Knowledgeable Cabbage
Balanced critique in an unbalanced world
Category: Comics
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Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists #1-4
Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists slams together small-town horror and creature features to good effect.
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Apocalypse Kinda #1
“Apocalypse Kinda” #1 builds sympathy and unease with its slanted, small-town feel.
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Ghoster, Vol. 1
“Ghoster” draws us in with good Gothic horror, a balanced aesthetic and enough intrigue to satisfy in a first issue.
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Action Tank #1-2
“Action Tank” is an exceptional middle-grade graphic novel about bravery, exploration, space, cool explosions and compassion, first and foremost.
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The Boy With Nails for Eyes
“The Boy With Nails for Eyes” combines a melancholy, poetic story with unique, well-crafted art.
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Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker in California
“Chasin’ the Bird” explores Charlie Parker’s time in Los Angeles through the eyes of the people who knew – or didn’t know – him best.
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A Dark Interlude #1
Henry Henry’s back! And everything’s worse now, in so many ways.
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Waste and Wisdom with Drew Morrison of “Brokenland”
“Brokenland” #2 features the erstwhile, blob-like Meeso in a strange dreamworld. We interrogate waste, learn a few things about Meeso’s character and take a not-so-nice journey through our small protagonist’s psyche in a very engaging second issue. I recently chatted with Drew Morrison about the origins of this strange little creature, as well as creative…
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A is for Autocrat
“A is for Autocrat” is an illustrated alphabet for our current times. Done in the style of a children’s book and designed to be as direct as possible, this illustrated journey through the past four years of this administration is edifying, imaginative and strangely comforting. Warning: spoilers ahead. Story & Art: D. B. DowdGraphic Design:…
