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6 reviews
Matt Madden

Jonathan Cape, 2006

Brilliant!
I need to preface my review with this: I am not usually a comic-book-reader. It is not that I don't appreciate the art form, I simply never really think about comics nor do I consider graphic novels among my preferred genre. I picked it off the shelf without looking inside, I thought, "Hmmm, perspective - let me check this out" as I had just taught a writing workshop using different ...

Odds Off

Highwater Books, 2000

A Fine Mess #1
Matt Madden

Alternative Comics, 2002

This is a 32-page comic collection of art & stories by Matt Madden, drawn in the 20th century!

Black Candy

1 review
Matt Madden

Black Eye Books, 1998

Darkly Funny
Black Candy is a dark and disturbing graphic novel about a secret lab, a failed romance, and a man who volunteers for clinical testing in order to pay the bills. His exploration of how far people will go in the name of science can be chilling. Sensitive readers whould be warned that there is a fair amount of male nudity in this book - not for children, obviously. I would also recommend giving ...

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics from Manga to Graphic Novels

3 reviews
Jessica Abel, Matt Madden, 2008

Wanna' Make Comics? Start Here...
I brought an advance copy of this book into a college illustration class I teach. The class was quite impressed. In fact, two students went onto Amazon online and bought it instantly. Usually I discourage shopping during class, but Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is an answered prayer for the aspiring comics artist. This is an ideal text for a 15-week class in comics. It also has guidance ...

A Fine Mess #2
Matt Madden

Alternative Comics, 2004

"Prisoner of Zembla" tells the tale of Alina Zek, an exiled philologist who makes a doomed last stand to save the written alphabet of her native language. The concern with the alphabet leaks beyond the story and into the very structure of the comic: the careful reader will find a hidden layer to the story, the "prison" which holds Prefessor Zek captive. "The Envoy" is the tale of four hardy seamen who accompany an eminent scientist and his young ...

The Best American Comics 2008 (The Best American Series)

4 reviews

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Third Time's a Charm
This was definitely the best in the series so far. Lynda Barry turns out to have been a really inspired choice for guest editor, because she picks a set of entries that are virtually all outstanding. She even illustrates her introduction, which is both a nice touch and a clever way of pulling together a lot of the ideas about anxieties and self-reflection that pervade the pieces she's cosen to ...