Mathbots
by Blake Sims & Aaron Brassea
Self-Published
Mathbots is a fun, short collection of quickly-drawn comics about a group of numberbots and their diabolical counterparts the functionbots. It’s about as good a mini-comic as there will ever be about math, so if you’re into math, pay attention.
The main story gets its momentum from a new development, [...]

In the off-chance that there lingered any doubts about Mike Mignola’s legacy, Guillermo Del Toro’s 2004 cinematic adaptation of Hellboy firmly cemented the place of the artist’s flagship creation among alternative comics’ most widely-known and best-loved characters. The film’s runaway success also proved, for better or worse that, in the right hands, a indie comic [...]

[Above, the New York Blech-out. Below, the rolling Dispatch.]
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Three Shadows
By Cyril Pedrosa
First Second
Like their cinematic counterpart, horror comics have a long history of marginalization by mainstream audiences. It’s not difficult to understand why—for every story that utilizes the genre’s conventions as a jumping off point in search of some greater truth, countless seem to exist for the sole purpose of out-goring their predecessors. [...]

In this fourth and final part of our interview with alternative comics legend Mike Allred, we’ve got what you’ve no doubt been eagerly awaiting: more Madman movie talk. Huzzah! We talk to Allred about Sin City director Robert Rodriguez’s involvement, why the project has taken so long to get off the ground, and of course [...]

[Above, what's he grinning about? Below, just your usual dispatch]

You Don’t Get There From Here #5
by Carrie McNich
Self-Published
I’ve heard plenty of people say that diary comics are passé. The world has seen enough of them to know they can be dull and irritating. People are sick of diary comics because when it comes down to it they don’t care about your morning routine, where [...]

[Paul Gravett addresses the room. More photos of the event available on Oliver East's Flickr set.]
The perceived wisdom is that, as a Mancunian, I’m supposed to hate London and all its fancy ways, but I’ve always been a big fan. I always say my favourite book is London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd. [...]

Born in part from designs created while on tour with his platinum selling rock outfit, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy team formed the basis of one of comics’ most welcome surprises last year. Way’s debut miniseries is alternately ominous, funny, and surprising, all while reflecting a deep appreciation for and knowledge of its [...]

[Above, goodbye to an elder statesman. Below, hello again, Dispatch.]