Shintaro Kago’s ‘Dementia 21’ Showcases Surrealist Manga
As much as I admire Shintaro Kago's oddness as a writer, his artistic pen is even sharper (but not without problems) as evident in Dementia 21.
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Classic Shōjo Today: Moto Hagio’s ‘The Poe Clan’
Moto Hagio's The Poe Clan manga series a gender-fluid melodrama marked by deep psychological trauma.
John Pham’s J&K – It’s a Matter of Perspective
In J&K, John Pham explores perspectives in the psychological sense. Like Picasso, he views things from more than one angle.
‘Goblin Girl’ and the Fiction/ Nonfiction Dichotomy
Moa Romanova's "semi-auto-bio" graphic fiction, Goblin Girl, explores the dating world with a mysterious mix of art and influences.
Ana Galvañ’s ‘Press Enter to Continue’ Gets Weird with the Storyboard Format
Is the ghost-child forming pixel-by-pixel in Ana Galvañ's Press Enter to Continue a repressed memory, a government-induced hallucination, or something weirder still?
Graphic Novel ‘The Structure Is Rotten, Comrade’ Is at War with Itself
Blurgits—the drawing of multiple limbs to suggest motion— is effective in Yann Kebbi's artwork for The Structure Is Rotten, Comrade, creating a world teetering on carefully crafted incoherence—which is well suited to Viken Berberian's script.