Critiquing Comics 016: “Sick”

SickWe’ve talked about Gabby Schultz’s (a.k.a. Ken Dahl’s) work before, when we discussed his books “Monsters” and “Welcome to the Dahl House”. He’s currently gradually publishing a comic on his Web site, called “Sick,” which moves from Gabby’s particularly hellish illness into his impressions of a seemingly hellish existence. Tim and Mulele discuss.

Sick, chapters 1-10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

REVIEW: Hundred Penny Press: Doctor Who Volume 2 #1

Written by Tony Lee, Art by Andrew Currie

IDW, 2011.

I’m no expert on Doctor Who, but even I know that the experience of the show is largely about which actor is playing the part: his facial expressions, his voice, his body language, his mannerisms.

To pull that off in comics, I think you need an artist who is exceptionally good with faces (I’m looking at you, Dave Gibbons), or you need to be a slave to photo reference. This comic does the latter with mixed success.

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