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We thought we would take a few moments to highlight some of the micro-reviews from the contributors to the SOLRAD Best* of 2020 --- https://solrad.co/solrads-the-best-comics-of-2020
. @wander_lane, Cartoonist of MEETING COMICS had this to say about @maxhuffman's WHISNANT - "Max’s art keeps getting better as his stories keep getting weirder."
https://www.maxhuffman.com/index.php/comics/whisnant/
https://www.maxhuffman.com/index.php/comics/whisnant/
Our EIC @DanielElkin said about @formyths's INTERIM from @Short_Box - "INTERIM is like a rebus inside a Möbius strip that is really an ouroboros."
https://www.shortbox.co.uk/product/interim-by-allissa-chan
https://www.shortbox.co.uk/product/interim-by-allissa-chan
. @lane_lane_lane turned in a lovely capsule review of Andy Douglas Day's BOSTON CORBETT, published by @slongo's Sonatina Comics - "my favorite comic of 2020 because of its long-form dedication to a singular offbeat tone and unnerving style that [Day] has clearly mastered."
![. @lane_lane_lane turned in a lovely capsule review of Andy Douglas Day's BOSTON CORBETT, published by @slongo's Sonatina Comics - "my favorite comic of 2020 because of its long-form dedication to a singular offbeat tone and unnerving style that [Day] has clearly mastered."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EreJZJnWMAEeYsm.jpg ". @lane_lane_lane turned in a lovely capsule review of Andy Douglas Day's BOSTON CORBETT, published by @slongo's Sonatina Comics - \"my favorite comic of 2020 because of its long-form dedication to a singular offbeat tone and unnerving style that [Day] has clearly mastered.\"")
(here's the link to that book - https://sonatina.storenvy.com/products/28966822-boston-corbett)
. @CartoonFlophous waxed eloquent about Yoshikazu Ebisu's THE PITS OF HELL from @breakdownpress - "Breakdown Press has done the comics industry a service by translating these quintessential heta-uma comics."
http://www.breakdownpress.com/store/the-pits-of-hell
http://www.breakdownpress.com/store/the-pits-of-hell
. @jeffreyharmatz turned in a review of O. Shrauwen, Mulot, and Ruppert's PORTRAIT OF A DRUNK from @fantagraphics, saying - "a gorgeously drawn (and painted) tale of just the nastiest sonovabitch thieving, guzzling, and murdering his way in and out of a classic pirate adventure."
. @1_saraluna wrote about @edhunsinger's SHE WOULD FEEL THE SAME from @Short_Box, saying "Above all, this comic shines in its use of subtle metaphor and implication, unfolding with cleverness and economy."
https://www.shortbox.co.uk/product/she-would-feel-the-same-by-emma-hunsinger
https://www.shortbox.co.uk/product/she-would-feel-the-same-by-emma-hunsinger
Contributing editor @RobCloughHighLo recommended Yoshiharu Tsuge's THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT from @NYRcomics - "Tsuge’s epic, quasi-autobiographical story of a cartoonist who quit drawing in favor of a host of ridiculous side-hustles is poetic, hilarious, [and] emotionally fraught.
![Contributing editor @RobCloughHighLo recommended Yoshiharu Tsuge's THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT from @NYRcomics - "Tsuge’s epic, quasi-autobiographical story of a cartoonist who quit drawing in favor of a host of ridiculous side-hustles is poetic, hilarious, [and] emotionally fraught.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EreL-B1XAAAF_4t.jpg "Contributing editor @RobCloughHighLo recommended Yoshiharu Tsuge's THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT from @NYRcomics - \"Tsuge’s epic, quasi-autobiographical story of a cartoonist who quit drawing in favor of a host of ridiculous side-hustles is poetic, hilarious, [and] emotionally fraught.")
Regular SOLRAD contributor @tomshaps said this about @mercurialblonde's AORTA 2 - "[This] tribute to giant mecha manga kept on kicking ass, taking names, and shedding a single solitary tear in front of the setting sun."
https://mercurialblonde.storenvy.com/products/30255553-aorta-2
![Regular SOLRAD contributor @tomshaps said this about @mercurialblonde's AORTA 2 - "[This] tribute to giant mecha manga kept on kicking ass, taking names, and shedding a single solitary tear in front of the setting sun." https://mercurialblonde.storenvy.com/products/30255553-aorta-2](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EreMrQKXUAAx8yU.jpg "Regular SOLRAD contributor @tomshaps said this about @mercurialblonde's AORTA 2 - \"[This] tribute to giant mecha manga kept on kicking ass, taking names, and shedding a single solitary tear in front of the setting sun.\" https://mercurialblonde.storenvy.com/products/30255553-aorta-2")
https://mercurialblonde.storenvy.com/products/30255553-aorta-2
. @francescalyn had this to say about @WhitTaylorComix's “Black Mothers Face Far Worse Health Outcomes. How Do We Fix It?” from @thenib - "Taylor confronts the realities of healthcare in the United States through the dangers of being a Black pregnant woman" https://thenib.com/pregnancy-and-race/
. @charleshatfield featured @DerfBackderf's KENT STATE from @AbramsComicArts - "Backderf’s account, patient, slow, and angry, attains an appalling clarity." https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/kent-state_9781419734847/
Cartoonist @yestomlake featured the new anthology GLAEOLIA from @glacierbaybooks, asking, "How did they capture the in-between-ness of being alive across so many different stories?" https://glacierbaybooks.com/shop/
Comics scholar @KaySohini featured THE IMPENDING BLINDNESS OF BILLIE SCOTT from @zoethorogood and @AveryHillPubl, saying it "makes ingenious use of the medium to viscerally capture one artist’s struggle with identity, creative block, and impending loss of sight."
SOLRAD's lead critic @fourcolorryan brought @Dr_Alex_Graham's DOG BISCUITS to the fore, saying that "with this [comic] she has established herself as a true auteur of the highest order."
https://www.instagram.com/alex.graham.artist/
![SOLRAD's lead critic @fourcolorryan brought @Dr_Alex_Graham's DOG BISCUITS to the fore, saying that "with this [comic] she has established herself as a true auteur of the highest order." https://www.instagram.com/alex.graham.artist/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EreS5x_W8AQZJbW.jpg "SOLRAD's lead critic @fourcolorryan brought @Dr_Alex_Graham's DOG BISCUITS to the fore, saying that \"with this [comic] she has established herself as a true auteur of the highest order.\" https://www.instagram.com/alex.graham.artist/")
https://www.instagram.com/alex.graham.artist/
. @reillyhadden featured a few great comics, including @ABullett's GOBLINS GOBLINS, saying, "wise conversations about life’s difficulties [...] Funny and sad and just beautifully drawn."
https://www.instagram.com/goblinsgoblinsgoblins/
![. @reillyhadden featured a few great comics, including @ABullett's GOBLINS GOBLINS, saying, "wise conversations about life’s difficulties [...] Funny and sad and just beautifully drawn." https://www.instagram.com/goblinsgoblinsgoblins/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EreToBIXUAgCSOD.jpg ". @reillyhadden featured a few great comics, including @ABullett's GOBLINS GOBLINS, saying, \"wise conversations about life’s difficulties [...] Funny and sad and just beautifully drawn.\" https://www.instagram.com/goblinsgoblinsgoblins/")
https://www.instagram.com/goblinsgoblinsgoblins/
This of course only scratches the surface of SOLRAD's Best* of 2020 list - check out the whole list here --- https://solrad.co/solrads-the-best-comics-of-2020
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