micky riveraBicycle Day by Brian BlomerthA review of the psychedelic graphic novel about Albert Hoffman and the discovery of LSD.Feb 2, 2020Feb 2, 2020
micky riveraBabybel Wax Bodysuit by Eric Kostiuk WilliamsThe main conceit of Babybel Wax Bodysuit (Retrofit Comics, 2016) revolves around those familiar Babybel cheese wheels you can buy by the…Sep 10, 2018Sep 10, 2018
micky riveraDriven by Lemons by Joshua CotterDriven by Lemons (available from Adhouse Books) by Joshua Cotter is a great example of how comics can use visual and narrative abstraction…Sep 10, 2018Sep 10, 2018
micky riveraSonogram by Grant GronewoldA while ago I reviewed Virtual Candle, a collection of short comics, drawings, and photographs by Grant Gronewold, better known to the…Sep 10, 2018Sep 10, 2018
micky riveraVintage Technology Daydreams: Byte Magazine’s Extraordinary Cover IllustrationsByte Magazine was the top computing magazine in the 1980’s, thanks in part to these imaginative retro-futurist covers by Robert Tinney.May 21, 2017May 21, 2017
micky riveraThe Drowned Girl by Jon Hammer: Prophylactic and investigatory uses of formaldehyde and chocolate…The Drowned Girl is a short and obscure graphic story by Jon Hammer, put out in 1990 by the proto-Vertigo DC imprint known as Piranha…Aug 4, 2016Aug 4, 2016
micky riveraSome words with Zsófia Döme, Hungarian Treehugger and IllustratorZsófia Döme (http://zsofiadome.tumblr.com/) likes to get lost in the woods and draw the things she didn’t see, those things that…May 12, 2016May 12, 2016
micky riveraNietzschean Mutations by Dromsjel“Drømsjel” means “dream soul” in Norwegian. It’s the moniker of Pierre Schmidt, a German born digital artist who takes the vintage 1940s…Apr 26, 2016Apr 26, 2016
micky riveraReview: Virtual Candle by Grant Gronewold (aka HTMLflowers)Fort Thunder ended more than a decade ago, can you believe that? For those who don’t know about it, Fort Thunder could loosely be described…Apr 21, 2016Apr 21, 2016