Book Reviews
Sarah Morean
“Me Likes You Very Much” by Lauren Barnett
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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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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
The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions
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Mar 29, 2012
Corinne Mucha has quite an imagination. To her, the slightest draft would mean a ghost in the house, a stripey shadow in the corner must actually be a crouching tiger, and the sound of dry branches scraping across the roof would of course be blamed on witches’ nails. Read On
“The Naughty Hen Song” by Jim Stoten
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Mar 15, 2012
This comic is goofy and gorgeous. Read On
Neil Brideau’s “The Plot”
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Mar 01, 2012
When the aliens visited many generations ago, they permanently altered life for a small, humble tribe in Neil Brideau’s latest mini-comic series “The Plot.” Read On
Vincent Stall’s “Things You Carry”
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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
