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time for the periodical Seth Fisher Appreciation tweet once again
Lara Kaminoff’s HOW TO PICK A FIGHT is an absolute delight. An incredibly charming comic fit for all ages, with a genuinely wonderful story and tremendous cartooning. I was smiling the whole time I was reading it; a delight in every possible way.
I really enjoyed NEW ATOMS by Kiku Hughes, available as part of the ShortBox Comics Fair; it's a very neat vignette about the desire for healing as an external force, wonderfully conceived and realized with some gorgeous cartooning. A cool bit of form following function.
Just got a chance to read A TOMATO IN CHAINS by Michael Furler (@hoimichi), offered in the ShortBox Comics Fair, and I liked it a lot—a striking balance between ironic whimsy and genuine sincere cleverness, with some really lovely cartooning. Just a whole lot of fun.
Finally got to read THE MANY MYTHS OF SECOND SPINE by @planetsmudge, one of the ShortBox Comics Fair I titles was most excited about, and it was a delight—Sajan is an immensely clever cartoonist, and this was at once incredibly entertaining and extremely cool. I loved it a lot.
I just finished reading MY BODY UNSPOOLING by @leofox__, released as part of the ShortBox Comics Fair, and it’s exceptional. I wasn’t familiar with Fox’s work until now, but I’m absolutely stunned—a visceral little graphic poem on the divinity of the bodily, beautifully realized.
After loving TUNNELS I went back and read Rutu Modan’s THE PROPERTY, which I really loved. Modan is such an incredibly sharp observer of character, and her cartooning is an absolute joy to witness, making for a comic that is at once intimate and thrilling to read. I love it.
Matthieu Bonhomme’s WANTED: LUCKY LUKE and THE MAN WHO SHOT LUCKY LUKE are absolutely gorgeous. I had some qualms with the stories—they had very little anchoring them to the time and place they purport to inhabit beyond stereotype, for one—but Bonhomme’s cartooning is immaculate.