Review: The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For (2008)
I don’t like picking favorites. But if you put me in a contrived situation of extreme duress (I’m stuck on a desert island! I can only have one comic!), I...
Reviews: Two cannabis comics
Legalization Nation, published earlier this year, collects Brian Box Brown's ongoing coverage of the chaotic, shifting legal terrain for cannabis. The book...
Review: Roaming (2023)
The “young people take a trip to NYC and learn something about themselves” story must be as old as the city itself. As an unabashed entry in the genre,...
Review: The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
To try and write about The Left Hand of Darkness is a paralyzing experience: There are so many possible places to begin, so many meaningful threads you could...
Review: The Squad (2023)
I feel about this book the same way I feel about the endless tsunami of insidery books about Trump’s presidency: Mostly just confused about why it exists and...
Review: Blood, Sweat and Pixels (2017)
I picked up Blood, Sweat and Pixels after finishing Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and realizing my actual knowledge about the video game industry was...
Review: The Accommodation (2021)
The story surrounding The Accommodation is almost as interesting as the book itself. Originally published in the 1980s, it's a journalistic account of...
Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022)
It is Christmas and I am sick, but not so sick that I couldn’t finish this book. I don’t have the energy for anything like a full review but here's two...
Pure art, in this economy?
On trying to reconcile creativity and commerce
Review: Blankets (2003)
For my last comic of the month (I didn’t manage to review 30 but I’m telling myself that’s okay), I revisited a book I first read almost ten years ago....
Review: your heart is a muscle the size of your fist (2023)
30(ish) Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic (almost) every day in November. I missed several days but there are no rules here, I can do what I want....
Review: That Distant Fire (2022)
30ish Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic almost every day in November. I missed a few days but there are no rules here, I can do what I want. Day 19 -...
Review: Crash Landing
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic (almost) every day in November. But I missed yesterday. Whoops! There are no rules, I can do what I want. Day 15...
Review: The Shape of Comics to Come (2023)
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic every day in November! Day 13 - The Shape of Comics to Come by Derek M Ballard. (Follow and support his work...
Review: French Exit (2023)
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic every day in November! Day 12 - French Exit by Elle Shivers. (Follow and support their work @tamingservice) This...
Review: A Very Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic every day in November! Day 11 - A Very Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by Chelsea Akpan I picked up this...
Review: Are You My Mother? (2012)
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic every day in November! Day 10 - Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel Much like Bechdel herself, I have...
Review: Bunny Punch: Meal Replacement (2023)
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic every day in November! Day 9 - Bunny Punch: Meal Replacement by Michael Furler The titular protagonist of Bunny...
Review: Jonathan's Forest (2023)
30 Comics in 30 Days - I’m reviewing a comic every day in November! Day 8 - Jonathan's Forest by Alvin Fai This wordless, whimsical comic about a little guy...
Review: Internet Crusader (2019)
30 Comics in 30 Days Day 7 - Internet Crusader by George Wylesol When looking back on the early internet, it’s easy to slip into uncritical nostalgia. (AOL...