Ride Across The Many Worlds of Philippine Komiks With Abangan

From heartbroken memoirs, to poetry comics, and yes, even superheroes, we can’t wait for Abangan: The Best Philippine Komiks 2014!

originally published by Pacifiqa.com, April 2014

Cool Britannia Is Out Of Bounds

The Vinyl Underground is a serviceable rehash of early 90s Vertigo themes in gentrified contemporary London.

originally posted on the Multiply page of Sputnik Fantastik, February 2010

Bridget Jones in Kirby’s Fourth World

Jersey Gods succeeds at an unlikely mashup of chick lit and cosmic superheroics.

originally posted on the Multiply page of Sputnik Fantastik, January 2010

Ontario Gothic

A rootless cultural nomad reviews Jeff Lemire’s rural family drama The Collected Essex County.

originally posted on the Multiply page of Sputnik Fantastik, November 2009

Desperate Housecat Owner

Garfield Minus Garfield offers a tragicomic portrait of a Sad Young Man.

originally published by Fully Booked Zine, January 2009

Kafka in the Boardroom

Dilbert 2.0 is a sweeping retrospective of corporate absurdity.

originally published by Fully Booked Zine, December 2008

The Legend of a Financial Wizard

Kaoru Kakutani’s manga biography of George Soros makes investing seem like superheroics.

layout adapted from NeoThemes