Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer Volume 2 (Dark Horse, 2017). $17.99, pb. I confess I am not usually a fan of ultraviolent slash-n-gore comics. Just because, as the great Ernie Bushmiller put it, anything can happen in a comic it doesn’t mean that everything should happen in a comic. But, oh, have I fallen for Lady Killer, by the […]
Pieter Coudyzer, Outburst (SelfMadeHero, 2017). $22.95, hc. This is one of the most visually arresting books I have read in some time. Sadly the script doesn’t come close to keeping pace with the art, in what ends up being a fairly trite story of alienation and isolation (and unfortunate “inadvertant” revenge) that fails to connect us […]
James Cadelli, Getting Out of Hope (Conundrum, 2017). $18, paper. At first glance this book might look like an amateur affair. Do not be deceived: although his work can look at first raw and untrained, Cadelli is a master graphic storyteller already in every sense. Weaving together the story of a range of seemingly unlikable characters […]
Despite the proclamations of a few naysayers, 2017—horrible in so many respects—was actually a particular rich and deep year in comics. In fact, our voting panel (the editors, advisory board, Inks contributors, and the Comics Studies Board) ended up with well over 100 titles they loved this year. So instead of trying to find a […]