"The Good Crook" is a great read.

Unlike any other comic I've read lately -- on the web or in print -- "The Good Crook" is a great read. Fueled by writer-artist Magnolia Porter's obsession with '70s New York gangster films (especially Scorsese), the comic successfully keeps one foot in hommage to the genre, and the other in slice-of-life, domestic comedy-drama -- no mean feat in any medium, and RARELY achieved in comics! The story focuses on the relationship between a Brooklyn waiter/wannabe gangster and his tough-talking, street-wise daughter, who's languishing in the custody of her upwardly-mobile mom. Porter really knows her world and characters, making them likeable and believable. The dialogue is absolutely terrific. On top of this is her fun, fluid and expressive drawing style -- which drew me to the comic in the first place -- and strong color sense. Her shading of the faces is sometimes a little too eccentric and jarring, but that's my only complaint about this standout comic. ... read it now!

'Wahoo Morris' isn't the name of some gun-totin', fist-flingin' action hero. No. It's the name of a four-piece rock band trying to make a go of it. Part "Love and Rockets", part "Strangers in Paradise", this comic is totally addictive.

The first thing you notice is the seductive and accomplished art of Taillefer. His beautiful rendering sucks you into the world of the fledgling band and it's members, friends, flatmates and groupies. Next, he sets up a slice-of-life read at first... cleverly introducing us to the broad canvas of characters that make up the series. He quickly introduces a love subplot, a cast of wonderful secondary characters (including animals that are stunningly realised on the page) and a creeping forboding of something not quite natural in the world of one of the band members. Taillefer writes about what he obviously knows: music, bands, youth culture, young love... and comic books! The 'main' character, besides playing in the band, works as a freelance inker for some bloody god-awful superhero comics publisher! Ha! Art reflecting life reflecting... rock'n'roll! Highly recommended. ... read it now!

A stylish, well thought out, but above all freshly original graphic novel. For a change, there is a plot and well worth reading. Five stars!

This is growing to be a breathtaking epic! Amazing art: clean, stylish and powerfully expressive; but what makes this comic trully unique is the way it departs from the all too familiar topics of love, sex and punk-rock and roll to enagage in the story of a youth uprising that starts like a free-for-all festival and ends with a biblical confrontations between heroism and nihilistic teenage self absorption.

For those of us who know  a bit more about the real story that fueled this comic (the Penguin Revolution in Chile), we can only expect that their comic alter egos will find the justice they thought they were looking for and clearly missed.

Great job and please hurry up with the next installments! 

... read it now!