Comix Creatrix Show Sampler Available From Sequential
Through May runs in London the art show “Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics“. Leaving aside the too-cutesy title (I thought we’d got rid of aviatrix and the like back in the 1940s), it aims to be...
View ArticleSweaterweather
Sara Varon’s Sweaterweather is more than a reprint. It includes the material from the 2003 Alternative Comics volume of the same name, her first book, but it’s now twice the size, with more charming...
View ArticleThe New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions)
Coming in early April is a fun YA read that combines ideas about fame (and losing it), overachievement, first love, and whether newspapers are still relevant in the age of new media. I know, it sounds...
View ArticleWandering Star to Return This Summer as Omnibus
Dover Publications, which specializes (in the comic field) in reprinting works that deserve to be better known or have gone out of print, will be bringing out a terrific science fiction comic epic...
View ArticlePrivate Beach to Conclude, 20 Years After It Started
What a world we live in! There’s no need to give up on a project you once loved, because it just might always come back. David Hahn (whom you may know from his work on Bite Club, Fables, Spider-Man...
View ArticleWizard World Madison Returns With Doctor Who Guests
Wizard World Madison, in its second year, moves to April (a much better time to come to Wisconsin). And they’ve begun announcing some special Special Guests. Doctor Who stars David Tennant (Saturday...
View ArticleImage+, Comic Market Preview Magazine, Launches in May
Image Comics has announced that they will be shipping Image+, a monthly add-on promotional magazine to the Diamond Previews catalog, beginning in May, free with the catalog. If you don’t buy Previews,...
View ArticleUnethical Reviewers Pulled From Amazon
Amazon has a lot of people posting reviews at their site. Anyone can review anything they sell… although those who have purchased the item from Amazon get a “verified purchase” tag. Amazon uses these...
View ArticleKiss Him, Not Me! Volume 3
The new character briefly introduced at the end of volume 2 becomes a new friend in Kiss Him, Not Me! volume 3, and her presence is a welcome addition for shaking up the relationships with a bit more...
View ArticleMy Neighbor Seki Volumes 5-6
It’s interesting to see how Takuma Morishige’s My Neighbor Seki, based on a classically simple premise, has changed over its run. Previously, Rumi used to observe the crazy things Seki did during...
View ArticleThe Sequential Artists Workshop Guide to Creating Professional Comic Strips
Out later this spring is a specialized guide of value to those interested in what some consider a nostalgic craft. The Sequential Artists Workshop Guide to Creating Professional Comic Strips is by Tom...
View ArticleWill Eisner’s The Spirit
After the various attempts at revamping Will Eisner’s classic Spirit character, I was leery of another. He’s a tricky property, well-known but without much substance. His backstory is too simple to do...
View ArticleMaster Keaton Volume 3
I was concerned about this in my review of volume 2, but Master Keaton volume 3, aside from a couple of brief nods to archaeology, has turned Taichi Hiraga Keaton into a globe-trotting adventurer,...
View ArticleFukuFuku: Kitten Tales Volume 1
Missing cat manga now that Chi’s Sweet Home has concluded? Never fear, author Konami Kanata has a new series with an adorable kitten. FukuFuku: Kitten Tales has an advantage over the previous series,...
View ArticleKiller Cocktail
The modern-day Nick-and-Nora-style couple mystery Murder With a Twist has a sequel coming out in early May. Tracy Kiely’s Killer Cocktail sends playboy Nigel and ex-homicide detective Nicole to...
View ArticleHippopotamister
Coming out in May is a charming children’s book by John Patrick Green (Quicken Forbidden, Teen Boat). Hippopotamister sends its title character, a hippopotamus from a run-down zoo, out into the world...
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