Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: there’s this new comic book publisher, and they’re making a splashy debut with a new line of comics. There’s been a bit of that this year, but right now I’m here to talk about the new press DSTLRY and their recent anthology The Devil’s Cut, which features an impressive array of writers and artists, including the people behind several of my favorite comics of the last five years.
Our favorite comics from this year spanned a host of narratives, from metafictional explorations of loss and belonging to ominous supernatural tales of terrifying forces at work. Some are formally inventive, while others make use of a lean storytelling approach to convey the narratives at their center. All of them opened our eyes to the tales being told, regardless of their nature.
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Lesley Nneka Arimah and Tracy O’Neill, a review of a new graphic novel by Becky Cloonan, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Amber Sparks’s new collection, a review of Garth Greenwell’s new novel, ranking Lifetime’s albums, and more.