Hey everybody, thanks for all the reblogs and recommendations, I’m glad to see you all enjoying the reviews, I’ve got some great comics on the backburner and I’m excited to be sharing them with you in the coming weeks!
Now let’s get down to business with this saucy little number I finally got around to reading:
Knights Errant, by Jennifer Doyle, is a stunningly drawn, pleasantly silly, and stirringly emotional wartime epic focusing on a mysterious assassin-for-hire and the band of mercenaries he decides to follow into a bloody holy war between two fictional (but all too familiar) kingdoms. It is also very very gay, making this comic a quadruple threat that everyone can enjoy!
First of all, a big thank you to all of you who are sending in recommendations and suggestions! If I haven’t gotten back to you its because I’m mainlining LOADS of new comics but have no fear, I’ll try to review all of your requests in the coming months, along with some of my old favorites!
This week’s comic was sent in to me about a month ago and I’m so pleased to be sharing it now with all of you!
The Gay Nerd Comic is the home of the auto-biographical, 8-bit adventures of Thomas Gonyea, a charming young artist who, if his comic is any indication, tries to balance work, love, family, friends, and pop culture while living his life to the pixelated fullest. This comic is a fun and silly romp told through excellent use of pixel art, a nostalgic and, in my opinion, under appreciated style.
First of all let me apologize for the impromptu hiatus, we had some computer issues over here on my end, namely that my computer more or less died, and the review was put on hold until I could order a new one and find a suitable replacement in the interim. Hopefully this will be the last of my computer problems for the forseeable future, and I thank all of you for your patience and continued interest in the blog.
I wanted to review something a little different this week, and I was lucky enough to be introduced to this fascinating comic at MoCCA, one I hope you will all enjoy!
Alphabet Horror Vacui (A Blasphemous Comic) is a unique artistic endeavor by artist Nathan O. Marsh; a combination of grim, elegant, and fanciful illustrations accompanied by brief alliterative narrations make for a charming satire on traditional children’s books, and reinvents the standard concept of webcomics with a strikingly original flair and macabre sense of humor.
HAHA! So I got waylaid a lot more than I expected and this review is coming to you a little late and I’m sorry! HOWEVER, allow me to make it up to you all by reviewing one of my new favorite webcomics!
My journey with Todd Allison & the Petunia Violet began a while ago, back when the comic was just starting, and for whatever reason I kept putting it aside and promising to read it later. Then somehow, through the transitive property of fandom, it was recommended to me by a friend and I found myself diving back into Nozmo’s stunning combination of quirky comedy and noir mystery, all wrapped up in a cute, colorful art style and a witty, heartfelt narrative.
Just a quick announcement! I am going to be at MoCCA Fest (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival) for most of today among other engagements, so the review might be coming out pretty late tonight, or possibly tomorrow morning!
Thanks for your patience and support, it means the world to me!
Many of you might be familiar with Miss Aït-Kaci’s work on Sfeer Theory, a longer running comic, but since I’m attempting to review some newer comics, I decided to highlight this little gem.
The Fox Sister is Miss Aït-Kaci’s latest collaboration with author Christina Strain, a colorist by trade who is flexing her formidable writing muscles with this stunning piece. The Fox Sister takes its name from a sinister Korean fairytale, but instead of a traditional retelling, the creators have managed to place chilling horror and dark fantasy against the socially shifting backdrop of South Korea in the 1960s.
So I’ve been reviewing a lot of popular comics recently, ones which already have a huge fanbase, and while this is well and good I think I’ll spend the next couple of weeks reviewing newer or lesser known comics that I think deserve a read. If anyone has any suggestions, by all means send them to me and I’ll give them a look!
So to kick off this lovely Spring of Young Comics I’ll be reviewing one I’ve only recently found:
Plume by Kari Smith is a pseudo-historical fantasy that follows the adventures of Vesper Grey, a young woman with a taste for danger, and her mysterious and magical companion Corrick. The comic is barely two chapters long and there is still much left to discover, but with a combination of pleasantly candid characters and lovely artwork Plume looks likely to be a fun and interesting read.
Perhaps it’s presumptuous of me to even write a review of Penny and Aggie, so great is its following, so expansive is its history. T. Campbell boasts an impressive list of works (both completed and ongoing) and Gisele Legace deserves every ounce of praise for her illustration. Penny and Aggie has defined a generation of webcomics readers and pushed every boundary of its genre, proving that teenage drama can not only be powerful but also transformative.
Happy Sunday everyone! I was originally planning on doing an elaborate fake April Fool’s review peppered entirely with shitty clip art and nonsensical ramblings.
But then I got lazy so you’ll just have to accept this hilarious webcomic instead.
There’s a lot one can say about Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran. It is a surreal comedy that follows around a twenty-something pseudo-hipster with anger issues. It’s a cartoon deconstruction of modern urban life and the adolescent desire for self-improvement. It is a Brooklynian masterpiece that exemplifies the height of comic creativity. It is a story that will speak to nearly everyone reading this review because in all likelihood you either are, will be, or were at some point, a young person trying to figure out what the hell it means to be an adult.
Kicking off this week with something cute and wholesome!
The Super-Gay Adventures of Ross Boston is a relatively new comic written and drawn by Drew Green. The story features adorable characters, a nostalgic art style, and a clever, innocent approach to comedy.
