Actually it’s from Nobrow #7, but Jillian Tamaki’s haunting Half-Life can be read in its entirety. I won’t spoil it, but it is reminiscent of a classic 50s SF film…even if it does go in another, surprising direction at the end.
On the Scene: The 2012 Ignatz Awards at SPX
10/03/2012 by Leave a Comment
TweetBy Hannah Means-Shannon The Ignatz Awards are known for their quick-fire pace and sense of humor but that doesn’t mean they downplay the often very personal extremes indie comics creators face in pursuit of publication. Jerzy Drozd acted as MC of the 2012 awards and crammed a lengthy shopping list of emotional highs and lows [...]
Weekend reading: SuperMutant Magic Academy
03/23/2012 by Leave a Comment
How on earth have we somehow never noticed Jillian Tamaki’s webcomic SuperMutant Magic Academy? It’s a bit of a dark look at the mutant/magic academy genre. You know, Ronald Searle for the Hunger Games generation.
She’s made a mini-comic with added strips, but it’s already sold out. She assures us more is coming. More had better be.
Nice art: Best American Comics 2011 cover by Jillian Tamaki
04/15/2011 by Leave a Comment
This year’s edition of the compendium is guest-edited by Alison Bechdel, with series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden.
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