ICYMI -- Comics Criticism and Whatnot for 5/16/16 to 5/22/16

Highlighting some great comics criticism being published, as well as other random things that have caught my eye over the past week.

COMICS CRITICISM

* Claire Napier on Cathy G. Johnson's DEAR AMANDA
* Sarah Horrocks on Blutch's PEPLUM
* Robert Kirby on Gabby Schulz's SICK
* Andy Oliver on Michael DeForge's FRONTIER #10
* Emma Houxbois on CLEAN ROOM #8
* John Seven on Dylan Horrocks' INCOMPLETE WORKS
* Conori Bell-Bhuiyan on Luke Howard's TALK DIRTY TO ME
* Paul Montgomery on FUTURE QUEST #1

WHATNOT

* Sean Ford has finished SHADOW HILLS #8
* Ardo Ormer's THE MISREPRESENTATION OF DAREDEVIL'S ELEKTRA
* Julia Wright profiles KATE BEATON
* Brenna Clarke Gray interviews CHESTER BROWN 
* Jason Sacks interviews SIMON SPURRIER
* David Harper interviews ULISES FARINAS about his new book, Motro
* Nick Hanover's powerful and personal ALBUMS FOR WHEN IT'S JUST YOU AND THE ABYSS: LOW'S SECRET NAME
* Benjamin Marra's 10 RULES FOR DRAWING COMICS
* Alex Mansfield has some RANDOM THOUGHTS about comics and the Simpsons
* THREE POEMS by Carol Szamatowicz
* Stephen Cave's THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE WILL
* M.B. Binkley's AN HOMAGE TO MICKEY MOUSE