Charles Burns. The beers are being released at a rate of one per month, with this month's brew being “Peste” ("Plague" in what might be a subtle nod to Burns's Black Hole graphic...
Review: Only Skin by Sean Ford
Only Skin – Sean
Ford (w/a)
Secret Acres, $21.95, ISBN: 978-0983166207
Sean Ford is one of the
increasing number of CCS graduates who are beginning to make their mark on the
comics landscape. Only Skin is his debut, long-form work, created over the course of
five years. Its lengthy gestation is
appropriate, given the creeping, slow-burn of the narrative and its empty,
lonely mood. Only Skin flows from the
heart of the American...
Weekly Reviews: The Secret Service #2, Manhattan Projects #3
The Secret Service # 2 - Mark Millar (w) Dave Gibbons (a)
Marvel Icon, $2.99
The Secret Service # 2 is actually kind of fun. There isn’t any excuse to continue reading Mark Millar’s books but, for those of us who can’t help ourselves, this issue delivers. It isn’t original, not by a long shot, but the opening scene alone is well worth the price of admission. At least if you’re a fan of ridiculous over-the-top violence,...
28 April 2012
Interview: James Stokoe
One of the more enigmatic creators of recent years is James
Stokoe. His comics are a psychedelic
assault of bright, saturated colours and incredible detail which range in topic
from alien cook-offs, through monster-fighter baseball players, to
safe-cracking orcs who use chopped-up penises for currency. When I ran into him in a rare public
appearance at FanExpo Vancouver this year, I took the opportunity to sit down
and talk with him...
Review: The Infinite Horizon by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto
The Infinite Horizon – Gerry Duggan (w)
Phil Noto (a)
Image
Comics, $17.99, ISBN: 978-1582409726
Like Odysseus, this has been a long time in arriving. Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto’s Infinite Horizon began serialization
back in 2007, completing its six-issue run five years later, and now appearing
in a trade collection. It’s an
appropriately epic genesis for a project that firmly roots itself in heroic
storytelling, taking Homer’s...
Weekly Reviews: Supercrooks #2, Rebel Blood #2
Supercrooks # 2 - Mark Millar (w) Leinil Yu (a)
Icon/Marvel Comics, $2.99
The first issue of Supercrooks had a great tagline: “There are too
many superheroes. Let’s go somewhere else.” That issue was pretty entertaining,
if a little obvious. Everyone who follows the comics world knows what Mark
Millar is doing at this point. Nearly all of his comics work is simultaneously being
developed as motion pictures. The one exception...
