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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

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Carrying The Bicycle: Gabrielle Bell's Everything Is Flammable

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This was originally published at Roar in 2017. Graphic memoirist Gabrielle Bell’s comics have always been built on her deadpan and uniq...

Monday, July 30, 2018

Silver Sprocket: Benji Nate's Catboy

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Originally appearing on the Vice website, Benji Nate's Catboy strips are the perfect example of an artist using the visual style and tro...

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Minis from Jep

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Jepcomix #5 and #7 are by the cartoonist Jep (Jeff Clayton) and they are mostly four-panel autobio comics that originally appeared on the we...

Monday, July 23, 2018

On The Eisner Awards

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I was happy to see so many women and people of color win Eisners this year, in unprecedented fashion. Indeed, Marjorie Liu, for example, was...

Friday, July 13, 2018

Koyama: Ben Sears' The Ideal Copy

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The Ideal Copy is Ben Sears third "Double+ Adventure" book for Koyama Press, part of their small but formidable listing of comics...

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Katherine Wirick's Nervenkrank #3

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The third issue of Nervenkrank , Katherine Wirick's minicomics serial about Dada artist John Heartfield, is the first that starts to get...

Monday, July 9, 2018

Scholastic: Aron Nels Steinke's Mr. Wolf's Class

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Aron Nels Steinke's major-publisher debut, Mr. Wolf's Class , is a pitch-perfect account of an ordinary classroom on the first day o...

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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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