Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
The Disquiet of Life Under Surveillance In an unidentified, vaguely Eastern European city, the town's sectors are controlled by different political factions. Nadia, the daughter of former political activists in one of those factions, lives a quiet life with her widowed mother. Her father was killed years earlier in a bomb attack during the nation's … Continue reading The Shadower
A Dark Tale of Family Dysfunction and Madness Pig Wife, the first graphic novel by illustrator and animator Abbey Luck (with artwork by Luck and Ruka Bravo), is a multigenerational tale of a family dysfunction, abuse, and madness. The reader is introduced to four generations of the Harlow family, owners of a once profitable mine. … Continue reading Pig Wife by Abbey Luck
As the con season winds down in the fall, Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the city's convention center with an extensive array of comics creators along with media personalities and cosplaying attendees. Here's an overview of this year's Baltimore fan fest from my perspective. Click on the thumbnail images to display a gallery of photos on … Continue reading Baltimore Comic-Con 2025
Underground and Indie Comics Prevail in Philly Alicia C.L. and Connie Myers. While the great underground comics anthologies of the late 1960s through the early 1990s -- Zap, Weirdo, Raw -- are gone, the world of underground comic books remains vibrant through the work of publishers like Last Gasp, Fantagraphics, and Drawn and Quarterly. The … Continue reading Philly Comics Expo 2025
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