You & Me Remembering

So Buttons 14 Nostalgia. A perfume that Alan Moore teased us with in Watchmen. A dangerous force that points us towards an unobtainable past that never existed. An essential part of being human that keeps love alive and people in our lives long after they are gone. The latest issue of Jonathan Baylis’ So Buttons is really a book of two parts. One part deals … Continue reading You & Me Remembering

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Review

Brooklyn Splendor

So Buttons issue 13 Harvey Pekar was a great American creator. An obsessive, an autodidact, a working class guy from Cleveland who was mostly broke but loved jazz and loved making comics. A talk show regular who had a film of his life made. A great film. And of course a comics creator who produced a remarkable body of work through his book American Splendor. … Continue reading Brooklyn Splendor

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Review

Punk Rock and Polar Bears

Reject All by David Robertson So Buttons 12 by Jonathan Baylis (both with a host of guest artists) I want to give a shout out to a couple of great books I was sent recently. In these days of high postage costs it makes sense that most submissions I get arrive electronically, but it is always special to get a physical book. First up is the … Continue reading Punk Rock and Polar Bears

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Review

So…it goes

So Buttons by Jonathan Baylis So Buttons is described by author Jonathan Baylis as ‘the newer magazine of weird auto-bio’. In the spirit of Harvey Pekar and David Robertson, the book has several autobiographical stories by Jonathan, illustrated by a variety of artists, many of whom are well known names in comics. Jonathan’s tales of old comic shops, celebrities exceeding expectations and obscure Jack Kirby … Continue reading So…it goes

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