INDIE VIEW: ‘Mikel’ plunges into paranoid Basque Country

John Seven - 10/18/2019 5:00 pm 1

Mikel Written by Mark Bellido Illustrated by Judith Vanistenpael Translated by Erica Mena Self Made Hero Taking place amidst the Basque separatist movement in Spain, Mikel focuses on a guy named Miguel who appears to be nobody important. But...

Review: Crisis on infinite comics pages in Olivier Schrauwen’s ‘Parallel Lives’

John Seven - 01/04/2019 4:35 pm 2

In Parallel Lives, Belgian cartoonist Olivier Schrauwen presents multiple versions of himself across the space-time continuum and well into dimensions that are untraceable in any normal sense, and he does so in a delivery...

REVIEW: ‘Bastard’ features the world’s sweetest crime spree

John Seven - 10/10/2018 5:00 pm 0

In Bastard, Belgian cartoonist Max de Radigues presents one of the oddest crime partners you can imagine — mother and son. Well, not just mother and son, that’s not in itself odd, I guess,...

Review: ‘The Wolves of La Louviere’ portrays the slow pace of World War II...

John Seven - 09/04/2018 5:00 pm 3

Europe Comics has carved out an interesting niche by releasing French and Belgian comics in ebook format to make them more available and affordable, and The Wolves of La Louviere is one of the...

Review: Javi Rey’s ‘Out in the Open’ is a quiet, dark coming of age...

John Seven - 08/29/2018 5:00 pm 0

From Moses to Mad Max, wandering in arid desert lands evokes a journey for self, for destiny, and of course for survival. Usually it marks a transitional place in the wanderer’s life — think...