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Love and Rockets: New Stories #4 in the Comixology store (far lev) and inside the comic
“At no point in my life has it ever felt like a good idea to confess that I’d never read any Love and Rockets, so this seemed like a great opportunity to address the problem.”
quite a lot of the work of Terry Wiley. The themes of family that run through Jaime’s strips left me feeling like I’d arrived during the last series of a long-running soap opera, whereas Gilbert’s strips about an actor and actress discussing their lives was both accessible and something that I could empathise with. Both cartoonists are clearly very talented, and Jaime’s insistence on portraying real people, with realistic proportions and believable motivations, is to be celebrated, but nonetheless it’s Gilbert whose work I’m going to go and track down in future. It’s never easy breaking into such a long-running series, but Love and Rockets won me over effortlessly with New Stories #4, even without knowing the characters’ back stories. THE MONKEY IN THE BASEMENT By Corrine Mucha Published by Top Shelf through Comixology Winner: Ignatz Award for Outstanding MiniMComic
‘This is the thing about the monkey. We have to let it know that we’re friendly. Cats, you hang out by the back door and tell them we’re cool.’ ‘Ooh! They’re gonna do it!’ ‘Nope, they’re pooping by the back door again.’
Reminiscent of the work of Jeffrey Brown, Liz Prince or CONTINUES ➤
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