World Comic Book Review

29th April 2024

Hey Kids! Comics! (revisited)—“What then when the roar of cannons fades”

Creator: Howard Chaykin Image Comics, 2019 WHAT WE FOUGHT FOR in World War Two against fascism is supposed to be abundantly clear. Freedom. From an American viewpoint, the placard found at a German concentration camp, “Work makes you free,” seemed like obviously evil logic. Beginning the story here in the aftermath, in 1945, we see … Read more

Rebel Rebel: The Graphic Biography of David Bowie

Creator: Con Chrisoulis Independently published, August 2020 MINIATURIZED REPRESENTATIVE ART in painting and figures, often fashioned in jewelry and worn as a talisman, at times achieves an incredible veracity to detail to portray the likeness of the original subject, like a tiny ship in a bottle. This is the perfect effect in the graphic panels … Read more

Salty Seductions of the Salacious Seas (review)—“Love is the motive right or wrong”

Writer: David Doub Artist: Pat Binder Diamond, February 2022 Entering this finely drawn story in the quiet meadows of Cornwall, traveling in a carriage drawn by a team of four horses, looks more comfortable than it could have been, due to the charming penmanship of both writer David Doub and artist Pat Binder, leading us … Read more

Sidney Hammer—“Through the night longing for day”

Story and art: Massacre Embellished: Dani Seijas Amigo Amigo Comics, 2019 FLIRTING WITH BIGGER ART in European albums, deluxe editions, and hardbound absolute and omnibus collections, I skirted back to search in standard magazine formats so familiar in the mid-decades of the last century, like those dad stacked in boxes in the attic, archiving adventures, … Read more