Perspective is the one distinguishing aspect of life that truly makes us alone in a crowd. Other people in attendance at a particular event or function around you might see what you see, hear what you hear, but their experiences leading up to, during, and after is what may isolate their lives from yours. Shared events and [...]
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Sal & Chrys
Writer Charles Soule (Strange Attractors, Swamp Thing, Thunderbolts) and artist Robert Saywitz tell a New York love story that only graphic fiction could get right. Featuring lettering by Shawn Depasquale, Sal & Chrys combines romance and architectural history to realize this unique, comix short story. Click HERE to learn more about Charles Soule’s work with Image Comics, [...]
THOMAS ALSOP: THE CASE OF DEAD UNCLE
“Thomas Alsop, The Hand of the Island, is an occult investigator who’s family has been charged with the task of protecting Manhattan from supernatural events for the last 300 years. He’s also the host of the popular cable TV show, “Thomas Alsop: Supernatural Detective.” Click here to see the live action trailer for Thomas Alsop: [...]
CulturePOP: Marc Maron
Learn more about Marc Maron at his website, his twice-weekly podcast, WTF, his book, Attempting Normal and his IFC TV show, Maron. Read all 31 installments of Seth Kushner’s CulturePOP Photocomix
AXELTRON 3
AXELTRON is a view through the eyes of a recent college graduate as he struggles to find simple solutions to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and dread. It might make you feel nostalgic. It’s an examination into different perspectives, or lack thereof, as characters try to cope with the terrible beauty of everyday life. It’s also [...]
Stand Up Man
Noah Van Sciver was born in 1984 in New Jersey. He first came to readers’ attention with his comic book series Blammo, which earned him an Ignatz award nomination in 2010. His work has appeared in the Denver alt-weekly Westword, Mad Magazine, and multiple graphic anthologies including Mome and The Best American comics 2011. His [...]
MENU – CHAPTER FOUR: ANGST IN AKRON
MENU by Matthew Rosenberg & Patrick Kindlon, is the story of a boy and a dog wandering the wastelands of a future America as they try to keep each other alive in a world running out of food. Episode Four: Angst in Akron is drawn by Sloane Leong. Read Episode One – Remember Dodge City: http://welcometotripcity.com/2013/02/menu-remember-dodge-city/ Read Episode Two – Dodge [...]
RETRO SLAM JAM #3
Step into the ring with 1994′s most outrageous wrestlers in this mat-pounding, head-stomping, comix-wrasslin’ event! In this episode, bad blood boils as Timberwolf Nelson defends his title against “Wrench” Gibbs. Can the Wolf fend off that no-good cuss, Gibbs? Read Retro Slam Jam #1 by clicking HERE. Read Retro Slam Jam #2 by clicking HERE. Blake Sims is an artist and [...]
Carrying the Superhero Torch
The ancient Greeks had their angry gods of wit, strength, speed, lightning bolts and betrayal, and the Norse had their bastion of immortals wielding swords, shields, hammers, lightning and lies, too. Moralistic mythologies that were, arguably, superhero stories for all ages. It wasn’t until 1938 that America gave birth to its first sustainable superhero when [...]
SCHMUCK 10: BOSTON HOPE
Leland Purvis is an artist and craftsman currently working in graphite and pigments on paper, using pictures to tell stories. His major works in recent years have been graphic novels, historical fiction, largely aimed at younger readers. He prefers baseball, single malt highland scotch, the speed of sailboats and the smell of horses. And he [...]
FREE WEBCOMIX WEEKEND
In honor of Free Comic Book Day on May 4th, TRIP CITY would like to draw your attention to some of the great FREE creator-owned comix we offer, including; Billy Dogma by Dean Haspiel The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel Schmuck by Seth Kushner & various Just Super by Jeffrey Burandt & Zees and various. [...]
