Tag: indie

Award winning New Zealand animator Ned Wenlock makes his North American debut with Tsunami, out next month from Pow Pow Press

At the intersection where comics meet video games, the creators of SLAY THE PRINCESS share details on the Pristine Cut in a conversation with Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias.

As Hip Hop Family Tree gets the omnibus treatment from Fantagraphics, Comics Beat catches up with cartoonist Ed Piskor.

Mothers Written and illustrated by Kusahara Umi. Translated by Jocelyne Allen. Lettered by Tim Sun. Edited by emuh ruh. Published by Glacier Bay Books. Mothers is magic. A comics grimoire, where you find death among the dreams of flowers. Stories...

One of the most vocal supporters of Puerto Rican comics creators.

Chicory has oodles of charm to bring out your creativity that feels right at home on the Nintendo Switch - just don't go in looking for anything too hardcore.

“Say super one more fucking time.”

Literary horror in the age of excess.

You could be forgiven for making Stranger Things comparisons, but Something is Killing the Children is more mature, and smarter too.

Where to find emergency funding during the coronavirus pandemic and other items of interest.

After a brief hiatus, we're back with three new crowdfunding projects that should be on your radar.

Over the years that I’ve contributed for The Beat, I’ve gotten to preview some pretty-interesting projects in the making, as well as talk to their equally-interesting creators. A little more than two years ago, I had a phone interview with two women who called themselves the “Gibbs Girls.” They were working on a steam-punk inspired comic that takes place at the dawn of the 20th century and during the Industrial Age. The story followed a female, African American inventor named Ada Turner who creates the first flying machine. Last week, the Gibbs Girls reached out and informed me that the comic had finally come out.