Comic Books

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #51 by Drew Barth Another New Year. It is another new year. Oh god, it is a new decade. And, as always, there’s new comics to get excited about and a new decade of comics to see come into existence. The comics releasing this year are the ones… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #49 by Drew Barth Live from Miami Part 3—Kat Verhoeven From webcomic to brand new book on your shelf, Kat Verhoeven’s Meat and Bone is one of the most recent webcomics to make the leap to published book. From its dialogue to its color palette to its subject matter,… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #48 by Drew Barth Live from Miami Part 2—David Heatley David Heatley’s Qualification is easily one of the strongest graphic memoirs to come out in recent memory. This autobiographical story spanning Heatley’s life takes us deep into the world of 12-step programs, addiction, and the people who qualify at… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #46 by Drew Barth Furthest Star In the pantheon of DC heroes, Green Lantern has maintained as one of the most iconic characters for the past eighty years. From the white gloves to the lantern battery to the green rings around their fingers, Green Lanterns are one of… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #45 by Drew Barth Devil’s Night I love, and always will love, short works. Blasts of story and character that know the precise moment to end with the biggest impact possible. Warren Ellis in his newsletter years ago ruminated on the idea of a graphic novella that would… Continue reading