Tag: new york review comics
80 anticipated YA and adult graphic novels for Fall 2023
Daniel Clowes' and Bill Watterson's eagerly awaited books of fiction dominate a field heavy in history and memoir.
Holy cow! Shary Flenniken’s Trots and Bonnie is FINALLY getting a reprint!
A classic strip is finally getting the reprint it deserves from NYRB
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Man Without Talent’ throws a profound pity party
The Man Without Talent
By Yoshiharu Tsuge
Translated by Ryan Holmberg
New York Review Comics
The Man Without Talent is not exactly an autobiography, but as revealed in translator Ryan Holmberg’s essay, it contains portions of nearly exact...
REVIEW: THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT and the grind of poverty
The Man Without Talent allows the author and the reader to explore the fantasy of leading a contemplative life while remaining honest about the consequences.
INDIE VIEW: ‘Return to Romance’ is glorious melodrama
A collection of Ogden Whitney's mini-epics of love
INDIE VIEW: ‘The Tenderness of Stones’ portrays the harshness of loss
Marion Fayolle's storybook of dark emotions
INDIE VIEW: Love brings change in ‘Alay-Oop’ and ‘The Healing Island’
Alay-Oop
By William Gropper
New York Review Comics
William Gropper’s 1930 graphic novel Alay-Oop predates its actual form — “graphic novel” — by decades, but as a prehistoric example of the development of the form, it stands...
Review: Brotherhood as artistic evolution in ‘Piero’
Edmond Baudoin is a relatively obscure figure in America, looming under whatever radar we have that detects French cartoonists. As explained in Matt Madden’s excellent introduction to Piero — Madden also did the translation...
Review: Ulli Lust’s ‘Voices In The Dark’ is a walk on the worst side
The offerings from New York Review Comics have revealed one challenging work after another with curation of truly elevated works, but as impressive as they have all been, I don’t think any of them...
Review: Hard truths in ‘Soft City’
To take Soft City at face value, there are some very simple lessons to learn from Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner. Everything is the same. There is no one thing. Life is not an adventure. In...
New York Review Comics launches with Beyer, Blutch, Baxter and more
New comics company alert! This is one that has been brewing for a while and you will not believe where it's coming from. The New York Review of Book, a publication that usually has the word "august" appended to it, is launching a line of graphic novels, with new editions of classic works by Mark Beyer, Blutch, Glen Baxter and more. The new imprint is in the tradition of their NYRB Classics line of prose reprints (And also a little reminiscent of Dover's recent efforts along those lines.)
