New review today for Gorgeous by Cathy G. Johnson, and hey look, it’s another person with a big backlog of work that I’d like to check out! Secret fictional millionaire benefactor, you’re my only hope of reading and talking about all of the comics. I’m wasting way too much time on this “making a living” nonsense…
Update for 1/26/26
January 26, 2026New review today for Dear Missy by Daryl Seitchik, and yes, that does mean that my Spit and a Half order has arrived. Buy some comics yourself why don’t you? John Porcellino is both an incredible artist and a delightful online shopkeeper.
Leave a Comment » | 
Site News | 
Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 1/22/26
January 22, 2026New review today for, you guessed it, Cochlea & Eustachia Volume 2 by Hans Rickheit. Back to the mini comic reviews next week probably? Depending on the promptness of the postal service, I reckon. Unless somebody else has review comics on the way to me, that is…
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 1/20/26
January 20, 2026Sorry about being a bit slow getting out of the gate this year, an order to Spit and a Half should have some mini comics on their way soon. In the meantime, Hans Rickheit was nice enough to send me both volumes of Cochlea and Eustachia, and since Hans is an old favorite of mine who’s work I haven’t seen in ages, I figured: Hans Rickheit week! New review today for Cochlea & Eustachia Volume 1, so guess what the review is going to be later in the week?
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
“Update” for 1/9/26
January 9, 2026Ugh, I ran out of week in a hurry. So I’m going to cheat a bit: Cankor by Matthew Allison, The Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery, and Cookies & Herb by Matt MacFarland for the graphic novels, and I have to mention the comics of Fran Lopez. Clearly that’s an incomplete list (I mean, no mention of the mini kus books at all?), but these jumped out at me after scrolling through the year. Now here’s my general plea: send me your minis to review! Or if you found a mini you loved, send it to me too. I’m going to be mostly broke for at least a few months, so I’m going to be relying on the kindness of strangers for a bit. It’s either that or I start digging through the dreaded boxes of old comics to see what I uncover…
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
“Update” for 1/8/26
January 8, 2026I Never Found You by Emma Jon-Michael Frank has really stuck with me since reading it months ago, which is as high of a compliment as I can give (I read a whole lot of comics). Assuming it even came out last year I’m guessing it got overlooked, but there’s no reason for you to do that. And even though they could now fit under comics or graphic novels, Greg and Fake Petre are really tearing it up with The Santos Sisters and seem unstoppable.
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
“Update” for 1/7/26
January 7, 2026This one is a bit of a cheat because I still haven’t written a review for it, but Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is on every “best of” list that I’ve seen, and deservedly so. I’ve actually started writing a review for it a couple of times and crashed out because attempting to describe everything I saw in that book was just too much to encapsulate. Read the reviews from the people who are smarter than me, you’ll get the idea. And on the comics side, let’s hear it for Dan Hill! He’s the madman we need for these times (I’m sure he’s a perfectly lovely gentleman).
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
“Update” for 1/6/26
January 6, 2026Keeping with the theme, Sean Knickerbocker’s Best of Three deserves a mention on any “best of” list. And for the comics side (although he’s getting closer to putting out regular graphic novels all the time), read Karl Christian Krumpholz if you aren’t already!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
“Update” for 1/5/26
January 5, 2026Sure, most people have to go back to work or school from the holiday break this week, but I decided that I’m sticking with me “best of” idea for the year. Note: these aren’t in any kind of order, and I’m mostly covering stuff that I reviewed here. Since I hardly ever review the big Fantagraphics/Drawn & Quarterly/etc. releases, that means that my selections will be wildly different from the other lists you’ll see. But read those too! Generally speaking, those books are on the big lists for a reason. I’m starting off with maybe my favorite book of the year (but these aren’t going to be in any kind of order): Goes Like This by Jordan Crane. And what the heck, I’m also going to mention a (primarily) mini comics person each day too, so why not start with the guy I’ve reviewed the most: Brian Canini!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/31/25
December 31, 2025New review today for Savage Beast by Ansis Purins! I never did get around to that best of list for the year, huh? Maybe I’ll put something together next week, or maybe I’ll forget all about it. Find out along with me!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/30/25
December 30, 2025Just in time to be slightly late for the holiday, the new review today is for Brandon Lehmann’s Stocking Stuffer Spectacular. Also I’m still waiting on my mysterious billionaire benefactor to 1. exist and 2. buy the rest of Brandon’s books and send them to me. Maybe for the new year!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/18/25
December 18, 2025New review today for Detours by Eli Bishop. Since I’m still short on review comics, maybe next week I’ll do some kind of a “best of” list? Eh, everybody else is doing it, so why not me?
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/16/25
December 16, 2025New review today for Town & Country #4 by Alex Nall, making his welcome return to the website. Mostly because I misplaced this review copy a couple of years back, but still!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/10/25
December 10, 2025New review today for Lauren Ipsum #32 by Charles Brubaker. What can I say, the man makes a lot of comics!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/8/25
December 8, 2025New review today for Watch Your Tone!! by Gren. Did I pick this one up at Cartoon Crossroads this year or did it somehow just shift it’s way up to the top of a review pile of older comics? Lost to history, I’m afraid.
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/4/25
December 4, 2025New review today for The Bible Drawings Part Two by John Minkoff. And hey, I’m also throwing out a general mention that the comics I have left to review from Cartoon Crossroads are getting sparse, so why not send me some of your books to review? I’m getting perilously close to doing this for 25 years, so chances are pretty solid that I won’t just steal your comics and run. Unless it was YOUR comics I was waiting for before instituting my nefarious master plan…
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 12/2/25
December 2, 2025New review today for Sleepless Sights by Dane Georges, a Cartoon Crossroads comic that almost snuck into a pile of other comics and was lost forever. Not this time!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 11/26/25
November 26, 2025Just when you were thinking that this year has been entirely terrible, at least there’s a new King Cat (#84) by John Porcellino out in the world!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 11/24/25
November 24, 2025New review today for Mach the Hedgehog by Stephen Pellnat. Oh, and today almost everything at Fantagraphics is 40% off. So if you’re reading this on the day it’s released, you’re in luck!
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
Update for 11/19/25
November 19, 2025New review today for Odd Clods #8 by Steve Steiner. The management regrets the lack of pictures and will clean that up at some point in the future.
Leave a Comment » | Site News | Permalink
Posted by Kevin
