LA QUIMERA Illustrated by Samuel Blanco – Written by Ian Mondrick [Editor’s note: Presented below are three excerpts from LA QUIMERA, the oral history of Venezuela’s fight against the extradimensional invaders known worldwide as ‘The Chimera’. The book details a country’s incredible victory over an alien enemy, but also functions as a tribute to Rafael […]
Allowance Like so many suburban kids in the 80’s & 90’s, I got an allowance. The prerequisites were: Assist him with yard work on Saturday, change the litter for Gip & Chip (my 2 guinea pigs), clean up my room…and recite my vocabulary words. I was a latch-key kid (like so many suburban kids in
PITH & PRIMM Illustrated by Cargodin – Written by Ian Mondrick A day full of promise had turned sour for young Master Pith. The early afternoon sun climbed slowly, promising the first of what would hopefully be many splendid spring days. Pith could see the morning dew atomizing on the hilltops behind his home, coaxed
THE EMPLOYEE PROBLEM The chamber fills with water. From somewhere above the domed ceiling, through a slatted air vent, a stream trickles down the thick cement walls and pools around my feet. My work boots (provided at no cost by The Company), are nearly submerged, the tide rising almost exactly to the height of their
–THE HITMAN vs. KILLER: Which one are you? (or is it just me?) –THIS IMMORTAL COIL is a comic on Kickstarter I edited & you need to check it out. THE HITMAN, THE KILLER, AND YOU. What movies talk to you about your creative process? And what do these two similar-yet-different films tell me about
Art by Jay Rollins The Green Lady art by Jay Rollins – words by Ian Mondrick When all onboard systems failed, leaving her deaf and blind sixty miles above the surface, Esmer didn’t bat an eyelash. As her hand-made interplanetary spacecraft was instantly turned to a feeble metal glider, not a bead of sweat crossed her
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The Chemistry of Cocktails: CHASER Review Click here to Read CHASER for free on GlobalComix The phrase “Drinking steals happiness from tomorrow” cuts like a utility knife in CHASER, an 8-page comic by Heather Vaughan, Alex Breen, Lucas Gattoni, Sonia Harris and Claire Napier. Recently released for free on the Global Comix platform, this potent
Sorry I Never Wrote You Back But when you have nothing to say, the best practice is to stop talking. And while I’ve been hard at work on what can be most elegantly called “comics stuff”, there really hasn’t been a reason to put out a newsletter until this moment. So, after a much-needed break,
