These Jim Henson Storyteller Witches books that Archaia is putting out are really remarkable. Kyla Vanderklugt’s, The Snow Witch,is a vaster contemplation of life and the human experience than stories ten times its length.
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The Snow Witch, Tale Two from Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Witches
Posted: November 5, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, BOOM! Studios, Comicology - Comic BooksTags: Archaia, Japan, Jim Henson's The Storyteller Witches, Kyla Vanderklugt, The Snow Witch, winter
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Over Easy
Posted: October 29, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, Comicology - Comic BooksTags: 1970's, Bay Area, diner, Drawn and Quarterly, Mimi Pond, Over Easy, punk, rock
Washing dishes in a restaurant is among the least glamorous of occupations. But not once does Mimi Pond complain or delve into the requisite diatribe on scraping and scrubbing in a perpetual cloud of greasy mist. Time can add a rose colored tint to things, sure, but Pond knew then that she was part of a story worth telling. Thirty years later, here it is, Over Easy.
The Undertaking of Lily Chen
Posted: October 15, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, Comicology - Comic BooksTags: China, corpse bride, Danica Novgodoroff, First Second Books, Graphic Novel, ink painting, philosophy, The Undertaking of Lily Chen, yin-yang
photo courtesy of First Second Books
Every once in a while you’ll read a story that seems to keep converging on itself. In the best possible way. The words are like impressionistic brushstrokes and they come to inform this very rich, and often very beautiful picture. Danica Novgorodoff’s The Undertaking of Lily Chen is one of those books. “The story begins where a young life ends,” the life of Wei Li. Ancient Chinese tradition – and his parents – insist that Wei’s brother, Deshi, must find a young bride to accompany him in eternal sleep. Grieving aside, Deshi’s task is not a simple one. In modern China, demand for corpse brides is high. A journey awaits.
The Woman Behind the Redesigned Batgirl: Babs Tarr
Posted: October 8, 2014 by Ian Gaudreau in Art, Comicology - Comic Books, DC ComicsTags: Babs Tarr, Batgirl, BCC, Boston Comic Con, DC, New 52, Redesign
DC’s Batgirl Redesign
Back in July, the internet exploded about DC’s new Batgirl redesign. With a hip, stylish, and cool costume, we are seeing Barbara Gordon like we have never seen her before. Babs Tarr, the artist behind the revamped comic, originally made much of her fame through her Tumblr. At Boston Comic Con 2014, Tarr was flooded with fans showing their appreciation for the new take on a character they love. It was great seeing so much positive energy surrounding the new Batgirl. We had the chance to ask Tarr a few questions about her thoughts on this experience:
Last Train to Old Town
Posted: October 8, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, Comicology - Comic Books, Independent ComicsTags: high school, indie comics, Kenan Rubenstein, Last Train to Old Town, nerd
Unless you’re the Zack Morris type, high school can be less than awesome. And Two-Shoes, the protagonist of Kenan Rubenstein’s Last Train to Old Town, is no Zack Morris. Whether he’s being shoved into a locker, chided for reading for fun, or told to sit somewhere else at lunch, Two-Shoes remains pretty much un-phased. This resilient little nerd marches to his own beat and Stone, a modern James Dean type who heads a band of misfits, has taken notice.
Gray Horses
Posted: October 1, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, Comicology - Comic BooksTags: Bryan Lee O'Malley, dreams, Gray Horses, homesick, Hope Larson, journey, Lost at Sea, Oni Press, study abroad
Light years away from comics that go “thwack” and “pow” is Hope Larson’s Gray Horses, a poetic little book put out by Oni Press. This coming of age tale, an exploration of both the outer and inner aspects of one girl’s journey abroad, is gently executed yet powerfully evocative. Like a diary, due, partially, to its reader’s omniscience, but more so for its soft, dreamy panelscape, Gray Horses is reminiscent – in no way derivative – of Larson’s husband, Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Lost at Sea. There’s more than a bit of magic in these pages.
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches #1
Posted: September 24, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, BOOM! Studios, Comicology - Comic Books, General, Movies & TelevisionTags: Archaia, fairy tale, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, S.M. Vidaurri, The Magic Swan Goose and the Lord of the Forest, witches
BOOM! imprint Archaia is doing this cool little series inspired by the Jim Henson Storyteller television series that aired in the late eighties and early nineties. S.M Vidaurri’s The Magic Swan Goose and the Lord of the Forest is the first of four tales in The Storyteller: Witches run. If this is any indication of what’s to come, we’ve got a lot of looking forward to do.
The Rabbi’s Cat
Posted: September 17, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, Comicology - Comic Books, GeneralTags: bande dessinee, cats, Joann Sfar, Judaism, Pantheon Books, The Rabbi's Cat
Despite benevolent intentions, organized religion has facilitated, provoked, and justified acts heinous and horrific enough to make anyone paying attention a bit Godsick. That said, Joanne Sfar’s The Rabbi’s Cat is a breath of fresh air. Set in 1930’s Algeria, a time and place in which Arabs and Jews were able to coexist, and narrated by Majrum, the cat, this story offers a fresh outsider’s perspective on religion with a healthy dose of humor.
Interesting Drug
Posted: September 3, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, BOOM! StudiosTags: Anna Wieszczyk, Archaia, BOOM! Studios, Graphic Novel, Interesting Drug, Sci-Fi, Shaun Manning, time travel
Chro Noz, the time travel drug. Just pop a capsule, take aim, and the next thing you know, you’re there – wherever, nay, whenever you’ve aimed – within the parameters of your own existence, of course. Addictive as all get out. It’s becoming a problem in Interesting Drug, Shaun Manning’s new graphic novel from BOOM! imprint Archaia.
Blacksad!
Posted: August 27, 2014 by Kristilyn Waite in Art, Dark Horse Comics, Movies & TelevisionTags: bande desinee, Blacksad, Dargaud, Darkhorse, film noir, Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido
The American 1950’s are often remembered through rose-colored glasses. But these were dangerous and tumultuous times. Mounting racial tensions, the Red Scare, and nuclear warfare, constant threats, lurked just below the surface. Day to day life had changed radically and rapidly with the advent of television, the interstate highway system, and the sprawl of suburbia. Under the flimsy facade of tidy innocence, instability and volatility had begun to boil over. Corruption and greed, ever present human qualities, had began to take the lead. John Blacksad, bicolor cat, Private Investigator, and protagonist of Blacksad, has his work cut out for him.
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