koyamapress:

Rob Clough has reviewed our kid-and-kitten-friendly comics A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories by John Martz and Cat Dad, King of the Goblins by Britt Wilson.

ON A CAT NAMED TIM AND OTHER STORIES

“I tested the book on my five-year-old daughter to see if she could follow it (she’s just learning to read), and the way that Martz continually subverted audiences expectations led to laugh after laugh … Martz’s cartooning rhythm is so steady that even an inexperienced reader could pick up on how to follow it.” — Rob Clough, High-Low

ON CAT DAD, KING OF THE GOBLINS

“Once the adventure starts, the book’s pacing is breathless. That said, the brightness of the colors and Wilson’s rendering skills give the book a flamboyant decorative quality that nonetheless doesn’t interfere with the book’s pacing. The reader is encouraged to stop and take a look around, but not for too long.”  — Rob Clough, High-Low

Check out the full reviews here!

I love telling you guys about these books because they are, on top of being excellent for kids, made by some of my most talented and nicest friends in all of comics: John Martz, Britt Wilson, and Annie Koyama and her publishing team.  Koyama Press is in my studio, and John comes by often, and Britt’s desk is next to mine.  There are a lot of nooks and crannies in the Toronto comics scene, and I’m right at home in this one.  Even if Britt threatens to fart at me sometimes, but hey, two can play at that game, Britt.

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