Showing posts with label alt-comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alt-comics. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Tunnels Review

 

tunnels rutu modan review

Rating: 2.5/5

Synopsis: Rutu Modan’s third graphic novel follows explorer Nili Broshi who enlists a motley crew to search for the famed Ark of the Covenant which escalates to heated strifes over who should have it.

 

Friday, May 1, 2020

American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar Review

american splendor the life and times of harvey pekar
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar collects the two anthology 
collections of Pekar's autobiographical series published from the mid-70s to mid-80s.

The Green Hand and Other Stories Review

the green hand
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: This anthology consists of stories from underground French cartoonist Nicole Claveloux during the 70s and 80s.

The Underwater Welder Review

the underwater welder
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Jeff Lemire 4-year project The Underwater Welder follows a 33-year, well, an underwater welder named Jack Joseph who begins to form a morbid obsession over the watch his deceased father gave him after triggering memories and putatively hearing voices of him while on duty.


Saturday, April 25, 2020

American Splendor: Another Dollar

american splendor another dollar
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: American Splendor: Another Dollar collects 4 issues from the 2006 Vertigo run of the autobiographical comic American Splendour revolving the quotidian life of Cleveland native Harvey Pekar.


Friday, April 24, 2020

Ego and Hubris: The Michael Malice Story Review

ego and hubris
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Ego and Hubris: The Michael Malice Story is a Harvey Pekar biography about the life and times of the titular subject.


Pussey Review

pussey daniel clowes
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Daniel Clowes's Pussey! revolves around the life and times of the eponymous character, Dan Pussey, creator the popular comic Nauseator, as he wends he way through the comic book industry and deals with his peers and his own social awkwardness and internal fantasies and dispositions.


Thursday, April 23, 2020

Wilson Review

wilson daniel clowes
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Wilson, a middle-aged 'sociable' but misanthropic guy who tries to rekindle his relationship with his ex-wife and teenage daughter he never knew he had.


Monday, April 20, 2020

Megahex Review

                                                
megahex comic
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: Megahex is a stoner comedy graphic novel from Fantagraphics Books revolving around witch and cat couple Megg and Mogg and their roommate Owl who is always an unfortunate victim of the duo's mishaps and pranks.


Bad Gateway Review

                                
bad gateway comic
Rating: 5/5

Synopsis: After Owl moves out, Werewolf Jones moves in while Megg and Mogg's life deteriorates as they struggle to make ends meet in the midst of their psychological turmoil.