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[Rahul reads] The Animals Issue and The Power Issue by The Nib (Volumes 5, 6)

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I think the Nib is an easy recommendation from me - I'll just be sharing lists of the publicly available comics going forwards and marking the comics which I loved the most.   From the Animals issue page on the wayback machine/internet archive Somebody's watching (⭐) Faux No More The Warner Family Pet Hall of Fame The Mother of All Choices   (⭐) Mickey the Minstrel Touring America's Beastly Roadside Attractions The Eighth Wonder of The World (⭐) Unnatural World   The Worst Pet I've Ever Had The Nib Interview : Jackson Galaxy           and from the Power issue page on the wayback machine/internet archive (⭐) Borinquen Summer Royal Remnants (⭐) Half Life Cop Con (⭐) Who gets to live in the city of the future The Mystique of Mystique Rebelling from the Rebel Girl Trope (⭐) Hope Becomes Fear The Nib Interview : Ta-Nehisi Coates (⭐) Roots to Fruits                         I'll be taking ...

[Rahul reads] The Empire issue by The Nib (Volume 3)

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Like with the Death issue, I loved the Empire Issue. Interestingly, it wasn't just about colonial empires - it as also about digital empires and media empires! The story that scarred me the most is about The Highway of Death . The Highway of Death is a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from Kuwait City to the border town of Safwan in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of Basra. The road was used by Iraqi armored divisions for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. During the American-led coalition offensive in the Persian Gulf War, American, Canadian, British, and French aircraft and ground forces attacked retreating Iraqi military personnel attempting to leave Kuwait on the night of February 26–27, 1991, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of vehicles and the deaths of many of their occupants. Between 1,400 and 2,000 vehicles were hit or abandoned on the main Highway 80 north of Al Jahra. If I remember correctly, the Highway of Death/The ...

[Rahul reads] The Death Issue by The Nib (Volume 1)

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At some point during the COVID-19 pandemic, I think I came across Matt Bors' work , specifically The Nib . I've wanted to get The Nib issues for many years now but it was always wayyyyyy too costly because I live on the other side of the planet from where they are published and usually sold. Recently, a couple of family members were traveling from the US and were kind enough to say yes to bringing them over with them. And The Nib shutdown so they also sold the few physical copies that they had at a huge discount. So here I am, the proud owner of 8 issues that The Nib published, the first being The Death Issue . I absolutely loved reading the Issue and I can't wait to write about the next issue tomorrow but as I try to write this post, I'm slowly getting mad at The Nib team or disappointed at the state of the publishing industry. Not all of comics ever published by the The Nib are accessible from their website. But the pages that are meant to catalog together the availab...