Critics' reviews of my graphic novels, comics, and zines. Plus, my own reviews of other artists' work.

Reviews Archive

Jared Gardner and Maggie Umber Sounds of Silence Spotlight Talk at CXC 2024, Monstrum journal cover in background
07/10/25
Monstrum & CXC Spotlight
Broken Frontier: Chrysanthemum Under the Waves – Maggie Umber Provides a Darkly Layered, Haunting Insight into Her Psyche Across Nine Vignettes
05/20/25
Broken Frontier Reviews CUTW
various comic book covers, text reads: The Copacetic Comics Company
03/18/25
Copacetic on Chrysanthemum
dark image, open mouth, text reads: Maggie Umber’s Chrysanthemum Under the Waves blends horror, surrealism, and poetic fragmentation into a haunting vision of the uncanny
03/14/25
Biblioklept Reviews CUTW
cake exploding in a BOOM
02/04/25
Ryan C. DEATH SPARK 2 Review
Maggie Umber reading Absolute Simultaneity by Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro
01/14/25
Absolute Simultaneity
The Comics Journal, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves by Maggie Umber, Hagai Palevsky
12/24/24
TCJ Best Comics of 2024
Chrysanthemum Under the Waves cover on Newcity Lit
12/17/24
Newcity Lit Reviews CUTW
Comics Blogger Best of 2024 books including Chrysanthemum Under the Waves partial image
12/13/24
Comics Blogger Best of 2024
Maggie Umber in studio working on fountain pen drawings for CUTW
12/02/24
Publishers Weekly Reviews CUTW
four panels from Chrysanthemum with a man and a woman merging identities
11/21/24
4 Color Apocalypse Reviews CUTW
The Comics Journal web page with Chrysanthemum Under the Waves review
11/19/24
Comics Journal Reviews CUTW
text reads Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Books, A Singular Graphic Anthology On Maggie Umber's Chrysanthemum Under the Waves August 13, 2024, by Dmitry Samarov
08/23/24
CAKE & Vol. 1 Brooklyn Review
Maggie Umber tabling at Insert Name Zine Fest 2024 talking to Ezra David Mattes, standing next to Justin Skarhus of Entropy Editions, photo by Ryan C
08/21/24
Recent Press & Reviews
03/08/24
Anya Chases Down the End
Maggie Umber in a green and black wool sweater, holding a copy of The Academic Hour by Keren Katz
01/26/24
The Academic Hour