BTTM FDRS HC
(W) Ezra Claytan Daniels (A) BEN PASSMORE (CA) BEN PASSMORE
When a pair of bohemians descend upon a neglected working-class neighborhood in search of cheap rent, they soon discover something sinister lurking behind the walls of their new home. BTTM FDRS (pronounced "bottomfeeders") offers a vision of horror that is gross and gory in all the right ways. Funny, scary, and thought provoking, it confronts the monstrous forces that are displacing cultures in urban neighborhoods today.
NIB #2
EMPIRE
(W) Various
Power is always precarious. In the summer issue of The Nib's quarterly comics journalism magazine, two dozen artists from around the world explore the impacts of empire. Artists share personal stories of revolution and decolonization, cartoonist BEN PASSMORE travels to self-sustaining farms in Puerto Rico, and Tom Humberstone illustrates stolen items in the British Museum. The issue also explores more novel concepts of empire, including the media empire created by absurd reality show The Bachelor and how a Jewish Holocaust survivor became the mystical all-natural soap mogul Dr. Bronner.