Scott McCloud is best known for Understanding Comics, his 1993 examination of the comics medium that is, itself, presented in the form of a comic. It’s a seminal…
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Comics: Wordless graphic novel explores a day in the life of a tiger
The epigraph at the beginning of Love Volume 1: The Tiger offers enigmatic insight into the wordless graphic novel that follows: “In the animal kingdom, animals…
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Comics: Rock and Roll goes supernatural and superfunny in ‘Sing No Evil’
In Sing No Evil, a young man named Aksel has lofty aspirations, but faces three problems that threaten his musical career…
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Comics: A look back at Phantom Jack
Sometimes, something forgotten and flawed is just as interesting as, if not more interesting than, something new and perfect. Case in point, the 2005 Speakeasy Comics edition of Phantom Jack I found on the benefit table outside The Haunted Bookshop in Iowa City. I’d never heard of the title, but a quick examination revealed that […]
