Monthly Archives: April 2010

Indie Comic Review: Spell Checkers vol. 1

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Brian Gardes

When Jamie S. Rich sent me a preview of Spell Checkers volume 1, so we could interview him about it, it sat unopened until the day before the interview. Jamie’s last book (You Have KIlled Me) made my top 5 … Continue reading →

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Indie Comic Review: Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Brian Gardes

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=stumpt-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0980233534&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead Written by Steve Pugh (from a story by Warren Ellis) Illustrated by Steve Pugh Radical Publishing $14.95 Alice Hotwire is a Detective Exorcist for the Metro Police Department. She deals with the spirits of … Continue reading →

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Indie Comic Review: Flaccid Badger

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Brian Gardes

  Flaccid Badger is about as pure of a concept as you can get.  There is a badger.  He is limp.  that’s the entire concept.  And, I must say, it is brilliant! I picked up the two Flaccid Badger mini-comics … Continue reading →

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Spell Checkers Interview: Jamie S. Rich

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Brian Gardes

  We sit down with Jamie S. Rich to talk about his new book Spell Checkers.  http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf

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Indie Comic Review: My Brain Hurts (vol. 2)

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Brian Gardes

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=stumpt-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1934620440&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr My Brain Hurts (Vol. 2) Creator: Liz Baillie Microcosm Publishing Price: $6 (I think) The nice folks at Microcosm sent us a stack of books to peruse.  The first one I looked at was Snakepit, which wasn’t really to … Continue reading →

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Indie Comic Review: Snake Pit 2008

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Brian Gardes

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=stumpt-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1934620238&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr Snake Pit 2008 Art & Story by Ben Snakepit $6.00 Microcosm Publishing Many people have blogs. Very few people have interesting blogs. But really, how can they?  For the vast majority of the people in the world, one day … Continue reading →

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Indie Comic Review: The Ride Home

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Brian Gardes

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=stumpt-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=097703044X&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr The Ride Home Story and art by Joey Weiser $8.95 AdHouse Books The genius of the comic Bone was in its simplicity. At its core it was a story about three cousins who stumble in to an adventure that … Continue reading →

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Indie Comic Review: No Hero

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Brian Gardes

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=stumpt-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=159291084X&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr We sit down and take a look at No Hero by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp. http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf

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