The Best Books of 2021
As is PopMatters‘ ethos throughout our 22 years of publishing, there’s a strong current of feminism electrifying our picks for the Best Books of 2021.
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Michael DeForge’s ‘Heaven No Hell’ Delivers on Its Promise
Artistic evolution alone cannot explain what is found within Michael DeForge’s Heaven No Hell.
Graphic Novella ‘Stunt’ Seeks Escape from Perpetual Entrapment
Like the title letters, the physical format of Michael DeForge's Stunt creates a kind of cage holding the main character inside rigid panels.
Michael DeForge’s ‘Brat’ Challenges the Act of Reading Comics
While dimension-deforming environments are normal in cartoon worlds, few wander as far to the edge of pure abstraction—let alone cross it -- as Michael DeForge does in Brat.