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Metronome by Veronique Tanaka
Tanaka, Véronique. Metronome. NBM, 2008. 68p, black and white hardcover, $13.95. 9781561635269. Metronome is an unusual and interesting comic, but it’s not as unusual as the back copy on the book would have you believe: “Just when you thought that nobody could create something new in the comic medium, here comes Metronome – a 64-page [...]
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Maggots by Brian Chippendale
Chippendale, Brian. Maggots. Picturebox Inc, 2007. 4″ x 6″, 344 p. $21.95. ISBN: 9780978972264. I listed Brian Chippendale’s Ninja as one of my favorite comics of 2006. It was my first reading of a long work by Chippendale, my experience up to that point a few brief pages in an anthology here or there. Long [...]
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Hunter and Painter by Tom Gauld
Hunter & Painter by Tom Gauld. Buenaventura Press, 2007. I’m a big fan of Tom Gauld’s comic work. His minimalist drawing, subtle but skilled use of the formal elements of comics, and his dry humor combine to make work that is a pleasure to read and examine. But the range of his stories is starting [...]