World Comic Book Review

25th March 2024

VENUS RISES: PARALLELS (review)—“Corporate rule in space sucks”

Creator: J.G. Birdsall Art: Bora Orcal et al. Independent, 2019: collected edition 2024 THE MODERN PREMISE of segregation, where the rich escape the wretched crust of humanity into gated communities, resort hotels, tropical islands, jet streams above the clouds, and whole planets in the nearby galaxy, plays out in VENUS RISES: PARELLELS by creator J.G. … Read more

GRRL SCOUTS: MAGIC SOCKS (revisited)— “Rock your socks off”

Creator: Jim Mahfood Coloring: Justin Stewart Image Comics, 2017 THUMPING BEATS and screeching melodies push you through the swooshing tunnel of GRRL SCOUTS: MAGIC SOCKS by wired artist Jim Mahfood, till you end prostrate and exhausted, trembling on a blood‑soaked street. Your bruised mind looks warily around as shredded debris drifts peacefully to rest. There … Read more

Brooklyn Tattoo (review) – “Live to print, print to live”

Creator: Adam Suerte with contributions by Mark Bodē, Sophie Crumb, Myke Maldonado, Jason Mitchell Urban Folk Art Studios 2022 BODY AS CANVAS goes along with walls as canvas, paper, t‑shirts, anything that takes ink. I was pleased to find artist creator Adam Suerte in BROOKLYN TATTOO, a 150-page bio-graphic of his life as a tattoo … Read more