Newave! Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s by Michael Dowers (Editor) Fantagraphics Books Seems like the malaise of 1970s America inspired a lot of people to take matters into their own hands and create art outside of the mainstream. This was certainly true of the underground music scenes that were percolating on both coasts …
A Matter of Life by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Comix) Jeffrey Brown is known for two things: his playful and silly comics that goof on childhood heroes from Transformers cartoons and Star Wars movies, and his autobiographical comics that depict his trials and tribulations in love and life. A Matter of Life is the latter. …
The struggle between the artistic integrity of comic books versus the bottom of a trash can has been a long and arduous one. While comic books have finally garnered the respect they deserve, there was a time, not too long ago, when comics were meant only for kids and weirdos. Enter Art Spiegelman; American comic legend. …