World Comic Book Review

18th April 2024

TOE & SO LONG (review) —“Many doors lead to the same place”

Creator: Jacob Michael Campbell Illustrator: Alexis Vivallo Crude Rose 2023 AN ADOLESCENT DREAM plays with images of doors scattered in the distance across a rolling meadow, and zooms in on two traveling partners on the move, a doughboy‑guy with sharp toes and fingers named Toe, and a curly cat named So Long, searching “seemingly always” … Read more

Urlan, Cosmic Cat (review)

Writers: Valentina Kay , Daniele Bonfanti  Art: ChatGPT / Dalle Bee Lab Studios, February 2024 Urlan Cosmic Cat is a brand-new comic book “experiment,” published by Bee Lab Studios and written by Daniele Bonfanti and Valentina Key. The book is an ambitious venture that attempts to revolutionize the approach to storytelling by integrating the latest innovations in … Read more

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