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  • Glowing Review for Scene But Not Heard by Under The Radar

    Glowing Review for Scene But Not Heard by Under The Radar

    Sam Henderson’s Scene But Not Heard gets a glowing review in the September 2013 issue of Under the Radar – the one with MGMT on the cover. “The fact that my seven-year old son was reading this and constantly taking breaks to try to excitedly describe certain comics, panel by panel, speaks to SBNH’s all-ages…

  • High Praise for The Outliers from the Austin Chronicle

    High Praise for The Outliers from the Austin Chronicle

    The Austin Chronicle Has High Praise for The Outliershttp://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/books/2013-09-03/you-aint-seen-nothin-yeti/Wayne Alan Brenner calls Alternative Comics and The Outliers all kinds of awesome in today’s Austin Chronicle.

  • Alternative Comics 20th Anniversary Sale! 20%-70% Off All AC Cover Prices

    Alternative Comics 20th Anniversary Sale! 20%-70% Off All AC Cover Prices

    Alternative Comics 20th Anniversary Salehttps://wowcool.com/Alternative-Comics-20th-Anniversary-Sale/From September 1st until September 13th, all available comics are 20% to 70% off the cover price at Wowcool.com! This anniversary only happens once in 20 years and then never happens again, so take advantage of it by getting all the comics and anthologies you’ve been putting off acquiring.

  • Alternative Comics #4 Reviewed on Comics Bulletin

    Alternative Comics #4 Reviewed on Comics Bulletin

    Tiny Pages Made of Ashes 8/20/2013: Vanguards and Alternatives @ Comics Bulletinhttp://comicsbulletin.com/reviews/5983/tiny-pages-made-of-ashes-8202013-vanguards-and-alternatives/Alternative Comics is the flagship collection from the small-press publisher of the same name. This collection features short strips from some of the finest and best-known indie-minded cartoonists working today –with material by people like James Kochalka, Noah Van Sciver, Sam Henderson and David…

  • The Outliers Reviewed on MTV Geek

    The Outliers Reviewed on MTV Geek

    MTV Geek – New Comic Book Day Pull-List: ‘Subatomic Party Girls’, ‘Avengers Arena’, ‘The Outliers’ And More Reviewedhttp://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/08/16/subatomic-party-girls-avengers-arena-the-outliers-review/Erik T. Johnson is an artist and graphic designer who has contributed illustrations to the New Yorker, the New York Times, Maxim, and many other publications. And this, his first full-length comic book, marks him as a creator…

  • Locust Moon Likes Outliers

    Locust Moon Likes Outliers

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    Locust Moon Comics says that Erik T. Johnson’s The Outliers is good this week! “the outliers #1 : erik johnson has crafted an intriguing piece of cartooning, telling the tale of a speechless young boy who encounters a strange beast in the woods. check it out.”

  • Comic Bastards Reviews Outliers

    Comic Bastards Reviews Outliers

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    Comic Bastards reviews Erik T. Johnson’s Outliers. “The Outliers was everything I wanted from an indie comic book. It has fantastic art with a distinct style and story that is creative and full of mystery. I don’t know the world and I don’t know anyone’s origins and that’s great. That’s why I read comic books to…

  • Look Straight Ahead Review from Poopsheet

    Look Straight Ahead Review from Poopsheet

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    Justin at Poopsheet Foundation reviews Look Straight Ahead by Elaine M. Will. “One of the more surprising finds in Look Straight Ahead is the idea that the introspective self-doubt of the artist bears some similarity to the chaos of mental illness. That’s not really the main crux of the narrative though. It centers on Jeremy…

  • Helios Sacrifice Reviews Outliers

    Helios Sacrifice Reviews Outliers

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    Helios Sacrifice reviews Erik T. Johnson’s Outliers. “About: A mysterious boy, who makes friends with the creatures who go bump in the night, Tsu survives a bus roll over, threats from two monsters, and the frustrations of being a mute. It’s still early in the story, but I think reading past chapter one will teach us…

  • Inkstuds interviews Sam Henderson

    Inkstuds interviews Sam Henderson

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    Inkstuds interviews Sam Henderson on 20 years of Magic Whistle and his new book, Magic Whistle #13!   “Sam Henderson has been making his Magic Whistle comics for the last 20 years. The latest issue, number 13 will be out this fall by the recently revitalized Alternative Comics. Sam has also been doing short animations of his work you…

  • Look Straight Ahead reviewed on Shelf Abuse

    Look Straight Ahead reviewed on Shelf Abuse

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    Carl Doherty raves about Elaine Will’s Look Straight Ahead on Shelf Addiction:   “I went through a troubled phase in my mid-teens, in which I became obsessed with my place in the universe, developed what I now believe to have been messiah complex, and declared myself the meaning of life. Fortunately, I managed to avoid “the…

  • Adventureblog! recommends Outliers

    Adventureblog! recommends Outliers

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    Robot 6’s Reviewer Michael May recommends Erik T. Johnson’s The Outliers #1 in his Adventureblog! “The comic is on sale this week (published by Alternative Comics) and I highly recommend it.”