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Taking the idea of awareness and screwing with it from multiple vantage points — self-awareness, awareness of the space around you, familial awareness, scientific awareness, societal awareness — Aama addresses, among other things, the notion of a hive mind and presents mankind as a damaged entity, one in which each part is out of sync […]

Although this year’s Small Press Expo’s theme is “Cartoonists of the 21st Century,” they are allowing cartoonists older than 30 to be guests as well. Just announced, the international slate, which consists of Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke —with more to come. And peep the Gemma Correll drawn poster above. This will be […]

And as the end of year lists circulate, Spring catalogs are also making 2015 all the closer. SelfMadeHero has announced their Spring 2015 line, some of which has been listed here before. In recent years, SelfMadeHero has distinguished itself for a line of graphic novels both visually stunning and emotionally compelling. This list sounds equally strong.

The Sculptor

Scott McCloud

February

This will be published in January by First Second in the US. IT’s the long–awaited return to fiction by McCloud (understand Comics) with the story of a dying young artist who discovers that getting the power to create anything he wishes isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Behind The Curtain

Andrzej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal (The Master and Margarita, Robot).

March

An autobiographical tale of life in communist Poland, as artistic expression flourished amid an impoverished society.

Aama Volume 3: The Desert of Mirrors

Frederik Peeters

March

The third volume of Peeter’s stunningly visual, complex SF tale.

Pablo

Julie Birmant and Clément Oubrerie

April

This biography of Picasso won the Grand Prix at France’s RTL Graphic Novel Awards. Haven’t seen the insides but it’s supposed to be gorgeous.

The Yellow King

Robert W Chambers and I.N.J. Culbard

May

As previously mentioned, fans of True Detective and horror should enjoy Lovecraft exert Colberd’s adaptation of this highly influential series of short stories.

Fans of I. N. J. Culbard‘s work will be thrilled to hear about his adaptation of Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow, which we publish in May. The stories that make up this classic

End of a Century: Nineties Album Reviews in Pictures

Run Wrake

May

A collection of Wrake’s illustrations of musicians from NME. Essential 90s nostalgia—just fire up a little Suede while you page through this.

Okay, Halloween has come and gone for another year, but that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy Frederik Peeters (adorably ill-translated) Portraits as Living Deads.