Author: Gene Ambaum

Squire & Knight: Wayward Travelers by Scott Chantler. First Second, 2024. 9781250846907. 156pp. (more) Fun Extra Stuff at the end, including a bit about the origin of the story, sketches, and a few notes about Chantler’s process. At the end […]
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Self-Esteem And The End Of The World by Luke Healy. Drawn & Quarterly, 2024. 9781770467149. 324pp. A stressed out, thirty-year-old Luke Healy has a lot of stress and anxiety. The earth is falling apart, he’s never going to own a […]
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Knots by Colleen Frakes. Harper Alley, 2023. 9780063247161. 240pp. I’m a huge fan of Frakes’s comics, including Prison Island, Tragic Relief, and her other minicomics, and I can’t believe it missed this graphic novel when it came out last year. […]
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Swords, Spacemen, and Superspies Box Set by James Kochalka. Black Eye Books, 2024. 9781738920082. (The box set includes a digital edition of each book.) The three books in this boxed set are fun and showcase both Kochalka’s skills and silliness […]
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East District by Ash H.G. 2dcloud, 2024. 9781937541613. 88pp. https://2dcloud.com/products/east-district-ash-h-g Three young men try to find their way through an apocalypse where others become violent or maybe undead. There are confrontations and honest conversations as they look for Sheila, who […]
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Comics 1964 – 2024 edited by Thierry Groensteen, Lucas Hureau, Ann Lemonnier, and Emmanuèle Payen. Thames & Hudson, 2024. 9780500028407. 288pp. I didn’t get to see the exhibit at the Centre Pompidou this book is based on — it closed […]
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Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story (Mutts) by Patrick McDonnell. Abrams ComicArts, 2024. 9781419779084. 192pp. This is the story of the guard dog in the comic strip Mutts. It’s the beautiful “conclusion” to the story of a dog left […]
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Big Breath In by John Straley. Soho Crime, 2024. 9781641296540. 274pp. Delphine has cancer, and she doesn’t have much longer to live. After stepping into the middle of a violent incident involving a man, the woman he’s beating up, and […]
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Somna: A Bedtime Story by Beckly Cloon and Tula Lotay. DSTLRY, 2024. 9781962265010. 168pp. Contains #1 – #3. Publisher’s Rating: Mature Roland is the town bailiff in a small English village where he has developed a reputation as a witch […]
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