Almost Normal Comics, a fine comics publisher and reviewer of small press comics and zines has reviewed my two most recent microcomics. Check it out here: http://www.almostnormalcomics.com/blog.html
Monday, October 26, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Recently Read: Little Orphan Annie in the Great Depression, by Harold Gray
This 1979 Dover collection of strips originally published in 1931 rank with the best of 20th century newspaper comics. The ravages of the Great Depression hit Little Orphan Annie and Daddy Warbucks hard; they first lose their entire savings and then are homeless when a competing businessman/gangster burns their mansion down. This is just the beginning of the tragedies herein, but both fight back against adversity with hard work and indefatigable optimism. Annie even adopts another orphan along the way! Beautifully drawn, imminently readable, these Dickensian tales stand the test of time and are most recommended.
The source material was provided at the time by Bill Blackbeard's San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, and is far superior in quality to the same strips published in book form by Fantagraphics.
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Friday, October 2, 2020
Recently Read: Naruto, Vol. 12
The final rounds of the Chunin exams begin. Naruto spars with Neji of the Hyuaga Clan Cadet Branch, in a 105-page battle as philosophical as it is physical, with warring ideas on destiny and free will. Naruto has opportunity during the standoff to tap into the power of his incased fox spirit. Naruto's comrade Sasuke has yet to show up for the tournament (glimpses are shown of a previous and mysterious scene with Gaara, Sasuke and Kakashi), so Kanjuro and Aburame Shino match up instead. This volume doesn't have as much room for the layered and complex political intrigue that the preceding volumes had, but is still suspenseful, top-notch cartooning.
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