Comic Books

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #115 by Drew Barth How Bad Can It Be? Long ago, in the pre-plague days, I was asked at my local comic shopif I would like to sign up for releases from a new publisher called Bad Idea. Knowing literally nothing about them, I decided, eh, why not?… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #113: A Get Together Some of the most popular manga are what is known as “slice-of-life” series. They are, as the name implies, series about the main characters’ lives and the various hijinks that permeate them. As stories, they’re meant to let the reader relax and lose themselves… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #111 by Drew Barth Under the Radar If we think back to comics during and after World War II an interesting trend emerges. We had the Golden Age of comics and all of the heroes and horror stories that brought—which then led to the adoption of Comics Code… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #109 by Drew Barth Bring Us Comics Sometimes we forget that comics are coming from all over the place. I know I’ve grown accustomed to what I can find in my local shop and the webcomics that have been bookmarked on my laptop for a decade, but comics… Continue reading