These two comic books from a recent Pittsburgh transplant were originally produced in Baltimore, by Xeric grant recipient Masilamani. Each features amazingly original stories carefully rendered in pencil and/or pen & ink according to the needs of the story. Each issue is excellent and both are heartily recommended.
These two comic books from a recent Pittsburgh transplant were originally produced in Baltimore, by Xeric grant recipient Masilamani. Each features amazingly original stories carefully rendered in pencil and/or pen & ink according to the needs of the story. Each issue is excellent and both are heartily recommended.
Three new stories by veteran Pittsburgh comics creator Rachel Masilamani: "See What I'm Saying," "Winter Skin," and "Go Over." Each story features tightly pencilled artwork in the service of delicately nuanced, female-centered stories located at the intersection of auto-bio, psychological expressionism and Pekaresque slice-of-life.
Read this appreciate of Ms. Masilamani's work by Juan Fernandez:
http://crinkledcomics.com/2013/06/13/pay-attention-to-this-rachel-masilamani/
This 20 page, full color, magazine-size comic book is the first print edition of an ongoing work. Non Partum is a multi-layered investigation in comics form that touches on many aspects of life but is centered on pregnancy in a way that reflects how a woman's life can also be so centered. It is part memoir, part sociological study, part cultural critique; all intellgently approached, skillfully explored, absorbingly told and beautifully rendered. Non Partum is currently being serialzed on Mutha Magazine. A theme running through the episode presented here - which originally appeared as "The Subject" - is overcoming the inherent frustration of dealing with the often poorly designed, rule bound systems - and their occasionally less than thoughtful representatives - that govern our interactions with the institutions which we all must deal with in order to prevail. This edition sports a new, original cover and a bonus pin-up page of the 40 weeks of pregnancy as represented by appropriately scaled herbs, grains, legumes, vegetables and fruits, both creaed specifically for this edition!
