Writers: Loch Ness and Wes Locher Artist: Loch Ness Independent, 2018 Comic books, like so many other forms of art and entertainment ranging from poetry to architecture, tend to reflect prevailing trends in contemporary politics and and society values. Some of this is abundantly obvious: the Milan train station built by Mussolini boasts Fascist grandeur, … Read more
Creator: Dr Machina Independently published, July 2019 This is not our first encounter with the strangeness of Dr Machina. In March 2018 we reviewed Single Cell, the good Doctor’s first foray – https://worldcomicbookreview.com/2018/03/23/single-cell-review/ . The introduction to this new collection, Scissorwalk, sums up the process: What Dr. Machina has done in the pages of the book you … Read more
Writer: Cody Fernandez Artist: Maxi Dall’o Wkd Publishing / IronVerse Comics, October 2019 Crack open your best, cheapest bourbon. Everyone’s favourite hulking, muttering space cowboy returns in Jack Irons #2. We favourably reviewed the first issue back in December 2018 – see https://worldcomicbookreview.com/2018/12/31/jack-irons-the-steel-cowboy-1-review/. The hook to this title is the droll comedy. The issue opens with … Read more
CursesWriter: Josef CastielArtist: Jacob FlemingCursescomic.com One of the most sensible things to do in independent comic book publishing, and one done so rarely done that we cannot think of another example of it, is to deploy an editor. Too many independent comics suffer for the absence of an editor. Writer Josef Castiel and artist Jacob … Read more