Edward Haynes

Oct 28, 2024 | solrad.co | Ian Cordingley |Nicholas Burman |Edward Haynes

Alcanite, the material that enables faster-than-light travel, is dwindling. Stockpiles are running low; new sources haven’t been found. When that happens, the galaxy will undergo ‘The Hard Switch’ from interconnectedness to isolation. Everyone is scrambling to secure their futures; the law is powerless. Haika, Ada, and their cephalopod engineer Mallic, try to eke out a living in the chaos preceding the Hard Switch.

Apr 5, 2023 | solrad.co | Edward Haynes

Content Warning: This review includes a discussion of suicide and self-harm. It is relatively simple to schematize the presentation of the self in autobiographical comics. On one level, you have the visual representation of the artist via their cartoon avatar. On another level, you have verbal representation as expressed through narrative text boxes. And the complex interplay between visual and verbal helps reveal the elusive nature of the cartoonist’s “true” self. That’s it.