Minicomics Monday

If I were a better comics blogger, I would have gone to SPX this weekend and come back with an armload of new mini comics to tell you about. But alas I didn't (although one of my friends did so I'll have pile to read when he's finished with them!) Or at the very least I would have gone to the Masters of American Comics exhibit in NYC and stopped off at Jim Hanley's and taken a photograph of their minis section. But alas, that twas not to be either.

Instead, I have a comic I picked up at last year's SNAP to tell you about:

Cornelia Cartoons #5 is by Ohio cartoonist Kel Crum. It consists of one 8-page story and four 2-page stories centering around young Cornelia as she interacts with the world of grown-ups. The energy in these comics reminds me somewhat of Scott Roberts' Patty Cake. Crum's drawing style is not sophisticated, but it fits the stories well and adds to their charm. I know there's at least an issue six in existance, so hopefully she'll be at SNAP again this year so I can pick up a copy of the new issue.

(Crum does not appear to have a Website, though you can try emailing her to check on availability.)

New Library Comics: Week of October 9, 2006

Here are the comics we added to our library collection last week:


Akamatsu, Ken. Love hina /Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2002- vols. 1-5

Blab! (Princeton, Wis.) Blab! /[Chicago, IL : Monte Comix Productions, c1986- nos. 5-7

Buzz (Princeton, Wis.) Buzz. /Princeton, WI : Kitchen Sink Press, 1990- nos. 1-3

Dementia. Bondage obsession. /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, c1999- no. 1

Feazell, Matt. Board of superheros /Detroit, MI : Not Available Comics, c1994-

Feazell, Matt. Understanding minicomics : the art and science of stick figures /Detroit, MI : Not Available Comics, c1993.

Garside, Katiejane. Indigo vertigo /Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2005.

Jacobson, Sid. The 9/11 report : a graphic adaptation /New York : Hill and Wang, c2006.

Kang-Suk, Hyun. Heaven above heaven /Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2005- vol. 1

Kleid, Neil. Brownsville /New York : NBM, c2006.

Oh! Great. Silky whip /Seattle, Wash. : Eros Comix, c2002- vol. 1

Ottaviani, Jim. Not available science : can you spot the celebrity inventors?? /Ann Arbor, MI : G.T. Labs ; Detroit Michigan : Not Available Comics, c1998.

Ronin, Tenjiku. Lust /Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, c2002- vol. 1

Sacco, Joe. Soba /Montreal, Quebec : Drawn & Quarterly, c1998.

Stephens, Jay. The land of Nod. /Montreal, Quebec, Canada : Black Eye Productions, c1996- no. 1

Townsend, Stephen J. The hood : a change from within. /Los Angeles, Calif. : South Central Comics, 1993- no. 1

Yamamoto, Naoki, 1960- Dance till tomorrow /San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Communications, c1998- vols. 4-7