Matt Madden uses multiple methods of visual storytelling in the surreal, inventive graphic novel "Ex Libris". A troubled person enters a room that holds a bookshelf stocked with... Read More

Noah Van Sciver reflects on his unusual upbringing and its effects on his life in the memoir "One Dirty Tree". The book’s title stems from the dilapidated, unkempt house Van... Read More

Raw, visceral, and direct from the creator’s id comes "The Clandestinauts" by Tim Sievert, a graphic novel about a group of Dungeons & Dragons–style adventurers. The... Read More

This is a whirlwind biography of Jules Pascin, “The Prince of Montparnasse,” a bohemian Jewish artist who lived and worked in France in the 1920s. Various vignettes from his... Read More

MariNaomi cuts to the quick with her emotionally resonant comics collection that offers variety and a comforting voice. A practiced hand at personal, tell-all comics, MariNaomi... Read More

Sam Alden has compiled two gorgeous, nearly wordless stories in "It Never Happened Again". “Hawaii 1997” tells the story of a mystical, moonlit encounter on a beach between... Read More

There are any number of clever ways of categorizing "True Swamp", each of them more or less accurate; most recently, I’ve taken to referring to it as a profane post-punk Pogo.... Read More