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š! #43 - A Host of International Creators Present Their Tales of 'Queer Power' in the Latest kuš! comics Anthology

š! #43 – A Host of International Creators Present Their Tales of ‘Queer Power’ in the Latest kuš! comics Anthology

One of the great draws of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ signature anthology š! is that its cross-continental line-up gives us markedly diverse approaches to sequential art storytelling from across the globe. That’s of particular interest with the most recent edition of the acclaimed digest collection, given that the theme this time around is ‘Queer Power’. Artists from Canada, the Netherlands,…

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mini kuš! #105: Li'l Jormly - Funny Animal Comics Pastiche Meets Capitalism-Induced Existential Terror in Christopher Sperandio's Comics Short

mini kuš! #105: Li’l Jormly – Funny Animal Comics Pastiche Meets Capitalism-Induced Existential Terror in Christopher Sperandio’s Comics Short

One of the great delights of every four-issue batch of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! range is you never know quite what you’re going to get from its series of eclectic, alt, and largely experimental one-shot stories. A good case in point is mini kuš! #105, Li’l Jormly, by Christopher Sperandio. An issue which combines the funny animal comics of another era with a Harvey Comics visual…

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mini kuš! #103: Grandad Reg - Clara Heathcock and Patrick Wray Explore Themes of Loss and Acceptance During the Pandemic

mini kuš! #103: Grandad Reg – Clara Heathcock and Patrick Wray Explore Themes of Loss and Acceptance During the Pandemic

Another entry in the vitally important and ever growing area of pandemic comics, Grandad Reg tell a story that is deeply personal and yet, sadly, simultaneously all too recognisable. Issue #103 in Latvian publisher kuš! comics one-shot minicomics series it’s a reminder of how connective the medium has been in its ongoing social documentation of the events of the last two years, whether capturing…

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mini kuš! #98: World Ceramic Fair - The Insidious Nature of Casual Racism Laid Bare by Jooyoung Kim

mini kuš! #98: World Ceramic Fair – The Insidious Nature of Casual Racism Laid Bare by Jooyoung Kim

Finishing up our coverage of the Spring minicomics releases from Latvian publisher kuš! comics today at Broken Frontier we take a look at ‘World Ceramic Fair’ by Jooyoung Kim, #98 in the long-running mini kuš! series showcasing comics practitioners from across the globe. ‘World Ceramic Fair’ is a careful mix of the pleasingly witty and the pointedly uncomfortable. Set at an international ceramics…

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mini kuš! #98: World Ceramic Fair - The Insidious Nature of Casual Racism Laid Bare by Jooyoung Kim

by Andy Oliver

Finishing up our coverage of the Spring minicomics releases from Latvian publisher kuš! comics today at Broken Frontier we take a look at ‘World Ceramic Fair’ by Jooyoung Kim, #98…

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mini kuš! #97: BLINK - Peruvian Artist Martín López Lam Takes Us to a World of “Lazy and Libertine Monsters”

mini kuš! #97: BLINK – Peruvian Artist Martín López Lam Takes Us to a World of “Lazy and Libertine Monsters”

If you’ve been following this week’s coverage of some of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series then you’ll be aware already of how eclectic a range it is. While the first two comics I reviewed this week were arguably more traditional in narrative approach, today’s offering from Peruvian artist Martín López Lam has a notably unconventional structure. ‘BLINK’, mini kuš! #97, is certainly…

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mini kuš! #97: BLINK - Peruvian Artist Martín López Lam Takes Us to a World of “Lazy and Libertine Monsters”

by Andy Oliver

If you’ve been following this week’s coverage of some of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series then you’ll be aware already of how eclectic a range it is. While…

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mini kuš! #96: Bridge - Matt Madden's Reality-Warping Tale Plays with Comics' Unique Relationship with the Passage of Time

by Andy Oliver

Matt Madden’s recent mini kuš! offering ‘Bridge’ began life as a 24-hour comic, with an added requirement that a decade would pass between each page. In some ways it’s perhaps…

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