The Cigar That Fell In Love With A Pipe
The Cigar That Fell In Love With A Pipe is a hard book to pin down. At heart, it’s an unconventional fairy tale romance, and as such, it owes everything to artist Nick Abadzis, who brings that fairy tale to … Continue reading
Lovers Only
An anthology of teen romance comics by three female creators, jointly produced by Youth in Decline and Price Tapes. Continue reading
Island #1
In the heady late-aughts days of Brandon Graham’s WordPress blog Royal Boiler, he’d freely post sketch pages, previews of upcoming work (typically King City panels), and personal work anecdotes — but he’d also act as a curator. Each post usually … Continue reading
SuperMutant Magic Academy
The complete collection of Jillian Tamaki’s acclaimed webcomic about supernaturally gifted teens dealing with completely natural teenage problems. Continue reading
Blubber #1
This brutal little one shot from Gilbert Hernandez constructs a libidinous circle of life via six loosely connected strips of blackly comic body horror, creepily cute animal weirdness, and nightmarish nature documentary deadpan, occupied by spindly creepazoids and bowling pin-shaped … Continue reading
Melody
In the early to mid 1980s, Sylvie Rancourt self-published Melody, a French-language comic in which she recounted her experiences performing as a young nude dancer in Montreal clubs. Initially selling the comic to the clubs’ patrons (she ultimately published six … Continue reading
