Comix

`Comics Are Life`

Tom Hart has been praised with bringing a Whitmanesque quality to comics. These are comics that breathe large gulps of the living air. By all means, read 'Hutch Owens Working Hard', 'New Hat' and 'the Sands'. Refreshing yes? If there is one chance for another renaissance in the comics world, it is Paul Pope and his creation 'THB'. It is boldly bold in such a boldly bold manner. Read THP and follow the pigdog ever. Perhaps if Sebadoh was a comic, it would certainly be Adrian Tomine's 'Optic Nerve'. This is indy rock in all its lo-fi, melancholy glory. Also look for the collected mini's. Bringing style, grace and NewYorker sensibilities to comics. Seth's 'Palookaville' is a soft shoe of through a brand new yesterday. Further reading ... Insomnia by Andrew Moran Madman by Mike Alldred Meatcakes by Dame Darcy Rubber Blanket by David Mazzuchelli City of Glass by Paul Auster & David Mazzuchelli Cowboy Wally Show by Kyle Baker Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker Skeleton Key by Andi Watson Unsupervised Existence by Terry Leban Love and Rockets by Jaime and Beto Hernandez Cages by Dave McKean Cheap Novelties by Ben Katchor The Complete Alec by Eddie Campbell Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore BACK or BOBA