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Minicomic Minute: Tales from Aeaea
Do you want a great fantasy book? How about a great fantasy book with a beautifully printed interior and a jaw-dropping screen-printed cover? I thought so. Tales from Aeaea by Andrea Kalfas is the...
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Minicomic Minute: Time, a Comics Anthology
Trees and Hills is a comics collective based out of Western MA, NH and VT. They have put out a number of awesome anthologies over the years, and Time is no exception. Designing an anthology is hard...
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Minicomic Minute: The Complete Talamaroo
Well well well! The Complete Talamaroo by Alabaster! This is one of my favorite minicomics for a plethora of reasons. Not only is the story just plain fun and the drawings absolutely captivating,...
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Minicomic Minute: Mangy Mutt Comics!
Field Trip!!! At the Center for Cartoon Studies last week, I poked around their comics library and found this totally charming minicomic, Mangy Mutt Comics! by Dan Rinylo. The visuals are so crisp,...
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Minicomic Minute: Maggots
If you have been to a indie comics or zine show in the past 5 years, you’ve probably heard of risograph printing. It’s a printing method that originates from Japan and combines photocopying with...
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Minicomic Minute: Hey, 4-Eyes! Issue #3
This zine about eyeglasses and the people that wear them by Zine Queen Robyn Chapman has always been one of my go-to example of super solid design! This book is designed from head to toe. There isn’t...
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Minicomic Minute: Looking Good
Will Dinski is a superb cartoonist who has done great work for Top Shelf and 2DCloud, and this minicomic, Looking Good, is no exception! It’s a cute little book that has a really simple, yet elegant...
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Minicomic Minute: SHE IS RESTLESS vol 3: maelstrom
Today I have a book by Rebecca Mir that seems to not be a comic, but I still find it sequential in nature, especially in how it’s constructed. There is a simplicity and elegance in how it unfolds, and...
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Minicomic Minute: Roxie No. 5 and 6
I can do two books in an episode, right?! I mean, I’m the one making the rules here! Well, good, because I couldn’t decide between these two books by Stephanie Mannheim from her Roxie series. Each...
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Minicomic Minute: Addicted to Bumpers
I n her book Geometry of Design, Kimberly Elam discusses a concept known as “Cognitive Proportion Preference.” Basically, what ratio and size rectangle we prefer, deep down. In an 1876 study, the...
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