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The Latest News
  • July 21, 2004
    The White Elephant ships and will appear on store shelves today (as well as on this website).

  • May 27, 2004
    Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco will be resolicited and appear on store shelves in October (and debut at SPX).

  • May 23, 2004
    Damon Hurd attends the Wizard Word Philly in Philadelphia, PA. The Pulse provides a round up of the show here.

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The Latest Reviews

The White Elephant

  • The Hurting Blog
    Tim O'Neil writes: "The creators’ willingness to take some very interesting risks with the material bodes well for their future endeavors – its always a good sign when young cartoonists are eager to explore the formalistic constraints of the medium. That tells me that despite the somewhat mixed results on display here, these two creators are already thinking about the medium in terms of a long-term creative engagement."

  • Paperback Reader
    Erin Schadt writes: "Most books, comics or not, you may read once and later remember the general plot or a feeling you had while reading it, but this one will stick with you. This is a book not to be forgotten once read, and I encourage everyone to read it."

  • Pop Matters
    Ryan Paul writes "Hurd's goal, however, seems not to be to explore such experimental and avant-garde structural concepts, but rather to maximize the storytelling potential of the medium. As his work on The White Elephant shows, there is far more to the simple combination of words and pictures than many realize."

  • ComixFan
    Al Harahap says "This is a graphic novel that lives up to the loftiness of that term. This is art, this is literature. There is a level of emotional reality and truth that is touched here, again and again, that makes you feel for Gene as you would care for a real, flesh and blood human being."


A Sort of Homecoming


Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco

  • iComics
    iComics says 'Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco is a fascinating journey into a different world.' Greg McElhatton reviews.

  • Comic World News
    Comic World News reviews Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco in 'Subsurface Communications' by Ed Cunard, saying 'If you can’t pop off for a jaunt through Morocco, Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco is an inexpensive alternative.'

  • Comic World News
    Comic World News gives Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco five stars. Michael May reviews.

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The Latest Reviews

Damon Hurd


Rick Smith



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