This morning, AV CLUB  posted a fantastic article titled Drawing-Board Confessional: 22 unflattering moments from autobiographical comics,  and thus reminded me what I love about the form. Last year I wrote reviews on two of the comics featured in the article; Ed Brubaker's A Complete Lowlife and Joe Matt's Spent. I said this about the former:

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     From A.V. Club's write up on Adrian Tomine's new graphic novel Shortcomings:

"Though he's only 32, Adrian Tomine has been one of comics' premier cartoonists and storytellers for more than a decade, which is what makes Shortcomings (D&Q), his first stab at a graphic novel, so disappointing. The story of an Asian-American theater manager who ( Read more... )

     I recently purchased The Best American Comics 2007 featuring guest editor Chris Ware, and in it I found a very interesting and unsettling comic by New England art collective Paper Rad, called "Kramer's Ergot 'Fuck You' 9." Blogger Jog describes the comic:

"And then, right after that, there’s Paper Rad. Which couldn’t initially seem more ( Read more... )

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     Hey I read some graphic novels:


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      Now that I have more free time than ever, I've been drawing less. I know, it's weird. Sometimes drawing and doing artwork can seem like a chore to me and if I mess up I become very frustrated and abandon the project all together. This will hopefully change when I finally get a goddamn job and save up for a decent digital camera so I can make ( Read more... )

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