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This morning I read the first volume of Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s BLUE PERIOD, which was really pleasant. I’d meant to read this one for a long time, and it did not disappoint; a very sweet start go a story about finding emotional meaning after prolonged alienation, with lovely art.
Really enamored with Aimee de Jongh’s cartooning in DAYS OF SAND. It’s a lovely book about the struggles of the self and spirit with circumstances beyond its earthly control and the shortcomings of “looking in from the outside,” with some stunning art that amplifies its humanity.
Today I also read all of THE GOOD ASIAN, which is tremendous on all fronts: smart and propulsive and incisive and moving, with some absolutely gorgeous art that really elevates it. It’s in complete command of what it wants to say and how—just a wonder to witness. @erikaschnatz
Adam de Souza’s ISH really knocked me over. A striking bit of comics poetry exploring the wounds that heal and the wounds you learn to heal around; a beautiful display of the tentative and the ephemeral. A book that serves as a testament to the power of the whole form. I love it.
This morning I read Thomas Ott’s R.I.P.: BEST OF 1985–2004, which was one hell of a book. Some stories are naturally stronger than others, but the heights are astounding—troubling, haunting little stories of obsessive brutality and futility, stunningly rendered and realized.