Book Reviews
Mini Fete
Awesome Future: Stories of Victorious Action
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Sarah Morean •
Oct 18, 2012
“Awesome Future” has a kind of logic that might not make sense to you directly, but it lays out ideas about a life others live, and lets you easily appreciate why anyone would want to live this way. The book inspires the reader to keep an open mind, change their attitude, and possibly change their life. Read On
“Me Likes You Very Much” by Lauren Barnett
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Sarah Morean •
Aug 16, 2012
The book collects roughly four years of webcomics by Barnett, who got into blogging because her roommate was doing it. Five years and many gag comics later, her first graphic novel “Me Likes You Very Much” was just nominated for a 2012 Ignatz Award in the category of Promising New Talent. Read On
Sean Ford’s “Only Skin”
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Sarah Morean •
Jul 19, 2012
People are disappearing from a small town in the Western United States and nobody knows why in Sean Ford’s graphic novel “Only Skin.” Read On
Freddy Stories by Melissa Mendes
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Sarah Morean •
Jun 14, 2012
Freddy is a scruffy oddball who enjoys being active, messy, daring and imaginative. Her parents may be separated but her home life with mom and their dog Frank is happy enough. Read On
“The New Ghost” by Robert Hunter
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Sarah Morean •
May 10, 2012
It’s a ghost’s first day on the job and things are not going well for him in Robert Hunter’s first mini-comic “The New Ghost.” Read On
“Clutch” and “Invincible Summer”
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Sarah Morean •
Apr 19, 2012
Clutch McBastard and Nicole J. Georges are friends with comic book series — “Clutch” and “Invincible Summer,” respectively. They’re buds who had the happy idea to occasionally co-publish their series into fun little split-minis like this one. Read On
Vincent Stall’s “Things You Carry”
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Sarah Morean •
Dec 22, 2011
The Stall oeuvre is marked by a minor style change that happened about ten years ago and left a trail of more ethereal, obscure works in the form of mini-comics, posters, installations and paintings. “Things You Carry” is the satisfying culmination of the imagery and ideas that make up his new style. Read On
Introducing Mini Fete
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Sarah Morean •
Dec 05, 2011
Welcome to IR’s newest columnist, Sarah Morean. Her posts for “Mini Fete” will include reviews and highlights of the best indie mini-comics–some limited edition, all of them extraordinary. Read On
