Back in stock after a tremendous instant sellout and just in time for Dear Leader’s inauguration, it’s the Unquotable Trump mini-comic by R. Sikoryak! What’s more- they’re made right here in the good ole USA, by […]
In the final installment of the greatest love story ever told, about the domestic life of “Henry” and “Glenn” as well as their neighbors “Daryl” and “John,” we are treated to three new short stories. (similarities […]
Hello loyal readers. How was your week? Not that anyone asked but I had a good one. Well it was good until Forbidden Planet’s Tech Wizard/6th member of Modest Mouse, Tyler, threatened me. It turns […]
Part 1: I love Chris Ware. Bit redundant to say so this holiday season with everyone and their sister buying Building Stories, but with so much comic awesomeness that happened in 2012; between Charles Burn’s […]
Saturday, July 21st at 2pm at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn It’s time for the fourth Pete’s Mini Zine Fest, the fest-in-a-bar. Our celebration of the duplicated arts promises a good time and a relaxing […]
With the Avengers movie set to premiere in a mere two days, it’s mighty hard to concentrate on anything else! But concentrate we must, as there’s all manner of exciting things in the store this […]
I Love Bad Movies Issue Number 5 hit the FP shelves late last night and they’re already selling like hotcakes… hotcakes filled with essays, reviews and illustrations about some of our favorite bad movies that […]
I’d already decided that Justin Madson‘s Happy Town Tales was going to be the one book I reviewed for the week (based both on its hefty 80-page length and because it consists of three separate […]
For a some time now I’ve been considering expanding the scope of this column. What is a mini comic? They come in all shapes and sizes and are drawn by people as all levels of […]
Welcome to another edition of mini-comics reviews! Today’s selections were chosen without any sort of over-riding theme in mind, so let’s just jump right in and take a look at what we’ve got this week: […]
Welcome to the newest, bestest year of them all! The universe has decided to save the best for last, so as we count down the Mayan calendar, let’s take a look at some of the […]
2012’s almost here, but I have so many more comics to read! The pile grows ever-larger, blotting out the sight of the coming year. Plus, you know, the end times. I’ll need something to wile […]
This week a new batch of comics were added to the pile of minis, including a particularly handsome-looking book called Odessa: Birth of a New Nation. This is an independently-published trade collecting issues 1-5 of […]
This week we’ve got a really interesting a new anthology to look at! Originally formed as a collective of Midwestern cartoonists, Shortpants Press has blossomed into an indie publisher of curated talent. Now they’ve put out their […]
Like many, I was at first thrilled when the Academy Awards introduced a Best Animated Feature category. Quickly that enthusiasm faded. I realized that the industry, for decades unable to understand animation, had at last […]
Well, with New York Comic Con behind us, Convention Season officially comes to an end. Sort of. Kinda. To a degree. Of course there’s the odd con here and there over the next several months, […]
Every so often I have to put a comic back. I try very hard to be impartial about what mini-comics I pull to review, but there have been times when, upon opening a book, I […]
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This week’s pair of mini-comics are about as different as two comics could possibly be. A first-issue from what promises to be a graphic novel, and a collection of like-themed single-page gags; these minis are […]
Having just returned from a great work-cation at this year’s SPX (selling my comics to a comics-thirsty public and then drinking wine like a wine-thirsty Bacchus), all I can think about right now is the […]
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