INDIE VIEW: THE THIRD POPULATION demystifies mental healthcare
The Third Population
Written by Aurélien Ducoudray
Illustrated by Jeff Pourquié
Translated by Kendra Boileau
Penn State University Press Graphic Medicine
In my experience, most comics that tackle the subject of mental health come at it from a personal...
INDIE VIEW: GERARD is maximum Depardieu
Gerard: Five Years with Depardieu
By Mathieu Sapin
Europe Comics
Is there an American equivalent for Gerard Depardieu? For sure there are men who equal him in his big mouth or body size or ego or unpredictability...
INDIE VIEW: Reality crumbles in THE ROUGH PEARL
The Rough Pearl
By Kevin Mutch
Fantagraphics
If you look at the natural world as structured through a multitude of power struggles, one thing leaps out at you that is different from the human condition — the...
INDIE VIEW: In ALTITUDE growing up happens in dangerous terrain
Altitude
Written by Olivier Bocquet
Written and Illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette
Translated by Edward Gauvin
SelfMadeHero
I was recently standing at a local landmark called Witt’s Ledge, the cliff atop a former quarry looking down 1100 feet and thinking...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Not a Place to Visit’ asserts that we are the world
Not a Place to Visit
By T. Edward Bak
Floating World Comics
It’s one of those fortuitous intellectual coincidences that I sat down to read and review T. Edward Bak’s Not a Place to Visit during the...
INDIE VIEW: The ART LIFE revealed
Art Life
By Catherine Ocelot
Translated by Aleshia Jensen
Conundrum Press
Catherine Ocelot is trying to figure things out. You could say that about anyone, of course, but what Ocelot is delving into are the concerns of an...
INDIE VIEW: SIBERIAN HAIKU creates magic from nightmares
Siberian Haiku
Written by Jurga Vile
Illustrated by Lina Itagaki
SelfMadeHero
Starting in 1941, Lithuanians endured the first of nearly three dozen mass deportations by order of the Soviet government, which occupied Lithuania. Over an 11 year period...
INDIE VIEW: X-RAY ROBOT #1 is exactly the comic we need at the end...
X-Ray Robot #1
Written and Illustrated by Michael Allred
Colored by Laura Allred
Lettered by Nate Piekos
Dark Horse Comics
I had a plan for what I was going to review originally, but it’s been a hell of a...
INDIE VIEW: MISS ENDICOTT is a bright light in dark London
Miss Endicott Part 1
Written by Jean-Christophe Derrien
Illustrated by Xavier Fourquemin
Translated by Jerome Sincantin
Europe Comics
In Miss Endicott Part 1, following the death of her mother, Prudence Endicott makes her way to London to take over...
INDIE VIEW: NICNEVIN AND THE BLOODY QUEEN features folk horror & teen tropes
Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen is an enjoyable addition and effective introduction to the folk-horror genre.
INDIE VIEW: THE HARROWING OF HELL brings back that old time religion
The Harrowing of Hell
By Evan Dahm
Iron Circus Comics
What you read in the Bible is not the entire story of Jesus. That’s the result of multiple efforts starting around the 2nd Century to create approved...
INDIE VIEW: THE BOOK OF FORKS runs circles around most world-building
Rob Davis's newest graphic novel is the conclusion of the Motherless Oven Trilogy.
