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This is the blog of comics critic Rob Clough. I have writings elsewhere at SOLRAD.co, TCJ.com and a bunch more. I read and review everything sent to me eventually, especially minicomics. My address is: Rob Clough 881 Martin Luther King Junior King Blvd Apt 10 i Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Friday, August 17, 2012

The Horror of Repression: The Amateurs

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Many of the artists in Baltimore's Closed Caption Comics collective specialize in cutting-edge, psychological horror. Some, like Noel...

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Sequart Reprints: Paul Goes Fishing

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One of the most difficult things for an artist to do is to portray emotion without wallowing in Spielbergian sentiment. It's incredib...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Gaining Agency: Walt & Skeexix Volume 5

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The latest volume from Drawn & Quarterly's Walt & Skeezix series shows that Frank King was truly in a groove ten years into doi...

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Sequart Reprints:An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons & True Stories

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An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (hereafter just AGF ) is the third significant general-audienc...

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Uncertainty: Fantastic Life

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In his book Fantastic Life , Kevin Mutch asks the question: which is worse--nothing being true or everything being true? This comic is an...

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Pilgrim's Progress: Congress of the Animals

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Jim Woodring's second full-length Frank book, Congress of the Animals (Fantagraphics), is interesting because it's much more lin...

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Sequart Reprints: Wormdye

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This article was originally published in 2007 at sequart.com ********************* In very short order, the new publishing concern Secre...

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Rob Clough: I'm a full-time writer available for hire in any number of fields. I have a feisty young kiddo who is my test subject for all the kids' comics I receive. I will happily review any comics sent to me. I especially like to review minicomics. Contact me at robcloughacc@gmail.com for more info, including my new address.

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