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Yveselan Daily, except when too busy with prior occupations
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By pradlee Variable, posted in clumps (when I have access to a scanner!)
Whiplash/Amnesia
Written and illustrated by James Haikin Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
WASTED
Written and Illustrated by Gerry Alanguilan Finished
Back
Written and drawn by Abigail Parker Sundays
The Widow Reminisces Over a Plate of Vegetables
By Alexander Danner and Stephanie Smith One-shot, No updates
Golden Boy
By Max Riffner Finished! No more updates!
HOOD CLASSIC: Chapter Three, The Relationships (Act. 1)
Written and Illustrated by Herbert L. Richardson Jr./Arcadia Nevermind Weekly
Three Rivers
by Joshua Hale Fialkov & Noel Tuazon
Newheimburg
Written/drawn by Ryan Robinson Updates every Monday
Spark-Tower Wilson's Silent Song
by Jeff Coleman and Stephen Greenwood-Hyde
The Ghosts of Pineville
By Sara L. Turner Every Monday & Thursday
Island of the Moths
Written by Peter Gelman, art by Neal Skorpen Wednesdays
Genre City: Plan B
Written & Illustrated By Benjamin Birdie Every Wednesday
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Nice Work
By Geoff Grogan Updated Fridays
It's a Sore World, Honey Pie!
Written and Illustrated by Pedro Martin. Updated when inspirations knocks on the door.
Capture the Moment
Story and Art by Nika Tsu-Hwei Weekly
tOrN
By Zach Bassett One-shot, no updates. Completed in one week.
Sevenplains
By Tintin Pantoja Updates randomly
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Recommended Reading
"The Good Crook" is a great read.
Unlike any other comic I've read lately -- on the web or in print -- "The Good Crook" is a great read. Fueled by writer-artist Magnolia Porter's obsession with '70s New York gangster films (especially Scorsese), the comic successfully keeps one foot in hommage to the genre, and the other in slice-of-life, domestic comedy-drama -- no mean feat in any medium, and RARELY achieved in comics! The story focuses on the relationship between a Brooklyn waiter/wannabe gangster and his tough-talking, street-wise daughter, who's languishing in the custody of her upwardly-mobile mom. Porter really knows her world and characters, making them likeable and believable. The dialogue is absolutely terrific. On top of this is her fun, fluid and expressive drawing style -- which drew me to the comic in the first place -- and strong color sense. Her shading of the faces is sometimes a little too eccentric and jarring, but that's my only complaint about this standout comic.
... read it now!
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'Wahoo Morris' isn't the name of some gun-totin', fist-flingin' action hero. No. It's the name of a four-piece rock band trying to make a go of it. Part "Love and Rockets", part "Strangers in Paradise", this comic is totally addictive.
The first thing you notice is the seductive and accomplished art of Taillefer. His beautiful rendering sucks you into the world of the fledgling band and it's members, friends, flatmates and groupies. Next, he sets up a slice-of-life read at first... cleverly introducing us to the broad canvas of characters that make up the series. He quickly introduces a love subplot, a cast of wonderful secondary characters (including animals that are stunningly realised on the page) and a creeping forboding of something not quite natural in the world of one of the band members. Taillefer writes about what he obviously knows: music, bands, youth culture, young love... and comic books! The 'main' character, besides playing in the band, works as a freelance inker for some bloody god-awful superhero comics publisher! Ha! Art reflecting life reflecting... rock'n'roll! Highly recommended.
... read it now!
As of this writing, Nice Work has just started up, but it looks interesting.
"Nice Work" by Geoff Grogan looks interesting, in a way that manages to remind me simultaneously of the work of R. Crumb and Joe Zabel (yeah, I know -- strange combination).
"The future's been abandoned," says one of the characters early on, before taking his friend to a crapped-out and abandoned 1960's honky-tonk where Frank Sinatra (maybe?) was rumored to have once performed. Grogan gets you to a creepy headspace immediately, with his meticulous, ink-lines-out-the-wazoo art style and his deliberately stiff presentation and blocking. I look forward to seeing where this one goes.
... read it now!
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