Arne Bellstorf (editor) - Orang #7

My brother bought me this anthology from Reprodukt when we went to the comic shop in Munich. I chose it as it looked cool, and was happy to find out when I started reading it that it has English subtitles at the bottom of each page, so I can read it all. Its got some good stories by Amanda Vahamaki, Ron Rege Jr and Arne Bellstorf who I have read comics by before, and a lot of people who are new to me too. The theme is 'the end of the world' but its a very loose theme. There's a really good story by Hok Tak Yeung from Hong Kong, with beautiful drawing, about a prisoner about to be executed. Amanda Vahamaki's story is great too.

Reinhard Kleist - Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness

Woah, the drawing in this book is lovely. It’s really great. The story seems familiar ‘cos I’ve seen that ‘Walk the Line’ film and lots of documentaries about Cash over the years, but the drawing really makes the book. My favourite bits are his trees, they’re amazing. He’s very good at the faces too and I like the way he illustrated the songs. It took me a few goes to get into it but it was worth the effort as I really enjoyed it in the end. I think the book gets a lot better after the first couple of chapters, especially the bits were he goes to Folsom Prison to play his famous concert.